Alden Jazzblaster finally on sale!

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:49 pm

Instant SY goodness for a cheap price - v v nice:

Basswood Body
1 Piece Maple Neck
Rosewood Fretboard 12â€� Radius
21 Medium Jumbo frets 25.5â€� NUT: 1-11/16â€�
3 Switch Bass-Cut, Mid-Cut und Phase-Reverse
3 Switch on/off Humbucker
Volume + Tone
Vintage-Style Hardware
Vintage TremoloAlden/Wilkinson Roller bridge
Black finish

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0266202905

Will · Post by **Will** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:34 am

That's a good deal. Those Wilkinson bridges are probably the best tuneomatics available - I have one on my 335 and it's a beautiful design.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:48 am

i like the jay tursor better.
its got 3 p-90s, all the chrome parts and pieces
and a maple fretboard.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:16 am

robert(original) wrote:i like the jay tursor better.
its got 3 p-90s, all the chrome parts and pieces
and a maple fretboard.

Just checked out the jay tursor website - seems like they're rebranding the same chinese guitars as Alden. So basically they're identical lines with different names of the headstock.

The P90 one does look sweet and might have nicer tonez, BUT 3 chrome humbucklers = the sex. plus its a jazzblaster.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:39 am

So... many... things... wrong.

Firstly, the pickups are just crappy humbuckers, not wide-rangers. The bridge is marooned in the middle of the pickguard. The edges of everything are squared-off and lame, so the guitar is fucking ugly. Strat knobs?! There's a stupid Jag switch plate where the 3-way should be. Sonic Youth would pissss in the ass of this guitar.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:40 am

The trem plate is ugly as all sin.

Post by **Doog** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:43 am

They make a blocked and bound neck! AND PUT THE WORST HEADSTOCK EVER ON IT!!

GRAHHH

With a new more refined scratchplate and new tailpiece, that could be neat. Oh, and P90s rather than buckers, obviously.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:37 am

ya the headstock does look sort of like a shriveled penis.

there is a p90 one but i think this looks prettier. but yeh if i were in a proper gigging band right now, i'd buy it and bang the hell out of it.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:22 pm

aphasiac wrote:
robert(original) wrote:i like the jay tursor better.
its got 3 p-90s, all the chrome parts and pieces
and a maple fretboard.
Just checked out the jay tursor website - seems like they're rebranding the same chinese guitars as Alden. So basically they're identical lines with different names of the headstock.

The P90 one does look sweet and might have nicer tonez, BUT 3 chrome humbucklers = the sex. plus its a jazzblaster.

We already knew this: Jay Turser, Alden and Hutchins are all made by the same factory, with slight variations on the same themes. Personally, I just want the Quadra-Star to come back so I can buy and sex the shit out of it.

Chorlton · Post by **Chorlton** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:24 pm

i almost bought a paisly Alden (glactica??) a while back. I wish i had.

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:31 pm

Doog wrote:They make a blocked and bound neck! AND PUT THE WORST HEADSTOCK EVER ON IT!!

GRAHHH

+1

the horror!!!
well maybe a new neck... a jag/jm trem and yer ready to go!

someone here plannin' on getting one?

Pat.

ElCapitan · Post by **ElCapitan** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:44 pm

If I could score that dirt cheap I'd put a new pickguard on and put in jazzy pups. Oh and wood-filler the headstock and paint it so at least it looks a little more respectable.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:20 pm

Pacafeliz wrote: the horror!!!
well maybe a new neck... a jag/jm trem and yer ready to go!

someone here plannin' on getting one?

Pat.

i think the neck looks cool. and doesnt it have a jag trem system?? looks functionally identical.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:28 pm

ElCapitan wrote:If I could score that dirt cheap I'd put a new pickguard on and put in jazzy pups. Oh and wood-filler the headstock and paint it so at least it looks a little more respectable.

you probably want the Alden Surfmaster then:

Same list price on ebay. to me the pre-routed humbuckers appeal more as more pickups will fit it.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:37 pm

What's with these people? Who needs three fuckin' P90s on one guitar?

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:45 pm

timhulio wrote:What's with these people? Who needs three fuckin' P90s on one guitar?

are they P90s or just jazzmaster style soapbars? hard to tell from the details on the alden website:

http://www.aldenguitar.com/product/prod ... =1&IID=156

I dont like having 3 pickups - cos combined with the 5 way selector, you cant use the neck and bridge pickups at same time. so ironically this guitar might not be so good for surf.

EDIT: theyre definitely P90s. the 2 pickup jazzcaster version has completely different fender style pickups.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:48 pm

You can clearly tell from the polepieces that they're P90s

luke · Post by **luke** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:52 pm

I have a Jazzcaster, it has P90s.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:55 pm

Malik wrote:I have a Jazzcaster, it has P90s.

Ah yeh, almots forgot. it sounds and plays well yes?

these guitars are good for the Â£Â£Â£?

luke · Post by **luke** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:06 pm

aphasiac wrote:
Malik wrote:I have a Jazzcaster, it has P90s.
Ah yeh, almots forgot. it sounds and plays well yes?

these guitars are good for the Â£Â£Â£?

If they're still Â£139, well worth it. Good fun!