Messenger Guitar?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:56 pm

Anyone tried the Eastwood reissue of the Messenger guitar?

Do they have aluminum necks and built-in fuzz like the originals (Link) ?

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Below is Mark Farner's awesome Musicraft Messenger guitar

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GreenKnee · Post by **GreenKnee** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:10 pm

That *second video is very cool, can tell where Lenny Kravitz gets his sound from

and the girl moving her head is pretty nice eye candy.

Sorry I can't help with the guitar, never heard of them butthey do look cool!

pumpkin · Post by **pumpkin** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:30 pm

Love the tones in that demo video, sounds great.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:30 pm

westtexasred wrote:Do they have aluminum necks and built-in fuzz like the originals?

nope.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:57 pm

John Lyons built a batch of fuzzboxes recently based on the fuzz circuit in that guitar. Do they have aluminium necks? Looks like wood to me.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:06 pm

Haet.

http://shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.p ... =messenger

paul_ wrote:While most Eastwood copies get partway there, the Messenger has the distinction of having literally none of the classic features of the original Musicraft:

1) no aluminum through-body neck
2) no switchable stereo/mono output circuit
3) wrong pickups

As with their Airlines, I won't say it's a bad guitar... just that it's the wrong one.
It's good to hear they're decent, but lets face it: an $850 chinese knock-off better be.

Love original messengers tho.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:14 pm

timhulio wrote:John Lyons built a batch of fuzzboxes recently based on the fuzz circuit in that guitar. Do they have aluminium necks? Looks like wood to me.

Yes,it was the first guitar with an aluminum neck (Link)

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dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:56 pm

Saw Robin Guthrie play one of these, and have been wanting to try one since

[edit] I forgot that I actually played one of these last year fuck my memory is getting bad... so i suppose they can't be that good or at least memorable...

BillClay · Post by **BillClay** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:11 am

I think eastwood totally misses the point everytime they make a fucking guitar. they take a guitar with a crazy history/shape/electronics/whateverthefuck, and then make a dumbed down copy of said awesome guitar, throw in mini hums, and then pat themselves on the back for "RECREATING A LEGEND"

pumpkin · Post by **pumpkin** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:00 am

Musicraft Messenger? NOPE! Chuck Testa!

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:38 pm

OH SHIT?!
I never really thought of what guitar Mark Farner was using, but thanks for posting this. That performance at midsummer rock is one of my favorite live performances ever, i show it to everyone that is not interested in Grand Funk.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:24 pm

"You kids don't know Grand Funk? The wild, shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner? The bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher? The competent drumwork of Don Brewer? Oh, man!"

-Homer Simpson

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:35 pm

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:23 pm

FYI there is a Mark Farner mention in the latest season of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:35 pm

No, but it's an Eastwood, so the finish will be the thickest finish you've ever felt on anything, including public school linoleum floors. And it's ugly. And who cares - it's not like it offers any advantages over another guitar, and others will offer better quality for the same or less money. And no one who doesn't play guitar will care. And people who do play guitar won't care because it's just a copy, and not even a good one.

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