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#6956
4 hours ago, noharleyyet said:

Am I in the minority when I say that I struggle with purposely creating fake memories when it comes to aging an instrument? 

I, like everyone of you. Love the way old guitars look and handle. I have opened more than my share of old guitar cases. And I wish I had more of them. But to imitate such history seems..idk.bourgeois?

#6958

Picked up this item today. I feel like I should ship it to AUTF to hang behind his apartment stage setup.

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#6959
Am I in the minority when I say that I struggle with purposely creating fake memories when it comes to aging an instrument? 
I, like everyone of you. Love the way old guitars look and handle. I have opened more than my share of old guitar cases. And I wish I had more of them. But to imitate such history seems..idk.bourgeois?

Agree.
#6960
15 hours ago, Scooter Monzingo said:

Am I in the minority when I say that I struggle with purposely creating fake memories when it comes to aging an instrument? 

I, like everyone of you. Love the way old guitars look and handle. I have opened more than my share of old guitar cases. And I wish I had more of them. But to imitate such history seems..idk.bourgeois?

I don't think you are in the minority, and I think you are exactly right about the type of buyer being targeted.  To each their own, I guess. If someone wants to pay extra for the manufacturer to make a new guitar look like its been train-hopping with a hobo the past 50 years, its their money.  To me, its fake, unearned and gauche, so don't expect props.

Next up: Guitarist aestheticians to make your hands look like this...

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#6961
16 hours ago, Scooter Monzingo said:

Am I in the minority when I say that I struggle with purposely creating fake memories when it comes to aging an instrument? 

I, like everyone of you. Love the way old guitars look and handle. I have opened more than my share of old guitar cases. And I wish I had more of them. But to imitate such history seems..idk.bourgeois?

boozghe-wah: It's used, is that acceptable?

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#6963

Collings City Limit. Thanks for pointing it out, I've never noticed it...thought the fresh haircut headstock was the main difference. 

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#6964
2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

What is that?  I've never seen a LP with an undercut top bout.

Or the double-trapezoid markers.

#6967
4 hours ago, Goredho said:

I don't think you are in the minority, and I think you are exactly right about the type of buyer being targeted.  To each their own, I guess. If someone wants to pay extra for the manufacturer to make a new guitar look like its been train-hopping with a hobo the past 50 years, its their money.  To me, its fake, unearned and gauche, so don't expect props.

Next up: Guitarist aestheticians to make your hands look like this...

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My hands do look like that. Unfortunately they don’t play like Beck.

#6968
24 minutes ago, Scooter Monzingo said:

That was cut with a razor blade. 

Nah, it was cleaned with a service station squeegee. 

#6969

Can't you do that by heating the finish up then hitting it with compressed air from an upside down can?

#6972

If you are needing some peeps to add to your subscriptions:

https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-8-best-online-guitar-personalities-in-the-world-today?utm_content=buffer32419&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer_gfb


Notable omissions:

Rick Beato
Tyler Larsen (Musis is Win)
Jared Dines
Ryan Bruce (Fluff)

Drop any more you think should be added. I'm always looking to add to the family.

#6973

About 5-6 years ago I ran across a used LP Standard, IIRC, at GC Carrollton. The back of the neck’s finish was completely worn away to the point you’d swear it had a perceptible inward bow. Smelled like tobacco and every part that could be tobacco smoke stained was. Thru a Marshall stack that thing sounded great and it played like butta. Asking was around 1700 bucks. I dont remember it’s made date but regret not buying that journeyman’s tool. 

#6974
1 hour ago, noharleyyet said:

About 5-6 years ago I ran across a used LP Standard, IIRC, at GC Carrollton. The back of the neck’s finish was completely worn away to the point you’d swear it had a perceptible inward bow. Smelled like tobacco and every part that could be tobacco smoke stained was. Thru a Marshall stack that thing sounded great and it played like butta. Asking was around 1700 bucks. I dont remember it’s made date but regret not buying that journeyman’s tool. 

I have a 1990 Telecaster with a distinct stale pipe tobacco smell in the guitar and inside the case.  I believe if it ever loses that aroma, I'd have to sell it.  22 years though, and it's still going strong.

#6975

Not sure if this video was posted on either the pedal thread or the amp thread, but I think it's interesting.  I really wish I had better advice when I was making a lot of my early pedal and amp purchases, because I didn't have any understanding of gain staging, compression, etc.   

In fact, of the first three guitars I bought as a teenager with my yard-mowing money, I still own all three, and they're still great guitars. 

The first three amps?  Crap, meh, and meh.  A Yamaha 2x12 amp... blah.  A "Legend" 1x12 combo that is a Mesa Boogie clone (meh), and a late 80's Princeton chorus that took a dump within a few years of getting it home.  Of the three, I still have only the Legend, and that's purely a sentimental choice, since it was my amp during my garage-band rocker years.

First three pedals?  I think one was a Boss chorus (1980's, Holla!).  That one just gave up the ghost in the past few years.  Otherwise, my early pedal purchases were mostly shit.

 

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#6976
46 minutes ago, dcbc said:

I have a 1990 Telecaster with a distinct stale pipe tobacco smell in the guitar and inside the case.  I believe if it ever loses that aroma, I'd have to sell it.  22 years though, and it's still going strong.

Pretty sure wife rules are in effect for guitars mentioned in the guitar pron thread.

#6978
4 hours ago, noharleyyet said:

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Pretty sure I have before, but . . .

It's that faded yellow color, but looks white in the picture.

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#6980
34 minutes ago, Goredho said:

That’s a properly aged guitar 🙂

Like an old shoe. 

#6982
1 hour ago, Goredho said:

That’s a properly aged guitar 🙂

Three too many pickguard screws. 

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#6983
1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

I bet it plays like an old girlfriend.

 

She's got some small divots where the cowboy chords are played, if you take my meaning.

#6984
2 hours ago, dcbc said:

Pretty sure I have before, but . . .

It's that faded yellow color, but looks white in the picture.

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I can smell the tobacco...

#6985
37 minutes ago, Deej said:

Three too many pickguard screws. 

Is what it is.  One of my other two has the right stuff in that regard.

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#6987
1 minute ago, Deej said:

Five always looks right to me.

I knew they varied, but I never counted mine before now.  AV 64 has 8 like the 90.  52 AV has 5.

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#6989

Damn.  Telecasters are just the best looking guitars.  Simplicity at its finest.  I'm 100% biased.

#6990
15 hours ago, dcbc said:

Pretty sure I have before, but . . .

It's that faded yellow color, but looks white in the picture.

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That Victoria tho....model?

#6991
32 minutes ago, noharleyyet said:

That Victoria tho....model?

45410 Bassman (with Weber 10a125 (20 watt) speakers. 

#6992

Santa did a bad, bad thing.  I broke down and "settled" for a used 2018 Gibson ES-330 w/P-90s to solve my hollow/semi-hollow craving.  Should have it by EOD Thursday.

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#6997

Full hollow with those P-90's. Time to learn the art of controlling feedback when cranked. Actually a pretty fun thing.

#6998
2 minutes ago, Deej said:

Full hollow with those P-90's. Time to learn the art of controlling feedback when cranked. Actually a pretty fun thing.

Yeah, have played my brother's ES-330 with P90s a lot.  I'm not too worried about the feed back at this point.  I wouldn't buy a full-hollow with humbuckers, though.

#7000
7 minutes ago, noharleyyet said:

Enjoy that dude's no talk/just play videos....smooth and steady with that looper. 

Nice guitar Goredho

Thanks!  And I agree, some killer smooth jazzy tones.  I’ll pick up the LP when I want to rock.

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