fender toronado

floydian8834 · Post by **floydian8834** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:58 pm

heres another great find if anyones interested

http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/msg/1419431319.html

James · Post by **James** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:14 pm

It just looks wonky in sunburst. I like that version in orange and whichever white it came in, but it definitely doesn't suit sunburst.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:17 pm

NIce thin black line tho.

floydian8834 · Post by **floydian8834** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:17 pm

well its not my fav. but i dont really have anything else to do at work so...yea

James · Post by **James** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:27 pm

It seems awfully cheap, though I don't know their market value.

It took me about five years of guitar playing to notice the connection between sunburst and the image of the sun in space. It wasn't that I didn't understand it, I just never thought about it beyond 'that's ugly - I can't believe that's the most common guitar colour'.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:29 pm

Nice. That burst looks awfully tacky but still i likes it.

Ty · Post by Ty » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:47 pm

Noirie. wrote:That burst looks awfully tacky..

My thoughts exact, however the pictures are very nice, and of high quality too.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:48 pm

Haet burst. Especially burst and tort. The only thing I can deal with slight is black on burst. But in general burst can get tae.

Post by **dots** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:28 pm

it ain't the burst, it's the ugly massive pickguards they put on those versions. my american special version was way, WAY hotter.

James · Post by **James** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:47 pm

That small guard version is nice, but with the TOM, control layout and especially in trans red it just wants to be a Gibson too much. I think in Orange the original Toronado looks very good.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:49 pm

I think I prefer the original bridge to the TOM as well.

Post by **dots** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:56 pm

i loved that guitar, tom's aren't for everybod, though, i guess.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:59 pm

I had the White version of this, it worked much better than Sunburst. The black models work as well.
Once you start looking there were a lot of different Toronados made, i saw a quilted top model a few months back that i never knew existed.
Brilliant guitars, i'd still love a blue GT <haet rodders>.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:04 pm

I played Fran's and was very impressed with it. For a balls out Rock guitar I think it does it better than a Les Paul. A lot better.

I think for punk, alternative, heavy rock or whatever, anything humbucker driven that it is an excellent beast. Radius is a bit flat for me personally and I'm sworn to single coils but I can appreciate an effective instrument when I play one. It was very, very solid.

Post by **dots** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:05 pm

exactly. it was reliable as fuck and so, so, so easy to play.

lancer88 · Post by **lancer88** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:20 pm

Hmm seems i'm the odd man out - i absolutely LOVE that sunburst toronado. i've got a yellow deluxe and the green gt! i just cant get along with the gt, but the deluxe is my first love.

Man

wish i was in the area or knew someone who wanted to trade a gt for a deluxe....or for any other fender ha

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:24 pm

WE'RE GONNA ROCK, ROCK, ROCK WITH THE ROCK

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:25 pm

Mike wrote:I played Fran's and was very impressed with it. For a balls out Rock guitar I think it does it better than a Les Paul. A lot better.

You know, I think I've essentially had it proven to me that Fender just designs better guitars. I have a Gibby Les Paul. And I loved it. Right up until I got my Squier M-80. That guitar is every bit the rock powerhouse that the gibby is at a fraction of the weight with a neck that is literally to die for. Fender sealed the deal for me with that guitar. I haven't picked the Gibby up since I got it, and it cost a fraction of the gibby. People who say Fender doesn't know how to make a RAWK guitar and kiss my grits. I'll probably end up with toronado as a backup since I doubt I'm likely to ever find another M-80.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:26 pm

lancer88 wrote:Hmm seems i'm the odd man out - i absolutely LOVE that sunburst toronado. i've got a yellow deluxe and the green gt! i just cant get along with the gt, but the deluxe is my first love.

Man wish i was in the area or knew someone who wanted to trade a gt for a deluxe....or for any other fender ha

I might trade you that GT. Is it the Snot Green model? Post pics or you'd probably better leave.

lancer88 · Post by **lancer88** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:30 pm

Fran wrote:
lancer88 wrote:Hmm seems i'm the odd man out - i absolutely LOVE that sunburst toronado. i've got a yellow deluxe and the green gt! i just cant get along with the gt, but the deluxe is my first love.

Man wish i was in the area or knew someone who wanted to trade a gt for a deluxe....or for any other fender ha
I might trade you that GT. Is it the Snot Green model? Post pics or you'd probably better leave.

Dont have many pics atm - i'm without camera.

But i do have this old old old pic, from our old place, still...not alot has changed