The Guitar Pron Thread

[Deej 76219]

Is anyone here gonna talk me out of the double bound shell pink 60's Tele, or is that not what we do here?

[Goredho 17181]

1 minute ago, Deej said:

Is anyone here gonna talk me out of the double bound shell pink 60's Tele, or is that not what we do here?

Buy that shit or I'm going to buy one of these...

[Horn Draoi 254]

18 minutes ago, Deej said:

Is anyone here gonna talk me out of the double bound shell pink 60's Tele, or is that not what we do here?

Buy it. You do you-but it is pink……………..

[Chad Fuck 17309]

Is anyone here gonna talk me out of the double bound shell pink 60's Tele, or is that not what we do here?

C’mon now. You know the answer to this.

[Deej 76219]

I know. I just wondered if there was a single person who would talk me down. 

[G650 13335]

Around here?

[Deej 76219]

Well, I thought if someone told me not to do it then it would be a good time to go buy a lottery ticket. 

[locodos 5257]

1 minute ago, Deej said:

Well, I thought if someone told me not to do it then it would be a good time to go buy a lottery ticket. 

You'll get a better rate of return playing the masculinely confident pink tele than you would playing the lottery.   That's just science!

[Goredho 17181]

1 hour ago, locodos said:

You'll get a better rate of return playing the masculinely confident pink tele than you would playing the lottery.   That's just science!

[Gil Bang 25689]

3 hours ago, Goredho said:

Buy that shit or I'm going to buy one of these...

You'll need that for the solo on "Stonehenge".

[DougO 5231]

5 hours ago, Deej said:

I know. I just wondered if there was a single person who would talk me down. 

Maybe not a single person. And the married persons would probably just live vicariously through your extravagant guilt-free guitar purchases.

Edited December 14, 2023 by DougO

[noharleyyet 2826]

19 hours ago, Goredho said:

Buy that shit or I'm going to buy one of these...

C'mon, you already have a synth dial for that...

[noharleyyet 2826]

 

[hullabelew 3698]

Holy shit.  The Estonian.  I'm surprised he is still alive.  

[freyguy 4240]

The boy got all A's his 1st semester at UT ChE.  Birthday & Hanukkah all overlapped, so went to Strait Music and got him a Vintera II Jaguar and Friedman JJ Amp.  He's a happy boy....

[G650 13335]

Hell yeah

[jimmyjazz 45212]

Damn, Dad!  Well done!

[Chad Fuck 17309]

That’s how you do it! Nice!

[dcbc 14282]

Right on!

[Napoleon 8580]

7 hours ago, freyguy said:

The boy got all A's his 1st semester at UT ChE.  Birthday & Hanukkah all overlapped, so went to Strait Music and got him a Vintera II Jaguar and Friedman JJ Amp.  He's a happy boy....

Welp, you can kiss the straight A’s goodbye after that purchase. 
😅

[DougO 5231]

Adroama has a Gretsch Electromatic Jet Two 90 in red for $299. Good thing it is in red. I don't care for red guitars. A decent P90 rig would be kinda cool, though.

 

https://www.adorama.com/gr25171905.html

 

[Chad Fuck 17309]

Adroama has a Gretsch Electromatic Jet Two 90 in red for $299. Good thing it is in red. I don't care for red guitars. A decent P90 rig would be kinda cool, though.
 
https://www.adorama.com/gr25171905.html

 

Pretty guitar. The p-90 has become my favorite since I got my R6 a while back.

[jimmyjazz 45212]

1 hour ago, DougO said:

Adroama has a Gretsch Electromatic Jet Two 90 in red for $299. Good thing it is in red. I don't care for red guitars. A decent P90 rig would be kinda cool, though.

Good thing for me that deal appears dead already.

[DougO 5231]

35 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Good thing for me that deal appears dead already.

It's still on, but probably had to be refreshed through the slickdeals link. 

https://slickdeals.net/f/17161138-gretsch-g5210-p90-electromatic-jet-two-90-electric-guitar-299-free-s-h

 

[Gil Bang 25689]

Gretsch stuff looks so cool, but I only hear that it's dogshit.

[AnotherUTFan 9576]

Gretsch stuff looks so cool, but I only hear that it's dogshit.

I would certainly take exception to that take. I love my Gretsch's so much that I have Gretsch pickups in some of my Gibsons.

That said, I think a lot of people's experience is with the budget Korean Gretsch's. Gretsch should do a better job of differentiating their Pro vs Budget models. It's literally like the difference in Squire vs Fender Custom Shop.

What's linked is Korean and likely Dogshit. Anything Electromatic, or starting w a 5 is Korean and I would not bang.

[G650 13335]

Yeah, I know plenty of people that love Gretsch. I will say it does have that rep among repair guys and luthiers I know though.

[tbone_ 13991]

I’ve always thought of Gretsch as the Jaguar of guitars.

[hullabelew 3698]

I have two Gretsch guitars and I love them both.   One is like that red one but with a P90 in the neck and filtertron in the bridge.  I'm going to replace that bridge with a better version, but I only play that neck P90 and LOVE it.   I also have one of the big hollow body guitars.  Completely different that anything else I own and what it does, it does perfectly.  I can' never the model numbers but I really like both of these.  

[Chad Fuck 17309]

I have no Gretsch. It’s a big hole in my collection.

I did find a great deal on an R4 though.

Now I just need a Ricky and an Es-3x5 and everything else will just be icing.

[Gil Bang 25689]

18 hours ago, AnotherUTFan said:

I would certainly take exception to that take. I love my Gretsch's so much that I have Gretsch pickups in some of my Gibsons.

That said, I think a lot of people's experience is with the budget Korean Gretsch's. Gretsch should do a better job of differentiating their Pro vs Budget models. It's literally like the difference in Squire vs Fender Custom Shop.

What's linked is Korean and likely Dogshit. Anything Electromatic, or starting w a 5 is Korean and I would not bang.

Isbell is one of the guys that isn't a fan of Gretsch quality control.  I believe he said when you buy one, there's a good chance that it will be an un-tunable, un-playable pile of shit. 

I have heard plenty of people that love them, from Chet to Randy Bachman.

[Deej 76219]

So going alphabetically, we got to the B's before people started bitching about Gretsch's QC?

[G650 13335]

Lol

[locodos 5257]

15 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Isbell is one of the guys that isn't a fan of Gretsch quality control.  I believe he said when you buy one, there's a good chance that it will be an un-tunable, un-playable pile of shit. 

I have heard plenty of people that love them, from Chet to Randy Bachman.

Every guitar I've ever picked up

 

Whenever I hear Gretsch, I think of this guy...

[Goredho 17181]

Took the 30 day return policy from Harley Benton to send back the HSH as the value proposition wasn't great factoring in the need for all new electronics.  Am now taking a flier on one of their Cabronita style tele's with filtertrons.  I hope this is as playable, but a bit better sounding.  If pickups need to be replaced, should be a bit cheaper replacing 2vs3.  We'll see!

[tbone_ 13991]

Ok thaaat’s cool

[Celery Man 20607]

On 12/18/2023 at 8:05 PM, Gil Bang said:

Isbell is one of the guys that isn't a fan of Gretsch quality control.  I believe he said when you buy one, there's a good chance that it will be an un-tunable, un-playable pile of shit. 

I have heard plenty of people that love them, from Chet to Randy Bachman.

I’ve heard him say that about vintage Gretsch, and I’ve heard Chet say the same thing. Modern Japanese pro line Gretsch stuff is consistently good.

[Deej 76219]

11 hours ago, Goredho said:

Took the 30 day return policy from Harley Benton to send back the HSH as the value proposition wasn't great factoring in the need for all new electronics.  Am now taking a flier on one of their Cabronita style tele's with filtertrons.  I hope this is as playable, but a bit better sounding.  If pickups need to be replaced, should be a bit cheaper replacing 2vs3.  We'll see!

Short one pickguard screw.

[Horn Draoi 254]

17 hours ago, Goredho said:

Took the 30 day return policy from Harley Benton to send back the HSH as the value proposition wasn't great factoring in the need for all new electronics.  Am now taking a flier on one of their Cabronita style tele's with filtertrons.  I hope this is as playable, but a bit better sounding.  If pickups need to be replaced, should be a bit cheaper replacing 2vs3.  We'll see!

I want a Cabronita, but not the reverse headstock, thanks.  Even a Cabronita snakehead would suit me better-talk about a strange guitar!

[Goredho 17181]

20 minutes ago, Horn Draoi said:

I want a Cabronita, but not the reverse headstock, thanks.  Even a Cabronita snakehead would suit me better-talk about a strange guitar!

I almost pulled the trigger on the pRick 12 string, but its an on-request only order that will take 6-8 weeks to complete and have to be shipped from Thomann in Germany.  I kind of want to make sure Harley Benton's are a more calculated risk before I tie up some disposable music income for that long.

HB has an "official" Reverb store located in the U.S. so anything you buy through that has already made it to the states and is shipped direct to you from Connecticut.  Prices are higher on Reverb by about $80 with free shipping to you, but the same cheaper-priced item from Thomann costs about $80 to ship to the US.  So it evens out to be more or less equal in price whether you order direct from Thomman or the HB US reverb store.  You get the same 30 day return for any reason policy for each.  But there is no international shipping involved if you go the reverb store route.  The Reverb store's stock is not as full as Thomman's.

[tbone_ 13991]

What’s the story on these things? Chinese slave labor but we don’t know how they play yet?

[jimmyjazz 45212]

58 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

What’s the story on these things? Chinese slave labor but we don’t know how they play yet?

The guitars or the slave labor?  I mean, I'm sure SOME of them can shred.

[Goredho 17181]

20 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

What’s the story on these things? Chinese slave labor but we don’t know how they play yet?

Cheap Chinese guitars with a reputation for punching way above their price point.  Like, in all the "best guitar value" threads on thegearpage.com, Harley Benton is always heavily mentioned as a cheap brand providing a good guitar that can be upgraded to be a great guitar.  They are pretty unashamed about their plagiarism of well-known brands, and are sold exclusively through Thomann in Germany.  They generally cost anywhere from $80 to $350 depending on the model/line/features and apparently have no quality control whatsoever.  They make up for it by having a 30 day return for any reason policy to get a full refund.  You will have to pay to ship it back.  From the people that regularly buy these things, they say it is somewhat of a crap shoot as to what you get, with maybe 3 out of every 4 guitars being keepers with the 4th one having some sort of issue that isn't cheaply curable.  They just return those.

That is why I bought from from their US-located Reverb store.  The guitar has already made it to the states.  Turnaround time to receive the guitar is about like that of any US E-tailer.  If I want to return it, I am only paying to ship it to Connecticut vs Germany.

My sample size of 1 guitar basically aligns with what everyone was saying on TGP.  The HB HSH Fusion cost $350, played well out of the box, and really good after a basic set up.  It would have needed some nut work and a fret polish and its playability would have been great and at least close to that of the guitar it is a rip off of, the 10x as expensive Suhr Modern Pro which I have owned.  It sounded like ass, though, and would have needed to have at least its pickups replaced if not all of its electronics to get anywhere close.  With the original purchase price of the guitar and some new pickups, I would have exceeded the $650 I paid for a Mark Holcomb PRS SE I recently bought which plays and sounds really good with no work.  They were both vying to be my high gain guitar for recording, and I wasn't ever going to keep both.  So I returned the Harley Benton. I was impressed enough by its playability to try something else from them. I don't have anything with filtertrons, so the $249 Cabronita tele is on its way.

[Chad Fuck 17309]

Now for something completely different. I decided to treat myself for my birthday/Christmas. 2000 54 LP Custom reissue with the staple neck pup. Been looking for a while but I made a lowball offer and the guy accepted so what is a guy to do? I think I have a new house favorite.



One with the stablemates.

The neck is somewhere between the baseball bat of the R6 and R8 and the fairly skinny profile of my 82 LP Custom. Fits like a glove. Haven’t done a lot of overdriven tones as I just got this evening and I don’t want to wake the neighbors. But it does clean real nice.

Now if I just had more time to play it.

[Goredho 17181]

8 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Now for something completely different. I decided to treat myself for my birthday/Christmas. 2000 54 LP Custom reissue with the staple neck pup. Been looking for a while but I made a lowball offer and the guy accepted so what is a guy to do? I think I have a new house favorite.



One with the stablemates.

The neck is somewhere between the baseball bat of the R6 and R8 and the fairly skinny profile of my 82 LP Custom. Fits like a glove. Haven’t done a lot of overdriven tones as I just got this evening and I don’t want to wake the neighbors. But it does clean real nice.

Now if I just had more time to play it.

Gorgeous!

[Celery Man 20607]

Badass

[Butch Had Not 2931]

4 hours ago, Goredho said:

Cheap Chinese guitars with a reputation for punching way above their price point.  Like, in all the "best guitar value" threads on thegearpage.com, Harley Benton is always heavily mentioned as a cheap brand providing a good guitar that can be upgraded to be a great guitar.  They are pretty unashamed about their plagiarism of well-known brands, and are sold exclusively through Thomann in Germany.  They generally cost anywhere from $80 to $350 depending on the model/line/features and apparently have no quality control whatsoever.  They make up for it by having a 30 day return for any reason policy to get a full refund.  You will have to pay to ship it back.  From the people that regularly buy these things, they say it is somewhat of a crap shoot as to what you get, with maybe 3 out of every 4 guitars being keepers with the 4th one having some sort of issue that isn't cheaply curable.  They just return those.

That is why I bought from from their US-located Reverb store.  The guitar has already made it to the states.  Turnaround time to receive the guitar is about like that of any US E-tailer.  If I want to return it, I am only paying to ship it to Connecticut vs Germany.

My sample size of 1 guitar basically aligns with what everyone was saying on TGP.  The HB HSH Fusion cost $350, played well out of the box, and really good after a basic set up.  It would have needed some nut work and a fret polish and its playability would have been great and at least close to that of the guitar it is a rip off of, the 10x as expensive Suhr Modern Pro which I have owned.  It sounded like ass, though, and would have needed to have at least its pickups replaced if not all of its electronics to get anywhere close.  With the original purchase price of the guitar and some new pickups, I would have exceeded the $650 I paid for a Mark Holcomb PRS SE I recently bought which plays and sounds really good with no work.  They were both vying to be my high gain guitar for recording, and I wasn't ever going to keep both.  So I returned the Harley Benton. I was impressed enough by its playability to try something else from them. I don't have anything with filtertrons, so the $249 Cabronita tele is on its way.

HB did a knockoff jim root jazzmaster and it was completely fucked. 

 

 

[AnotherUTFan 9576]

Merry Christmas, Mr. Fuck! Well done.

[G650 13335]

9 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

Now for something completely different. I decided to treat myself for my birthday/Christmas. 2000 54 LP Custom reissue with the staple neck pup. Been looking for a while but I made a lowball offer and the guy accepted so what is a guy to do? I think I have a new house favorite.



One with the stablemates.

The neck is somewhere between the baseball bat of the R6 and R8 and the fairly skinny profile of my 82 LP Custom. Fits like a glove. Haven’t done a lot of overdriven tones as I just got this evening and I don’t want to wake the neighbors. But it does clean real nice.

Now if I just had more time to play it.

Now this is how you Guitar Pron

[noharleyyet 2826]

12 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

Now for something completely different. I decided to treat myself for my birthday/Christmas. 2000 54 LP Custom reissue with the staple neck pup. Been looking for a while but I made a lowball offer and the guy accepted so what is a guy to do? I think I have a new house favorite.



One with the stablemates.

The neck is somewhere between the baseball bat of the R6 and R8 and the fairly skinny profile of my 82 LP Custom. Fits like a glove. Haven’t done a lot of overdriven tones as I just got this evening and I don’t want to wake the neighbors. But it does clean real nice.

Now if I just had more time to play it.

Damn!