New Eastwood shortscale: Wurlitzer Gemini

astro · Post by **astro** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:13 pm

Here's the link.

It's got a 24 inch scale.

MaMo · Post by **MaMo** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:15 pm

so many knobs and switches...

I wonder if the Eastwood dealer around my work has any of these.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:19 pm

If it had singles I would sort of dig it. I like the jag trem on it.
Too many switches though.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:25 pm

yea, that jag trem is nice. they need to stop fucking around and just make a jaguar

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:26 pm

longscale bonarz for them shortscale guitarz

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:33 pm

MaMo wrote:so many knobs and switches...

I wonder if the Eastwood dealer around my work has any of these.

Unlikely

"IMPORTANT: LIMITED EDITION PRE-NAMM RELEASE. If you want one, ORDER YOURS TODAY.We only have 16 of each color available, the rest are going to the NAMM Show in January. Next production scheduled for April 2009."

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:45 pm

Eastwoods are so heavy. It's really a shame. I would love one of the Airlines, but it's almost as heavy as a LP.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:50 pm

Eastwoods suck. Seriously, they're overpriced as hell and they are shitty as hell. The shop right around the corner from my band's practice space has tons of them and they are about on par with the squier affinity series, which is not bad, but for almost 4 times the price of an affinity squier, that makes them shitty as hell. Basically just think of them as a squier affinity strat but just 4 times heavier, 4 times as expensive, but in the shape of a cool looking vintage guitar.

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:55 pm

They do kinda suck - the necks are really weird. The shop by me had a '65 airline and a couple reissues. The neck shapes were almost the same, but the new one was way less comfortable.

r40f · Post by **r40f** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:55 pm

i think this guitar looks shitty. it looks like something ace frehley would play in a sunday morning cartoon about Kiss.

James · Post by **James** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:17 pm

mage wrote:yea, that jag trem is nice. they need to stop fucking around and just make a jaguar

But.. Fender already do that.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:38 pm

Billy3000 wrote:Eastwoods suck. Seriously, they're overpriced as hell and they are shitty as hell. The shop right around the corner from my band's practice space has tons of them and they are about on par with the squier affinity series, which is not bad, but for almost 4 times the price of an affinity squier, that makes them shitty as hell. Basically just think of them as a squier affinity strat but just 4 times heavier, 4 times as expensive, but in the shape of a cool looking vintage guitar.

They are ridiculously overpriced.

The best ones I have played are decent if not generic.

I think it was Shadow who said they were nothing more than funny shaped solidbody epiphones, lol.

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:41 pm

Fuck the neck and definitely fuck the headstock. The rest of it is awesome.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:45 am

i don't like the shape... they have good looking guitars, here they are really expensive and hard to find, i would like to try some

Armchair Bronco · Post by **Armchair Bronco** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:46 am

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:18 am

Armchair Bronco wrote:Jagmaster II

What's one of those then?

Armchair Bronco · Post by **Armchair Bronco** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:56 pm

Man, call me "Old School", but a Jagmaster (or Jagmaster II) does *not* look like a partially exploding star.

arcadedave · Post by **arcadedave** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:22 pm

I think he was asking what denotes a Jagmaster 'II'.

Armchair Bronco · Post by **Armchair Bronco** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:35 pm

arcadedave wrote:I think he was asking what denotes a Jagmaster 'II'.

Oh...my bad.

The "II" (I think) denotes that it was made in a communist factory in Red China, as opposed to being crafted in a democratic (and presumably unionized) workshop in Japan.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:39 pm

Oh, you mean Jagmasters, more commonlly called 'Jagmasters.' I see.