pictures of your guitars here

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sun May 10, 2009 2:19 am

Richard wrote:Thanks for the closeup. It does look pretty cool.

+1 Sure does, my mate did something similar to his geetar.

aen · Post by **aen** » Sun May 10, 2009 4:36 am

mage wrote:
aen wrote:
Coolcat wrote:Well, the sad thing is that I don't realy know the whole story myself. I found it in the attic of my uncle's house. He said it was his when he had my age. It was his first guitar which he used mainly for gigging. I could keep it because he doesn't use it anymore.
I dont realy know how the neck has gotten that dirty. He said something about a him letting it lay outside during night at a gig in somebodies house. I can only say that its a bit worse looking on the picture. In real life it's more like brownish. I also think it's made of bits and pieces that don't realy fit together. My uncle says that the last modification was the bridge, because the old one was simply falling apart.
It looks like a Squier affinity tele with a failry convinvcing relic job on the body and a disastrous one on the neck.
it really, really does. no string through body? check. les paul style jack? check. black nut? check. no skunk stripe? check.

Bridge, knobs, pickguard, switch tip and extra dark blur where the squier serial number would be also figure into my theory.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Sun May 10, 2009 5:19 am

aen wrote:
mage wrote:
aen wrote: It looks like a Squier affinity tele with a failry convinvcing relic job on the body and a disastrous one on the neck.
it really, really does. no string through body? check. les paul style jack? check. black nut? check. no skunk stripe? check.
Bridge, knobs, pickguard, switch tip and extra dark blur where the squier serial number would be also figure into my theory.

such is my impression as well.
the neck is bad but It was the tuners that tipped me off. There's just no way tuners wear down that way... Unless your figers are made out of sandpaper and you do ALOT of tuning.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun May 10, 2009 5:33 am

The tuners are exactly whats on Squier teles right now, or last I checked. Back in '04 definitely.

Coolcat · Post by **Coolcat** » Sun May 10, 2009 9:53 am

I just know what he told me. It had an ashtray bridge on it, but as i said it has been changed for this cheapo bridge. Couldnt it be that the whole neck part is that ugly because it spent a night outside in the wet grass? As i told you before, i almost know nothing about this guitar, I got it for free and my uncle came up with this story about it. Wether its true or not, I dont know, but it's not that the damage or dirt is painted on or so, it is real to me. All i know is that it's a realy good guitar.

And btw, by les paul style jack, do you mean the black thing around where i put the cable in? Because i did change that,. The old one was metal and roundish, but it was so rusty that i almost couldnt get the cable in, and when i pulled it back out, the whole piece of metal came out of the guitar. So i did change it for one a friend gave me. It does look like a squier affinity i see. I'll ask my uncle when i see him.

James · Post by **James** » Tue May 12, 2009 11:42 am

A sunny day and finally the deliverly of the pickup cover means new Jazz Bass photos.

As you can probably guess the first is just a close up of the frets with a before/after type shot of cleaning (well, I cleaned the fretboard itself after, but a few of the frets are cleaned in the pic). Then it's on to new pics of the covers. It would probably look better with chrome coloured flatwounds but I haven't seen a set that I want to buy. I want to try some quite heavy strings but they're hard to come across in flatwounds. The one set I have seen is the biggest US/UK rip off yet. Available for $26 or Â£50. I'm happy with the sound of these strings but would like some more tension so perhaps I'll splash out on a set sometime (not Â£50, mind. More like Â£20).

nondas · Post by **nondas** » Tue May 12, 2009 1:11 pm

^It looks great James, classy. With me being a bit of a dumb noob, what are the advantages of flatwounds on the bass? Different feel, sound? Do they play different to fingerstyle vs pick? It seems to be jazz thing. I've never tried them myself.

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Tue May 12, 2009 1:16 pm

The black strings made me think "D: :/" but then scrolled down and it's muchos beautiful! :D

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue May 12, 2009 4:17 pm

i find those coloured strings really hard to play, it's like they're made out of sausages or something.

James · Post by **James** » Wed May 13, 2009 12:06 am

nondas wrote:^It looks great James, classy. With me being a bit of a dumb noob, what are the advantages of flatwounds on the bass? Different feel, sound? Do they play different to fingerstyle vs pick? It seems to be jazz thing. I've never tried them myself.

This video is a bit wanky but it shows you the typical sort of sounds - lank

This thread is on a jazz forum and based more on guitar than bass - lank

In terms of playability it's supposed to be less tiring to the fingers and will wear your frets and fretboard less. I'm not too bothered about that, I just think it suits how I want my bass to sound. They definitely feel a bit different under the fingers though. And I've been playing fingerstyle nearly all the time.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Wed May 13, 2009 12:29 am

That has to be the nicest j-bass i've ever seen.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat May 16, 2009 6:35 pm

I love flatwounds, can't believe I have not bought a set for my j-bass yet but they is 'spensive. Hate roundwound string noise on bass guitar. Looks fantastic, James.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat May 16, 2009 6:57 pm

wilrecar77 wrote:

if that was a new martin d-28, it would be similar this:

all sharpie with a clear coat over it.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Mon May 18, 2009 3:40 pm

Now with 100% more Stealth Jag

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Mon May 18, 2009 7:29 pm

cool stuff lateral. i had forgotten how awesome cyclone 2's are.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Mon May 18, 2009 11:11 pm

Thanks, man.

True love for the Cyclone 2 but I'm still complete excitebike about the Stealth Jag so it gets all the action, these days.

Some more shitty cellphone shots of the deuce:

One more of the Stealth Jag because it's JUST THAT awesome:

astro · Post by **astro** » Mon May 18, 2009 11:26 pm

I love the fabric on your amp!

I'm glad you're enjoying the stealth jag, I'm happy its gone to a good home! Are those Bronco knobs I see?

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Mon May 18, 2009 11:34 pm

They're almost bronco knobs. You can get them for a few cents a piece at Addison's.
I just put them on everything.

JamesBenjamin · Post by **JamesBenjamin** » Thu May 21, 2009 5:36 pm

Well, I've been lurking for a few years, but finally posted and got some ideas on a fix in another thread, so I figured I'd post my collection and join the discussion "officially" as it were. I only have the one mustang, but it's my baby at this point. Here's an overview:

My guitars, closer up:

That's a Mexican Strat (93, I believe), my Alvarez folk guitar, solid Koa, & my '02 reissue mustang on the top row, the bottom is a beat up epiphone LP Junior Special that sounds good enough to be a gibson, but needs a complete electronics overhaul, and a Washburn something-or-other that I picked up at a pawn shop a few years ago with the intention of using it as a re-finishing project, but life caught up with me and i never finished it (I hope to this summer)

The "others"

My Bushman Tenor Uke, a cheap-o epiphone acoustic that I keep on an open tuning to not stress out my main acoustic, and my "other baby" a '76 Kramer aluminum-necked 450B. Unfortinately, the bridge pickup is dead. I'm debating if I want to pay someone an arm and a leg to re-wind it or just put in a mini-humbucker, if I can find one. The problem is the pickups mount from the back (bolts through the whole body) and the pickup is epoxied to the etched cover, the two bolts come straight out of the epoxy. It's quite the mess back there...

So HI EVERYBODY! =)

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Thu May 21, 2009 5:41 pm

I used to have a mustang just like that. do you find this one's neck smaller than that of newer ones?