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Mojo wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:42 pm Brought dis bitch home, today.
I hate you. I would hate you even more if the hardware wasn't gold.

I don't really need another guitar but that would be on the short list if I did. All that binding on the neck and body is my thing. Play around with the pickups if you don't like the tone. You can dial it in, I guarantee it. You can even drop a filtertron in there if you're really addicted to that sound.
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exitflagger wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2019 6:44 am
Mojo wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:42 pm Brought dis bitch home, today.
I hate you. I would hate you even more if the hardware wasn't gold.

I don't really need another guitar but that would be on the short list if I did. All that binding on the neck and body is my thing. Play around with the pickups if you don't like the tone. You can dial it in, I guarantee it. You can even drop a filtertron in there if you're really addicted to that sound.
I usually don't like gold hardware, ever. Even on things like a White Falcon, I much prefer the silver on white. But this thing is fucking gorgeous. The ebony fretboard is great, too. Ebony fretboards in one of my favorite things about Gretsch.

TV Jones makes a Filtertron with higher output, and I'm definitely considering it. I'm also used to a master volume where the pup selector is. Most Gretsches have a treble bleed mixed with their master volume, and I'm too used to using that. I may have the master volume put there and the pup switch where the last knob is, since I never use them, anyway. Then it'd be perfect.
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IF YOU MOVE THE MASTER VOLUME, THEN HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO THOSE QUICK VAN HALEN VOLUME SWELLS???

IF YOU REPLACE THE SWITCH WITH A MASTER, HOW YOU GONNA DO THAT VAN HALEN FAST SWITCHING NART-NART-NART SOUND????





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Sleek wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:56 am IF YOU MOVE THE MASTER VOLUME, THEN HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO THOSE QUICK VAN HALEN VOLUME SWELLS???

IF YOU REPLACE THE SWITCH WITH A MASTER, HOW YOU GONNA DO THAT VAN HALEN FAST SWITCHING NART-NART-NART SOUND????





...I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVEN'T THOUGHT THIS THROUGH.
That's a Ace Frehley nart nart nart sound.
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Rooster wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:56 am The gold hardware will eventually run off, also. I have a Les Paul with gold hardware. It’s no longer gold on the bridge.
Is it just nickel under the gold?
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Mojo wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2019 10:01 am
Rooster wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:56 am The gold hardware will eventually run off, also. I have a Les Paul with gold hardware. It’s no longer gold on the bridge.
Is it just nickel under the gold?
It's still brass-ish under there, but yeah, looks sorta shitty when it wears off.
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HueyRamone wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2019 10:18 am It's still brass-ish under there, but yeah, looks sorta shitty when it wears off.
I’m glad hardware’s cheap to replace, then. I’ve also got to source the right smoke unit for my middle pickup.
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I think I kind of like your guitar better in silver...


But if anyone found out whose signature guit this was, i'd be mortified. $599 seems like a steal tho.
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HueyRamone wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2019 10:53 am I think I kind of like your guitar better in silver...
I don’t really dig that one much. I don’t like the Strat style inlays or the uncovered bridge pup. I would not rock n’ roll all night with this axe.
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HueyRamone wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2019 10:53 am Image

I think I kind of like your guitar better in silver...


But if anyone found out whose signature guit this was, i'd be mortified. $599 seems like a steal tho.
Kinda funny, because with the silver it looks like a cheap knock-off version...which is perfect for the endorser...
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Sleek wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:02 pm
HueyRamone wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2019 10:53 am Image

I think I kind of like your guitar better in silver...


But if anyone found out whose signature guit this was, i'd be mortified. $599 seems like a steal tho.
Kinda funny, because with the silver it looks like a cheap knock-off version...which is perfect for the endorser...
yeah.

"Hey, we already have the Lizzy Hale necks with the trapezoid inlays, want to use those?"

Toomy: "I dunno. I'm not that flashy of a guy. I dont like anything too gaudy, i'm more of an introvered, journeyman player. Do you have those things on the guitars that sell for like $200? You know, those little dots? thats more my style.
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My new toy - Ibanez piccolo guitar
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Turner Coates wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 10:36 am My new toy - Ibanez piccolo guitar
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Is that you in the photo?

It does look an interesting guitar to have around the house. My life is a bit hectic lately, but am going to look out for it in Britain, or a similar one. Am going to be a quite busy for the next few months, but the time will arrive where I can get back to normal.
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No, that's not me.
The guitar is steel string and about the size of a baritone uke. It's a blast to play and sounds like a cross between a harpsichord and a mandolin. It's a well made and very inexpensive travel/couch guitar. I compared the sound of it to a handmade piccolo guitar that cost about a grand, and this one sounds much fuller and louder. It sings.
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I’ve been wanting a nylon string for a while, so I got this one a few days ago.
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Mojo wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:19 pm I’ve been wanting a nylon string for a while, so I got this one a few days ago.
Suck it, Huey.
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Is that like an Esteban or something?
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exitflagger wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:52 pm Leo and Les had a butt baby :?

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poisonheart wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:18 pm Is that like an Esteban or something?
It is, in that it is also a guitar. I've never played an Esteban, so I couldn't say.
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Mojo wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:37 pm
poisonheart wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:18 pm Is that like an Esteban or something?
It is, in that it is also a guitar. I've never played an Esteban, so I couldn't say.
They’re the Besteban.

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poisonheart wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:19 pm
exitflagger wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:52 pm Leo and Les had a butt baby :?

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Well, it's a weird enough monstrosity as it is. Chop up a real overpriced Gibson and I would question the builder's sanity.
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exitflagger wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:48 pm
Well, it's a weird enough monstrosity as it is. Chop up a real overpriced Gibson and I would question the builder's sanity.
Fair. But the bottom would be better as a Sabo sig.
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Just added this to my collection :

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Damn dude, how many guitars do you need?

Here's a heads up: That bridge is going to give you fits if you're a stickler for intonation.
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Hey has anyone tried out the Slick guitars, from Earl Slick?
Under 250 and they come with brass hardware.
Not really digging the headstock, but if they played well I could look past it.

https://www.guitarfetish.com/Slick-Guitars_c_496.html
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Funnelhead wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 11:29 am Hey has anyone tried out the Slick guitars, from Earl Slick?
Under 250 and they come with brass hardware.
Not really digging the headstock, but if they played well I could look past it.

https://www.guitarfetish.com/Slick-Guitars_c_496.html
I wouldn't go anywhere near that butterscotch Tele with that headstock. Whoa! The others might be doable. That's crazy inexpensive.
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I ordered this dude to be delivered later this week. Never played through one or heard one in person, but on paper it checks all my needs in a sometimes clean sometimes gritty amp for smallish spaces.

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