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King Vidiot posted:Dude, it's just a Dobro. Are we going to just start saying that every drat guitar ever made is ugly now? No that's a dumb dobro bass
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 over $10,000 for this. and it's a 6 string fretless lol  and this is a lemmy signature rickenbacker wthhh VVV word i only tolerate that on $200 danelectros mclast fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Jan 13, 2014 |
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mclast posted:
$10k for a non-intonatable bridge, awesome.
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mclast posted:word i only tolerate that on $200 danelectros The intonation won't matter because tone!!! I am totally torn about this... It comes with a stethoscope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oB1CQlZA3Y
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White Dog Eggs posted:$10k for a non-intonatable bridge, awesome. It's a fretless so it's not like the intonation is ever gonna be spot on to begin with.
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Thumposaurus posted:It's a fretless so it's not like the intonation is ever gonna be spot on to begin with. Huh, I totally overlooked it was fretless, I just saw the inlays, doh.
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White Dog Eggs posted:The intonation won't matter because tone!!! we carry those trevellers at my store. the action's always just ok but they do sound pretty good. i'd like this one if i thought it made sense to spend money on a guitar just for travelling  edit: a kitten posted:people, people from early last page but man, yeah that's how opinions work and when i drink i get talkative FURTHERMORE nine inch nails has always been on the periphery of my experience, share some influences with bands i really like, and don't seem to have influenced anyone i really like. so, mclast fucked around with this message at 02:05 on Jan 13, 2014 |
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man thats gross posted:how about the spaceranger A band saw and a belt sander and a little more paint annnnnnd... it is still kinda ugly. 
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 another eyesore that i'd love to own. probably posted by someone else at some point but gently caress it, it is gloriously hideous. dipinto galaxie 4 White Dog Eggs posted:What is going on with that guitar? Looks like someone attacked it with a sheet sander... i think it's the dude from local h's guitar. i'm assuming it's natural and not the result of possibly the worst relic job ever though if it has been relic'd i guess that actually makes it a "good" relic since i honestly can't even tell the difference between if someone tried to make it look like it was thrown out of a moving train or if it actually was. guitar nerd poo poo: i personally love the bridge mod there most of all because it's almost really smart. he hardtailed the low E string presumably so it wouldn't be effected by the tremolo because he's got a mustang bass pickup in the neck position that is picking up that string (not sure what the p-bass pickup is doing there) and running it out to its own output and then probably into an octave pedal, etc. the problem is, jazzmasters/jags are designed so that the bridge rocks with the motion of the trem, so it's still going to be effected somewhat but still a cool idea for this specific application.
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I missed the black on black discussion but, I just got a free 80's knockoff MIJ Stratocaster that I submit for judgement.  It says Profile Black Magic under all that scuz.
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Occupy Japan posted:i think it's the dude from local h's guitar. i'm assuming it's natural and not the result of possibly the worst relic job ever though if it has been relic'd i guess that actually makes it a "good" relic since i honestly can't even tell the difference between if someone tried to make it look like it was thrown out of a moving train or if it actually was. I would bet my balls that the finish was sanded off at some point, paint doesn't come off like that. Occupy Japan posted:guitar nerd poo poo: i personally love the bridge mod there most of all because it's almost really smart. he hardtailed the low E string presumably so it wouldn't be effected by the tremolo because he's got a mustang bass pickup in the neck position that is picking up that string (not sure what the p-bass pickup is doing there) and running it out to its own output and then probably into an octave pedal, etc. the problem is, jazzmasters/jags are designed so that the bridge rocks with the motion of the trem, so it's still going to be effected somewhat but still a cool idea for this specific application. Those Jazzmaster bridges are odd, I've never actually worked on one before, but I've been told they are hideous sustain killing contraption and you have to dip them in wax to stop everything rattling. Jedrick posted:I missed the black on black discussion but, I just got a free 80's knockoff MIJ Stratocaster that I submit for judgement. Please tell me you got it from the guy in your avatar.
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Jedrick posted:I missed the black on black discussion but, I just got a free 80's knockoff MIJ Stratocaster that I submit for judgement. Geez. At first I thought that was some kind of rattlecan holocaust, but apparently it was made that way?
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Clitch posted:Geez. At first I thought that was some kind of rattlecan holocaust, but apparently it was made that way? Paint 666 on it in red paint.
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White Dog Eggs posted:Paint 666 on it in red paint. I'm considering painting on an inverse pentagram with some bullshit "runes" in the area below the tone knob if I can find paint that matches the wikkid orange-red stripe. It's already the Black Magic so I figure it can become Satan Guitar. It may be ugly, albeit in a somewhat charming way, but it's a solid guitar and I'm pretty stoked to have it. Edit: Too bad coated stings are awful, or I would get black strings for maximum blackness. Jedrick fucked around with this message at 04:43 on Jan 13, 2014 |
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Rattlecan Holocaust is my new favorite band name.
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Oddly enough, there's an actual reason that thing has tape gunk all over the logo: Apparently at some gigs where the bands will be taped, whatever guitar company is sponsoring the event will decree that no logos other than its own can show up on camera. Everyone with another company's guitars has to cover the logo up. The LP copy I bought off a dude on Craigslist had tape gunk over the logo for that reason.
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White Dog Eggs posted:I would bet my balls that the finish was sanded off at some point, paint doesn't come off like that. The Jazzmaster bridge is... Interesting. It's workable but the biggest flaw is the threaded saddles
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Declan MacManus posted:The Jazzmaster bridge is... Interesting. It's workable but the biggest flaw is the threaded saddles I made the mistake of buying a Jaguar as my first guitar. They're good guitars, but NEVER suggest them to someone starting out. The day I traded it in towards my Strat was a happy day. The biggest problem with that thing is that they added way too many ways to adjust it, making it way more complex than other bridges. You can adjust the following: string spacing, individual saddle height, bridge height, and intonation. Sounds awesome on paper, but in practice it just means that setting it up is a goddamned chore due to the number of variables involved. Never mind that the many moving parts in the system have a tendency to rattle loose, which means you need Loctite just to keep things stable. Dropping a Mustang bridge in removes the saddle height and string spacing variables, eliminating most of the issues. Unfortunately, newer Jazzmasters and Jaguars have a different fretboard radius than the originals, which means the drop-in mustang bridge fix doesn't work. (You can purchase third-party Mustang bridges with adjustable saddles that allow you to work with any radius, thankfully.)
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White Dog Eggs posted:Those Jazzmaster bridges are odd, I've never actually worked on one before, but I've been told they are hideous sustain killing contraption and you have to dip them in wax to stop everything rattling. here's some words about fender offsets: i've got a fender cij jazzmaster and a cij jaguar and i haven't had too many problems with them other than the tremolo bar on the jazz not wanting to stay in properly because of the asstarded pop-in instead of screw-in design. a lot of problems people have with jazzmasters and especially jaguars (because of the shorter scale) stems from them not realizing the the guitars and therefor also the bridges were made before light gauged guitar strings came on the market and are meant to have huge-rear end strings on them. they just aren't made for 9's or really even 10's (but you can kinda get away with 10's on a jazzmaster). i have 11's on my jazzmaster and 12's on my jaguar and both have the stupid threaded bridge and all that and they don't buzz or rattle or have string jumping or anything. the bridge and more specifically the break angle doesn't lend itself to tons of sustain but again with higher gauge strings you make up for it somewhat. i'm thinking of buying buzzstops for both to increase the break angle and then going down a string size to 10's and 11's respectively. gently caress playing on 12's for more than a few minutes. ouch. lovely pic from even shittier cellphone but here is my jazzmaster (with red tort pickguard because i am a poser piece of poo poo and was trying to make it look like belinda butcher's jazzmaster from some mbv video):  and here is my jaguar and also a different couch:  and here is an awful, blurry pic of the most poorly thought out bridge of all time:  the usual fix for the dumb awful bridge is to either swap it out for a mustang bridge and/or to wrap tape around the posts to prevent it from rocking back and forth (pretty much can't use the tremolo if you do this since the tremolo is made so that the bridge rocks). also a lot of people end up having to cut off part of the saddle screws (since they're angled up and, if you have to crank the saddle back too far to intonate (which you will have to with thicker strings), they'll hit the strings and cause buzzing) - you can also just turn the bridge around like I did on my jag. if a mustang bridge isn't available, tune-o-matics can be used too but they're basically impossible to find in fender radii. mosrite-type roller bridges are my personal ideal replacement since they drop in and have very close to the right radius (9" vs. 9.5") but you have to shim the neck. long story short leo fender was clearly smoking meth when he designed this poo poo. compare all that gobbledygook with "string guitar, adjust trem springs so the bridge floats off the body by ~the height of a quarter when tuned to pitch, play guitar" for stratocasters and yeah. don't get me wrong i love fender offsets but goddamn they are possibly the most over-engineered guitars ever loving made Occupy Japan fucked around with this message at 07:35 on Jan 13, 2014 |
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actually the real solution is buy a guitar with a string through and a tunomatic and don't ever gently caress with the bridge ever hth
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Bolek posted:actually the real solution is buy a guitar with a string through and a tunomatic and don't ever gently caress with the bridge ever hth less holes in body = better than. here is the best style of bridge ever made.  
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Jedrick posted:I'm considering painting on an inverse pentagram with some bullshit "runes" in the area below the tone knob if I can find paint that matches the wikkid orange-red stripe. It's already the Black Magic so I figure it can become Satan Guitar. It may be ugly, albeit in a somewhat charming way, but it's a solid guitar and I'm pretty stoked to have it. I was going to suggest painting a wicked sick inverted cross on the headstock, but you should just put a picture of Glen Benton from Deicide on the headstock or inside the pentagram.  Zonekeeper posted:Oddly enough, there's an actual reason that thing has tape gunk all over the logo: Apparently at some gigs where the bands will be taped, whatever guitar company is sponsoring the event will decree that no logos other than its own can show up on camera. Everyone with another company's guitars has to cover the logo up. The LP copy I bought off a dude on Craigslist had tape gunk over the logo for that reason. This is 100% true, I've had experience of this. A friend of mine who is in a metal band owns one of my guitars and a major guitar company (can't say which because I don't want to get him in trouble, starts with a G though.) tried to get him to put their logo over mine on his guitar as it was an explorer-type shape (remember, the company totally began with a G). He compromised by putting tape over the headstock. He's now contractually obliged to play nothing but this brands guitars on stage and he hates it because their guitars are terrible. Bummed me out for a while as it would have been some pretty sweet advertising for me. Occupy Japan posted:less holes in body = better than. here is the best style of bridge ever made. Hardtails are my favourite type of bridges to fit as they are so easy to fit, people prefer string-thru though. Those wrap-around bridges are pretty good too, but they can be a bit of a turd to intonate sometimes. xd posted:I'm surprised that no one posted any Italia guitars yet. Italia Guitars are excellent value for money. Very well built, but hardly anyone likes them because they look insanely european. quote:Good stuff about Jazzmaster/Jaguar bridges It's nice to hear this stuff off sane people rather than guitar forums as I actually trust you lot. Guitar forums are horrible places. I need to see the rest of that guitar. That bridge is loopy.
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Bolek posted:actually the real solution is buy a guitar with a string through and a tunomatic and don't ever gently caress with the bridge ever hth tremolos are dope and i will never give them up yo
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White Dog Eggs posted:I need to see the rest of that guitar. That bridge is loopy. 
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Declan MacManus posted:tremolos are dope and i will never give them up yo Fun guitar sperg fact; Trem bridges are horrible for sustain, I wouldn't recommend a trem unless you actually use it. You can get trem bridges that lock down when you want, they aren't a bad compromise. Someone put a lot of effort into making this and that makes me feel odd. That guitar is loving absurd on multiple levels. Barnaby Rudge fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Jan 13, 2014 |
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HollisBrown posted:We're running low on ugly guitars. Can this thread be about ugly musicians now?   Also anything involving Man'o'War.
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White Dog Eggs posted:
guitars custom made for Man O War... by none other than our dearest ED ROMAN 
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You spin me right round. This guitar has a weird crotch bulge.  Scissor me timbers!  Animal print on everything.  mclast posted:i was really, really into Primus in highschool. Seen them a handful of times when Herb rejoined the band in between '04 and '06, and the Fancy Band once (bass, drum, percussion, sitar, saxophone - their cover of Shine On You Crazy Diamond was pretty alright). he's been getting more and more into the jamband scene for over a decade now, and i saw Primus with jay layne at a festival a few years ago and it was like seeing an old girlfriend, 'oh, nice, you're still alive and that's good. welp bye' I went through a really weird Primus thing from Jr. High into my early 20s. I got really into that band as a drummer, guitarist, and bassist. I thought they were so awesome and saw them on the Brown Album tour and a couple of those reunion shows with Tim but holy poo poo, all that jam band poo poo was so loving boring. I even ate up all of the side/solo projects that claypool did but after Col. Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade (and whatever variation depending on who was playing with them) got boring, I just couldn't stand it anymore. I Might Be Adam fucked around with this message at 16:59 on Jan 13, 2014 |
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I Might Be Adam posted:You spin me right round. I quite like this, it'd sell pretty fast too!
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White Dog Eggs posted:Fun guitar sperg fact; Trem bridges are horrible for sustain, I wouldn't recommend a trem unless you actually use it. You can get trem bridges that lock down when you want, they aren't a bad compromise. what about those big ole tremolo blocks
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Fair Hallion posted:guitars custom made for Man O War... ahahaha Ed Roman's still a thing? Cool because there's been such a rash of lovely custom guitar companies (Invictus, Acacia, Halo a little bit) that I thought would go under, but if Ed's still in the game, clearly you can charge up the rear end for whatever and people will still come to you if it's poo poo
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