The Guitar Pron Thread

[Deej 76,566]

28 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Lots of teles

Of course. The perfect guitar. 

As long as it doesn't have too many pickguard screws and has a three saddle bridge. 

Edited June 11, 2022 by Deej

[Anton Chigurh 3,318]

Of course. The perfect guitar. 
As long as it doesn't have too many pickguard screws and has a three saddle bridge. 

I dunno, these are pretty sweet.

Tbone will love the headstock.

[dcbc 14,407]

4 hours ago, Goredho said:

I bought it used from Austin Vintage Guitars, and it had that checking already and was a point we haggled on price over.  I wanted to know if it would get worse, and they couldn't tell me it would not.  They said they thought the guitar probably was subjected to a sudden change in temperature and that if I avoided that it probably wouldn't get worse, but they couldn't guarantee anything.  The checking did not get any worse for the year that I owned it.

 

Yeah, this wasn't an aged guitar, though, more like new old spec.  So this was something that happened after manufacture.

I wouldn't bat an eye at something like that if disclosed.  I love real wear.

[Chad Fuck 17,565]

I’m going to declare that strats were not super cool with the children from when Tom Delonge switched to a Gibson signature model in ~2003 until the mid 2010s. Tom Delonge is just a convenient line, but I didn’t know anyone playing strats (not in blues rock) for my whole aspiring rock star career, including when I took my strat as a backup on warped tour 2013 and maybe that motion city/relient k tour. Lots of Gibsons, teles, gradually more jazzmasters/jaguars, some short scale fenders.

Fender was considering cutting the Strat from its lineup after CBS bought the company and Strat sales were tanking until one James Marshall Hendrix became popular. So they got about a 10 year reprieve.

Then in the 80s it was all Kramer/Jackson/Charvel super Strats and definitely not original style Strats.

Then in the late 80s/ early 90s offsets were all rage with the alternative/grunge crowd.

So yes, guitars like anything else go in and out of fashion. Strats included.

[jimmyjazz 45,557]

32 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Then in the 80s it was all Kramer/Jackson/Charvel super Strats and definitely not original style Strats.

What?  Say it ain't so.

[AnotherUTFan 9,680]

They were super out of style in the 80's!

[Chad Fuck 17,565]

They were super out of style in the 80's!

C’mon guys. I’m not saying literally no one payed Strats. But when you look at the really big bands with kids then, the ones that drive 12 year olds to buy guitars, say Van Halen and their hair metal inspired progeny - those guys were playing the pointy guitars. And their music dominated guitar based rock for the better part of a decade. We even joke about those pointy guitars here.

Fender was out of touch and flailing in the late70s/early 80s. They tried all sorts of ways to reinvigorate the Strat. See “The Strat” then the “HM Strat” - their own attempt at a mimicking Charvels- the Strat Elite, etc. It wasn’t until the late 80s when they came out with their reissue line that Strat sales started picking back up again. Kurt Cobain playing a Squier Strat didn’t hurt either.

[tbone_ 14,021]

My point was just that they’ve always been and always will be cool, whether currently in fashion or not.

[Chad Fuck 17,565]

My point was just that they’ve always been and always will be cool, whether currently in fashion or not.

No argument here. Like blue jeans, t shirts and Wayfarers. You can’t go wrong.

[AnotherUTFan 9,680]

Inwas just busting you're ball Chad. In the 80's I had my dream Carvin all spec'd out from the cqtalon page in the back of Guitar - for the practicing musician. I just never could pull the money together to actually order it.

[DougO 5,239]

I tend to buy stuff that is out of style. You get better deals, and I'm always out of style anyway.

[tbone_ 14,021]

you're ball

Lol

[Chad Fuck 17,565]

Inwas just busting you're ball Chad. In the 80's I had my dream Carvin all spec'd out from the cqtalon page in the back of Guitar - for the practicing musician. I just never could pull the money together to actually order it.

I would be disappointed if you hadn’t. It’s what we do here. That and guitpron.

[dcbc 14,407]

Did somebody say strat players of the 80s?

 

 

Edited June 11, 2022 by dcbc

[Chad Fuck 17,565]

19 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

What?  Say it ain't so.

If you look closely there's a Floyd Rose on there.  Nothing says "80s" like Floyd Rose.

[Chad Fuck 17,565]

9 minutes ago, dcbc said:

Did somebody say strat players of the 80s?

 

 

EVH's Frankenstrat is the Strat that was really the proto-pointy guitar.  It was what all the Kramer and Chervels and Jacksons aspired to be.  Yet from Fender proper, we had these gems:

1979 Anniversary Strat

 

Then in 1980 you had the aforementioned, "The Strat" - which...there was an attempt. But boy they whiffed it on that headstock.

The Dan Smith era with the big logo, then small headstock but no second tone knob:

Fender was just in the doldrums.  

[Chad Fuck 17,565]

^Which, ultimately I think is what that young lady was trying to express about Gibbon upthread.  In her own way.

[Deej 76,566]

53 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Nothing says "80 minutes to perform a string change" like Floyd Rose

fify

[tbone_ 14,021]

[Chad Fuck 17,565]

What’s the most 80s guitar in this picture?

Discuss.

[Butch Had Not 2,940]

1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:

What’s the most 80s guitar in this picture?

Discuss.

It's Iron fucking Maiden. I can't tell you if it was Murray or smith but I know that there wasn't a band more influential in me being a metal head than these guys.  

I still play The Clairvoyant just about every time I pick up my strat just to noodle around while warming up. 

[DougO 5,239]

I don't know how good a deal this is, probably decent since Adorama deals are usually very good. But somebody here will want this.

 

https://slickdeals.net/f/15842419-evh-striped-series-frankie-electric-guitar-red-white-black-relic-1349-free-s-h?src=frontpage

[DougO 5,239]

...even though it has the wrong headsstock.

[Butch Had Not 2,940]

23 hours ago, DougO said:

I tend to buy stuff that is out of style. You get better deals, and I'm always out of style anyway.

EMG and SD Blackout pickups were all the rage when I started.  Now metal artists are mixed with passive and active and are going away from the blackout look and many are Fishman artists now. Fluence Modern is the new thing. 

 

[tbone_ 14,021]

...even though it has the wrong headsstock.

Huh?

[Buzzrock 14,871]

I’m going to declare that strats were not super cool with the children from when Tom Delonge switched to a Gibson signature model in ~2003 until the mid 2010s. Tom Delonge is just a convenient line, but I didn’t know anyone playing strats (not in blues rock) for my whole aspiring rock star career, including when I took my strat as a backup on warped tour 2013 and maybe that motion city/relient k tour. Lots of Gibsons, teles, gradually more jazzmasters/jaguars, some short scale fenders.

No one?

[Celery Man 20,886]

Is that yours? I recall the Delonge signature strat was really popular outside of... Blink 182 enthusiasts. The big 70s headstock and CBS lettering were interesting (at the time, I don't think they had brought that back for a bit) and there was maybe something about the guitar having a swimming pool route. And that they were hardtail?

[Buzzrock 14,871]

No that’s Billie Joe Armstrong’s Strat. I guess the exception that proves the rule or whatever.

[Celery Man 20,886]

Ah I think that just proves the point though - I don’t know the Green Day discography past Dookie and American Idiot (and they covered Chicago in the middle) but he was playing the lp jr during the American Idiot era I think.

 

oh man almost forgot “time of your life” which was peak my generation song choice for the kid who died in a car crash or senior presentation slide shows.

Edited June 12, 2022 by Celery Man

[Chad Fuck 17,565]

No that’s Billie Joe Armstrong’s Strat. I guess the exception that proves the rule or whatever.

Pretty sure Billy’s was not actually a Fender but a knock off Fernandes.

[topochico 1,049]

7 hours ago, DougO said:

I don't know how good a deal this is, probably decent since Adorama deals are usually very good. But somebody here will want this.

 

https://slickdeals.net/f/15842419-evh-striped-series-frankie-electric-guitar-red-white-black-relic-1349-free-s-h?src=frontpage

I love it. I would totally feel like an idiot if someone saw me playing it. But, man that is in my wheelhouse.

Dream vs Reality

[Chad Fuck 17,565]

I love it. I would totally feel like an idiot if someone saw me playing it. But, man that is in my wheelhouse.
Dream vs Reality

Eddie went through some shit.

But everyone will remember Eruption.

[Napoleon 8,604]

On 6/11/2022 at 10:14 PM, Chad Fuck said:

What’s the most 80s guitar in this picture?

Discuss.

The mass produced “metal” guitar strap is the most ‘80s thing in this photo.

The sleeveless t-shirt on the same guy is #2.

The hair doesn’t have enough product in it to nails down the ‘80s over late ‘70s or the ‘90s.

The stage lighting gives the muscle T a run for its money, but it’s #3.

[tbone_ 14,021]

Fucking YouTube. Just spent 2 hours watching hallowed be thy name videos and reaction videos.

[AnotherUTFan 9,680]

The mass produced “metal” guitar strap is the most ‘80s thing in this photo.
The sleeveless t-shirt on the same guy is #2.
The hair doesn’t have enough product in it to nails down the ‘80s over late ‘70s or the ‘90s.
The stage lighting gives the muscle T a run for its money, but it’s #3.

Be careful. Dave Murray is an extremely under-appreciated player. He gets lost in the crowd that is Iron Maiden, but he is the glue and the glitter in that band. If you ever have the chance, get a floor ticket and position yourself stage right.

[Buzzrock 14,871]

Listen to this man. I saw them at Gexa Energy several years ago, just awesome.

[hullabelew 3,702]

9 hours ago, Napoleon said:

The mass produced “metal” guitar strap is the most ‘80s thing in this photo.

The sleeveless t-shirt on the same guy is #2.

The hair doesn’t have enough product in it to nails down the ‘80s over late ‘70s or the ‘90s.

The stage lighting gives the muscle T a run for its money, but it’s #3.

Is his shirt black/blue or gold/white? 

[Gourmand 7,774]

Throwing this question out here as it seems to be the right audience to ask......

I have a Seagull S6 I've played around with for years (still a low-level intermediate guitarist, but hey at least now I know the CAGED system) and this morning I picked it up to play some acoustic chords for my kiddo and was having a helluva time barring chords, I couldn't even make a C major in second position without strings muted. First chalked it up to playing my elec exclusively and sloppy technique but then I looked more closely and saw the string height was way off really high at the 12th fret. Lo and behold the damn heel is cracked at the body. Is this something that can be repaired or is it not worth the cost of the repair?

 

 

[tbone_ 14,021]

I’m no luthier but I’d bet that could be glued. Just have to take it in and see.

[Deej 76,566]

10 hours ago, AnotherUTFan said:

He gets lost in the crowd that is Iron Maiden

I thought Great White's guitar player was the one who got lost in the crowd?

 

[Butch Had Not 2,940]

3 minutes ago, Deej said:

I thought Great White's guitar player was the one who got lost in the crowd?

 

Sick Burn

 

Too soon?

[Celery Man 20,886]

That’s disappointing that the heel would separate like that. I bet it’s still worth it to repair - should just need to be glued and then set up again.

[Chad Fuck 17,565]

1 hour ago, Gourmand said:

Throwing this question out here as it seems to be the right audience to ask......

I have a Seagull S6 I've played around with for years (still a low-level intermediate guitarist, but hey at least now I know the CAGED system) and this morning I picked it up to play some acoustic chords for my kiddo and was having a helluva time barring chords, I couldn't even make a C major in second position without strings muted. First chalked it up to playing my elec exclusively and sloppy technique but then I looked more closely and saw the string height was way off really high at the 12th fret. Lo and behold the damn heel is cracked at the body. Is this something that can be repaired or is it not worth the cost of the repair?

 

 

This can most likely be repaired but the first thing you need to do is loosen up the strings if you haven't already done so. 

[Celery Man 20,886]

[Chad Fuck 17,565]

Too soon.

[Handcruser 2,805]

What’s the most 80s guitar in this picture?

Discuss.

Most 80’s thing is the huge power toms.

[Gourmand 7,774]

1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:

This can most likely be repaired but the first thing you need to do is loosen up the strings if you haven't already done so. 

Thanks, i was wondering about that. Should i remove them entirely?

[Chad Fuck 17,565]

3 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Thanks, i was wondering about that. Should i remove them entirely?

If you want.  Having any tension on the strings at all is just pulling the neck further off.

[jimmyjazz 45,557]

The counter argument would be whether or not it's worth spending $125 or more on a Seagull S6.  It's probably not going to be worth much more than that after the repair, and it's impossible to say whether it will get back to former sound & playing condition.

#wetblanket

[Chad Fuck 17,565]

The counter argument would be whether or not it's worth spending $125 or more on a Seagull S6.  It's probably not going to be worth much more than that after the repair, and it's impossible to say whether it will get back to former sound & playing condition.
#wetblanket

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