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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:36 am
by benwalker
could be used for one of two things. totally bogus insurance purposes, or as an 'end-of-gig' guitar: from 20m away under stage lights, no-one would tell if it was genuine or not
that site is paaaaaaainfully slow though...
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:50 am
by tribi9
They sent me some pics, will post tomorrow!
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:14 pm
by ultratwin
Shame shame on the
Made in Korea stickers... Knock off crap from China shows up on the nightly news all the time over here, they're unstoppable.
Still very curious...Grohl'd a la Ampeg Lucite for $210, pray tell?
http://www.musoland.com.cn/list.asp?ProdId=0723
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:32 pm
by ultratwin
A little dial-up mad patience has led to some horribly quirky surprises.
Oh no.
Get your Iceman Bass on.
Winner of the ugliest burst in history.
Oops, apple juice in the cavity!
Bubonic Paul?
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:54 pm
by izodiak
the guitars dont look super quality, but what can You wish for 60 pounds.. so, yea, it would be a nice guitar to smash at the end of a gig, and everyone would be like - aaaah..
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:07 pm
by Sparky
Haha, I'd get one of those Rickenbacker copies to smash. People would shit bricks if they saw one of those get smashed.
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:33 pm
by izodiak
Sparky wrote:Haha, I'd get one of those Rickenbacker copies to smash. People would shit bricks if they saw one of those get smashed.
or some super cool gibson, everyone would shit their pants..
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:38 pm
by tribi9
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:08 pm
by TheBurbz
How do you know they aren't just sending you pics of a real Fender? The guitar send you might be made of bamboo cane and papyrus, or it might not look like that at all...
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:13 pm
by euan
Real Tele Thinlines are string through.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:30 pm
by tribi9
TheBurbz wrote:How do you know they aren't just sending you pics of a real Fender? The guitar send you might be made of bamboo cane and papyrus, or it might not look like that at all...
I don't, im just updating with the whole Musoland experience.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:11 pm
by Jagermeister
because if it was a real Fender, their pics would at least be OF a real Fender and look that way
It'd probably fool me if I saw it on a wall somewhere, but compare it to the real thing and you can pretty much tell...
It's tempting, and odd (to me) that they're giving you good enough service to take pics of your individual axe...
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:37 pm
by tribi9
True, all you have to do is look at the headstock and you know it couldn't be the pic of a real Fender.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:03 pm
by Pacafeliz
their tele deluxe doesn't look to bad, actually. if it had a trem i'd buy it in a sec.
the tele customs look terrible, though! urgh...
oh and the "jaguar bass" thing... no thanks!
Pat.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:05 pm
by euan
The Tele Deluxes are horrible. That pickguard is one of the worst I've ever seen.
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:29 pm
by tribi9
So the Muso arrived....
It was packed nicely and I paid no customs!!
The finish has some very minor flaws. You have to get really close to notice them. The setup wasn't the greatest, but not too bad, a slight bridge adjustment is all it needed.
The pickups sound surprisingly good, I'm going to leave them. Pickguard is nice.
I got a couple of CTS pots that i'll throw in.
Frets not sharp at all, neck very nice.
The tuners have "Fender" stamped on them and you can so tell the writing is fake....
The logo was painted on under the clearcoat, I sanded but it was way too deep so then I just took it apart and decided to paint the headstock. The color on this beast is extremely close to the Cyclone I painted. So I went to the local auto parts store to get a can of Duplicolor but instead they now match and pump paint into an aerosol can(Not nitro, but everything else they do). They got a computer scanner thingy that they placed on the body.... pretty cool!
Neck is sealed now, will be painted tomorrow.
I should have taken pix of the logo before but I didn't so...
Not too bad for a chinese fake, some good tuners and it'll be a rockin' beast. Way better setup and sounding than my last Ibanes Jet King, for way cheaper too! That Ibanes neck was razor freakin sharp!
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:34 pm
by benwalker
dude - sweeeeeet
EDIT - just saw the tuner picture... makes you wonder why they bothered really?
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:37 pm
by tribi9
Yep they should just left the tuners alone, same with the headstock logo.
Anybody want to go splits on a Tele decal from DecalJoe??
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:27 pm
by astro
Hey Tribi9, how much did the shipping to Canada cost?
The tuners look like somebody scratched the word Fender on with a pen knife!
Awesome guitar, though. Surprising the pickups are actually good!
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:37 pm
by tribi9
$110 bux to have it shipped here. I got lucky with customs, she declared the value @ $100, so I should have had to pay but hey who am I to question Canada customs practices.....
