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Can we get a closeup up that ugly piece of poo poo with the dick hole that is sitting next to that other ugly piece of poo poo with the dick hole? CONTENT:  $780 for a Fender Tele body with a sick paisley paint job? So worth it!
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Fair Hallion posted:what about a double neck, if it's easier make one of them fretless (bass or guitar w'ever) for max horribleness Can't really afford to use a second neck as that'd be waaaaay too much time and money to sink into something that will probably never sell  .man thats gross posted:no way if your going double neck both necks have to be exactly the same Now I think about it, I have another pre-made neck that came off a really, really, REALLY cheap 60's arch-top that I brought for £5 from a charity shop (I'm pretty sure it's made from plywood), however someone wanted me to build them a junker guitar from an old cooking pot so it might get used for that instead. We shall see. Edit: The guitar was that cheap because it stank of piss, the charity shop gave me a bin-bag to take it home in.
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White Dog Eggs posted:Edit: The guitar was that cheap because it stank of piss, the charity shop gave me a bin-bag to take it home in. Sounds like a perfect fit for this guitar. Please also use paint markers to recreate that paisley pattern from the guitar above. Edit: if done properly (poorly) it will just end up looking like lovely drawings of amoebas.
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Jan 7, 2014 16:47
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I Might Be Adam posted:Can we get a closeup up that ugly piece of poo poo with the dick hole that is sitting next to that other ugly piece of poo poo with the dick hole? If I ever have a full-on breakdown I would like to get arrested for playing this whilst waving my dick at traffic. Also that's not a paint job, it's a vinyl sticker, that's why it's got that finish around the edge. Classy!
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Jan 7, 2014 16:48
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call it tone-piss and sell it for millions
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I'm not the biggest Vai fan in the world, his music leaves me cold these days (although I'll always fondly remember when Passion & Warfare came out) but I gotta admit, I think that pics pretty cool. He's also a nice guy who's willing to sit and talk music for hours with anybody. And another:   hot r not?
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Does the seam showing on those quilted maple tops bother anyone else but me?
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iostream.h posted:
I actually don't mind that. I've also never really seen a transparent black that I liked but that's just subtle enough that it works. The cream P90's look good against that finish too. I Might Be Adam posted:Does the seam showing on those quilted maple tops bother anyone else but me? I've never really thought about it. I always assumed it's done for the symmetry. Maybe it's done because it means you can start with a more narrow, and therefore cheaper, piece of wood? Either way, I've seen guitars that have fancy tops without the seam and to be honest I like the seam more. GreatGreen fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Jan 7, 2014 |
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Jan 7, 2014 17:59
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I Might Be Adam posted:Does the seam showing on those quilted maple tops bother anyone else but me? Definitely me as well. I also feel like they could try to line up the sides better, but I'm sure it's not done for a reason, perhaps for all the extra TONE and whatnot.
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I Might Be Adam posted:Does the seam showing on those quilted maple tops bother anyone else but me? Quilted maple is totally un-symmetrical and pretty spotty, you aren't going to get a 'nice looking' top without bookmatching and due to the grain it's never going to match properly. It actually looks nicer if you use a small fillet of dark wood between them imo.
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White Dog Eggs posted:Quilted maple is totally un-symmetrical and pretty spotty, you aren't going to get a 'nice looking' top without bookmatching and due to the grain it's never going to match properly. It actually looks nicer if you use a small fillet of dark wood between them imo. is there a reason they glue together two blocks, or is it possible to just use one big block of quilted maple
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I Might Be Adam posted:Does the seam showing on those quilted maple tops bother anyone else but me?  Both of them together for comparison:  I actually did a quick Google to make sure I wasn't making poo poo up and ended up in a black hole of MyLesPaul.com with people pulling out their micrometers to debate which of their finishes were actually flame v/s quilt. I don't really give a poo poo, I've just always thought 'semi-straight = flame and roundish swirly = quilt'. Anyway, I don't know if you actually CARE to know the difference, since it really doesn't matter either way, but thought someone might find it interesting. The guy who makes guitars in this thread probably knows WAY more about it than I ever will and can correct me if I'm wrong. GreatGreen posted:I actually don't mind that. I've also never really seen a transparent black that I liked but that's just subtle enough that it works. The cream 90's look good against that finish too. LudwigVon Lugnuts posted:Definitely me as well. I also feel like they could try to line up the sides better, but I'm sure it's not done for a reason, perhaps for all the extra TONE and whatnot.
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Rhopunzel posted:is there a reason they glue together two blocks, or is it possible to just use one big block of quilted maple it's just a cap/veneer the rest of the body is plain mahogany with huge chunks drilled out of it (weight relief) e: raw lumber is generally sawn into boards just under 1' wide, which is why most mass-produced guitars generally use at minimum two pieces glued together. unless it's a custom shop deal with a 1-piece body, which is more expensive here's the actual gibson factory. they plane and rip the boards and match up pieces for bodies around a minute into the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbU1R4KDymw Alec Bald Snatch fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Jan 7, 2014 |
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comes along bort posted:it's just a cap/veneer  
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oh ya i knew that, i just didn't assume they were THAT thin, i thought they were like at least a quarter/half inch or something
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the cap is stupid carved tops are stupid
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Rhopunzel posted:oh ya i knew that, i just didn't assume they were THAT thin, i thought they were like at least a quarter/half inch or something yeah they're usually thicker i think like 5/8" i know agile uses a 3/4" cap on their les paul copies because i saw a slight overhang in the pickup cavity when changing pickups Declan MacManus posted:the cap is stupid what i don't get are carved tops on strat type bodies i have one and i think it's dumb Alec Bald Snatch fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Jan 7, 2014 |
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comes along bort posted:yeah they're usually thicker i think like 5/8" "it's pretty" is basically what it boils down to
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comes along bort posted:what i don't get are carved tops on strat type bodies  Y'know, I have to admit, this thread's been very interesting. I've really never given any thought to what anyone else thought about how any of my guitars looked. I just always kind of assumed they were as pretty to anyone else as they are to me even if someone said 'well I don't really like PRS/Gibson/etc'. Oh and yes, those are all from the same pic a while back, I think it was for an inset promo photo or something. I've just been cropping out the individual guitars.  Got rid of the acoustic a while back and changed some stuff on the others but anyway.
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Rhopunzel posted:is there a reason they glue together two blocks, or is it possible to just use one big block of quilted maple A big enough block of maple to top one guitar with a decent grain consistency of quilt would cost a lot of money, Maybe 5 times as much as a two piece? Don't really keep on on prices for fancy imported woods any more (I mostly use stuff from the UK, Beech, alder, ash, sycamore (different than US sycamore), Oak (yes, oak), elm, birch etc. For comparisons sake, this piece of spalted elm cost me half has much as a two-peice 10mm thick top would cost (sorry for the lovely picture, had to grab it off facebook)  Declan MacManus posted:carved tops are stupid The only reason a Les Paul has a carved top is because is because it's based on a jazz-arch top. Gibson didn't want to give it a flat top as they were afraid it'd look cheap.
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Guys, I bring gifts for the thread. Let me tell you about the Ibanez JEM I used to own. Yes, I used to own this guitar. My first guitar was a red Squier strat in about 1999, back when Squier used to be way more terrible than it is now. That guitar was awful. But I had seen for years the white JEM in the "cool" guitar store in town and saved up the money to buy it, in the very early 2000s. To be fair, I was like, 15 years old and thought I was going to be the most awesome shredder in the world.  It's not quite as ugly as the green one, but is still pretty ugly. For some reason, teenage me was really into weird fretboard inlays and thought they were the coolest thing in the world. Also, the SICK GEAR aspect of having a Floyd Rose and 24 frets was really exciting. But honestly, this was like the worst guitar purchase ever because I was never really into metal or prog rock, so what the hell did I need a Steve Vai signature guitar for? (Truth is, it actually sounded pretty good, especially on the in-between positions with the hybrid humbucker/single coil) So fast forward to three or four years ago. I'm getting into playing more again, and I have this weird-rear end guitar, and I'm thinking "I really wish I had a better and less ridiculous instrument" although having a handle literally carved into the guitar is hilarious and I used it all the time. So I went to Craigslist and eventually found a guy willing to trade me a much nicer (and more expensive" guitar for my JEM. However, the problem was this guitar was even UGLIER, if that be possible:  It's a 2006 USA made Deluxe Stratocaster, a pretty nice guitar. But that sparkly black finish with the matte gold pickguard, chrome and black hardware...it was a truly ugly guitar. And it played fine, but honestly I don't really love Strats. So I took to craigslist again and traded the Strat for:  A great looking guitar! Finally! This mid 90s SG ruled. I don't have it any more; I sold it to my brother. But this just goes to show, there is hope for the ugly-guitar-owners of the world. I transformed my low-end 90s Steve Vai crazy superstrat for an awesome SG. Anything is possible. Life is beautiful. Thank you for reading. I wish I had more ugly guitars to share, but the handful of guitars I own now are all awesome.
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White Dog Eggs posted:If I ever have a full-on breakdown I would like to get arrested for playing this whilst waving my dick at traffic. Also that's not a paint job, it's a vinyl sticker, that's why it's got that finish around the edge. Classy! The original 60's ones were wallpaper.
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don't think I've ever seen a Strat with the matt gold (anodized?) pickguard... it's more of a vintage Jazzmaster thing isn't it? Looks goofy on a strat. That guitar would be improved 100% with just a black pickguard (maybe even single ply so there's no white outline) Something like: 
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Anodized pickguards are awesome because you don't have to wipe them down all the time I don't like how they look on solid black guitars though
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That's the thing though, it wasn't anodized aluminum, it was just slightly sparkly gold plastic. It looked really, really dumb. The gold pickguards on the late 50s Jazzmasters (and some P-basses, I think?) look awesome.
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White Dog Eggs posted:The only reason a Les Paul has a carved top is because is because it's based on a jazz-arch top. Gibson didn't want to give it a flat top as they were afraid it'd look cheap. And their god drat right because it's a thing of beauty, White Dog Eggs do you build guitars from scratch or something? Do you do commissions?
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Rashomon posted:That's the thing though, it wasn't anodized aluminum, it was just slightly sparkly gold plastic. It looked really, really dumb. hahaa then yes that's really bad. who would willingly pick that? then again if I've learned anything ITT there's no accounting for the tastes of guitar people
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Fair Hallion posted:don't think I've ever seen a Strat with the matt gold (anodized?) pickguard... it's more of a vintage Jazzmaster thing isn't it? Really? I've always hated black on black strats, especially with maple fretboards. My brain can only focus on all the metal screws and components as opposed to the contours of the wood, and a pickguard the same color as the guitar really only breaks up an otherwise clean looking surface.
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Thumposaurus posted:Put a totally useless pot on the headstock and label it "you suck" Make sure it goes to 11.
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GreatGreen posted:Really? I've always hated black on black strats, especially with maple fretboards. My brain can only focus on all the metal screws and components then sorry about your brain I guess but seriously, what colour would look better ? Red or tort would stink, white would make it look like a guitar hero controller
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it's boring but a white pickguard is pretty much the only thing that goes with a black body nobody's gonna remember what guitar hero was in a few more years anyway
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MAESTRO! MAESTRO!  MAESTRO!  MAESXUP??? 
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CannedMacabre posted:MAESTRO! I dunno, I kinda like this one. It would look cool while hanging up and you could kinda hook your fingers around the inner body for stability when palm muting and the like. And it would be really light. If you gave it a non-stupid headstock and fretboard inlays (seriously, in theory a cool inlay could be fun, but in practice everything is worse than just plain dots) and I'd buy it.
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What the gently caress is even going on with the back side of that guitar? Is it that lumpy and misshapen or is it a really bad photoshop cut-out?
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Fair Hallion posted:then sorry about your brain I guess Actually I think out of those three, tortoise would be best... not that it would look good relative to most other good looking guitars. Actually I think the biggest problem is the maple fretboard. Put a rosewood fretboard on there and I think a white pickguard would be best: 
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