Just saw it on ebay. Liked the look of it...
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Anybody know anything about these?
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ohyeahfuzzbear
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Anybody know anything about these?
Doog wrote:"And every day after high school, the young Kurt would sit down with his soldering iron and oscilloscope, to work on what come to be known as the Boss DS-1, the world's first guitar distortion pedal."
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Fran
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First off its very over priced, these go for £70 on a good day. You'd get a set neck Westbury Standard for less than what they are asking.
Still, they are quite decent, like a budget version between a Westbury/Vantage and Westone. I dont think any crap came from the Matsumoku factory by all accounts.
Still, they are quite decent, like a budget version between a Westbury/Vantage and Westone. I dont think any crap came from the Matsumoku factory by all accounts.
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Jesus £70? Forget that ebay auction then... thanks franFran wrote:First off its very over priced, these go for £70 on a good day. You'd get a set neck Westbury Standard for less than what they are asking.
Still, they are quite decent, like a budget version between a Westbury/Vantage and Westone. I dont think any crap came from the Matsumoku factory by all accounts.
Doog wrote:"And every day after high school, the young Kurt would sit down with his soldering iron and oscilloscope, to work on what come to be known as the Boss DS-1, the world's first guitar distortion pedal."
Matsumoku made many of the "lawsuit" guitars sold by Ibanez, Washburn, Aria... But then they actually produced the official Epiphones for awhile (the coveted MIJ models you may have read about on eBay auctions) Some are great and some are very average, and there's inbetweenies too...
They were sold by many different companies and ranged from dead-on copies of other guitars to tweaked, "in-the-style-of" oddballs.
Electra LP Custom
Washburn Hawk
Matsumoku '83 Epi Casino
Great site here
http://www.matsumoku.org/models/models.html
They were sold by many different companies and ranged from dead-on copies of other guitars to tweaked, "in-the-style-of" oddballs.
Electra LP Custom
Washburn Hawk
Matsumoku '83 Epi Casino
Great site here
http://www.matsumoku.org/models/models.html
Aug wrote:which one of you bastards sent me an ebay question asking if you can get teh kurdtz with that 64 mustang?
robertOG wrote:fran & paul are some of the original gangstas of the JS days when you'd have to say "phuck"
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Fran
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If your after a bargain with this kind of stuff i'd search brand names rather than typing in 'matsumoku' or 'Lawsuit'. If its listed as that chances are the seller knows what they've got and is using it as a selling point.
Look for; Vantage, Westbury, Westone, Aria Pro II, Hondo, Cimar, CSL, Antoria (the old stuff).... finding a bargain branded Ibanez, Tokai or Yamaha usually means trawling through pages of shit for months.
Look for; Vantage, Westbury, Westone, Aria Pro II, Hondo, Cimar, CSL, Antoria (the old stuff).... finding a bargain branded Ibanez, Tokai or Yamaha usually means trawling through pages of shit for months.
I see the Matsumoku name mentioned a lot on ebay lately. I browse through quite a lot of these old Japanese listings and the quality of the guitars looks to vary massively even in the same factories. My ES-175 copy is from that factory and I rate it highly. I actually came across this Hondo but it didn't look that convincing to me. For that money you're getting into the lower end of the 'good stuff' and can find something with a not so well known name on the headstock like Antoria as Fran says, that is a great guitar.
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That's a cool guitarJames wrote:I see the Matsumoku name mentioned a lot on ebay lately. I browse through quite a lot of these old Japanese listings and the quality of the guitars looks to vary massively even in the same factories. My ES-175 copy is from that factory and I rate it highly. I actually came across this Hondo but it didn't look that convincing to me. For that money you're getting into the lower end of the 'good stuff' and can find something with a not so well known name on the headstock like Antoria as Fran says, that is a great guitar.
