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OH SHIT, SON...

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:43 am
by laterallateral
I Just got this:

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In trade for a Vantage Analog Echo Machine, a Nobel's DT-XN and and Ibanez LF-7!
It's got Rockfeild SWCs in it! It fucking tears ass!


Also got a Great Destroyer and a smoking hot new bassist today. It's been a good day.

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:20 am
by serfx
i need to see a better picture of that trem system

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:25 am
by Haze
^ likewise
looks like it has a TEEENY trem arm thats been broken off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:29 am
by laterallateral
The trem is locked down at the moment because the guitar did not come with the trem arm.
In working condition, they look like this:

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There's a spring between the two plates. if you take it appart, you can lock the top plate down by removing the spring and tucking it under those two tabs you see jutting out of the bottom plate.

Haze: the trem arm is fitted in that tube and is held in place by a thumb screw.

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:32 am
by Mages
I love the two humbucker hags. they're my favoritest ones.

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:33 am
by Haze
ah cool cool. rocked it through TGD yet?

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:34 am
by serfx
such a sexy guitar..
and i have a trem arm for it.
i think its at my folks though.

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:41 am
by laterallateral
mage wrote:I love the two humbucker hags. they're my favoritest ones.
Yeah, same here. I've been in need of a good humbuckered guitar for a while, I've already shifted a few. I think this is a keeper.
This is a a HIIN transition model. as opposed to "proper" HIINs, this has the 6 in line headstock, of all the Hagstroms, this is the one I wanted.

I plan to put Chrome covers on these pups, to make it look stock.
Haze wrote:ah cool cool. rocked it through TGD yet?
You bet your ass I did! :)
serfx wrote:such a sexy guitar..
and i have a trem arm for it.
i think its at my folks though.
If you don't have a use for it, I will gladly buy it off of you.

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:41 am
by James
serfx wrote:i need to see a better picture of that trem system
The arm goes into the shorter, larger cylinder and is held in place by a screw.

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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:45 am
by serfx
i know.. the piece i'm missing from my noise master is the shorter, larger cylinder piece with the screw.. so the trem is locked down on it. but i have the arm

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:47 am
by serfx
laterallateral wrote:If you don't have a use for it, I will gladly buy it off of you.
you can buy me labatt 50 the next time i'm in montreal
should my luck ever take me out that way again.

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:48 am
by laterallateral
http://www.hagstromparts.se/

Scroll down to about halfway doen the page, on the left hand side, under "WHAMMY-BAR, TREMAR"

They sell the complete trem system as well as individual parts. No idea on pricing, though.


(I'll buy you a fucking case!)

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:54 am
by Mages
laterallateral wrote:
mage wrote:I love the two humbucker hags. they're my favoritest ones.
Yeah, same here. I've been in need of a good humbuckered guitar for a while, I've already shifted a few. I think this is a keeper.
This is a a HIIN transition model. as opposed to "proper" HIINs, this has the 6 in line headstock, of all the Hagstroms, this is the one I wanted.

I plan to put Chrome covers on these pups, to make it look stock.
exactly dude. the HIIN w/ humbuckers and 6 in line is one of the hottest 2-humby guitars of all time. so, nice score! :)
chrome covers are class, but open are... no-class. *cues motorhead*

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:11 am
by serfx
just checked my box of parts it appears to be at my folks so i'll pick it up when i head down to see them next and mail it off your way

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:15 pm
by Ankhanu
Sweet ass guitar; looks like a rocker.
serfx wrote:
laterallateral wrote:If you don't have a use for it, I will gladly buy it off of you.
you can buy me labatt 50 the next time i'm in montreal
should my luck ever take me out that way again.
That stuff is vile :P

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:16 pm
by laterallateral
serfx wrote:just checked my box of parts it appears to be at my folks so i'll pick it up when i head down to see them next and mail it off your way
Thanks, dude! I'll pay ships or come up with something cool to send your way.

Ankhanu wrote:Sweet ass guitar; looks like a rocker.

That stuff is vile :P
Thanks and yeah, Labatt 50 is definitely a bit shit but it's one of the only cheap beers that I can tolerate at room temperature.
Since we don't have a fridge at the space, 50 has become standard rehearsal swill.

Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:56 am
by serfx
and i just enjoy cheap beer

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:33 am
by serfx
gnar
she looks like this:

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DM me yr address

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 2:13 pm
by Viljami
Smoking hot new bassist? Need pics. Cool guitar, I always regret not getting one when I had the chance. What's the sound like/what would you compare it to?

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:18 pm
by laterallateral
serfx: Thanks a million, dude! I'll PM you my deets a bit later on. I'm trying to think of shit I could send you. I'm going to the Fucked Up/Kurt Vile show tonight, I'll see if I can find you something cool from the merch table...

colabonham: I guess the easiest comparison I can draw would be with an SG. Body thickness, German carve, weight, electronic config, that sort of shit.
The neck on these is a pretty unique story... It's unbelievably thin and shallow with almost no taper and the fretboard radius is very flat. Despite this, the neck manages to not feel particularly shredder-like to me but then again, I have freakishly small hands.

Contrary to what the seller told me, my snooping has shown the pickups in this to be either Rockfeild Mafias or Turbos.
One way or another, they are way, way hotter than I could ever have a use for but all and all, sound pretty decent. As soon as I have a chance, I'm chucking a set of GFS "Classic II" humbuckers in there.

So basically, feels a bit like an SG with an uncharacteristically nice playing neck, sounds like a B.C. Rich.