Thought I'd share it . I love oddball mutant guitars . Very Tele ala Jazzy ala Talman ala some other shit . Thought I'd share . And it's super cheap . Nice project for upgrades .
I currently have an Alden Quadrastar ( the " Quirkstar") which plays and sounds great . Had a bad grounding and raised fret but after a set up turned out to be a complete dream.
yeah the headstock looks like the epi's out of the 70's 80's (ie wilshire and strat copies)
fat southern dude from Ends post wrote:so take that all you brand snobs.. you go buy all them high dollar f^<kn' gear, you still cant get tone like that. you know why? cause your a dumb @ss
I really like the way some aldens (e.g. the quadrastar) look, but that is just horrible lookin'.
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."
I actually talked to that guy when I was hunting for my Quadrastar . Want to say his name was Marco ( I'm prolly wrong ). Nice guy . He was telling me them and the Disc copies fly out their store . Hand carved abalone and aluminum discs ( though the discs are not as detailed as the real deal but who cares ) .
As for the set ups from the factory ? I doubt it . My Quadrastar needed some fret work and a set up . It was playable but buzzed in a few spots but after a set up plays great . Out of my 7 guitars I tend to play the Quadrastar ( The Quirkstar ) the most . The sound(s)( they say 75 different but it's more like 30 or 40 ) is just very distinct . Not getting all HarmonyCentralist on you but I'm surprised a higher end company like Fender or Schecter ( I think they're good ) hasn't made a frankenstein pawnshop guitar like it . Schecter had the Ultra 3 but that's a different animal. Plus I think Schecter even discontinued that as well.
I have an Alden in a Vox 1960s 'teardrop' body shape and headstock. Vox style pick-ups. It is hollow bodied with a single f hole. Sunburst finish with binding. Nice.
Oh, and Alden also did some very nice looking Vox Phantom rip offs too.
I lie both of the Aldens pictured here. I do nto like the white guitar with pearl pickguard, and I would go for a mini HB or a p90 in the nec verses a HB as well as a tele bridge pup instead of a rail... But the basic idea works for me.
The red tele would be awesome if it was a different color. Bright red guitars are not my thing. If that thing was daphne and mint people would be creaming themselves.
They say great minds think alike....Sometimes we do too...
mickie08 wrote:I lie both of the Aldens pictured here. I do nto like the white guitar with pearl pickguard, and I would go for a mini HB or a p90 in the nec verses a HB as well as a tele bridge pup instead of a rail... But the basic idea works for me.
The red tele would be awesome if it was a different color. Bright red guitars are not my thing. If that thing was daphne and mint people would be creaming themselves.
I never liked bright red guitar either. But I bought a Jag bass in hotrod red and it is probably my favorite color. In person it is more of a salmon color though.
