So the duo-sonic arrived today from sunny california
HUGE thanks to mickie
HUGE f-u to squire's so called quality control. You would thing with the QC tag around the tuners and the QC sticker on the PUs inside the thing they would have made sure everything is working as it should. Wrong-o
Basically the toggly woggly spins in circles and shorts out. The bridge pickup is all that works at the moment. The pickguard is a right bastard to get on and off aswell.
some quick pics and a video
didn't bother for gutshots while it was open, theres plenty
[youtube][/youtube]
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:44 am
by hotrodperlmutter
i almost mentioned something about it, since you seem to be pressed for time, but thought better of it.
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:50 am
by robert(original)
how are your frets?
mine are complete shite and altho i did some work to them, the only way i can get them perfect is to refin the neck completely.
granted its a squire and we payed way less than the list. i still feel like this is a 150 priced guitar at best. or at least mine is.
i have played one in NY and Hollywood that were alot better than mine. so i blame the QC. a drunken midget could have done better(no offence to short people)
just get your shit setup and see how it is
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:18 am
by Haze
hotrodperlmutter wrote:i almost mentioned something about it, since you seem to be pressed for time, but thought better of it.
about what?
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:19 am
by hotrodperlmutter
about your issue in the duo thread.
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:54 am
by Haze
You've lost me bro. Totally lost >.<
robert, i'll check out the frets later on tonight, been super busy but i'll find the time to get it setup [with a proper switch] and check how it plays and quality etc [- shitty switch]
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:26 am
by purplehaze19x
Got mine today also, no issues at all. no sharp frets, no loose knobs. Im going to play it just as it is, well with thiker strings these 9's suck.
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:09 am
by Haze
Seriously, i've been bending the first fret a step and a half for christ's sake
i'll set it up proper with some 12s when a new switch comes in
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:27 am
by hotrodperlmutter
dude matt
wtf is green guitar with tort in background?
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:36 am
by Haze
that'd be my dad's '62 stylee j bass
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:37 am
by purplehaze19x
Looks like a Jazzbass? yum
edit, beat me too it. still, yum
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:50 am
by hotrodperlmutter
oh fuck yeahs
i remember seein that shit, sry for bein ate up.
Re: Duo-Sonic has arrived! But with issues!
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:08 am
by Fran
Haze wrote:[youtube][/youtube]
Hahahah.. "turn it off!, TURN IT OFF"!
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:09 am
by Mike
Stick new togglie in that biaaatch
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:39 am
by othomas2
The toggle switch is going iffy with the one at work too...
My classic vibe teles tone knob has stopped working as well... basically the wiring in these things could be a lot better !!
One was also returned with a similar issue.
Gladly though the bulk of it is built really well... at that price they need to cut those corners somewhere.
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:32 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
except they didn't build them to sell at $99. they built them to sell for $299 or so. i might expect that on a guitar that sold originally for $99, but not on a $300 guitar.
especially all the knobslobbing the CV class has gotten.
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:09 pm
by taylornutt
My used Duo Sonic ended up being fine on the frets and the switch. I can't press too hard on the last 3 strings near the nut (D chord)or it goes sharp, but I might go back to .11s to fix it or just press lighter.
I love how lite it is and the pickups are clear and sweet. You have to expect some quality issues since its not an American Fender, especially buying a lot of them. Squier makes good stuff, but they have to cut some quality corners to make stuff cheap. I will be interested how many shortscalers have problems with theirs. I have heard about switch problems before.
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:22 pm
by Mike
hotrodperlmutter wrote:except they didn't build them to sell at $99. they built them to sell for $299 or so. i might expect that on a guitar that sold originally for $99, but not on a $300 guitar.
especially all the knobslobbing the CV class has gotten.
Umm. this is just one guitar, the rest seem to have been fine. My bass certainly is.
Shit happens. Parts fail.
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:47 pm
by taylornutt
Mike wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:except they didn't build them to sell at $99. they built them to sell for $299 or so. i might expect that on a guitar that sold originally for $99, but not on a $300 guitar.
especially all the knobslobbing the CV class has gotten.
Umm. this is just one guitar, the rest seem to have been fine. My bass certainly is.
Shit happens. Parts fail.
+1
I am going with .11s back on my Duo Sonic to try to fix the sharp issues.
