# The Great Ongoing Guitar Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 31, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172 "2010-01-31T23:20:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 124
**Author:** ![BigShooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigShooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigShooter)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2463 "2012-04-06T15:10:33Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > Custom decals are cool. > > On the other hand, the headstock of my “strat” is entirely blank. I’m a fan of mysteriousness. I could go either way, but for guitars that I build for other people I try and do something a little unique, like this: [http://i40.tinypic.com/20k3br4.jpg](http://i40.tinypic.com/20k3br4.jpg) [http://i42.tinypic.com/291cmzo.jpg](http://i42.tinypic.com/291cmzo.jpg) That’s just nickel sheet that I etched with some Radio Shack PCB etchant. Much cooler than your standard waterslide decal, IMO. And thanks for the compliments on the collection guys. Anybody else want to show off their harem? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigShooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigShooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigShooter)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2464 "2012-04-06T15:12:05Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/LaPucelle/Guitar/TelemasterIMG\_0017.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/LaPucelle/Guitar/TelemasterIMG_0017.jpg) > Trouble’s got a cousin! > Gorgeous collection, especially including the ones you made yourself. Ever consider getting involved in the [tdpri.com](http://tdpri.com) annual build-a-tele contest? I’ve thought about it, but I just don’t think I could get one done in the allotted time. I’m a slow worker…😃 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2465 "2012-04-06T15:41:13Z")
> [@BigShooter](#): > > And thanks for the compliments on the collection guys. Anybody else want to show off their harem? 🙂 love the etched stuff. I posted photos of my assembled Teles in old threads. I tend to avoid posting about my acoustics - they are kinda pricey old guitars and it would be very sneak-braggy. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2466 "2012-04-06T15:53:40Z")
> [@BigShooter](#): > > I could go either way, but for guitars that I build for other people I try and do something a little unique, like this: > > [http://i40.tinypic.com/20k3br4.jpg](http://i40.tinypic.com/20k3br4.jpg) > > [http://i42.tinypic.com/291cmzo.jpg](http://i42.tinypic.com/291cmzo.jpg) > > That’s just nickel sheet that I etched with some Radio Shack PCB etchant. Much cooler than your standard waterslide decal, IMO. Those are great! > [@BigShooter](#): > > And thanks for the compliments on the collection guys. Anybody else want to show off their harem? I don’t have pictures of my guitars online at the moment. I have pictures of my basses: Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass: [![](https://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/Next/jjjgggbbb.jpg) ](https://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/Next/jjjgggbbb.jpg) Schecter Ultra VI: [![](https://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/Next/IMG_0071.jpg) ](https://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/Next/IMG_0071.jpg) Ashbory: [![](https://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/Next/IMG_0079.jpg) ](https://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/Next/IMG_0079.jpg) All pretty much stock at the the moment, though I’m thinking about trying some new pickups in the Ultra VI. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2467 "2012-04-06T16:12:50Z")
Hey kids! Any help you could offer on [this problem](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=647546) is appreciated. I have a [guitar](http://www.google.com/imgres?start=179&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1920&bih=950&tbm=isch&tbnid=pi9mSAdPxQsDIM:&imgrefurl=http://www.strumentimusicali.net/popup_image.php/pID/6121&docid=6c68ij12A35qTM&imgurl=http://www.musicalstore.net/images/B_EPIPHONE_ej160ejlensunb.jpg&w=1024&h=768&ei=dgV_T9D_JInM9QSwtPDoBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1467&vpy=436&dur=1654&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=89&ty=96&sig=106596208293262808321&page=4&tbnh=135&tbnw=180&ndsp=60&ved=1t:429,r:48,s:179,i:136)problem that is giving me fits. I can’t seem to find a workable part. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2468 "2012-04-06T16:20:33Z")
> [@BigShooter](#): > > … > **Black Partscaster:** > > [http://i39.tinypic.com/34pm49f.jpg](http://i39.tinypic.com/34pm49f.jpg) > > This is actually the guitar I’ve owned the longest, in a way. The body is from a Japanese Squire strat … I’ve been wanting to do the similar to my Squire. It plays and feels nice, but I’d like to have it gain a little presentation self-esteem and not be the frumpy girl at the table of supermodels. Nice collection! ---
**Author:** ![BigShooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigShooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigShooter)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2469 "2012-04-06T16:33:14Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > Those are great! > > I don’t have pictures of my guitars online at the moment. I have pictures of my basses: > > Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass: > [http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/Next/jjjgggbbb.jpg](http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/Next/jjjgggbbb.jpg) > > Schecter Ultra VI: > [http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/Next/IMG\_0071.jpg](http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/Next/IMG_0071.jpg) > > Ashbory: > [http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/Next/IMG\_0079.jpg](http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/Next/IMG_0079.jpg) > > All pretty much stock at the the moment, though I’m thinking about trying some new pickups in the Ultra VI. That Schecter is tasty. I wouldn’t mind having one of those… ---
**Author:** ![BigShooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigShooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigShooter)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2470 "2012-04-06T16:34:45Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > love the etched stuff. > I posted photos of my assembled Teles in old threads. I tend to avoid posting about my acoustics - they are kinda pricey old guitars and it would be very sneak-braggy. Not at all dude - I’d love to see 'em! ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2471 "2012-04-06T16:38:15Z")
I found some guitar pics, so I uploaded them as well: Partscaster: [![](https://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/GTRS/parts.jpg) ](https://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/GTRS/parts.jpg) Hagstrom Viking: [![](https://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/GTRS/hag.jpg) ](https://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/djetz/GTRS/hag.jpg) …both of which are non-stock. Partscaster: Lace Holy Grail pickups, which I love - very different from the Lace Sensors which I (and many other people) do not love. Tricked out wiring with many non-obvious switching options. Wilkinson VSVG vibrato bridge. The body is Ash, from China, cheap but annoyingly heavy. Neck is USACG, cost a lot and is, frankly, a disappointment. One of these days I’m going to order a new neck and body, and just transfer to guts across. I love everything about this guitar except for the wooden parts, really. Hagstrom: Stock except for the pickups, which are Bill Lawrence “Wilde” brand (as in the **real** BL, not the guy who pinched his name and sells pickups as “Bill Lawrence USA”). Neck: L-609 (rod magnets) similar to a Jazzmaster pickup. Bridge: L-610, (bar magnet) similar to a P-90. These are amazing pickups, completely noiseless but full of “single-coil” character. I did a fair bit of research to try to design the voicings I wanted, and I guess I did right because several years later I still think they’re amazing and can’t imagine how they could sound any better than they do. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2472 "2012-04-06T16:42:27Z")
> [@BigShooter](#): > > That Schecter is tasty. I wouldn’t mind having one of those… These Schecter VIs are stupidly good value for money, and a heck of lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2473 "2012-04-06T17:57:52Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > love the etched stuff. > I posted photos of my assembled Teles in old threads. I tend to avoid posting about my acoustics - they are kinda pricey old guitars and it would be very sneak-braggy. [QUOTE=BigShooter] Not at all dude - I’d love to see 'em! [/QUOTE] um, **Bigshooter** , Could I add my support to your statement? Hey **Wordman** Pleeeeeeze, pleeeeze, pleeeze {jumping up and down many times} \*\*PUUUUULLLLEEEEEEEEEEEZE? \*\* {Now Holding breath till I get what I want} ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2474 "2012-04-07T06:40:23Z")
You guys are hilarious. I don’t have any pics - need to get some. When I am back from traveling in a week I will see what I can do. I have a couple of old Gibsons and Martins, one from the 1930’s and 3 from the 1940’s. I love the sound and big, comfy necks of old acoustics… ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2475 "2012-04-07T08:56:17Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I have a couple of old Gibsons and Martins, one from the 1930’s and 3 from the 1940’s. I love the sound and big, comfy necks of old acoustics… Well, I have some old acoustics, too: an EKO from the mid 70s and a Takamine from 1981. Not quite the same, but way cheaper! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2476 "2012-04-07T09:58:25Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > Well, I have some old acoustics, too: an EKO from the mid 70s and a Takamine from 1981. Not quite the same, but way cheaper! My-drummer-the-record-producer thinks the '70’s Eko’s with the laminate tops are some of the best-recording guitars he uses. He keeps a couple around at all times. eTA: this should be a link to the listing for my 1931 Gibson - a truly world-class guitar. [Gibson L-1 Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1931) | RetroFret](http://www.retrofret.com/products.asp?ProductID=4239). ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2477 "2012-04-07T10:09:10Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > My 150.00 Galveston bass. It looks like a greenish-blue in the sunlight, more blue indoors. > > Sitting behind it is some goof I hired to hold it for 50 cents. 🙂 > > Q > > [http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/Drummerboy49/Billbass3.jpg](http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/Drummerboy49/Billbass3.jpg) Jeesuz how do I get rid of this ugly pic of me. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2478 "2012-04-07T10:14:45Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > I found some guitar pics, so I uploaded them as well: > > Partscaster: > Lace Holy Grail pickups, which I love - very different from the Lace Sensors which I (and many other people) do not love. > Tricked out wiring with many non-obvious switching options. > Wilkinson VSVG vibrato bridge. > The body is Ash, from China, cheap but annoyingly heavy. > Neck is USACG, cost a lot and is, frankly, a disappointment. > One of these days I’m going to order a new neck and body, and just transfer to guts across. I love everything about this guitar except for the wooden What’s the rotary switch do? ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2479 "2012-04-07T11:28:42Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > My-drummer-the-record-producer thinks the '70’s Eko’s with the laminate tops are some of the best-recording guitars he uses. He keeps a couple around at all times. They really are good-sounding instruments. It’s a different sound to what people usually want from an acoustic guitar, but it’s a great sound in its own right. And they record very well. Mine was the classic $75 in a pawn shop buy, back in the 90s before people rediscovered them. They sell for hundreds now. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2480 "2012-04-07T11:34:19Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > What’s the rotary switch do? [Fat-O-Caster](http://www.deaf-eddie.net/switches.html) version 1. I don’t actually use it much, but it’s nice to have those options. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2481 "2012-04-07T15:28:58Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Jeesuz how do I get rid of this ugly pic of me. Wid doze cute widdow toes? Goochie Goochi Goochie 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172/2482 "2012-04-11T13:10:28Z")
My incessant amplifier buzz problem mystery has been solved, and oh what web of idiocy that was. So last week, as I mentioned, I broke out my newly refurbished Les Paul for band practice. At first everything was fine through my little Marshall, but then Evil Buzz came back with a vengeance; the buzz was practically louder that the notes. Fuck it, we go with a bass amp, and everything seemed fine. Great – I was convinced now my amp was the absolute problem. I was not very happy when I left the studio last week. Cut to this week. Over the weekend, some of the boys did some more work in the studio. They set up a bunch of baffles to separate the instruments, set up some new mics, re-routed some stuff here and there, and threw my Marshall up into storage and replaced it completely with that bass amp. I was not happy. First thing I did was to get my amp out of storage and give it another shot. Evil Buzz. Fine. Fuck it. I plug into the bass amp. Evil Buzz. Seriously. Who’s fucking with me here? I was this close to freaking out accusing the boys of punking me. We spent the next hour running around, replacing every cable, trying every guitar in the room, I even fell back on a completely different amp - a little 25watt Peavy. Evil Buzz. Now I was convinced that I was magnetic or something. I, personally, was the only common denominator. I had just said, “you know what, I’ll just sit out this session, because I’m totally bummed out about this.” I didn’t even feel like playing at that point. I was a five year old kid whose new roller skates were broken. Then the bass player said, “let me check something out.” He went down stairs where is workshop is (he’s a carpenter by trade) did something and the buzz cut out like someone clipped a power chord. He comes back up and says, “I turn off the fluorescent lights down there.” I had been standing right over a bank of fluorescent lights for the last two years and the only reason why the buzz never occurred in the winter is because he doesn’t use that shop in the winter. Goddamned fluorescent lights – for two years. Oh, but the rest of the night was a dream. I cranked that little Marshall up for all it was worth and went to town. I don’t even know how well I played last night, but the sheer joy at making the kind of noise I wanted to make without all the noise that I didn’t want was amazing. I was happy when I left the studio last night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172.md?page=123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172.md?page=125)