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Ooh. Rickenbacker!Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
This is tempting me, a lot. Gretsch G2215-P90 streamliner -- P90 in the neck, filtertron of some sort in the bridge. $199 -- half off -- for the "single barrel stain" finish only. Youtube reviews make it look very very nice.
https://www.adorama.com/gr2806700593...dium=affiliate
Wow that’s very cheap. Cheaper than used probably. P90s are fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
That’s a beauty. I bought mine in 1978 at the house of guitars in Rochester ny for $140. No case. I brought it to my local shop and they were sure there had to be something wrong with it, broken truss rod or something, but it was perfect. It had the chrome pickup cover and bridge cover. I still have them somewhere as well as the original pickups. Adding the j bass bridge pickup added some punch to the sound. And the strings through the body adds great sustain and more low end.Quote:
Originally Posted by chicken feathers
Sweet, yea I reallywonder how many 50s and 60s axes will have functional original electronics in the decades to come. It seems a lot to expect. 80 year old electronics built by companies trying to pinch pennies. Recently got basically the same bass, except new American Professional II, and in the metalic blue color, Same maple neck, rosewood fretboard.Quote:
Originally Posted by half-fast
I got two Fender FMT HH teles recently too.https://www.fender.com/en-US/electri...edium=referral They're the same thing, just different color. Think is, i bought one, shipping got delayed, and I got an email making it soundlike there was going to be damage sustained during shipping, so i expected to return that one anyways, so ordered another. They both showed up undamaged, and play great, so I kept them both. Its a made in indonesia, but Fender branded tele that goes for around $700 new. Whats cool about them is they're really thin and light, and also, arch top, and have a set net with a really sweet ergonomic unfenderlike shoulder, so in many ways, super playable. The pickups are great too, i think a pearly gates humbucker and something else, they scream.
Down sides are they don't have much sustain, is about it. Maybe aren't great superon the super low end of tone. other than that they shred for what is really a pricepoint of the higher end of a budget guitar. Any kid should be super stoked on one as a first guitar, but even someone with far more expensive guitars will probably still find themselves reaching for one ofthese if they had one.
They both look great too. I'll get a picture of the whole family up sometime.
I do wish Fender made something similar that is made in the usa. Youc an get a usa made tele, but it won't be arch top or have the great set neck and shoulder. i do feel ike the arch top changs playability some, not just aesthetics.
Keeping both guitars is perfect guitar logic. Well done.
I’d post the family sometime but since it’s gotten a bit out of control I think it’d be kinda embarrassing.
Here’s a teaser though. I went and picked this cabinet up from a guy about a year ago. 69 Fender bandmaster cab. Couple hundred bucks. Guy tells me he has the matching amp but it’s messed up and that he’ll give it to me for free. I take it.
Turns out it’s 67 bandmaster and even though it’s silver face it was early so it has the blackface circuit. And all it needed was a new plug. Score.
Damn thing sounds like angry butter. It’s awesome.
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Does it sound better with single coils, or p97s? :biggrin:
Score!
Thats fucking awesome, congrats.Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
I just pulled the trigger on the two smallest spark amps, and, on a whim, got a good deal on an epiphone mandostang, so that should be fun to fuck around with. I've played an electric 4 string mandolin before and they're fun in their own right, but I'm also thinking it will be a good prelude to learning how to play fiddle/violin, being the same size, scale, and tuning, but obviously fretted and picked/strummed.
What do you guys think about the used (not vintage) market in general right now? After the pandemic surges in prices/demand, it seems to have fallen now, and there are some deals around, although typically nothing like the above mentioned amp deal. I'm tempted to blow some money on some things, i've always wanted a les paul specifically, but wondering if perhaps it would be smarter to wait.
Do you guys think prices will continue to fall?
Well, I don’t have a new rig to show off, but today was better than any NGD.
I haven’t been able to play since about last October. I had thumb and shoulder surgery on the same day (left arm and hand) back in January. It realistically looked like it was going to be another three or four months until I could even hold a chord, so I just accepted that I was out for almost a year.
Well, guess what? I picked up my Tele today, and could play, actually much better than I could have imagined!
This was a recovery milestone, even though I could only play for about 4 minutes.
Onward! I’ll share a vid for laughs, it really feels as if it’s someone else’s hand….the stranger.
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Hunh, I lied. I got a few guitars since the Pandemic started…
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Amazing how you can just sort've "forget" about new gear accumulation, right?
I think I have that same Martin - SC-10e, right? Awesome acoustic.
Most importantly, heal up quick man! I knew you had gotten hurt but I don't think I ever heard what happened. But super glad you can play again, even if it's just starting up slowly. What went down?
Decided to set up the bass amp last night. 1995 Trace Elliot. The ones up to 94 were coveted. This one has the serial number and date of manufacture written on the back in sharpie. I don't think I've ever needed to turn it past 4, even for live gigs. It had been in the garage since moving last fall. More than once mice have cached food inside of the amp, but have never chewed on any wiring far as I can tell. Played it for about an hour without it bursting into flames. Success.
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Thanks, EWG!
Basically, my thumb was simple severe arthritis, just breaking down from a life of various repetitive motions (heh). Probably a lot of trail building, trying and de-tensioning thousands of wheels, etc. since I was going to be ooc anyway, I decided to get a cleanup in my shoulder, which never healed right from another surgery a few years ago. It is healing slowly, but I still might need a shoulder replacement, unfortunately.
Life!
My kid also got a Squier Mustang Bass and a basic Yamaha acoustic, do those count?
I've probably got this surgery ahead of me at some point. Whetheryou call it skiers thumb, servers thumb, guitarists thumb, or masturbators thumb, I think I've covered my bases well enough I've got it coming. Glad it went well for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
I just pulled the trigger on this 1966 guild. https://reverb.com/item/80702287-vin...ource=sendgrid
Well that's a cool as shit guitar.Quote:
Originally Posted by leroy jenkins
Also, you are making me feel better about my GAS problem. So thanks.
Cool looking at least. There are examples in better shape for more money but yea, something about that one just called to me. I think my blues chops got slightly better just by clicking buy. It does seem to sound pretty fucking good too, and i have the reissue of this amp, so should sound simiilar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kypXC0wr8o
I've always been hesitant to buy anything vintage, but I talked myself into it with some interesting mental gymnastics. Its pretty good, bear with me.
I think societal collapse is coming, the euro dollars are coming home, the herpes that has become endemic will combine with covid or the vax to turn people to zombies, or at the very least, the rising wealth disparity will lead to a kind of neo feudalism, but, as has been said, they aren't making any more vintage instruments, and the wider the wealth gap gets, the more the wealthy are looking for places to put their money, assets to own and what have you. So I plan to hoard vintage guitars to barter to my overlords for my ration of soylent people.
It does seem like there are good deals to be had right now. I paid a few hundred less than the listed price for this with reverbs offer feature. Notsure if prices will continue to fall.
That thing oozes style. And hopefully some soul.
I have a Peavey Vypyr amp that I don't like (noisy, over complicated, seems mostly good for making terrible distortion), so am unloading it. Considering picking up a Fender Champion 40 for very cheap. Any reason not to? I've liked the sound of other small Fender amps I've heard - they seem to sound pretty good for cleans.
I think that's a good plan if you want an inexpensive clean solid state amp (though I have to say that's an amp I know from reputation only - haven't played it.) A Vox AC4C1 would be a nice semi-clean tube but is probably more money. A Fender Super Champ x2 is a good clean tube amp that's usually a good value - just don't use the modeling settings (modeling settings work fine, it's just that you don't want them on a clean channel.)Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
Fender champion 40s are good clean solid state amps and handle pedals really well. Modeling isn’t horrible for what it is and the price.
Thanks - I'm going to see if I can grab it. Will update if I do.
A Vox AC10 or AC15 would be fantastic, but not realistic in the near future. I need to practice more than anything else!
Yeah, I have an AC15 and it's awesome. Loud though. The little AC4 looks very cool for 200 something used and more appropriate for home use:Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/VO...BoC0DEQAvD_BwE
I don't have time with that amp myself, but I feel like almost any decent small lightweight solid state modeling amp is going to be pretty good these days, and that they all sound "sort of' similar.
I have a fender rumble 40 studio, the bass version of what you're looking at basically, and I like it.
Picked it up. Nice condition. $80! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b9c8e88504.jpg
Nice price right there.
I also have a lead on a Boss Katana 50 MK2 for $100. Should I grab it? Reviews are generally positive, I've never messed with one. I don't want another overly complicated amp though.
I had a Katana 100mk II for a while. It can do a ton of stuff, especially if you connect it to a computer. I ended up buying a helix floor, which left me in 3 major modeling ecosystems - line 6 helix, spark, and boss katana. Too much for my weak brain. So I replaced the Katana with a catalyst, which is in the line 6 world, so now I'm down to two - Line 6 and Spark.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
All that said, I thought it was a really good system and for $100 I think I'd grab it. Very good deal for a capable amp in a rich modeling ecosystem.
Thanks. Tempted, but I don't know if I really need it. Guess I could sell it again.
Fuck all that modeling bullshit. Get a good tube amp and call it a day.
https://reverb.com/item/6933261-dumb...th-flight-case
100 watt tube amp is the most impractical amp one could own. You best be playing pretty large venues and/or hate your neighbors/family/housemates and have a desire to go deaf. I never turn my 20 watt up higher than 5 at home. Solid states are nice for home practice.
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Every guitarist should have a nice half stack. Gotta keep everyone else yelling at you to turn down. Attention whores. ;)
I’ll be keeping up in any room you’re playing with my class-d micro and a 112.
Wanna buy it for me? I'll trade you some DPS Lotus 120s.Quote:
Originally Posted by oftpiste
This was minty fresh newness. Kinda had to buy it.
You guys are a bad influence. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f57bbda5a1.jpg
Sweet, I have the 100-amp version.
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Originally Posted by altacoup
Here's a 45w '65 Super w/4x10s a nextdoor neighbor had back when...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFOylu0ngUE
Folks might not be aware that '57 Strat pickups aren't really the last word in output....
You have no idea how off the rails I've gone on reverb of late.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting the fedex guy to sign for a new axe, unboxing it, putting a strap on it, throwing it over my shoulder, and I go to play a lick before plugging it in. I play just a few notes, not even an entire lick, before being interrupted by the UPS guy who needed a signature for another guitar. That'll never happen again in a million years.
OK, I want to share a little about this unicorn that I got for $350.
Very ‘custom’ official Fender Nashville Telecaster. What’s unusual is that it has two different single coils, and a bridge humbucker with a coil tap (but it’s all stock).
Another odd think about it is that it has a Strat Belly Cut. Superb neck, nice and low, but really, really chimey. Very unique sounding tele.
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Incorrect. We are a good influence.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
See how good? I'd say more like a great influence.Quote:
Originally Posted by leroy jenkins
That is wild. Especially the belly bevel. I hope it sounds as fun as it looks.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
Yea that tele is fucking sick.
Its funny to me that guitar makers often seem unwilling to give people what they want. like I bet that tele would sell great if it was available off the shelf so to speak.
Like, fender does roasted pine bodies, and they'll do rosewood necks, but they won't do them both together unless you do the mod shop thing. Roasted pine and rosewood seems like the premium combo tons of people would want.