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laterallateral · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:44 pm Post subject: Anybody know who makes these?

This thing is selling for a whopping $480 on Montreal Kijiji.
Given the "recycled instrument" business motto of the seller, I have questions about what the original brand of this guitar might have been.

I suspect it's going to be something hella cheap, maybe even one of those kit things.
The headstock seems to ring a bell. Any ideas?

Fran · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:10 pm Post subject:

I have no idea but the Grover machine heads and set-neck are a good sign.
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stewart · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:12 pm Post subject:

it has the faint whiff of something that's been cut up and repainted.
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laterallateral · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:13 pm Post subject:

That's because it was.
Those tuners are aftermarket, it's been refinished and I suspect the pickguard has been altered.

stewart · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:15 pm Post subject:

yeah, i remember the guy being clueless about scale length and appearing on here pretending not to be involved with the operation.
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Fran · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:19 pm Post subject:

The swine. Had me fooled Mad

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laterallateral · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:23 pm Post subject:

To be perfectly honest, the purpose of my posting this thread is that I've been slowly building up a case against the guy because I'm tired of seeing people get burned by him.
It doesn't look like the guy has learned a thing since his last run-in, here and it's become painfully clear that he's deliberately out to fuck people over.

Also, it may be of a matter of interest for some of you to learn that the subject of the first Trash guitars thread has been hanging out in a pawn shop window for quite some time, now.

laterallateral · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:28 pm Post subject:

I'm a bit pissed off because I used to have shots of a particularly offensive CV Duo-sonic that had got it's paint chipped off, a possible electronics upgrade and a replaced decal selling for three large ones but I lost them in last winter's great uploader freakout.

Viljami · . Joined: 29 Aug 2009 Posts: 1789 Location: TRE, FIN

I've seen "Indie" (brand) guitars with that headstock. MIK, if I'm correct.
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paul_ · . Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 6065

Dicked-with SX Callisto Jr.
Made in China, $140 through Rondo.

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Nick · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:03 am Post subject:

I had a feeling it was an SX but I couldn't find the model on their site for some reason.
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paul_ · . Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 6065

It's annoying to search for different six-string solidbodies on the SX site, they're just listed low-to-high for price and that's about as organized as they get.

The LP Special style setnecks have long had my attention "backup plan" style, because Epiphone did a $300-$400 special run one recently and it sucked, like they weren't able to properly set pitched neck angles at that price point or something... a similarly priced G400 would blow it away.
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