'Spare' money

Talk about all other types of guitars. Jazzmasters and basses go here!

Moderated By: mods

Which one?

Squier Standart telecaster
9
45%
Xaviere telecaster
3
15%
Memory man with hazarai
8
40%
 
Total votes: 20
User avatar
izodiak
.
.
Posts: 1568
Joined: Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:26 am
Location: Netherlands
Contact:

'Spare' money

Post by izodiak »

This may sound stupid, but I have some spare money around 300$,
and I am thinking of
a) Squier telecaster (and adding an mini humbucker)
b) Xaviere telecaster with a humbucker already
c) Electro Harmonix Memory Man with hazarai
d) Small tube amp
h) something else

Last time You shifted my thoughts from a Gretsch to a Epi Casino and I am very thankful.
So now again I cant make up my mind.
kim wrote:plankton people will be plankton people
User avatar
Mages
súper crujiente
Posts: 7454
Joined: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:34 pm
Location: MD
Contact:

Post by Mages »

I'm always looking at the Xavier tele thinlines. for exhample..

Image
cogito ergo sum...thing or other...
User avatar
izodiak
.
.
Posts: 1568
Joined: Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:26 am
Location: Netherlands
Contact:

Post by izodiak »

yup,they look really nice.
Are they 'string trough the body' ?

(I was thinking maybe about those off-sets.. the jaguar one.. with p90, but I already have the casino with P90s)
kim wrote:plankton people will be plankton people
User avatar
Will
Up on his Whore Lore
Posts: 5328
Joined: Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:40 am
Location: MADTOWN RAT 2011

Post by Will »

The Xaviere should be string through. Should.

I personally really like the Squier Standard. The finish seems a bit nicer than the Xavieres I've played, though that's just nit-picky. The Squier weighs a bit less as well.

The Memory Man w/ Hazarai is practically an instrument itself. I guess the real question is if you are happy with the guitar you have now, if it does everything you need.

As for small tube amps, that depends what you have already.
User avatar
Mages
súper crujiente
Posts: 7454
Joined: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:34 pm
Location: MD
Contact:

Post by Mages »

I've never seen a six saddle tele bridge that wasn't string through. toploaders are always 3 saddle.
cogito ergo sum...thing or other...
User avatar
DanHeron
.
.
Posts: 3501
Joined: Sat May 24, 2008 7:48 pm
Location: Manchester, UK
Contact:

Post by DanHeron »

I would go with a Squier tele. For $300 there are quite a few models to choose from.

I have always liked the finish on the Squier Affinity special:
Image

Also the one with 2 P90s is cool.
User avatar
paul_
.
.
Posts: 10306
Joined: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:38 pm

Post by paul_ »

The Squier Affinity is a toploading 6-saddle isn't it? I always thought it was, anyway. All the Xavier teles with 3-saddle bridges are both string-through and top load.


Image
Aug wrote:which one of you bastards sent me an ebay question asking if you can get teh kurdtz with that 64 mustang? :x
robertOG wrote:fran & paul are some of the original gangstas of the JS days when you'd have to say "phuck"
User avatar
Mages
súper crujiente
Posts: 7454
Joined: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:34 pm
Location: MD
Contact:

Post by Mages »

paul_ wrote:The Squier Affinity is a toploading 6-saddle isn't it?
ok, then. true that. I guess just the kinds with the strat type saddles are string through.
cogito ergo sum...thing or other...
User avatar
superfuzz
.
.
Posts: 1832
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:33 pm
Location: Detroit, Mich.

Post by superfuzz »

Why not just go ahead and get a CV tele for like $350?
User avatar
izodiak
.
.
Posts: 1568
Joined: Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:26 am
Location: Netherlands
Contact:

Post by izodiak »

Well, I really enjoy my Epiphone, I can get all the sounds Im interested,but sometimes I miss the single coily sound.
Maybe just wait a bit till a nice guitar comes up in the classifieds..
(im bitting my fingers for missing that Duo-sonic deal)

Memory man would be fun to play around with, and I dont have a lot of pedals,haha.
(Danelectro reverb,echo and a boss octaver)

still thinking.
(amp maybe was a bad idea,cause my vox is pretty good)
kim wrote:plankton people will be plankton people
User avatar
pumpkin
on the road to bantown
Posts: 859
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:36 pm

Post by pumpkin »

izodiak wrote:Well, I really enjoy my Epiphone, I can get all the sounds Im interested,but sometimes I miss the single coily sound.
Maybe just wait a bit till a nice guitar comes up in the classifieds..
(im bitting my fingers for missing that Duo-sonic deal)

Memory man would be fun to play around with, and I dont have a lot of pedals,haha.
(Danelectro reverb,echo and a boss octaver)

still thinking.
(amp maybe was a bad idea,cause my vox is pretty good)
Whenever I buy something in a rush I always regret it because somethign even more awesom comes around soon after. Check out your local pawn shops
User avatar
pumpkin
on the road to bantown
Posts: 859
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:36 pm

Post by pumpkin »

izodiak wrote:Well, I really enjoy my Epiphone, I can get all the sounds Im interested,but sometimes I miss the single coily sound.
Maybe just wait a bit till a nice guitar comes up in the classifieds..
(im bitting my fingers for missing that Duo-sonic deal)

Memory man would be fun to play around with, and I dont have a lot of pedals,haha.
(Danelectro reverb,echo and a boss octaver)

still thinking.
(amp maybe was a bad idea,cause my vox is pretty good)
Whenever I buy something in a rush I always regret it because something even more awesome comes around soon after. Check out your local pawn shops
User avatar
SoylentGreenIsPeople
.
.
Posts: 113
Joined: Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:56 am

Post by SoylentGreenIsPeople »

Get a used MIM Fender tele.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.


-Macbeth
User avatar
izodiak
.
.
Posts: 1568
Joined: Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:26 am
Location: Netherlands
Contact:

Post by izodiak »

Pawn shops in my country consist of soviet acoustic guitars, some of which are 'playable' not to say more.
Hope I will have a chance to travel somewhere to check out guitars, but for now I will watch some eBay.

But I think I will get the Memory man, cause I really like the loop function and nice reverses,delays and all that jive.
(cause more pedals - more sounds from one guitarzz)
kim wrote:plankton people will be plankton people
User avatar
pumpkin
on the road to bantown
Posts: 859
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:36 pm

Post by pumpkin »

izodiak wrote:Pawn shops in my country consist of soviet acoustic guitars, some of which are 'playable' not to say more.
Hope I will have a chance to travel somewhere to check out guitars, but for now I will watch some eBay.

But I think I will get the Memory man, cause I really like the loop function and nice reverses,delays and all that jive.
(cause more pedals - more sounds from one guitarzz)
Solviet guitars... they'd sell over here if only for the kitsch value
User avatar
robroe
Bon Jovi Fan Club!!1
Posts: 49936
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:00 pm

Post by robroe »

squier used to make standard fat tele casters with a humbucker in the neck

i had one and loved it.

shadow now has the body and ends has the neck.

mine was sherwood green. check ebay

Image
dots wrote:incesticide
User avatar
Haze
.
.
Posts: 4924
Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:27 am
Location: Tulsa, OK
Contact:

Post by Haze »

if that was bound i WOULD BUY. Only problem is i wouldn't know weather i should stare at it or rock.

I would go with the squires particularly the classic vibe, you wont find a better tele under $500, FACT
User avatar
matt.dines
.
.
Posts: 250
Joined: Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:37 pm
Location: Birmingham

Post by matt.dines »

Haze wrote:if that was bound i WOULD BUY. Only problem is i wouldn't know weather i should stare at it or rock.

I would go with the squires particularly the classic vibe, you wont find a better tele under $500, FACT
i cant wait to try out a 62 reissue
they look fucking cool 8)
User avatar
izodiak
.
.
Posts: 1568
Joined: Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:26 am
Location: Netherlands
Contact:

Post by izodiak »

pumpkin wrote:
izodiak wrote:Pawn shops in my country consist of soviet acoustic guitars, some of which are 'playable' not to say more.
Hope I will have a chance to travel somewhere to check out guitars, but for now I will watch some eBay.

But I think I will get the Memory man, cause I really like the loop function and nice reverses,delays and all that jive.
(cause more pedals - more sounds from one guitarzz)
Solviet guitars... they'd sell over here if only for the kitsch value
I can try and get some for all Your kitches,hah.
Sometimes some good mandolins and balalaikas for cheaps, but no mexican fenders and epiphones.

What is the main difference between the mini humbucker and a full sized one?
any difference in sound?
Now I want that squier.
kim wrote:plankton people will be plankton people
User avatar
Sloan
Sexy Predator
Posts: 11797
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:02 am
Contact:

Post by Sloan »

Haze wrote:I would go with the squires particularly the classic vibe, you wont find a better tele under $500, FACT
After playing a CV Duo-Sonic, I'm gonna have to agree, the CV junk is fucking great.