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Thought I'd share it . I love oddball mutant guitars . Very Tele ala Jazzy ala Talman ala some other shit . Thought I'd share . And it's super cheap . Nice project for upgrades .

I currently have an Alden Quadrastar ( the " Quirkstar") which plays and sounds great . Had a bad grounding and raised fret but after a set up turned out to be a complete dream.

yeah the headstock looks like the epi's out of the 70's 80's (ie wilshire and strat copies)

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This is the guitar I've been dreamin' of (ever since I was a little girl)

Yikes, that looks like one of those awful reverend guitars.

I think it looks horrible.

squared off edges on flat top guitars only look good on rickenbackers to me. The thing looks like it was made by Behringer or something.

For $250 shipped? Seems like a good deal to me.

Alden make extremely ugly guitars.

The Quadrastar has absolutely everything wrong. There isn't a single attractive feature or curve to it.

Im interested how they 'figure' out the pickguard shapes..
put them in a pool of acid, and then pull them out after a minute.

these are the most fugly.

But I would play one, just to be different,hah.
(oh, thats the guy from the band with the disgusting guitar)

Eric likes these guitars. They must be ugly. It's beyond debate.

I really like the way some aldens (e.g. the quadrastar) look, but that is just horrible lookin'.

I want this one.

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I actually talked to that guy when I was hunting for my Quadrastar . Want to say his name was Marco ( I'm prolly wrong ). Nice guy . He was telling me them and the Disc copies fly out their store . Hand carved abalone and aluminum discs ( though the discs are not as detailed as the real deal but who cares ) .
As for the set ups from the factory ? I doubt it . My Quadrastar needed some fret work and a set up . It was playable but buzzed in a few spots but after a set up plays great . Out of my 7 guitars I tend to play the Quadrastar ( The Quirkstar ) the most . The sound(s)( they say 75 different but it's more like 30 or 40 ) is just very distinct . Not getting all HarmonyCentralist on you but I'm surprised a higher end company like Fender or Schecter ( I think they're good ) hasn't made a frankenstein pawnshop guitar like it . Schecter had the Ultra 3 but that's a different animal. Plus I think Schecter even discontinued that as well.

Not all Alden guitars are ugly.

I have an Alden in a Vox 1960s 'teardrop' body shape and headstock. Vox style pick-ups. It is hollow bodied with a single f hole. Sunburst finish with binding. Nice.

Oh, and Alden also did some very nice looking Vox Phantom rip offs too.

I lie both of the Aldens pictured here. I do nto like the white guitar with pearl pickguard, and I would go for a mini HB or a p90 in the nec verses a HB as well as a tele bridge pup instead of a rail... But the basic idea works for me.


The red tele would be awesome if it was a different color. Bright red guitars are not my thing. If that thing was daphne and mint people would be creaming themselves.

I love the shell tops

Alden $550



Xavier $700?



Teye $9000



Japanese Zemaitis $20,000



Original made by Tony Zemaitis $???????



Here is an original on ebay $55,000 BIN

mickie08 wrote:I lie both of the Aldens pictured here. I do nto like the white guitar with pearl pickguard, and I would go for a mini HB or a p90 in the nec verses a HB as well as a tele bridge pup instead of a rail... But the basic idea works for me.


The red tele would be awesome if it was a different color. Bright red guitars are not my thing. If that thing was daphne and mint people would be creaming themselves.

I never liked bright red guitar either. But I bought a Jag bass in hotrod red and it is probably my favorite color. In person it is more of a salmon color though.

You know, I like fiesta red and such, but really bright red does not work for me too well.

Red can be a really great color . . .


But it is easy to make it too bright