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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:29 am
by taylornutt
Keep us posted on your progress. I hope it get a White or Blue Sparkle one day.

Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:49 pm
by matthoj
I have two black ones, and the only way I would get rid of one of them is for a white one in a trade. Stock pick-ups were thin and crappy, much much better with dimarzio's. The necks are real sweet... I mostly play on the bridge pickup on everything else but on the supersonic I put it on the middle setting...

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:38 am
by Pens
So, the deal was I found one by carefully searching GC's online used stock. Oddly, you can't just search for "sonic" or "squier" or "supersonic" or "super-sonic", nothing came up.

So, I searched for "Squier", set it to guitars, then on each page I did a Find for "Sonic" with my browser, and if nothing matched I'd go to the next page. Bout 8 pages in I found ONE, in North Carolina, black. I called the store, they wanted $400 for it, asked if I could give them $100 over the phone to layaway it. Called again today and spoke to the manager, basically they said I could go to my local GC, and set up the layaway there for the item with them. So that's what I did, at first I was put off by the local store manager as it seemed like he was being patronizing, even going so far as to make a comment that my tshirt was "killer" which I was like uhhh okay this guy is fucking with me, no way has he heard of this old local punk band my friends were in, but then he actually told me about how he missed their final show and etc etc and I realized he did actually know who it was, so the guy gained some points back at that point.

End result, is in about a month when I have the spare $300 this guitar is MINE.

THANKS TEAM WILL POST PICS WHEN I HAS.

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:40 am
by taylornutt
I just looked it up on GC.com. Very nice score. GC used section has a lot of nice deals. I had just sold my PRS and was looking there for a used CP Jaguar when I found AVRI Jaguar that had incorrectly priced at $700. Needless to say I bought it. There are definitely good used deals to be found on GC.com. Congrats.

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:32 am
by Thom
Nice one! The start of a cool project.

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:08 pm
by robroe
someone already did what you want to do. this an omar copy. or else omar needs to clean his fucking bedroom

looks ace though

Image

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:26 pm
by stewart
bent control plate to follow the contour?

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:35 pm
by Thom
stewart wrote:bent control plate to follow the contour?
Yeah it looks like that doesn't it?

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:14 pm
by Pens
robroe wrote:someone already did what you want to do. this an omar copy. or else omar needs to clean his fucking bedroom

looks ace though

Image
Yeah mine isn't going to be exactly like that. We'll see when I get it.

Don't care if anyone else here has done whatever. I care about me having a fucking awesome guitar.

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:01 pm
by dots
Pens wrote:
robroe wrote:someone already did what you want to do. this an omar copy. or else omar needs to clean his fucking bedroom

looks ace though

Image
Yeah mine isn't going to be exactly like that. We'll see when I get it.

Don't care if anyone else here has done whatever. I care about me having a fucking awesome guitar.
don't mind robroe. he's going through one of those phases. . .


can't wait to see the guitar, chris!

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:07 am
by robroe
i didn't mean anything negative by it. just simply saying that its already been done twice thats all.

last i heard pen talking about how he was pissed kurdt had the same K tatoo as him. i thought it might affect his decision.

it seemed he had some .... issues

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:13 am
by Billy3000
Pens wrote:So, the deal was I found one by carefully searching GC's online used stock. Oddly, you can't just search for "sonic" or "squier" or "supersonic" or "super-sonic", nothing came up.

So, I searched for "Squier", set it to guitars, then on each page I did a Find for "Sonic" with my browser, and if nothing matched I'd go to the next page. Bout 8 pages in I found ONE, in North Carolina, black. I called the store, they wanted $400 for it, asked if I could give them $100 over the phone to layaway it. Called again today and spoke to the manager, basically they said I could go to my local GC, and set up the layaway there for the item with them. So that's what I did, at first I was put off by the local store manager as it seemed like he was being patronizing, even going so far as to make a comment that my tshirt was "killer" which I was like uhhh okay this guy is fucking with me, no way has he heard of this old local punk band my friends were in, but then he actually told me about how he missed their final show and etc etc and I realized he did actually know who it was, so the guy gained some points back at that point.

End result, is in about a month when I have the spare $300 this guitar is MINE.

THANKS TEAM WILL POST PICS WHEN I HAS.
What guitar center in NC is it at? I've never seen a super-sonic around these parts!

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:29 am
by Pens
robroe wrote:i didn't mean anything negative by it. just simply saying that its already been done twice thats all.

last i heard pen talking about how he was pissed kurdt had the same K tatoo as him. i thought it might affect his decision.

it seemed he had some .... issues
I'd rather get the Omar comparison rather than Kurtsds comparisons, because I look nothing like Omar. I can deal with that.

Billy, it's the one in Durham.

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:48 am
by hotrodperlmutter
robroe wrote:Image
1). it looks like a handlebar mustache.
2). why are there female facts in the trash?

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:38 pm
by Pens
hotrodperlmutter wrote:
robroe wrote:Image
1). it looks like a handlebar mustache.
2). why are there female facts in the trash?
Also, wtf is with the lower right pickguard horn? Looks wavy and shit.

I'm likely going to just cover the hole under where the existing control plate is and move the plate over, then worry about a new pickguard later. I'll be needing a new bridge humbucker at least, but I'll be keeping the neck one for a while until I decide if I want to go with just one pup or not.

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:18 pm
by taylornutt
Leave the right handed bridge for a cool Hendrix style bridge.

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:07 pm
by dots
Pens wrote:I'll be needing a new bridge humbucker at least, but I'll be keeping the neck one for a while until I decide if I want to go with just one pup or not.
if you do go single pickup, SPLIT TEH HUMBUCKER! ultimate POWERS within!!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:27 pm
by Pens
Yeah I won't be fucking with the bridge at all except tightening the springs to keep it from moving.


Dots, yeah dude that's been the plan. I've been wanting to do a single bridge HB guitar for a while now, the idea was to still have the pu switch for series/parallel switching. I've been wanting to do this for a while now, in fact that was my plan if I ever got to build a lefty Bronco also. If I dump the neck pup I'll be doing this at least on the SS.

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:01 pm
by Billy3000
Fuck! Not to steal your thunder... congrats on your find, but had I known that the durham GC had one I'd of gone and snatched it up!

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:06 pm
by Pens
Billy3000 wrote:Fuck! Not to steal your thunder... congrats on your find, but had I known that the durham GC had one I'd of gone and snatched it up!
Yeah, I know it was a total luck find. That's why I wasted no time in dropping CASH on it immediately.