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Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:40 am

COFBack wrote: Don't write off the Mexican Tele's
I played one at a local shop the other day. For me (a hack) it was pretty nice and at 1/3 the cost of an american it was a deal.

ive been playing mexi and japanese fenders for a while. the mexi stuff is decent but about one in three are great. you just got to play a few to find the right one. as far as the japanese stuff goes i havent found a bad one yet.

Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:56 pm

^^^^ i second that.
pulled so many mexi fenders apart while on my instrument making degree, some of them are shocking(poor routing, obvious bodge cover-ups bad finish) but others are spot on. best to get a sunburst one as they can only get away with using up to 3 pieces for the body block, stripped a black one to find 13 mismatched off-cuts of poplar. not good.
jap ones are amazing. og 60's are better tho. especially this one 8) :wink:

'69 fender swinger, factory made abortion made from leftover bass v and musicmaster parts chopped up a bit to look like a new instrument. i love this guitar, the neck is so short its a bitch to tune properly but its so crunchy and loud. production numbers are unknown but believed to be under 100. and no, im not selling :P

no strings cos i'm cleaning the fingerboard and readjusting the neck tonite :wink:

Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:57 pm

Church Key, nice '52 gold top Paul. :wink:

Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:59 pm

Glenn wrote: My son.

God, he looks just like you!!!!

Does he know distributors too??? :wink:

Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:41 pm

Jeezus! No '52 Gold Tops or Swingers here (nice stuff, guys), but I still make do:

Next up: maybe an acoustic bass?

Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:17 pm

I know, I know I'm reviving it from the dead, but this is my other hobby.

Guitars:
'03 Mexi Tele

Fender Telecoustic (pos right there)

Agile AS-820 (decent Gibson ES-330 copy)

1937 Recording King Carson J. Robison (built by gibson and plays like a dream :twisted: )

No name strat copy (with semi correct headstock?!) - $45 craigslist deal :lol:

Yamaha EG-112 crappy beginner guitar that I put fur on and swapped in a fender pickup, it plays alright

1967 Deca/Heit Deluxe

Sammick Acoustic

Yamaha classical (saved from a kid at school who was gonna smash it :shock: )

Homemade guitar, headstock's coming off :cry:

Homemade guitar from 2x4 and neck of a smashed guitar

Danelectro U1 (1990s repop) $45 craigslist SCORE!

Crappy $25 (new!) cheapo guitar that I hacked into a badass slide guitar (with built in cristmas lights :lol: )

Amps:
Fender Frontman 25r

Pignose G40v (very nice cheap tube amp, i think it's similar to a tweed bassman circuit, gets that badass neil young distortion PERFECT)

Fender BXR300 (or something like that) bass amp $50 craigslist SCORE!

Smokey Amp

Not alot of high $$ stuff lot's of fun little goof around guitars, but the Agile and the Mexi tele are quite nice and make great tones. I also have some danelectro mini pedals, those work great except that the reverb one died.

Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:59 pm

Japanese Fender and my SWR Mo'Bass and Ampeg stack.

I also have a G&L L-2000, very good bass as well.

Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:04 pm

edmundo wrote: ^^^^ i second that.
pulled so many mexi fenders apart while on my instrument making degree, some of them are shocking(poor routing, obvious bodge cover-ups bad finish) but others are spot on. best to get a sunburst one as they can only get away with using up to 3 pieces for the body block, stripped a black one to find 13 mismatched off-cuts of poplar. not good.
jap ones are amazing. og 60's are better tho. especially this one 8) :wink:

'69 fender swinger, factory made abortion made from leftover bass v and musicmaster parts chopped up a bit to look like a new instrument. i love this guitar, the neck is so short its a bitch to tune properly but its so crunchy and loud. production numbers are unknown but believed to be under 100. and no, im not selling :P

no strings cos i'm cleaning the fingerboard and readjusting the neck tonite :wink:

I love the shape of that guitar, it's a shame it's so short. Here's mine. I guess I'm just into weird shaped guitars :D
Yeah it's a Squier Super-Sonic but, it's extremely well made, even compared to American strats. Only made for a year and a half before the musicmaster killed the series.

Among other I've owned...
73 Fender P-bass
2000 ESP MH-300
2005 Fender Telecaster

Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:13 pm

dooj dooj dooj dooj dooj....

Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:43 pm

Red & white Vantage FV-575 Flying V. I have a blue one too...

Seven string Schecter Diamond Omen 7.

100W Marshall head. I sold the 4x12 Marshall cabinet and now have a 4x12 Carvin cabinet.

Me playin'...

http://disorganism.ca
My old band. We disbanded in late 2006 after only 2yrs.

Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:46 pm

Pictures of my '37 Carson j Robison

Hows this for "patina"

Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:25 pm

I know I used to have some better pictures, but now i can't find them! I have many more guitars, although most of them are unplayable, and I have a few pedals.

Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:38 pm

http://www.andersonamps.com/albertos%20equipment.jpg
It is nice when your dad builds amps! Its too bad I'm still on the waiting list to get one!

Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:22 am

I've never heard of Anderson amplifier's before, but I love that arch top. I used to have an obsession with them.

Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:00 pm

That is beautiful! :shock:

Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:40 pm

I found an older pic of our unfinished attic.....

the tele belongs to my older son, the 7 string "IveBeenHad" belongs to my youngest son ( he worked for ibanez). The old strat is mine.

Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:46 pm

Can't find the damn pics on the PC and I am too tired to run back down and take another one.....found one.

Bass player - after owning everything (probably have owned 30 or so basses - 2 Ricks, countless Fenders and Gibsons, a first production run Stingray, Ibanez, Vox, and God knows what else) I am down to the following
-Highly modified Gibson EB3L (slotted headstock)
- Ash Explorer body with P/J pups and currently a Peavey neck (I built it about 25 years ago and I have completely redone it about 4 times. Its the one I get buried with.
- headless, fretless, chopped up Gibson Grabber with single J pup (my Jaco bass)
- Squire VM Jazz (70's style) - Don't laugh, this thing is waaaaay better than all of the mid 70s Jazz Basses that I had. This is my live gig bass.
- unnamed 60s Japanese bass that is identical to my first bass - found it on E-Bay - real piece of crap, but I had to have it.
- Peavey Tele copy 6 string - picked it up in a store one day for the hell of it - felt amazing - about 4 hours of set up and anyone that plays it is blown away.
- Squire 51 6 string - bought it for my guitar player for goofy tuning songs - I am not impressed.
- Genz Benz Shuttle 3.0 10" with extension cabinet. What's cool is going to a gig with ALL of my bass rig on the backseat of my 65 bug. 8)

Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:18 pm

andk5591 wrote: - Peavey Tele copy 6 string - picked it up in a store one day for the hell of it - felt amazing - about 4 hours of set up and anyone that plays it is blown away.

The Reactor? Those things aren't bad at all! My brother picked one up off craigslist for $75, nice guit, made in USA.

Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:37 am

Quote: The Reactor?

I dont think so - its a Tele copy with 2 strats and a Humbucker. I still want to find a better bridge pickup though. I got some suggestions from Dimarzio, but I haven't got around to messing with it again.

Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:41 am