Hi, This year one of my main goals is (aside from vintage fender amp setup) is to buy one of these guitars can you tell me what there like and such and such also... are they worth it?
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:44 am
by finboy
nick mccabe make's one sound pretty good...
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:48 am
by Jagermeister
It depends whether two to five grand or so is worth it to you more
Now that that's out of the question (lest a miracle, or a badly butchered axe find you)...
A Squier Venus XII gives you the exact same bridge and similarly designed pickups. Get one of those for cheaper, though not necessarily cheap. An early MIJ Strat XII has the same bridge at least. Later Strat XIIs diverge from the formula entirely.
They're a whole lot like what you'd imagine a twelve string Fender to sound and feel like, anyway. The bridge design is brilliant and cool.
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:32 am
by Josh
Jagermeister wrote:It depends whether two to five grand or so is worth it to you more
Now that that's out of the question (lest a miracle, or a badly butchered axe find you)...
A Squier Venus XII gives you the exact same bridge and similarly designed pickups. Get one of those for cheaper, though not necessarily cheap. An early MIJ Strat XII has the same bridge at least. Later Strat XIIs diverge from the formula entirely.
They're a whole lot like what you'd imagine a twelve string Fender to sound and feel like, anyway. The bridge design is brilliant and cool.
2 to 3 grand should do it i have a whole year to save up... or ill build one like im doing slowly with the bass v the color im looking for is fiesta red
but if anyone finds one keep me posted please? ill have money by end of year. any thing else anyone knows ... playability things like that?
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:38 am
by finboy
this just sold but the seller wouldn't get a hold of me about the missing bridge piece...
a guy on offset knows where to get an aged pearloid pickguard with all the electronics for $400
keep an eye out for shenandoah acoustics (60's fender, block and bound xii neck bolt on).
i would still say get a venus xii, i saw a sunburst one on ebay go for under $400 iirc.
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:39 am
by Jagermeister
TheDude2112 wrote:
2 to 3 grand should do it i have a whole year to save up... or ill build one like im doing slowly with the bass v the color im looking for is fiesta red
but if anyone finds one keep me posted please? ill have money by end of year. any thing else anyone knows ... playability things like that?
k.
Not that I doubt your budget, but I personally just don't think any guitar is worth that much... Besides, you could probably build one from scratch, or have one built for less than that.
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:42 am
by Jagermeister
finboy wrote:
keep an eye out for shenandoah acoustics (60's fender, block and bound xii neck bolt on).
i would still say get a venus xii, i saw a sunburst one on ebay go for under $400 iirc.
...Did the XII with the Villager or whatever acoustic neck ever get built by whoever on here? I always figured it would be a goofy looking idea, what with the neck shaped to go around a soundhole, but I don't suppose that would have necessarily kept it from being awesome...
If one really wanted one, I'd likely recommend that they buy both the Venus and a Jazzmaster body blank.
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:57 am
by finboy
Jagermeister wrote:
finboy wrote:
keep an eye out for shenandoah acoustics (60's fender, block and bound xii neck bolt on).
i would still say get a venus xii, i saw a sunburst one on ebay go for under $400 iirc.
...Did the XII with the Villager or whatever acoustic neck ever get built by whoever on here? I always figured it would be a goofy looking idea, what with the neck shaped to go around a soundhole, but I don't suppose that would have necessarily kept it from being awesome...
If one really wanted one, I'd likely recommend that they buy both the Venus and a Jazzmaster body blank.
robOG's, it looks good, the shenandoah has the normal end of the neck, like a regular fender electric
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:50 am
by Josh
Jagermeister wrote:
TheDude2112 wrote:
2 to 3 grand should do it i have a whole year to save up... or ill build one like im doing slowly with the bass v the color im looking for is fiesta red
but if anyone finds one keep me posted please? ill have money by end of year. any thing else anyone knows ... playability things like that?
k.
Not that I doubt your budget, but I personally just don't think any guitar is worth that much... Besides, you could probably build one from scratch, or have one built for less than that.
thats what ill do i probably cant afford vintage.. even more so with this recession
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:50 am
by Josh
Jagermeister wrote:
TheDude2112 wrote:
2 to 3 grand should do it i have a whole year to save up... or ill build one like im doing slowly with the bass v the color im looking for is fiesta red
but if anyone finds one keep me posted please? ill have money by end of year. any thing else anyone knows ... playability things like that?
k.
Not that I doubt your budget, but I personally just don't think any guitar is worth that much... Besides, you could probably build one from scratch, or have one built for less than that.
thats what ill do i probably cant afford vintage.. even more so with this recession
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:45 pm
by More Cowbell
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for the low low price of $3199 usd, this could be yours.
k.