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Post by quadfather on Jul 27, 2023 18:00:11 GMT
Not telling you what occurs with them  |
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Post by EMarkM on Jul 27, 2023 18:12:24 GMT
11 synths Piano 3 drum machines 8 basses Acoustic Electric strat Ukulele Harp Sax Djembe Tablas Flute Trombone Tongue drum Still got my eye on stuff It's a curse but a good one though. I got rid of one bass once. Worst thing I ever did. Theremin? |
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Post by quadfather on Jul 28, 2023 0:31:09 GMT
I counted it as part of the synths
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2023 8:36:18 GMT
They're Alnico Classic Pros, which are modelled after 57s if the internet can be trusted. Thanks for the tip with the mesh, yeah that's what I was going to do, I already ordered a set of these if that's what you mean. Correct and you’ve just jogged my memory. So the Probuckers are the Burstbuckers and these are the 57s. I had the Classic Pros in a 335 Pro I sold they were very good. Yes those are the types of cloths I meant. A lot of people online will say use steel wool but these cloths don’t create the magnetic debris your pickups love to attract so they are the better option really. Heads up though if you need to replace them in future you can probably get a bigger pack with feet templates cheaper without the Dunlop badge. |
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Post by mothercruncher on Jul 28, 2023 10:20:34 GMT
I need to get some of them, feels like a nice thing to do between string changes.   I like that age has relic’d this as I don’t have to be too careful with it because I’m a clumsy fucker. |
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Post by elstoof on Jul 28, 2023 12:02:13 GMT
No fear of that one neck diving eh
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Post by mothercruncher on Jul 28, 2023 16:38:39 GMT
‘Tis a chunky boy, a lot of wang-a-bility though 👌
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Post by elstoof on Aug 16, 2023 9:10:09 GMT
Had a productive, if slightly ambitious, day or two in the woodwork place  |
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 1, 2023 15:21:46 GMT
Anyone got knowledge of active pickups and wiring?
I have a 81/85 in my ibanez. I have a single coil SA to add to the HSH setup but never got round to it.
I have a 3 selector switch already. Am I right in thinking I literally just solder one wire to the power and another to the middle selector?
My understanding with these pickups I'll never have a combination of pickups active. Will either be the 81/sa or 85 based on the three selector position?
Otherwise I'll get the solderless conversion. But seems pointless when the 81/85 were professionally installed.
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 5, 2023 16:42:31 GMT
Found someone selling a 2002 mim strat for 250.... seems to good to be true. Been sent pics and now obvious signs of it being fake. Tempted even if it is lol. For that price I would prob turn it into a parts caster and upgrade bits anyway....
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Post by clemfandango on Oct 5, 2023 16:46:39 GMT
Found someone selling a 2002 mim strat for 250.... seems to good to be true. Been sent pics and now obvious signs of it being fake. Tempted even if it is lol. For that price I would prob turn it into a parts caster and upgrade bits anyway.... Send pics, so many different Mexican strats it could be real |
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Post by dogbot on Oct 5, 2023 17:12:36 GMT
Seems a lot of effort to go to, faking a Mexican Strat for £250?
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Post by dogbot on Oct 5, 2023 17:14:12 GMT
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 5, 2023 17:37:02 GMT
 It doesn't come up on the serial checker but to be fair on the site it says some of the old mim dont imgur.com/a/g4dQ7CB |
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 5, 2023 17:44:35 GMT
Link above. How on earth do I embed images lol
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Post by elstoof on Oct 5, 2023 17:48:55 GMT
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Post by elstoof on Oct 5, 2023 17:53:37 GMT
I’m no fender expert but there’s nothing that strikes me as fake with those pics, the truss insert looks right, string tree placement etc. lProbably worth a punt for 250
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 5, 2023 17:53:41 GMT
Yeah thats what I thought. Seems genuine on the chat. Sent pics etc.
All the little bits seem to check out, serial is correct format, logo in right place. Right frets and truss rod with open plastic.
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Post by clemfandango on Oct 5, 2023 18:01:29 GMT
Looks fine to me. It’s the standard MiM entry model 👍
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 5, 2023 18:06:52 GMT
Sweet gonna get it then and have a little project.
Thinking of stripping it, Olympic white/nitro and upgrade the bridge/pickups etc and have a top spec mim for a decent price
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Post by dogbot on Oct 5, 2023 18:13:06 GMT
Yeah, a SRV rep, I could understand. They're clearly a business making dodgy copies, though, not just someone selling a guitar, wherein the fakery seems more pointless. |
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 5, 2023 18:19:05 GMT
To be fair they don't seem to be pretending to be the real thing?
I guess you could buy one of those and the add the logos on and try and dupe someone on Facebook haha
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Post by elstoof on Oct 5, 2023 18:23:02 GMT
the seller might have bought it unsuspectingly for a similarly low price without really knowing much about guitars
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Post by elstoof on Oct 5, 2023 18:24:13 GMT
Those eBay fakes come with the logos, just scrub them out for the photos. someone picked up a couple on a forum recently
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 5, 2023 18:30:56 GMT
Only thing making me nervous is it doesn't show up on the serial checker but that doesn't seem out of the ordinary for old MIM.
The fender player series are at 600-700 now. Which I guess will only create more fakes. Pretty sure the entry MIM started at 499 a few years ago
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Post by elstoof on Oct 5, 2023 18:32:12 GMT
In extremely First World Problems land, the big 40th birthday present ES-355 I ordered 18 months ago arrived, but the finish wasn’t what I expected. Peach were really very good about it, happy to do whatever to make it right. Real shame because it sounded sublime in the promo video they shot, I just know would’ve been looking at resprays in 6 months. So I’ve got to wait another 18 months for the replacement to come in from Gibson now
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Post by dogbot on Oct 5, 2023 18:44:26 GMT
Those eBay fakes come with the logos, just scrub them out for the photos. someone picked up a couple on a forum recently How'd they play? Not that I'm buying one, fwiw. 😁 |
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 5, 2023 18:46:42 GMT
In extremely First World Problems land, the big 40th birthday present ES-355 I ordered 18 months ago arrived, but the finish wasn’t what I expected. Peach were really very good about it, happy to do whatever to make it right. Real shame because it sounded sublime in the promo video they shot, I just know would’ve been looking at resprays in 6 months. So I’ve got to wait another 18 months for the replacement to come in from Gibson now Holy shit! Now that's a guitar! Here's me getting picky over 250 haha |
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 6, 2023 7:04:59 GMT
Out of interest how many guitars do you all have? I am now panicking about how many I have lol
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Post by elstoof on Oct 6, 2023 7:31:47 GMT
7 I think, plus 2 basses
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