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Promising new guitar
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 4:17 pm
by Doug
Here's a new one that fits yer Blues, Blues-Rock, Hard-Rock needs: The former chief of Fender's Custom Shop is now building the understated Vikta...
http://www.vintageguitar.com/14624/giff ... -234976453
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 5:42 pm
by dezb1
No work...
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:45 pm
by tomin8r
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:52 pm
by Chris Fleming
Looks pretty cheap and is a clunky shape. Not nice. Not nice price
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 4:00 am
by paul_
NoHo Les Paul Special lolz
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:58 pm
by speedfish
paul_ wrote:NoHo Les Paul Special lolz
Is this it? The link doesn't work for me.
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:21 pm
by robert(original)
yup
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:21 pm
by speedfish
Cool in a wonky 'cat in the hat' acid trip kind of a way, but too pricey for most hippies and burners.
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:23 pm
by robert(original)
the only really nice thing i noticed about it, which really isnt that great is that the strings line up perfectly with the nut and the string spacing beyond the nut. which, in a way, is nice, but at the same time..... meh.
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:14 pm
by Sloan
robert(original) wrote:the strings line up perfectly with the nut and the string spacing beyond the nut
goddamn.
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:03 am
by DGNR8
No surprises though. Have we already made all the possible variations? That was quick.
Bigsby guitars were designed in the 1940s; most Fenders were designed in the 50s, some 60s; most Gibsons were 50s, along with most Gretsch; and Rickenbackers were mainly from the 60s.
Explorers, et al are a novelty. Even the stylish Moderne looks like a broken Flying V (1958). BC Rich actually had somewhat new shapes in the 70s, then shit the bed, set it ablaze, and dumped it in the ocean. Boutiques all borrow or steal from the major labels. Mosrite (an early failure turned boutique) is said to have bragged about inverting the Strat design.
We haven't stopped modifying the original acoustic guitar shape, yet nothing else has caught on like mid century American designs. Think of how that compares to automobile designs (which got better, but bland). At the same time, the electric guitar and bass are some of the only instruments to change over time.
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:16 pm
by Remulak
Frigging gorgeous, in a Jetsons kinda way, but I don't know about 'understated'.
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:50 pm
by Awstin
Poop.