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Found THIS CL AD with this guitar:



Apparently a "Memphis" brand guitar. Any chance of this being any good? He wants $125 for it. He also has no idea what scale length is.

buy it. if you don't like it I'll buy it off you.

I should add...as long as it seems playable and has a truss rod adjustment...

seriously. If you don't want it I will paypal you money to pick it up tommorrow as long as it has a truss rod adjustment and the next is not totally borked.

Ok! Ok! I'll keep that in mind!

do you know if it's shortscale? also is it that good of a guitar? The pic looks like it has truss rod adjustment BTW.

memphis had some crappy ones and some decent ones from my memory. I have seena few. For 125 I think it would be good. If they wanted 4 or 500 or more then no way.

I was eyeing a Memphis at a Music-go-round a couple year ago. They wanted $75. It was not a mustang but it was some sort of short scale thing with 2 toasters. Not a great guitar but it was fun and could easily been set up to play better for cheap. The pickups were some raunchy little beasts. Look at it and see if it is playable and without noticeable flaws. So for about $100 it is probably worth a shot if it is not total junk. It is always nice to have a cheap slammer sitting around to mess around with.

going to check it out. What should I be looking for in terms of deal breakers? truss rod/neck bow, shoddy electronics? busted bridge/trem unit? Anything else?

mainly just that it is playable and adjustable. If the bridge does not want to adjist , if the neck is really bowed, etc. Other little things can be fixed cheaply (tuners, etc).

make sure the frets are not shot and the nut is good and not borked..... I would say do it for 125$..... u can blow that much on a night out easily

Id check it out, if it seemed decent id pull the trigger.

what an ugly hunk of shit. i would not go near it.

not every guitar on CL is worth any price. some are too shit to warrant a glance.

Photobomb to come

I can see a truss access hole.

I remember a review of one of these, I think on HC. Teisco quality approximately from what I remember, but I think they were a true 24" scale.

PHOTOBOMB AHEAD!
So, the neck rules. 24" shortscale, feels like a Vista Jagmaster. Just the right amount of gloss. The frets are good and not rusty at all, especially since I got this from a dude's san francisco garage. fingerboard is in decent shape with some nicks and gouges here and there, but all is playable. Tuners are shite with a capitol SHIT.

Pickups are actually pretty expressive. Got some nice sounds out of the chorus, muff, and wah. will try with SALT a bit later. they're one piece single coils I guess? a regular single doesn't fit in their slot, but the pickup route is a swimming pool. pots are good, not scratchy, but the tone is either off or one. Volume gives some nice swells.

Bridge is height adjustable but nothing else. easy to adjust the action. Trem has two large screws that regulate how much give the tailpiece has. Makes it super easy to lock it down. Trem is shit otherwise.

All in all I'm impressed. It's a change of tuners away from being a kick ass beater guitar (change the strap buttons too). The neck alone is worth it to me. Mickie, I don't think I can part with it. Sorry.

looks like a fun git for around a bill, that bridge has to go thou....

i stand by my original assumptions.

hotrodperlmutter wrote:what an ugly hunk of shit. i would not go near it.

not every guitar on CL is worth any price. some are too shit to warrant a glance.

word. that thing is stupid. fun to burn maybe?

not worth the pollution it would create.

portugalwillie wrote:

hotrodperlmutter wrote:what an ugly hunk of shit. i would not go near it.

not every guitar on CL is worth any price. some are too shit to warrant a glance.

word. that thing is stupid. fun to burn maybe?

YOU GUYS. IT PLAYS SOOOO GOOD.

I do hate the tuners and the stripe is hilariously stupid. The body looks like a 12 years old boy wanted to make a mustang. But the neck you guys, THE NECK.

damienblair17 wrote:

portugalwillie wrote:

hotrodperlmutter wrote:what an ugly hunk of shit. i would not go near it.

not every guitar on CL is worth any price. some are too shit to warrant a glance.

word. that thing is stupid. fun to burn maybe?

YOU GUYS. IT PLAYS SOOOO GOOD.

I do hate the tuners and the stripe is hilariously stupid. The body looks like a 12 years old boy wanted to make a mustang. But the neck you guys, THE NECK.

LOL I KNEW IT