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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 27, 2019 16:30:43 GMT
I don't really like reverse headstocks
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ttmax
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Post by ttmax on Oct 27, 2019 16:33:11 GMT
There's a big red stripe after the bridge but it's really not a red guitar. It caught my eye and I can't let go of it. These are all unique, "hand-plunged" into some swirling colour soup and pulled out with random results. Here's another of the same model: Good buy don't miss it
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 28, 2019 7:31:23 GMT
There's a big red stripe after the bridge but it's really not a red guitar. It caught my eye and I can't let go of it. These are all unique, "hand-plunged" into some swirling colour soup and pulled out with random results. Good buy don't miss it Everything I find to read about it points at a serious, good guitar but its vitually unknown status makes it an un-sellable one, even though it is in apparent mint condition. The used market lives on brand names and references. You can't just offer a "good guitar in perfect shape" and expect to get anything for it. When on top of that it is a 1990s Asiatic superstrat with a very dated look, it finds no one. Which actually makes me want it a little more… I found an interesting video about 1980s swirl Strat's: And this is fun to watch:
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 28, 2019 7:59:23 GMT
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 28, 2019 8:05:48 GMT
Or I could get an Ibanez shirt for 72€: Steve Vai signed this one, so it's 5190€:
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 28, 2019 12:18:46 GMT
This 1968 Framus Strato is the funniest Jazzmaster alternative I have seen so far. Is the vibrato bar moving the control plate or does it just have a place to be put aside when not used? (Edit: it's the jack output, silly!) There is a retainer bar so all strings get equal chances of going out of tune. Then there are two volumes, two tones and three pick-ups…
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 29, 2019 15:55:31 GMT
40 bids already and 5 days left to go. I expect it to fetch something. I'm not getting this one cheap But I already have my eyes on something else…
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 29, 2019 16:51:48 GMT
Nice wood. These have the same controls but are they the same function? The one I linked has an active pre-amp with volume, treble and bass, switches for coil split and phase inversion.
The Westone was a Gibson scale, this is a Fender scale with 24 frets. Pick-ups have different denominations. The rest is similar: ash, maple, walnut, rosewood, brass, neck through…
These ought to be both good and somewhat valuable guitars from the late 70s to early 80s.
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 29, 2019 16:55:29 GMT
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 29, 2019 18:33:05 GMT
I never knew what these same switches did on my own guitar until I started looking things up 2 years ago. I knew they were changing the sound and had vaguely noticed that they didn't always work but never realised that they were specific to the pick-up selection. I mostly used the middle position with both pick-ups anyway, so they always did something.
Then one day it dawned on my that this "coil split" Cory was demonstrating on the Harley Benton SC-450Plus was very much like that and… all became clear. Well, not all, I still had to figure out the "out of phase" switch.
The battery in my guitar is inside the cavity, under screws, not in some practical slot that can just be pulled open. I would expect the Westone to be the same. It only supplies the booster and is not required for the rest of the passive circuitry.
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 29, 2019 18:48:06 GMT
That Westone Thunder with three switches was active running on two 9V batteries. Switches were coil tap, phase shift and by-pass (active/passive).
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