The Guitar Pron Thread

[abuelo gringo 316]

3 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

I assumed you meant Sleep Walk

 

Greatest slow dance song of the early '60s.

[DougO 5239]

Stopped at Guitar Center and checked out a $300 Alvarez acoustic that seemed really good for the money. I've been wanting a good acoustic that plays a lot better than my old Epiphone. I think it's this one...

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Alvarez/RG260CE-Regent-Series-Grand-Auditorium-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar-Gloss-Sunburst-1500000325959.gc

I wouldn't mind spending 4 figures for a good American made guitar, or Mexico made with a wider nut width for my fat fingers. But this Alvarez might be worth settling for since the market is pretty dried up these days. Not too serious right now, though. I've got to start playing more again.

Edited January 15, 2022 by DougO

[Foggy Notion 1202]

18 minutes ago, DougO said:

Stopped at Guitar Center and checked out a $300 Alvarez acoustic that seemed really good for the money. I've been wanting a good acoustic that plays a lot better than my old Epiphone. I think it's this one...

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Alvarez/RG260CE-Regent-Series-Grand-Auditorium-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar-Gloss-Sunburst-1500000325959.gc

I wouldn't mind spending 4 figures for a good American made guitar, or Mexico made with a wider nut width for my fat fingers. But this Alvarez might be worth settling for since the market is pretty dried up these days. Not too serious right now, though. I've got to start playing more again.

I’ll agree that’s a really nice guitar for $300. I took my GF’s nephew to Guitar Center last year to buy an acoustic. He had played a friend’s Taylor that he liked, so he went in biased towards Taylors. I made him play a bunch of guitars back to back. He ended up buying an entry level Taylor Academy 12e, but he really liked and almost bought this same Alvarez which was less than half the price of the Taylor. 

[Foggy Notion 1202]

Any of y’all ever played EMG’s in a Strat?

I just bought a Fender tweed case with an American Strat inside that is in pieces and needs to be put back together. Paid $275 for it. I was told that the original owner had taken it apart intending to repaint the body. Then he died.

The pickguard has a set of EMG’s in it. It needs to be reconnected to the output jack. I’ll get some pics up in a bit after I put it back together.

 

[AnotherUTFan 9657]

Any of y’all ever played EMG’s in a Strat?
I just bought a Fender tweed case with an American Strat inside that is in pieces and needs to be put back together. Paid $275 for it. I was told that the original owner had taken it apart intending to repaint the body. Then he died.
The pickguard has a set of EMG’s in it. It needs to be reconnected to the output jack. I’ll get some pics up in a bit after I put it back together.
 

Now this is how you humble brag! Good job Foggy.

[Bogeywon 2518]

Welp…..

[DougO 5239]

2 hours ago, Foggy Notion said:

I’ll agree that’s a really nice guitar for $300. I took my GF’s nephew to Guitar Center last year to buy an acoustic. He had played a friend’s Taylor that he liked, so he went in biased towards Taylors. I made him play a bunch of guitars back to back. He ended up buying an entry level Taylor Academy 12e, but he really liked and almost bought this same Alvarez which was less than half the price of the Taylor. 

I would have already had bought a Taylor 114 or 214ce-ish by now if not for the narrower nut width. Even a 16th of an inch makes a difference for me. A lot like this new  keyboard that I suck even more at typing on now.

[BoomMF 1398]

4 hours ago, Foggy Notion said:

Any of y’all ever played EMG’s in a Strat?

I haven't, but this dude has:

 

 

If they turn out to be the DG20 pickups in the loaded MoTS pickguard and you're looking to swap them out, holler at your boy.

Edited January 16, 2022 by BoomMF

[jimmyjazz 45485]

That green Tele is beautiful . . . I want a muscle car in that color.  '73 Camaro if anyone is looking to give me one.

[Deej 76467]

15 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

Welp…..

Good choice

[Bogeywon 2518]

11 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

That green Tele is beautiful . . . I want a muscle car in that color.  '73 Camaro if anyone is looking to give me one.

Just looked at a 71 c10 that color

[Superhero 8723]

19 hours ago, DougO said:

Stopped at Guitar Center and checked out a $300 Alvarez acoustic that seemed really good for the money. I've been wanting a good acoustic that plays a lot better than my old Epiphone. I think it's this one...

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Alvarez/RG260CE-Regent-Series-Grand-Auditorium-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar-Gloss-Sunburst-1500000325959.gc

I wouldn't mind spending 4 figures for a good American made guitar, or Mexico made with a wider nut width for my fat fingers. But this Alvarez might be worth settling for since the market is pretty dried up these days. Not too serious right now, though. I've got to start playing more again.

For that price range, you should also look at the Yamaha FGX800 (dreadnought) or FSX800 (orchestra body) guitar.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/FGX800C--yamaha-fgx800c-dreadnought-cutaway-natural

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/FSX800C--yamaha-fsx800c-concert-cutaway-natural

I got a FS800 for my niece and it played really well for a beginner level acoustic. 

[Goredho 17294]

The nutless ‘67 ES-330 saga is over.  I went to Wildwood yesterday and traded it for this Slim Harpo “Lovell” ES-330.  All of this was driven by the one that got away — a 2018 Memphis ES-330 I sold to buy my ES-335.  Nothing sounds like a good hollowbody thin line with P90s, and this delivers that maybe even better than the one I sold.  Pics below and you can hear its tone over in the share your music thread if you desire.

[Chad Fuck 17501]

The nutless ‘67 ES-330 saga is over.  I went to Wildwood yesterday and traded it for this Slim Harpo “Lovell” ES-330.  All of this was driven by the one that got away — a 2018 Memphis ES-330 I sold to buy my ES-335.  Nothing sounds like a good hollowbody thin line with P90s, and this delivers that maybe even better than the one I sold.  Pics below and you can hear its tone over in the share your music thread if you desire.

Well that story ended well!

[tbone_ 14020]

Damn that’s cool

[Foggy Notion 1202]

@Goredho That’s a striking 330. Tell us more. Not being too familiar with Slim Harpo, what are the specs on this one? I’m assuming it’s based on a particular year model?

[Foggy Notion 1202]

17 hours ago, BoomMF said:

I haven't, but this dude has:

 

 

If they turn out to be the DG20 pickups in the loaded MoTS pickguard and you're looking to swap them out, holler at your boy.

Yeah I figured if they’re good enough for Gilmour, they’re worth trying out. I don’t have the DG20 loaded pickguard. It looks like I’ve got a set of EMG SA’s which are the same as the ones in the DG20, but the DG20 has a boost in the circuit. I need to get a new 9V and study up some more on the wiring diagram before I try to reconnect the electronics. (Apparently there’s no ground wire connection to the the trem claw with active pickups?)

I assembled the guitar just to see how it all fit together. Every piece connected to the body was in a bag. It’s a 2009 Highway 1 with the thin satin finish that wears pretty quickly. Body is light and resonant with some good mojo. This neck has jumbo frets and came with a set of locking tuners which I’ve never used before.

 

[Goredho 17294]

43 minutes ago, Foggy Notion said:

@Goredho That’s a striking 330. Tell us more. Not being too familiar with Slim Harpo, what are the specs on this one? I’m assuming it’s based on a particular year model?

Thanks, and I agree.  I keep wanting to flip over and look at the back.  Plays and sounds just as good as it looks.

So Gibson did a limited run in 2021.  The Wildwood guys told me only 100 were distributed in North America.  Its not a reissue or VOS, so I don’t think that it’s modeled after a specific year, but it’s got a larger nut (1.7”) and a neck somewhere between my R8 (fat) and my 60s standard (skinny), which means it’s specced like an es-330 between 1959 and 1964 which also had black plastic vs chrome/nickel pickup covers.  1965 is when they started having narrow 1 9/16” nuts.  Full specs for this guitar are on Gibson’s site.

Original MSRP was like $2999, but the two I see listed on reverb are priced over $4000, so they seem like they are going to appreciate somewhat?  At that price, you aren’t far from the cost of an early 60s es-330, so if you want a 330, you might consider that, too, but do your due diligence about years and specs.  This all worked out for me, but I made a quick buy of that 67 330 without validating the specs and almost got stuck with a really expensive wall decoration.

Here is a Gibson hype video that’s not embedding for some reason that explains who Slim Harpo was and talking about the guitar a bit (I had not heard of him before)

https://youtu.be/aRaKLiy0caI

Edited January 16, 2022 by Goredho

[Bogeywon 2518]

Man you got great wood

 

Edited January 16, 2022 by Bogeywon

[Deej 76467]

4 hours ago, Goredho said:

Nothing sounds like a good hollowbody thin line with P90s,

Mini-buckers are suprising nice in a thin hollowbody.

[Goredho 17294]

21 minutes ago, Deej said:

Mini-buckers are suprising nice in a thin hollowbody.

I’ve only played a 325 once and it did sound good.

[Deej 76467]

My Epi Sorento sounds magical.

 

[noharleyyet 2832]

Beautiful back Goredho

Edited January 16, 2022 by noharleyyet

[tbone_ 14020]

I want a p90 guitar.

Specifically a sunburst Stratosonic Dove II. But they never show up for sale in sunburst. Only red. Or Dove I in Sunburst.

[Deej 76467]

Everyone needs a p90 guitar. Life changing.

[Chad Fuck 17501]

I want a p90 guitar.

Specifically a sunburst Stratosonic Dove II. But they never show up for sale in sunburst. Only red. Or Dove I in Sunburst.

You can wait forever…or just order the parts from Warmoth.

[Foggy Notion 1202]

Yup. My first real guitar was my late 60s SG Jr with a P90 in the bridge. I bought it for $300 cuz it had a repaired headstock break which is still stable almost 30 years later. That shop in east Texas had a late 60s 330 in cherry that I still think about. I don’t recall how much they wanted for it then. It was probably under a grand, but that was a lot more money than 18-year-old me had in his pocket. 

[noharleyyet 2832]

46 minutes ago, Deej said:

Everyone needs a p90 guitar. Life changing.

You're not wrong,,,

 

[tbone_ 14020]

You can wait forever…or just order the parts from Warmoth.

I kind of want that rare ass bastard strat because it’s so unique. You know it has a Les Paul scale neck too, right?

[ohchaucer 1443]

I want a p90 guitar.

Specifically a sunburst Stratosonic Dove II. But they never show up for sale in sunburst. Only red. Or Dove I in Sunburst.

I mean I get the sunburst but this one is just RIGHT HERE, waiting for you. And I think the black headstock is pretty righteous.

https://reverb.com/p/fender-strat-o-sonic-dove-ii?hfid=49054763&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=12293041870&utm_content=campaignid=12293041870_adgroupid=117510915757_productpartitionid=1491866508444=merchantid=506742365_productid=49054763_keyword=_device=m_adposition=_matchtype=_creative=497323569298&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxYP1ydW39QIVBOXjBx0OowcaEAQYASABEgIcjfD_BwE


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[tbone_ 14020]

You can’t really look at this and still think getting the red is the way to go can you?

[Bogeywon 2518]

55 minutes ago, noharleyyet said:

You're not wrong,,,

 

Pics of amp plz

[tigol 2383]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc3TYIIpOZM

Edited January 17, 2022 by tigol

[Paul Wesley 3275]

On 1/15/2022 at 4:16 PM, Bogeywon said:

 

 

14 hours ago, Goredho said:

 

 

 

I dig both of those.

[topochico 1049]

11 hours ago, tbone_ said:

You can’t really look at this and still think getting the red is the way to go can you?

Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I prefer the Red. 

 

 

[noharleyyet 2832]

11 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

Pics of amp plz

Paul Reed Smith Dallas 50

 

[Bogeywon 2518]

17 minutes ago, noharleyyet said:

Paul Reed Smith Dallas 50

 

Damn…. PRS is the best. 

[tbone_ 14020]

Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I prefer the Red. 

 
 

I wish I did. I would have bought one a long time ago.

[Bogeywon 2518]

Ok… I admit I have a problem. I think I may sell my black American tele and my Hendrix Monterey strat and throw it on this…. I mean come on even the head stock haters gotta love this 

Edited January 17, 2022 by Bogeywon

[noharleyyet 2832]

Bogey is that the Platinum Room?

[topochico 1049]

17 minutes ago, noharleyyet said:

Bogey is that the Platinum Room?

Champagne room. Platinum room. Whatever it takes.

[Bogeywon 2518]

26 minutes ago, noharleyyet said:

Bogey is that the Platinum Room?

It’s a small guitar shop called Detroit Guitar in Birmingham MI. Very classy place. They want just under $4700 for it. The PRS display case is awesome. 

8 minutes ago, topochico said:

Champagne room. Platinum room. Whatever it takes.

Lol

[Chad Fuck 17501]

I kind of want that rare ass bastard strat because it’s so unique. You know it has a Les Paul scale neck too, right?

I do. I also know the one you’re holding out for doesn’t show up very often. Like never.

[Chad Fuck 17501]

I kind of want that rare ass bastard strat because it’s so unique. You know it has a Les Paul scale neck too, right?

I do. I also know the one you’re holding out for doesn’t show up very often. Like never.

[Chad Fuck 17501]

I kind of want that rare ass bastard strat because it’s so unique. You know it has a Les Paul scale neck too, right?

I do. I also know the one you’re holding out for doesn’t show up very often. Like never.

[tbone_ 14020]

I’ll get one.

[Chad Fuck 17501]

I’ll get one.

I’ll be here to cheer when you do.

[Celery Man 20870]

I believe that the pickups in Jazzmasters aren't technically P90s - how do they stack up sonically?

[BERT 4338]

5 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

Ok… I admit I have a problem. I think I may sell my black American tele and my Hendrix Monterey strat and throw it on this…. I mean come on even the head stock haters gotta love this 

John Winger- Ugh!! I thought that was a dog" 

[noharleyyet 2832]

3 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

It’s a small guitar shop called Detroit Guitar in Birmingham MI. Very classy place. They want just under $4700 for it. The PRS display case is awesome. 

Lol

Beautiful...Exotic'ish (Joe)...Custom McCarty or Modern Eagle?