I recently started playing bass a lot more (I started on bass then went mainly to guitar, now am back playing in a group) and have been looking around at getting some better gear. I came across a 1987 Rickenbacker bass...I had always wanted to try one out, and DANG it was nice. It made me really cur...

Hmm. So do you guys think $300 would be a decent price? I don't need another guitar (do we ever ) but if it were a price I could easily recoup...
Anyone know anything about the wiring? Like what the little two-way switch next to the toggle does?

I was in a pawnshop the other day checking out the guitars while my roommates looked for a tv and spotted a really cool looking thinline. The tag says it's a Kent model 820. The wiring was a little spotty but it played really nice so i was curious about any info I could get on it. The internet didn'...

Wow thanks guys, good information. I'll have to read up on the old ones and keep a look out for some deals. Your description definitely sounds like a sound I would enjoy.

I (along with 75% of people who play stringed instruments) have always loved Big Muffs' tone. I've also always wondered what justified the high prices on so many of the vintage ones. How much difference in sound and circuit is there? i.e. this one versus a new NYC model.

Haha I would buy one if this configuration were to stay but the point of this guitar is to try random stuff, so who knows how long that pickup will last?

A while ago I decided the tone control in my put-random-mods-in stratocaster had to go because it had a really poor sweep (last 5% was the only bit that did anything). I was just going to replace the pot but decided that it might be fun to try and build a varitone and replace the tone control with t...

WOW that is one of the best-looking finishes on a guitar I have seen. Dang.

if the right one came along at the right time for me financially I'd find it very difficult not to pull the trigger. This is exactly why I have one. The price was awesome and I've always wanted a vintage Fender, so why not? I definitely don't regret it. All the checkerboard binding on mine is perfe...

@DGNR8: Wow! That's a ton of great info, thanks! That should be a lot of help getting that wire back where it goes. And at some point ideally I'll get the binding fixed professionally, I took it in to get an estimate and the guy said all the outside binding (not the checker, thank goodness!) needs t...

Hello, all, this is my first post. I have been lurking for....a really long time. I figured it was about time I actually, you know, was more than just that creepy guy peeking over the fence. So! I got this Coronado quite a while ago for a pretty sweet price, assuming I'd have to do some work on it. ...