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  1. 1 hour ago, noharleyyet said:

    My first good acoustic on the right, a DM...the 28 on the lefts is gone.

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    First good electric bought in 84...Dirty blonde Lollars and Gold guard added recently.

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    I like that you have your own horn section.

     

     

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  2. 35 minutes ago, Goredho said:

     

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    I think maybe I'll give her a guitar shopping day with dad for Christmas.  I have off from Christmas to New Years, so we'll have time to make a fun day of it.  There's a guitar center with both about an hour away.

    That's going to be awesome! 

    I'm all for the spray paint custom art thing, but if you're trying to keep the mods reversible, maybe have this under the tree for her or have her paint white pick guard.

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    Obviously the tele version

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  3. 6 minutes ago, dcbc said:

    I learned a few lessons early on about buying guitars that weren't precisely good and, later, taking a bit of a bath when I realized their quality wasn't what I was after and trying to sell them.  Nowadays, there are examples of getting more for less in the guitar market.  But in the end, the maxim, "Don't buy crap and you'll never have to sell crap," holds.

    There is a lot to that sentiment.   I just can't get past the marginal return issue.  Especially when you are taking about a teen.  A guy I went to school with given an early vintage strat (pre CBS blah blah).  Even back then it was worth more than his car.  He only got to play it when he went home because it was too valuable to take to college.   He is in a "Dad band" now and you know what?  He doesn't play it there either for fear of loss.  Plays a PRS instead.    Not quite the same thing, but now imagine a teen who might want to drag the guitar to school, friends houses, and later to a dorm, put stickers on it, garage relic it... you know act like a teen 

    Now consider the kid might not even play it after 6 months.  I budgeted $600 for guitar and $250 for a practice amp for each of my teens.  It didn't stick with my daughter, but my son is playing off and on and just getting into music.  If he keeps playing and enjoying it a gift down the road might be a nicer American made guitar and tube amp, by then he'll know more of what he wants and probably appreciate it more.

     $1500 for an American Strat and $1000 for an amp is not a huge deal...  but man I got to be true to my Scottish heritage

     

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  4. 10 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:


    Have you asked her? Or is this a surprise?

    Because I think you should just give her yours since she likes it anyhow. Then to buy yourself the one you really want.

    I would vote for the Squier CV 60's Tele.  I have the Squier CV tele and a MIM player tele.  The Squier (or at least the one I bought) feels like a much nicer guitar than the MIM Fender.  It just does.  The Fender has nicer electronics if you open it up and look, but honestly the Alpha mini pots feel nicer/smoother than the CTS pots in the MIM Fender and work exactly the same.  The switch is not as nice in the CV, but serviceable.  Will they last? IDK but the pots are $6 bucks a piece and the switch is $10, so that's a problem for future Chad Fuck.

    The one catch is that I would absolutely only buy the Squier used.  You know what you're looking at so you'll be able to get a nice example.  I think I paid $280 (it's pristine) and I don't think it'll ever depreciate from that number.  Use the rest to buy her the nicest amp that fits the remainder of your budget.  I know for a gift that's not as ideal, but you'll know if that would matter to your daughter.  

    If you buy new, I would absolutely get a Fender.  Resale, the name on the head stock, 22 frets, just need a setup (which you could do together with her)

     

    Conversely have you/she thought about a SG?  Small/light/contoured body/thinner shorter neck.  I took my daughter to checkout/try out guitars fully expecting her to choose a strat.  After a solid hour and a half at the store holding/playing everything she could get her hands on the SG was all she wanted because it fit her more comfortably.

     

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  5. 1 hour ago, Deej said:

    Six saddle bridge. You can intonate it very easily. 

    That's the plan.  Going to try and do the setup myself.  Then when it's good and fucked I'll take it in to the shop down the street.

    Also planning on dressing the fret ends.   

    FYI to any Adorama peeps, I opened it up and it has an Oak Grigsby switch and 250k CTS pots, I think that's pretty standard but at least you know they didn't spec it out with cheaper electronics to get the price down.

      

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    Arrived today...

    While the box looked worse, and had been opened and re stapled, the guitar looks much better... thoughts compared to the one I returned

    • The finish on this guitar looks perfect
    • The latest guitar is 8'3oz compared to 7'12oz 
    • The neck is darker and has more grain
    • This guitar is not intonated well on the 2/6 strings (setup)
    • Action seems high out of the box (setup)
    • The fret ends are not great (about the same as the other guitar) some sharp some not, but on the high e string,  the first fret doesn't even come to the edge of the fret board, it doesn't miss by much but that's a new one for me. (pic below)
    • Serial starts with MX22 and fender shows 1/22 build date

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  7. 8 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

    tomorrow is here… any Adam Jones fans? 
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    Looks like your going to be playing in sweat pants a lot.  Bee careful.   

    I'll show myself out

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  8. 22 hours ago, AnotherUTFan said:

    The Rickenbass saw some action this weekend and we debuted a new song.
     

     

     

    22 hours ago, G650 said:

    Where you been stranger.

    If he's the dude on bass, hopefully he's been working on "The Winds of Winter"

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