Ugliness of the 90's? Or retro fun?

Talk about all other types of guitars. Jazzmasters and basses go here!

Moderated By: mods

Post Reply
User avatar
Bacchus
Whatever's handiest
Posts: 23590
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:10 am
Location: wandering

Post by Bacchus »

Fran wrote:Always prefered how Jackson Charvel look to Ibanez, with Superstrats anyway. The horns look too spikey for me on RG, Jem and Universe models and i'm not keen on the headstock.
I'd probably agree with that. The horns are too horny and thin looking, not natural. They look sort of flimsy. To be honest, my favorite superstrat is probably a straight Stratocaster modded to fuck with a floyd and humbuckers.

I think the Ibanez shape still looks good, it's just not my favorite of them.
Image
Top
User avatar
Doog
mid-century modem
Posts: 23127
Joined: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:49 pm
Location: London

Post by Doog »

ultratwin wrote:
JJLipton wrote:
Mattsican wrote:That Universe is fucking savage.
In a good way? I'm pretty sure the dots...glow in the dark...which was a big 90's rage if anyone remembers.

...And the glow be ragin' loud into the 2000s!!!11

► Show Spoiler
HAAAAAAAAAHA
Top
User avatar
rps-10
.
.
Posts: 1272
Joined: Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:41 pm
Location: S.E. WALES
Contact:
Contact rps-10

Post by rps-10 »

You're looking at a boring old bog standard Universe when that Tailrock website/store has a 1987 RF RG550 in stock!! :shock:
Mike wrote:All my LEDs are bright, the blues are bright as all hell.
mezzio13 wrote:JJ makes sweeps look easy and effortless. His nick name should be broom.
Top
JJLipton
.
.
Posts: 908
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:39 am
Location: San Francisco, CA

Post by JJLipton »

rps-10 wrote:You're looking at a boring old bog standard Universe when that Tailrock website/store has a 1987 RF RG550 in stock!! :shock:
oh oh? link?
Top
Mo Law-ka
strictly roots
Posts: 3105
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:14 pm
Location: a series of tubes

Post by Mo Law-ka »

This is, in my opinion, the coolest superstrat style guitar around.

Image
jcyphe wrote: Mo is the most sensible person in this thread.
icey wrote:and thats for the hatters (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
Top
User avatar
rps-10
.
.
Posts: 1272
Joined: Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:41 pm
Location: S.E. WALES
Contact:
Contact rps-10

Post by rps-10 »

JJLipton wrote:
rps-10 wrote:You're looking at a boring old bog standard Universe when that Tailrock website/store has a 1987 RF RG550 in stock!! :shock:
oh oh? link?
http://tailrock.com/?mid=tailrock&categ ... _srl=14697

Image
Mike wrote:All my LEDs are bright, the blues are bright as all hell.
mezzio13 wrote:JJ makes sweeps look easy and effortless. His nick name should be broom.
Top
User avatar
Viljami
.
.
Posts: 2004
Joined: Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:40 pm
Location: TRE, FIN

Post by Viljami »

Fran wrote:Always prefered how Jackson Charvel look to Ibanez, with Superstrats anyway. The horns look too spikey for me on RG, Jem and Universe models and i'm not keen on the headstock.
+1.

Gunslingers, too!
Wild spirit of the Eagle, Black hawk, bird of prey design
Top
JJLipton
.
.
Posts: 908
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:39 am
Location: San Francisco, CA

Post by JJLipton »

rps-10 wrote:
JJLipton wrote:
rps-10 wrote:You're looking at a boring old bog standard Universe when that Tailrock website/store has a 1987 RF RG550 in stock!! :shock:
oh oh? link?
http://tailrock.com/?mid=tailrock&categ ... _srl=14697

Image
Is this a valuable guitar in the western world??? They're not asking too much for it in Japan.
Top
JJLipton
.
.
Posts: 908
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:39 am
Location: San Francisco, CA

Post by JJLipton »

according to jemsite apparently not...funny how the reissues went for so much new and on ebay but the originals go for cheap
Top
User avatar
rps-10
.
.
Posts: 1272
Joined: Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:41 pm
Location: S.E. WALES
Contact:
Contact rps-10

Post by rps-10 »

It's more nostalgia value more than anything. RG's go for anything between £250 to £450 in the UK. A plain black one went yesterday on ebay for £465 iirc and that's the highest price I've seen in a long time. Even Laser Blue models don't get that much.
Mike wrote:All my LEDs are bright, the blues are bright as all hell.
mezzio13 wrote:JJ makes sweeps look easy and effortless. His nick name should be broom.
Top
User avatar
Concretebadger
.
.
Posts: 2111
Joined: Sat Apr 14, 2012 5:29 pm
Location: Leeds Leeds LEEDS
Contact:
Contact Concretebadger

Post by Concretebadger »

rps-10 wrote:
JJLipton wrote:
rps-10 wrote:You're looking at a boring old bog standard Universe when that Tailrock website/store has a 1987 RF RG550 in stock!! :shock:
oh oh? link?
http://tailrock.com/?mid=tailrock&categ ... _srl=14697

Image
That doesn't look too bad actually. I dig the maple fretboard.

The weird thing with seven stringers is, every time I see a pic of one my brain says, "looks photoshopped." I can't get used to the look of 'em.
Top
JJLipton
.
.
Posts: 908
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:39 am
Location: San Francisco, CA

Post by JJLipton »

rps-10 wrote:It's more nostalgia value more than anything. RG's go for anything between £250 to £450 in the UK. A plain black one went yesterday on ebay for £465 iirc and that's the highest price I've seen in a long time. Even Laser Blue models don't get that much.
Ah i see, I'm surprised they're not worth more. I seem to remember a few of the reissues going for 1,000 on ebay.
Top
User avatar
xrleroyx
.
.
Posts: 159
Joined: Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:19 pm
Location: United States

Re: Ugliness of the 90's? Or retro fun?

Post by xrleroyx »

JJLipton wrote:Image

Image

compared to a more modern style offering...

..by the way, long time no see shortscale! I'm back in Japan again, and moving to Osaka soon.
breebree...
Top
Post Reply