That would be perfect for bringin teh kurdtz at the end of a gig.
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:54 am
by serfx
i picked one up for $26.99, i swapped out the humbucker and bridge for a tele tail piece with a dimarzio twang king in it, then wired the pup direct to the output jack, since th tone pot in it was useless, and my volume is usually all the way up.
the first time i sat and jammed out on it though the neck almost killed my hand, but a nice little sand job later and its pretty smooth now, also had to lower the frets a bit since it had a tendency to buzz on the low and hi E at the first fret, but its much nicer with the lowered frets..
i take a pic of it the next time i'm at my jam space..
what i found weird is that the model i picked up didn;t exist on the first act page, or at the website for the store i found it at (oddly, yet not oddly, at the source, by circuit city)
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:06 pm
by Mo Law-ka
picts?
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:30 am
by serfx
i was just looking for one of the body with orig pup and pre-pain job i don't have one.. and the only one i have of the neck was when i was contemplating using it on a mustang (that i'm now waiting for a 22.5" duo sonic neck to put on..)
there is the neck and pup out of the first act (body is a 74 mustang.. currently undergoing other modifications, i'll re-start a thread for it one day..)
i'll take some shots of how the first act looks when i jam on thursday..
but they are light as f
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:32 am
by robert(original)
i gave lessons to a kid that had one with a flame job on it, it was decent enough but the bridge was set over a bit too much and in tern made the low e string hang off the fretboard after 15th fret or so.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:20 am
by fullerplast
ill jest gone to git mine down to the wal-marts...
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:32 pm
by serfx
me and the other guitarist in my band picked them up..
mostly out of boredom and also to punk things up a little
but i feel like i'm jacking the thread
anyways
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here is his post mods
(they were all black to begin with)
just a paint job, some stickers he swapped in the humbucker from soem ibanez he had kicking around, and put on a jackson neck that is slightly better then the first act one.. (aka you can use 11's)
mine i pulled out the humbucker re-routed the hole and put in a twang king and a tele bridge, despite the volume and tone still on the guitar the pup is wired direct to the output jack
i sanded down the back and side of the neck but its the first act neck and i dig it. although anything bigger then 10's makes it bend and the truss useless.
body closer up
i'll just hide that noise.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:10 pm
by Sloan
is that supposed to be a toronado striep????! lol
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:56 pm
by Wilbur
The plaid covering on that head is genius
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:46 pm
by serfx
Sloan wrote:is that supposed to be a toronado striep????! lol
similar i was bored
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:33 pm
by paulie walnuts
From what I've seen, the ones the sell at Walmart/Costco are complete shit but their higher end models are excellent budget guitars.