Belated NGD

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:41 pm

Bought this back in July at the Tampa meetup but just picked it up a couple weeks ago. Not sure what my plans are for it yet-I put some 11's on it, it plays well and the action is alright but it's also set low as it can go which is worrisome, the neck doesn't seem to be compromised but maybe it was set poorly from the factory.

If I can sort it out I might try to find some Gibson pickups for it (4 conductor to keep the coil split).

kingkiller · Post by **kingkiller** » Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:46 pm

In the words of the High Honorable Priest of Toanz ROBERT ROE....

Fuck an neck pickup

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:10 am

It says New York Dolls to me for some reason

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:42 pm

kingkiller wrote:In the words of the High Honorable Priest of Toanz ROBERT ROE....

Fuck an neck pickup

wait a minute wait a minute. i took THE BRIDGE pickup out of my jag stang and MG65

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robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:47 pm

back to nicks guitar.

i love nicks guitar. he got it for like 50 bucks and a pack of gum at the place where they cranked the fog machine so hard I asked the guy with no sense of humor if they sold smoke

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:57 pm

robroe wrote:back to nicks guitar.

i love nicks guitar. he got it for like 50 bucks and a pack of gum at the place where they cranked the fog machine so hard I asked the guy with no sense of humor if they sold smoke

hahahaha

Was a different store tho. The fog machine was at GC I think, the Daisy Rock came from Replay-the store that was trying to close and we thought because I was buying a guitar they'd stay open for like 10 more minutes but NOPE.

kingkiller · Post by **kingkiller** » Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:51 pm

I canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t believe I RobroeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢d a Robroe meme

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:23 pm

That looks brilliant.

How thin are the bodies on these? I always imagined they less than an inch at the edge. What's the scale length?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:03 pm

Scale length is 25", I was actually thinking it was 24" before measuring because the neck feels small (just over 1 1/2" width at the nut). It would explain why these 11's feel unreasonably heavy, since I normally put 10's on my 24.5"+ scale guitars.

Not counting the tummy contour the body is 1 1/2" thick.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:06 pm

sunshiner wrote:It says New York Dolls to me for some reason

More Patrick Eggle Berlin/PRS for me.

Not keen on the finish, don't know what its worth in stock form but I reckon I'd refinish it.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:47 pm

Lol the finish is my favorite part.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 10:08 pm

Nick wrote:Lol the finish is my favorite part.

Fair play mate.

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:43 am

Is that top actually made of pearloid?

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:57 am

Fran wrote:
sunshiner wrote:It says New York Dolls to me for some reason
More Patrick Eggle Berlin/PRS for me.

Not keen on the finish, don't know what its worth in stock form but I reckon I'd refinish it.

It's worth 50 bucks and a pack of gum. R E A D A P O S T mate

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:25 pm

Nick wrote:Scale length is 25", I was actually thinking it was 24" before measuring because the neck feels small (just over 1 1/2" width at the nut). It would explain why these 11's feel unreasonably heavy, since I normally put 10's on my 24.5"+ scale guitars.

Not counting the tummy contour the body is 1 1/2" thick.

Huh. I always imagined these as being like mini-Ibanez Artists. I always imagined they were 24" or even less.

The finish is more like a burst over pearloid isn't it?

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:52 pm

There is one guitar with a full pearloid cover on top that I was eyeing for a time some years ago. It's a Godin Radiator. 5-6 years ago they sold for $200-250 used, but the last time I checked ebay people were asking $400-500 for them

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Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:22 pm

A lot of Italian guitars have that aesthetic, I understand it comes from accordions etc that would have had fully pearloided bodies.

kingkiller · Post by **kingkiller** » Thu Dec 06, 2018 5:11 pm

I wish I could have noodled on it a bit more at FLBQ. I love my Retro H