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JordanD
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| Can't believe this thing has cost almost as much as my JS did back in the day. The price difference between now and ten years ago is insane. I nearly fell over when I saw the price of an MIM standard Strat. They used to be just a tad over £300 when I was a kid. |
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robroe
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| Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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yeah. mexican 90's strats were 300 back when i was in school.
thats why Vista stuff never sold. no one cared that it came out of the same factory as fender japan. a super sonic was 600 bucks back then and it had a squier decal on it
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JordanD
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JordanD
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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| This has now arrived and is waiting for me at my folks house. Gonna make the drive after I've been out to eat, but as of yet, I'm still in work. |
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BearBoy
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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Oooh. Excite.
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Pacafeliz
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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On the train, way home.
I forgot i had Chosen for delivery after 19hrs, but i should arrive about at the Same time!!!
Such excite
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Pacafeliz
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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OH GOD I LOVE IT!!!
amazing construction, feel, finish... only setup lets a bit to be desired.
the arm is screw-in, btw
lemme play it!
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George
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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awesome. love the screw-in arm. you doing a demo?  |
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Pacafeliz
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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| awesome. love the screw-in arm. you doing a demo? |
yes, it will happen this weekend!
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Fran
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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PAT. BE AN RAEL MAN AND DO DEMO ALREADY 
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JordanD
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Pacafeliz wrote: |
OH GOD I LOVE IT!!!
amazing construction, feel, finish... only setup lets a bit to be desired.
the arm is screw-in, btw
lemme play it! |
Echo this, it's really nicely built. A lot like the Mascos JM in terms of quality. Not actually had it plugged in yet as there is no amp at my folks or my girlfriends. It came with 9's though. Fuck that noise on a 24" scale.
One thing : Something is rattling on mine, which I suspect to be the saddle screws. Will take some pics and post 'em tomorrow! |
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Darth Stang
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| That guitar is the jar jar binks of shortscale |
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Ro S
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I received my one today.
£310.50 delivered.
Mine has two string trees. (I know that some have come with one or no string trees.)
The factory setup/inspection tag is signed July or August (I forget which). It might well be the same date as Pacafeliz's one.
I have a few offset guitars, but this is my first shortscale. I think I'm gonna find it very comfy to play, but now I'm worried that it'll make me lazy and not want to play my 25.5" guitars?!
I've taken resistance readings of the pickups - although only rough readings via the output jack.
The neck pickup read approx 5.6k. That's consistent with the same pickup model used on the VM Jaguar model.
The bridge humbucker pickup read approx 8.5k, but that can't be correct? It's supposed to be "high" output and based on the S/Duncan JB model. I presume that the wiring must be throwing the reading out, and that 8.5k is just one coil?
I'm planning on: replacing the bridge pickup; removing the kill switch, and putting a 3-way pickup selector switch in its place; and changing the wiring of the two slider switches for different pickup switching/wiring options.
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| Ro S wrote: |
| I'm worried that it'll make me lazy and not want to play my 25.5" guitars?! |
i find it's only a brief period of adjustment before i'm comfortable playing the fender and gibson scale guitars after having been on a shortscale for a while. it's defs noticeable, tho.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Gonna sell my Jaguar and get one of these. Or a Gretsch Streamliner. I'll scope out Denmark Street when I cba. |
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NickS
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| Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Denmark St. is still there? Isn't it being redeveloped? |
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Bacchus
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It tickles me a bit, the thought of Denmark Street being refin'd. I'm sure someone would strip it back to it's original condition again in a few years.
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