Satellite Guitars?

Mooseboy · Post by **Mooseboy** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:17 pm

Does anyone have any info on these guitars?
Just seen one for the first time but couldn't see much info

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:41 pm

70's MIJ guitars made before the era the japanese got good at making guitars. Mostly entry level quality, if you can get one dirt cheap i may make a fun project but dont expect too much.

Mooseboy · Post by **Mooseboy** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:04 pm

What would a reasonable price for one be?
Just to use it as a project.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:55 pm

In the UK you can pick them up for around Â£30.

looperstar · Post by **looperstar** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:30 pm

I had a satalite for a while it was very cheap so I bought it as a project. They have ply bodies and the neck on the one I had wasn't great but the pickups had a good old school microphonic quality that was nice through fuzz pedals. If you see one in good condition and for the right price its a fun guitar to play.

UlricvonCatalyst · Post by **UlricvonCatalyst** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:01 pm

I don't think they're Japanese, actually - most likely Korean before the Koreans got good at making guitars.

There were a lot of them about from around 1980 by which time the Japanese were plenty good at making guitars. Prior to that, Kay ruled the roost at the bottom end of the market.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:14 pm

Fran wrote:In the UK you can pick them up for around Â£30.

Which is about Â£20 too much!

Mooseboy · Post by **Mooseboy** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:26 pm

Are they really that bad? Lol
I was only planning on using the body for my first project

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:31 pm

timhulio wrote:
Fran wrote:In the UK you can pick them up for around Â£30.
Which is about Â£20 too much!

This. Shite. Avoid.

UlricvonCatalyst · Post by **UlricvonCatalyst** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:32 pm

Most of the Satellites I've come across have had plywood bodies. It's pretty easy to come up with a cheap guitar made of solid wood these days.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:19 pm

benecol wrote:
timhulio wrote:
Fran wrote:In the UK you can pick them up for around Â£30.
Which is about Â£20 too much!
This. Shite. Avoid.

Aye... I made the mistake of buying the small mustangesque one ripped my fingers to bits and would not stay in tune utter garbage... they are mij before mij was a good thing

Mooseboy · Post by **Mooseboy** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:12 am

Would the body be useful for a project?
Nothing fancy just bit of a muck around as a first time project kind of thing
What the name of the mustangesque one?
Because that's the body i'm lookin at

UlricvonCatalyst · Post by **UlricvonCatalyst** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:27 am

Sounds like you just want some validation. Okay, go ahead and buy that Mustangesque Satellite if you want. It's your money.

Mooseboy · Post by **Mooseboy** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:46 am

Just wanted some idea whether the body was any good on these because I don't want to buy it and it be completely diabolically crap and end up putting me off doing another project in the future

UlricvonCatalyst · Post by **UlricvonCatalyst** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:50 am

Like I said before - it'll probably be a plywood body and you'd probably be able to pick up something with a solid body for around the same price.

Mooseboy · Post by **Mooseboy** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:24 am

Good news! I've found a jaguar/jazzmaster copy for quite cheap so I think I'm going to possibly purchase that instead of the satellite body

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:09 pm

Lucky escape.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:15 pm

Mooseboy wrote:Would the body be useful for a project?
Nothing fancy just bit of a muck around as a first time project kind of thing
What the name of the mustangesque one?
Because that's the body i'm lookin at

satellite 65 t, and they're plywood and very cheap ply at that...

Mooseboy · Post by **Mooseboy** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:00 pm

It does look quite nice though lol

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:52 pm

dezb1 wrote:
Mooseboy wrote:Would the body be useful for a project?
Nothing fancy just bit of a muck around as a first time project kind of thing
What the name of the mustangesque one?
Because that's the body i'm lookin at

satellite 65 t, and they're plywood and very cheap ply at that...

I made the mistake of buying one off eBay as a project.
The neck has a weird (as in almost nonexistent) taper meaning a conventional bridge is too wide.
The holes for the tuners are really close together.
The plywood on mine was delaminating at the bottom of the neck pocket, meaning the body was pretty much scrap.

On the upside, the cheapest 24" scale guitar you'll ever see.
And the finish on them isn't hideous.

Seriously though, AVOID!