The other Swinger

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:21 pm

I only became aware of this guitar last week.

The Kingston Swinger
There's one on ebay now or was recently

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:24 pm

Yeah, >>here<<

$484 BIN, wut?

Sidney Vicious · Post by **Sidney Vicious** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:37 pm

I had a Kingston one-pickup job - got it at a New Orleans pawnshop about 5 years ago - one of the shops that overcharges for everything - I paid $25.00 for it - I'd say $482 is high.

My dearly departed Kingston:

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:37 pm

light-saber tremolo ftw

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:47 pm

What's interesting is that Kingston's scooped-out Swinger predates Fender's by 4 years or so.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:58 pm

finboy wrote:light-saber tremolo ftw

Sidney Vicious · Post by **Sidney Vicious** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:17 am

NickS wrote:What's interesting is that Kingston's scooped-out Swinger predates Fender's by 4 years or so.

That is interesting in view of the Fender Swinger history - weird.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:19 am

yea, very weird.

SAVEStheDAY · Post by **SAVEStheDAY** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:53 am

finboy wrote:light-saber tremolo ftw

It looks a little out of place, I'm not so sure that started life as a trem...

Sidney Vicious · Post by **Sidney Vicious** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:15 am

SAVEStheDAY wrote:
finboy wrote:light-saber tremolo ftw
It looks a little out of place, I'm not so sure that started life as a trem...

DICHOTOMY · Post by **DICHOTOMY** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:34 am

idk if i love or hate this.

Pullover · Post by **Pullover** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:53 am

I heard that these guitars are great for slide, which usually means that they suck as regular guitars with terrible action but have a great sound otherwise.

Sven · Post by **Sven** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:27 pm

NickS wrote:What's interesting is that Kingston's scooped-out Swinger predates Fender's by 4 years or so.

Very interesting indeed.

Blurillaz · Post by **Blurillaz** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:51 pm

I'd listen to some demos before getting it... IF it sounds bad and you get it then there is no looks-factor to help you re-sell it.

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 5:13 am

Pullover wrote:I heard that these guitars are great for slide, which usually means that they suck as regular guitars with terrible action but have a great sound otherwise.

It's because the necks are baseball bats, the string spacing is balls, and the action is sometimes poorly adjustable. However, these pickups generally sound fantastic, especially for slide guitar jammin.