Bought this back in July at the Tampa meetup but just picked it up a couple weeks ago. Not sure what my plans are for it yet-I put some 11's on it, it plays well and the action is alright but it's also set low as it can go which is worrisome, the neck doesn't seem to be compromised but maybe it was set poorly from the factory.
If I can sort it out I might try to find some Gibson pickups for it (4 conductor to keep the coil split).
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:46 pm
by kingkiller
In the words of the High Honorable Priest of Toanz ROBERT ROE....
Fuck an neck pickup
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:10 am
by sunshiner
It says New York Dolls to me for some reason
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:42 pm
by robroe
kingkiller wrote:In the words of the High Honorable Priest of Toanz ROBERT ROE....
Fuck an neck pickup
wait a minute wait a minute. i took THE BRIDGE pickup out of my jag stang and MG65
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:47 pm
by robroe
back to nicks guitar.
i love nicks guitar. he got it for like 50 bucks and a pack of gum at the place where they cranked the fog machine so hard I asked the guy with no sense of humor if they sold smoke
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:57 pm
by Nick
robroe wrote:back to nicks guitar.
i love nicks guitar. he got it for like 50 bucks and a pack of gum at the place where they cranked the fog machine so hard I asked the guy with no sense of humor if they sold smoke
hahahaha
Was a different store tho. The fog machine was at GC I think, the Daisy Rock came from Replay-the store that was trying to close and we thought because I was buying a guitar they'd stay open for like 10 more minutes but NOPE.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:51 pm
by kingkiller
I can’t believe I Robroe’d a Robroe meme
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:23 pm
by Bacchus
That looks brilliant.
How thin are the bodies on these? I always imagined they less than an inch at the edge. What's the scale length?
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:03 pm
by Nick
Scale length is 25", I was actually thinking it was 24" before measuring because the neck feels small (just over 1 1/2" width at the nut). It would explain why these 11's feel unreasonably heavy, since I normally put 10's on my 24.5"+ scale guitars.
Not counting the tummy contour the body is 1 1/2" thick.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:06 pm
by Fran
sunshiner wrote:It says New York Dolls to me for some reason
More Patrick Eggle Berlin/PRS for me.
Not keen on the finish, don't know what its worth in stock form but I reckon I'd refinish it.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:47 pm
by Nick
Lol the finish is my favorite part.
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 10:08 pm
by Fran
Nick wrote:Lol the finish is my favorite part.
Fair play mate.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:43 am
by sunshiner
Is that top actually made of pearloid?
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:57 am
by robroe
Fran wrote:
sunshiner wrote:It says New York Dolls to me for some reason
More Patrick Eggle Berlin/PRS for me.
Not keen on the finish, don't know what its worth in stock form but I reckon I'd refinish it.
It's worth 50 bucks and a pack of gum. R E A D A P O S T mate
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:25 pm
by Bacchus
Nick wrote:Scale length is 25", I was actually thinking it was 24" before measuring because the neck feels small (just over 1 1/2" width at the nut). It would explain why these 11's feel unreasonably heavy, since I normally put 10's on my 24.5"+ scale guitars.
Not counting the tummy contour the body is 1 1/2" thick.
Huh. I always imagined these as being like mini-Ibanez Artists. I always imagined they were 24" or even less.
The finish is more like a burst over pearloid isn't it?
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:52 pm
by sunshiner
There is one guitar with a full pearloid cover on top that I was eyeing for a time some years ago. It's a Godin Radiator. 5-6 years ago they sold for $200-250 used, but the last time I checked ebay people were asking $400-500 for them
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:22 pm
by Bacchus
A lot of Italian guitars have that aesthetic, I understand it comes from accordions etc that would have had fully pearloided bodies.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 5:11 pm
by kingkiller
I wish I could have noodled on it a bit more at FLBQ. I love my Retro H
