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Post by ROCKY on Mar 26, 2019 12:45:22 GMT
The crayon pencil guy is back! This time with Styrofoam!
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henryj
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Post by henryj on Mar 27, 2019 0:33:02 GMT
3 thoughts: 1. I wonder if he ever considered making a styrofoam Gibson Les Paul. A lot of people complain that Les Pauls are too heavy! 2. Interestingly, a darker sounding Telecaster! 3. I wonder what the styrofoam Tele would look like when relic'd. I bet large pieces would fall out. Maybe even become double-cutaway like a Tele that McCartney once had; made for a righty, the double cutaway made it more playable for a lefty like Paul.
(Now I should find that picture of Paul's double cutaway Telecaster!)
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Post by ROCKY on Apr 12, 2019 13:30:38 GMT
Hey guys going to build my Jimmy Page Dragon tele soon. Ordered all the parts for it yesterday.
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Glass Onion
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Post by Glass Onion on Apr 20, 2019 23:15:51 GMT
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Post by ROCKY on Apr 22, 2019 13:40:28 GMT
Glass Onion I remember Justin when he got that Jack Daniels Tele made by BigD. I was making my Barncaster at the time and watched this video. btw you can have one made by BigD for $3000 USD. Here's my Barncaster with a real 1880 silver dollar. Dedicated to the Allman Bros and the "Midnight Rider". (*click on pic to enlarge.)
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Post by Glass Onion on Apr 30, 2019 23:02:21 GMT
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Post by ROCKY on Jun 10, 2019 13:49:39 GMT
I just got finished building a Bigsby hardtail strat. And I was picturing on what John's strat would look like today if he installed a Bigsby on it. I cut the pickguard to give it another unique flair. I got rid of the jack plate and added one like on a bass. I also reliced it a little bit to give it an older vintage look. One thing occurred to me regarding John's Ric325 with the Bigsby that John put on there. I don't think he ever used it!! lol I don't remember any songs, from the Hamburg days that he did. And I haven't seen any pics of him using it! So maybe he just added it cause he thought it looked kool while he was on stage, which it does, and makes it unique to any other Ric back then! My Bigsby strat….. John must have loved that tailpiece he had one added to a Tele he had!!
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Post by brewmaster on Jun 23, 2019 15:43:56 GMT
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Post by ROCKY on Jun 24, 2019 13:56:50 GMT
The case that guitar was in sold separtly for $175,000 ! The strap Dave kept, as that was a gift from his wife. It was Jimi's that she bought at an auction for Dave's 60th birthday. Now that Dave doesn't have any guitars I guess he'll be like us and buy a cheap black Squire to doodle around with.lol I did a leftie replica of that strat way back in 2007. I only want $3 million for mine. lol
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Post by pothos on Jun 24, 2019 22:12:55 GMT
Back in the day when these guitars were new and on sale to the public were they expensive top of the range models or were they averagely priced.
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henryj
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Post by henryj on Jun 25, 2019 3:06:58 GMT
I can't remember exact prices, but they were not exorbitant. Gibsons and Gretsches sold for more than Fenders because they had and have glued-in set necks, whereas Fenders have bold-on necks, which are cheaper to manufacture. But electric guitars were not priced like rare works of art like some are today. Or at least they were not publicized, if they were.
With Fenders, the top of the line was the Jaguar, then the Jazzmaster, then the Stratocaster, then the Telecaster, then the Esquire. There were also entry-level guitars with the Fender name like the Mustang.
My brother got a cheap Kingston guitar new in 1966, but it turned out to be a piece of garbage. The Vibrato tailpiece fell off in the first week. Can't remember the price. I got a new Squier Affinity Strat in 1999 for a price probably equal to the piece paid for the Kingston after adjusting for inflation. It plays surprisingly well and sounds surprisingly good. Every now and then I will read an article about good the Squiers are for the money. If Gilmour had a Squier Strat, I'm sure he could do some good stuff on it.
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Post by ROCKY on Jun 25, 2019 14:43:01 GMT
Back in the day when these guitars were new and on sale to the public were they expensive top of the range models or were they averagely priced. On Dave's Black Strat he bought it at Manny's in NYC for probably $200 used back then, around 1970, and changed almost everything on it during it's lifetime. Everyone bought guitars at Manny's. Hendrix, Clapton, I think even George bought one at one time. Clapton use to buy three and four at a time and then keep one and give the others away as gifts. Once I was in NYC is 1972 and couldn't find the place hahaha I just wanted to look, $200 was a lot of money back then.
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Post by brewmaster on Jun 25, 2019 15:56:13 GMT
Prices in America were cheaper than in UK. A lot of the British groups that went over would buy several guitars for resale back in the UK. The second-hand shops Stateside had even more bargains.
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henryj
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Post by henryj on Jun 26, 2019 0:23:52 GMT
Back in the day when these guitars were new and on sale to the public were they expensive top of the range models or were they averagely priced. On Dave's Black Strat he bought it at Manny's in NYC for probably $200 used back then, around 1970, and changed almost everything on it during it's lifetime. Everyone bought guitars at Manny's. Hendrix, Clapton, I think even George bought one at one time. Clapton use to buy three and four at a time and then keep one and give the others away as gifts. Once I was in NYC is 1972 and couldn't find the place hahaha I just wanted to look, $200 was a lot of money back then. I remember reading that Clapton had bought three or 4 Stratocasters, took them home, and tried them all out. He determined which one had the best neck, which had the best pickups, and put them on the body he liked the best. I could be wrong, but I think the body was "Blackie." He gave the rest away.
Fenders have removable necks. They are bolted on.
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Post by ROCKY on Jun 26, 2019 12:41:59 GMT
true henryj.
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Post by brewmaster on Jun 30, 2019 9:36:41 GMT
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Post by brewmaster on Jul 24, 2019 8:50:23 GMT
Can anyone identify this bass, possibly Italian? I managed to finally identify it as Zero Sette solid bass
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Post by ROCKY on Jul 24, 2019 14:01:55 GMT
Excellent detective work Sherlockbrew!!!
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Post by brewmaster on Jul 24, 2019 15:37:11 GMT
Thanks Rocky. The next bass I'm trying to identify is this solid, used by The Liverbirds in Hamburg... ... it is some model of Framus, and resembles the Hollywood model, but has differences.... I'll let you know if I resolve the puzzle.
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Post by ROCKY on Oct 26, 2019 22:35:25 GMT
Thought I would bump up this guitar cause I just found a rare interview that John talks about it. Notice Yoko is absent during the interview so you don't hear her butting in! interview was done I figure sometime in 1980. Reminds me of the Flexible Flyer snow sled I had in the 50's. lol
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