Satellite Guitar

luke · Post by **luke** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:00 pm

My friend has this crazy cool "Satellite" guitar. It's actually a really nice, it looks really new, but it resembles some sort of Teisco guitar or something else. It's a 24" scale, it's got one of those dodgy Bigsby copy things (the plate with the spring under it), two toggle switches (one for each P90 style pickup) and two knobs. It looks far too new to be for real, so it's either a perfect vintage specimen, or some crazy company is making these guitars recently. Anyone heard of it?

Post by **Hurb** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:10 pm

[GVideo]http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?doc ... 9711325770[/GVideo]

luke · Post by **luke** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:27 pm

No way was that a Satellite.

I have found the Telecaster version of my friend's Strat influenced Satellite on eBay, and I'm so going to snipe it and win it and reunite them. My friend got his for Â£30, I am so going to buy it off him.

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:31 pm

I had one, it was shit.

Bought it for Â£12, sold for Â£24, so at least I made enough for a couple of pints.

Post by **Hurb** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:35 pm

Malik wrote:No way was that a Satellite.

It said satellite on the headstock.

euan · Post by **euan** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:02 pm

stop buying guitars.

luke · Post by **luke** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:23 pm

euan wrote:stop buying guitars.

I'd sooner kiss a wookiee.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:54 pm

jammy fucker wrote:
Malik wrote:No way was that a Satellite.
It said satellite on the headstock.

Yeah it was, they're shit and always have been. They were like the Woolworths guitar in 1975 or something, in comparison, the Argos 'Encore' Strat is like a Fender american custom shop model.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:46 pm

Yep, shite. My mate had a Satellite LP as his first guitar and it was awful. He replaced it with a Sunn Mustang strat after playing my Marlin Sidewinder.

Three pretty pony 80's brands there...

Woolies guitars, however, can be fantastic; last year I did up my friend's Woolies special, which I think was made by Tiesco.

Mustang Melx · Post by **Mustang Melx** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:52 am

Fran wrote:
jammy fucker wrote:
Malik wrote:No way was that a Satellite.
It said satellite on the headstock.
Yeah it was, they're shit and always have been. They were like the Woolworths guitar in 1975 or something, in comparison, the Argos 'Encore' Strat is like a Fender american custom shop model.

hahaha, my mate's first guitar was a black satellite LP, he played that guitar for years!! this was back in the early 80's before you could get nice cheap squiers and epi's....I'm happy to report he's moved onto better things now.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:04 am

Malik, check your pm's. Did the Booster arrive OK or wot?

Post by **Doog** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:43 am

Hurb wrote:[GVideo]http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?doc ... 9711325770[/GVideo]

LULZ @ Euans jump on it up against the wall..

Happy times, my brothers.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:44 am

Arsecake and I were just bemused by the whole thing.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:52 am

i STILL want to buy one of these things

Mustang Melx · Post by **Mustang Melx** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:07 pm

what the hell is that?

I've never seen one of those.

robroe wrote:

i STILL want to buy one of these things

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:27 pm

I love how that vid has a popular soundtrack. Doogfest looked like crazyawesomefun.

Did anyone keep the remains or did it end up in a bin? like in memoriam or something.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:29 pm

One of the pickups is still under my passenger side seat in my Peugeot.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:15 pm

google Fender Satellite amp and do your homework for today.

its actually a giant FX peddal with a amp and a speaker in it pointed out the side. you cant use it stand alone. you have to use it in your regular amp's FX loop. it adds makes your sound 360 degrees when set up correctly and adds more wattage to your existing set up.

its fucking sweet.

http://media.musicalplanet.com/pdf/FEN344.PDF

here is the owners manual for todays study session