Fender Gemini III (acoustic content)

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:09 am

so, my new girlfriend (and quite possibly my soulmate) wants to replace her squier acoustic that someone smashed all to bits (not me, although i would've liked to because it was shit).

we were wandering about today and happened in on a new little repair shop near my house, and they had a Fender Gemini III for $175 (taxes included - WHOA!). it was sharp looking, and in really great shape, had a thin neck (for her pleasure), and sounded OK. she liked the way it played, and had a fresh setup/strings, but i still thought that was too much, especially with no HSC.

she passed on it, and checked around a bit more online, but apparently no one knows shit about them. i understand they're like the bottom of the barrel for fender guitars, but this one was pretty nice and had the flame headstock, and i've never seen one.

anyone have experience with these? or remember what they cost new? i found a few craigslist ads for like $100, and a guy had one for sale on talkbass for $100, which he later dropped to $80, and never updated whether or not he sold it. he stated they were from the 80's, but this guitar didn't look that old.

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Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:40 am

pass on that, you can get one of the newer fenders for that money and second hand ibanez acoustics are a-plenty

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:19 am

well, we've been on the prowl for a few weeks now, and have played all kinds of shit sub-$200, and it's all crap. this was the nicest one i'd seen in that ballpark (besides my rogue's). the ibanez stuff i've seen has either played like total junk, or sounded like a tin can.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:44 am

if it helps i have gemini II that I have had for 20 years and even though its cheap it still plays great and I wouldn't get rid of it at all.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:30 am

see if you can find a Simon & Patrick
i picked up mine for $50 at a pawnish type shop (would have been $40, but the girlfriend had made it known she had a tenner in her wallet)

new they sell for $150+
sound great, crafted/made in Quebec

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:16 am

Tell her to get an electric and learn to rock.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:31 pm

I would recommend keeping an eye out for Alvarez and Yamaha acoustics. You can find a lot of them for under $200 and they're usually all pretty nice. I agree that all the ibanez acoustics, at least in that price range sound like garbage. I've never been a fan of any of the Fender acoustics that I've played. They all just kinda sound dead and lifeless, and none of them have felt very nice either. I do still want one of the vintage strat headstock type acoustics just for how cool they are though.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:43 pm

Johnson Acoustics.

They are cheap, Chinese made, and sound fucking great. Every comp submission of mine has been on one, and the thing everyone comments on is how great the guitar sounds. My other guitarist friends would always ask how much I paid for it, because it sounded fucking amazing.

Yeah, that one is lefty, but find a JG-624 and yr done. Mazin guitars.

Actually, after more searching around, I think the 620 is the right handed version of mine, the 624 appears to be their lefty version of the 620. I've played others of the same model and they all sound the same way, amazing.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:48 pm

Pens wrote:Every comp submission of mine has been on one, and the thing everyone comments on is how great the guitar sounds.

Motown comp deadline in 12 minutes, would love to hear that guitar again, Chris! Just sayin'. Peace.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:11 pm

ultratwin wrote:
Pens wrote:Every comp submission of mine has been on one, and the thing everyone comments on is how great the guitar sounds.
Motown comp deadline in 12 minutes, would love to hear that guitar again, Chris! Just sayin'. Peace.

I would love to provide it, but as I said, if the tracks sounded like shit, I wasn't putting it on the internet. I cannot get a good vocal take. I used to be able to do these songs, but I dunno if my voice is just burnt from my other bands or what, but I cannot get a good vocal take.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:22 pm

Gotcha, no worries! Hope to hear you scratch out a satisfactory take, the next time around.

Now back to the Backurdz guitars....

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:10 pm

ekwatts wrote:Tell her to get an electric and learn to rock.

already done.

the acoustic fills her late night void when everyone else is asleep (so i'm not sure what she needs me for).

she's actually using my rogue a/e for the time being. once i get my dreadnaught fixed back up (neck bow - concave), i'll probably let her hang on to it indefinitely.