Fender's latest
artur...@gmail.com
theappoint...@gmail.com
creations for what they'll probably be asking for a single "Lenny".
http://www.walkin.co.jp/guitars/123780.htm.
Another grossly overprice, over-hyped hunk of wood ?
You be the judge.
sheets
Too bad. I really love my SRV though I had to get it planed and
refretted to play right. I always liked the 12" radius idea and love
the sound of SRV's Lenny. IMO, it's the prototypical tone for maple
neck strats (along with Eric Johnson's clean tone...) I always hoped
they'd offer a production version of the SRV with a maple neck as has
long been rumored. I guess this is the answer. ($$$$$$$$$$)
Sacramento Dave
<artur...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Maybe Fender should come out with "The way we use to make them" model. They
could tool and put a little more quality into their guitars like they use
to. They did not build built their Co. on writing someone's else's name on
their guitars. Now they have so many guitars I don't think GC could carry
one of each, how many names can you put on a Strat?
mcagu...@comcast.net
Unless you want a vintage Strat, buy some parts and assemble your own.
They're just a bunch of bolted and screwed together components. You
can easily make something better and way more suitable to your
personal taste/style than comes from the Fender factory....at a
fraction of the cost.
RM
sheets
> Unless you want a vintage Strat, buy some parts and assemble your own.
> They're just a bunch of bolted and screwed together components. You
> can easily make something better and way more suitable to your
> personal taste/style than comes from the Fender factory....at a
> fraction of the cost.
With zero resale value and you're taking a chance. I've played plenty
of custom guitars that had issues with necks not being straight, etc.
Quality isn't much different than fender for the most part...
mcagu...@comcast.net
> With zero resale value and you're taking a chance. I've played plenty
> of custom guitars that had issues with necks not being straight, etc.
> Quality isn't much different than fender for the most part...
Oh, I thought he wanted a musical instrument, not a certificate of
authenticity (basically stating that this guitar is massed produced by
several minimum wage employees at a factory). The few Strats and Teles
I build sell between $1800.00 and $2400.00 dollars. Unless you're not
paying attention and buying cheap parts off Ebay, it is much easier to
assemble a better guitar than Fender.
RM
Tim McNamara
mcagu...@comcast.net wrote:
> Unless you want a vintage Strat, buy some parts and assemble your
> own. They're just a bunch of bolted and screwed together components.
> You can easily make something better and way more suitable to your
> personal taste/style than comes from the Fender factory....at a
> fraction of the cost.
Amen to that! If it was good enough for Leo Fender, it's good enough
for me. My SLO (Strat-like object) was built from a Warmoth body and
neck and is a wonderful player- nicer than anything with Fender decals I
have found in the shops for years.
mws...@insightbb.com
> Stevie Ray Vaughan "Lenny" Tribute Stratocaster
>
> http://guitaringmania.blogspot.com/
You think THAT's bad...have you seen this one?
I wonder how they get the paint to be worn off the same way on every
guitar. Is there a machine with a belt buckle attached to it that rubs
on the back according to very precise programmed instructions? Maybe
they asked Andy what kind of belt buckle he wore most frequently and
attached that one to the machine for added realism.
Maybe there is another machine with a simulated sweaty arm that rubs
across the front? I dunno.
Mark Smart
http://www.marksmart.net
mcagu...@comcast.net
> In article <1192454832.217518.234...@q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
Slab of alder bolted to a slab of maple = $ 50.00
Hardware, finish, frets & strings = $300.00
Decal with celebrity name = $3500.00
Someone willing to pay for it = priceless
RM
mirt54
wrote:
Never understand who'd actually buy a "new" relic? I'm in the process
of "relic-ing" myself for a lot less, even though it's not a fender.
Probably take me 30 years to make it look like that. Marty
Keith Adams
neck Strats could sound as different as different could be while a maple
with rosewood neck Strat might sound so much like the maple,maple neck that
you couldnt tell them apart
"sheets" <jackz...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Pete
<mws...@InsightBB.com> wrote in message
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Why would you pay that much money for a guitar that looks like shit?
Maybe Ford and GM ought to start selling road rash trucks. They are already
full of dents and scratches so you have no guilt pounding on a brand
new truck.
Lumpy
> Never understand who'd actually buy a "new" relic...
I knew a dermatologist that collected expensive guitars.
He didn't play, he hung them in glass cases in his
office. He paid me to tune, change strings and play
them. I'd go once a month. Took care of about six
guitars. Got paid $150 for about 2 hrs of noodling.
Lumpy
Can you play country music?
Sure. Which country would you like?
Chief...@hotmail.com
> <mwsm...@InsightBB.com> wrote in message
>
> - Show quoted text -
LOL...trailer-park chic !
Tony Done
<g> And here was me thinking you were just an acoustic luthier, albeit
of some note. Do you post here often? It only just clicked with your
email address. OK here's an ambush, for someone who just have to have
a good ear for acoustic nuances. How do I get a warm "swampy" sound
like Tony Joe White, and good string to string balance (13-56, wound
3rd)?
I think you have to put playing and investing/collecting in separate
pigeonholes. For playing, a Warmoth bitsa, for collecting, a big name
limited edition. Though I think the "instant factory collectable"
bubble has to burst some time.
Tony D
Tony Done
> On Oct 15, 11:47 pm, mcaguit...@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > On Oct 15, 9:32 am, sheets <jackzuc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > With zero resale value and you're taking a chance. I've played plenty
> > > of custom guitars that had issues with necks not being straight, etc.
> > > Quality isn't much different than fender for the most part...
>
> > Oh, I thought he wanted a musical instrument, not a certificate of
> > authenticity (basically stating that this guitar is massed produced by
> > several minimum wage employees at a factory). The few Strats and Teles
> > I build sell between $1800.00 and $2400.00 dollars. Unless you're not
> > paying attention and buying cheap parts off Ebay, it is much easier to
> > assemble a better guitar than Fender.
>
> > RM
> Do you post here often?
I meant alt.guitar, which is where I read it.
Tony D
Tony Weber
Trust me here, I don't think that you'd be having much trouble with the
neck not being stright with a guitar by this guy.
Tony Weber
(Full disclosure: I have two guitars built by Roy, although neither is a
McAlistacaster. Hey Roy, have you though about doing anything along the
lines of a 335?)
Tony Weber
The spammer/threadstarter crossposted far and wide, Tony
TW
Les Cargill
> Stevie Ray Vaughan "Lenny" Tribute Stratocaster
>
> http://guitaringmania.blogspot.com/
>
What, no Carl model???
--
Les Cargill
Mike Brown
A few years ago I went out to buy a Tele, and finished up with a G&L
ASAT, which I still have, and love.
MJRB
RAY BOYCE
>
> Trust me here, I don't think that you'd be having much trouble with the
> neck not being stright with a guitar by this guy.
>
> Tony Weber
I've played Roy's relics... and if Michelle would let me... My parker fly
deluxe would have been traded for one a while ago.
anyt...@contractorcom.com
You could put mine on one for a start - the 'Pete Gay Strat' -
guaranteed to give you more bum notes than any other Strat.
Pete
DJ
> Stevie Ray Vaughan "Lenny" Tribute Stratocaster
>
> http://guitaringmania.blogspot.com/
Skip all the crap and buy a G&L.
- DJ
Mike Brown
I did.
MJRB
Tony Done
"Tony Weber" <mycro...@SOCKSspeakeasy.net> wrote in message
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My ISP seems to be in meltdown, so I read it in Google Groups and didn't
notice that it was crossposted. Still, it's nice to know that Roy sometimes
makes electrics. I've turned into a bit of an electric head the past couple
of years, so such things interest me.
Tony D
wb
I'm waiting on Gibson's Nigel Tufnel Limited
Edition Gold Top LP .. The one with the brass screws
that mounts the pick guard to the body.
Tufnel discovered that replacing those three 1/2 steel screws with
brass ones greatly extended the sustain of the instrument.
That is yet another secret why Beck and Page could never have copied
Nufnel's unique signature solos !
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dick thaxter
Rich Koerner
In 2003 there were 183 different versions of Strat a person could order out of the Frontline.
In Fender's effort to become EVERYTHING in the marketplace, they've become NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fender FORGOT how to make their single model instruments from their past.
Their attention to details is nonexistent.
Compare any P-Bass reissue to this original.
http://www.timeelect.com/64pbass.htm
Likewise, the rest of their so called FAITHFUL REPRODUCTIONS equally miss the mark.
And, we haven't even touched upon their amps yet.
Regards,
Rich Koerner,
Time Electronics.
http://www.timeelect.com
Specialists in Live Sound FOH Engineering,
Music & Studio Production,
Vintage Instruments, and Tube Amplifiers
http://www.timeelect.com/interviews.htm
http://www.timeelect.com/ws-99.htm
http://www.timeelect.com/livesound.htm
http://www.timeelect.com/credits-acc.html
http://www.timeelect.com/road-2.htm
http://www.timeelect.com/Elliott.htm
http://www.timeelect.com/RichAmps.htm
http://www.timeelect.com/Custinst.htm
http://www.timeelect.com/Custamp.htm
http://www.timeelect.com/400-PS-IDX.htm
McCollum Guitars
"Tony Done" <tony...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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make copies!
If you want to see picts send me a email?
Lance
mws...@insightbb.com
> arturkl...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Stevie Ray Vaughan "Lenny" Tribute Stratocaster
>
> I'm waiting on Gibson's Nigel Tufnel Limited
> Edition Gold Top LP .. The one with the brass screws
> that mounts the pick guard to the body.
>
> Tufnel discovered that replacing those three 1/2 steel screws with
> brass ones greatly extended the sustain of the instrument.
I saw that magazine! Hilarious. Also at some point, Nigel was
endorsing a guitar shaped like a Marshall Head and 4x12 cabinet. He
swore it sounded a lot better when you attached the second cabinet to
the bottom.
Wow, I just found that someone online auctioned off this guitar:
http://www.ernieball.com/clb/past.html
Mark Smart
http://www.marksmart.net
Tony Done
"McCollum Guitars" <mcco...@mccollumguitars.com> wrote in message
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I would love to see some pics - this is my real email address.
<sigh> This could start another round of GAS, and I thought I was in
remission for a while.
Any suggestions for a good not-too-expensive clean-only amp that accepts
pedals well?
Thanks,
Tony
wb
> Wow, I just found that someone online auctioned off this guitar:
> Mark Smart
> http://www.marksmart.net
>
Just think what Nigel would have done to Jazz
if he had continued his musical growth ! Likely
would have invented the 'Tufnel mode'
mws...@insightbb.com
stuck together!
Here are those hilarious Guitar World articles:
http://www.spinaltapfan.com/articles/guitarworld.html
http://www.spinaltapfan.com/articles/guitarworld1.html
http://www.spinaltapfan.com/articles/guitarworld2.html
http://www.spinaltapfan.com/articles/guitarworld3.html
I like the part where he says "This is my hand's first note...and this
is my mouth's first note"
Mark Smart
http://www.marksmart.net
Les Cargill
> On Oct 16, 6:38 am, wb <w...@klSALKJLLKJLKKL.COM> wrote:
>> arturkl...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Stevie Ray Vaughan "Lenny" Tribute Stratocaster
>> I'm waiting on Gibson's Nigel Tufnel Limited
>> Edition Gold Top LP .. The one with the brass screws
>> that mounts the pick guard to the body.
>>
>> Tufnel discovered that replacing those three 1/2 steel screws with
>> brass ones greatly extended the sustain of the instrument.
>
> I saw that magazine! Hilarious. Also at some point, Nigel was
> endorsing a guitar shaped like a Marshall Head and 4x12 cabinet. He
> swore it sounded a lot better when you attached the second cabinet to
> the bottom.
>
Is that the guitar he used in the "B*tch School" video?
> Wow, I just found that someone online auctioned off this guitar:
>
> http://www.ernieball.com/clb/past.html
>
>
> Mark Smart
> http://www.marksmart.net
>
--
Les Cargill
Daniel Dreibelbis
wb <w...@klSALKJLLKJLKKL.COM> wrote:
> artur...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Stevie Ray Vaughan "Lenny" Tribute Stratocaster
> >
> >
>
> I'm waiting on Gibson's Nigel Tufnel Limited
> Edition Gold Top LP .. The one with the brass screws
> that mounts the pick guard to the body.
>
> Tufnel discovered that replacing those three 1/2 steel screws with
> brass ones greatly extended the sustain of the instrument.
>
> That is yet another secret why Beck and Page could never have copied
> Tufnel's unique signature solos !
hey, let's not also forget the modified volume pots - you know, the
ones that also go to 11. I remember Nigel talking about it in Guitar
Player in the eighties, and how excited he was about plugging it into
his custom Marshalls - "yeah, I'm gonna get it to go to 22" :)
Of course, that was then - with those special Marshalls they did for
Nigel in the nineties, he'll be able to go to 33. That is, unless he's
still using that stack of VW Passats and Rabbits......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx3H1WJdU44
:)
--
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http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=121942
Current Song - "Gutbucket"
and a new YouTube vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=584Ou-0LXzU
mcagu...@comcast.net
Tony,
"Swampy" may be too subjective of a term for me to quickly answer.
Often this kind of tone is found in the hands of the player and not in
the box of the guitar. One of my clients often achieves what i would
consider Swampy tone....he gets it from a '63 Stratocaster through a
'64 blackface Deluxe reverb.....and 40 years of playing.
I did a quick search of Tony Joe White and listened to some mp3's.
The majority of what i found was electric work. Though you're asking
about acoustic tone, I would think to achieve "Swampy" tone, there
surely must be an old coricidin bottle in the mix somewhere.
RM
mcagu...@comcast.net
> My ISP seems to be in meltdown, so I read it in Google Groups and didn't
> notice that it was crossposted. Still, it's nice to know that Roy sometimes
> makes electrics. I've turned into a bit of an electric head the past couple
> of years, so such things interest me.
>
> Tony D
Tony,
Many of us luthiers build electric guitars.....we tend to build a
lot of different instruments that we don't necessarily advertise. All
the electric guitars i build now are custom commissions and don't find
there way into stores. I've built everything from hollow, semi-hollow,
chambered, to full vintage replica electric guitars. The early
electric guitars started as personal instruments and were later sold
to people who would offer attractive sums for them....and usually sold
at times when an attractive sum was sorely needed.
RM.
mcagu...@comcast.net
> Tony, then you won't want to know that I make electric's too,but I don't
> make copies!
> If you want to see picts send me a email?
> Lance
Copies, LOL...that's priceless. I just build what my clients
commission me to build, which includes several different contemporary
and vintage designs. This way I can provide a more broad selection.
Hey, I hope you can find a buyer that guitar Lance....
RM
McCollum Guitars
<mcagu...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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on!
I haven't really tried to sell the blue one yet!
Lance
Matt Hayden
Hm. I have a Strat, but it's not a McAliCaster, or a
McColluCaster....clearly, something's lacking.
mh
Benj
Hey guys, I want to play just like SRV. You think if I get this
"tribute" model I'll be able to play like him? Or do I actually have
to lay out the $623,500 for his actual guitar if I want to sound just
like him? Tell me what you think.
Pete
"Benj" <bja...@iwaynet.net> wrote in message
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Smoke three packs a day and you can have the same color teeth.
It's a start.
RAY BOYCE
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RAY BOYCE
> Hm. I have a Strat, but it's not a McAliCaster, or a
> McColluCaster....clearly, something's lacking.
>
> mh
>
Prolly $
Les Cargill
He make a MollusKaster? because ... I GOT CLAMS TO
PLAY, BAYBEEE!!!
--
Les Cargill
Tony Done
<mcagu...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Thanks Roy,
Do you happen to have any pics of electrics?
Regarding swampy, I was in fact referring to electrics. The most memorable
electric sound I have ever heard was TJW doing a TV solo concert here in Oz
many years ago. I can't remember anything about it except the sound of his
electric guitar, which was a strat.
A 63 strat and a 64 blackface ..... dream on......
Tony D
Lost in the Wasteland
>
> Smoke three packs a day and you can have the same color teeth.
> It's a start.
>
>
will also give you the same size and
color of SVR's liver too.
wb
>
> hey, let's not also forget the modified volume pots - you know, the
> ones that also go to 11. I remember Nigel talking about it in Guitar
> Player in the eighties, and how excited he was about plugging it into
> his custom Marshalls - "yeah, I'm gonna get it to go to 22" :)
>
>
high for Nigel to grasp. Why would you ever
need anything more than '11'?
Chuck
Chuck
Daniel Dreibelbis
wb <w...@klSALKJLLKJLKKL.COM> wrote:
> > hey, let's not also forget the modified volume pots - you know, the
> > ones that also go to 11. I remember Nigel talking about it in Guitar
> > Player in the eighties, and how excited he was about plugging it into
> > his custom Marshalls - "yeah, I'm gonna get it to go to 22" :)
> >
> >
> Those numbers are likely getting too
> high for Nigel to grasp. Why would you ever
> need anything more than '11'?
"'cos it's like.....one more." :)
Guncho
wrote:
> He would have commissioned a guitar that looked like two Clarus amps
> stuck together!
>
> Here are those hilarious Guitar World articles:
>
>
> I like the part where he says "This is my hand's first note...and this
> is my mouth's first note"
>
> Mark Smarthttp://www.marksmart.net
Hilarious!
Chris
hank alrich
> Pete wrote:
> >
> > Smoke three packs a day and you can have the same color teeth.
> > It's a start.
> >
> >
> A huge bottle of Queen Royal every morning
> will also give you the same size and
> color of SVR's liver too.
You overlook that Stevie quit drinking and drugs completely well before
the helicopter crashed.
--
ha
Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam
mws...@insightbb.com
"Because what good are people who do that jazzy sort of stuff? It's
all too low-volume. Have you noticed that? What are they trying to
hide? What have they got to be embarrassed about? If you're a good
player, you play loud so people can hear it-that's why we plug these
things in. If you play an electric guitar - I don't care if it's a
Gibson 175 or a Charlie Christian - turn the f---- thing up!"
--Nigel Tufnel
wb
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wb
>> Gibson 175 or a Charlie Christian - turn the f---- thing up!"
>>
>> --Nigel Tufnel
>>
http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/newretro/CP_LouderAmps.jpg
Charmed Snark
> mirt54 wrote:
>> Never understand who'd actually buy a "new" relic...
>
> I knew a dermatologist that collected expensive guitars.
> He didn't play, he hung them in glass cases in his
> office. He paid me to tune, change strings and play
> them. I'd go once a month. Took care of about six
> guitars. Got paid $150 for about 2 hrs of noodling.
>
> Lumpy
He must be one of those yoga feng sheui people..
Snark.
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