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The other Swinger
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:21 pm
by NickS
I only became aware of this guitar last week.
The Kingston Swinger
There's one on ebay now or was recently
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:24 pm
by NickS
Yeah,
>>here<<
$484 BIN, wut?
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:37 pm
by Sidney Vicious
I had a Kingston one-pickup job - got it at a New Orleans pawnshop about 5 years ago - one of the shops that overcharges for everything - I paid $25.00 for it - I'd say $482 is high.
My dearly departed Kingston:
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:37 pm
by finboy
light-saber tremolo ftw
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:47 pm
by NickS
What's interesting is that Kingston's scooped-out Swinger predates Fender's by 4 years or so.
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:58 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
finboy wrote:light-saber tremolo ftw
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:17 am
by Sidney Vicious
NickS wrote:What's interesting is that Kingston's scooped-out Swinger predates Fender's by 4 years or so.
That is interesting in view of the Fender Swinger history - weird.
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:19 am
by Mages
yea, very weird.
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:53 am
by SAVEStheDAY
finboy wrote:light-saber tremolo ftw
It looks a little out of place, I'm not so sure that started life as a trem...
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:15 am
by Sidney Vicious
SAVEStheDAY wrote:finboy wrote:light-saber tremolo ftw
It looks a little out of place, I'm not so sure that started life as a trem...
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:34 am
by DICHOTOMY
idk if i love or hate this.
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:53 am
by Pullover
I heard that these guitars are great for slide, which usually means that they suck as regular guitars with terrible action but have a great sound otherwise.
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:27 pm
by Sven
NickS wrote:What's interesting is that Kingston's scooped-out Swinger predates Fender's by 4 years or so.
Very interesting indeed.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:51 pm
by Blurillaz
I'd listen to some demos before getting it... IF it sounds bad and you get it then there is no looks-factor to help you re-sell it.
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 5:13 am
by Sparky
Pullover wrote:I heard that these guitars are great for slide, which usually means that they suck as regular guitars with terrible action but have a great sound otherwise.
It's because the necks are baseball bats, the string spacing is balls, and the action is sometimes poorly adjustable. However, these pickups generally sound fantastic, especially for slide guitar jammin.