Let's see your GUITAR!

[DarkAxel]

Hey, guys! you and jour jazzmasters and jaguars!

THEY'RE TOO AWESOME

[Mudfuzz]

You know, I knew You'd love the V just as much as I do.

I'm actually giving a lot of thought to putting all my instrument projects on hold and building me a Vee 5er

Great, sounds to me, well, heavy! The classical V headstock just doesn't fly with five tuners so what the hell - why not six strings with (almost) the same effort and cost? OR I can recommend the Steinberger tuning system for V-projects with an outstaanding A+

- takes the headstock off Your bass and eases the neck dive prominent for light weight V-shape body instruments
- the tuners keep the tune great, they just need tilted headstock angle (missing from some of the licenced cheap imports I've run to).

There are, of course, other solutions to these possible problems but if the issue should arise, this is my five pennies, give it a thought

Hmm... I think even if I used Steinberger tuners I'd put a head on the thing But I don't think there will be a big neck dive issue, I'm thinking about it being proportionally the same as my burny which is a 30" and use light tuners, it should be fine.

[Bassus Sanguinis]

Great, sounds to me, well, heavy! The classical V headstock just doesn't fly with five tuners so what the hell - why not six strings with (almost) the same effort and cost? OR I can recommend the Steinberger tuning system for V-projects with an outstaanding A+

- takes the headstock off Your bass and eases the neck dive prominent for light weight V-shape body instruments
- the tuners keep the tune great, they just need tilted headstock angle (missing from some of the licenced cheap imports I've run to).

There are, of course, other solutions to these possible problems but if the issue should arise, this is my five pennies, give it a thought

Hmm... I think even if I used Steinberger tuners I'd put a head on the thing But I don't think there will be a big neck dive issue, I'm thinking about it being proportionally the same as my burny which is a 30" and use light tuners, it should be fine.

30" ?

yeah, well, okay, ummmm yeah that should fix a few problems like reaching the first frets. You know, mine's 34" and the first thing I realised, was that my arms are not, when it was hung on strap, the fucker.

[Mudfuzz]

yeah, well, okay, ummmm yeah that should fix a few problems like reaching the first frets. You know, mine's 34" and the first thing I realised, was that my arms are not, when it was hung on strap, the fucker.

New one will be a 34", I'm not worried, I'm 6'3", and it's be about the same as a T-bird in terms of how it hangs and I like T-birds, the one I built actually ballences It's a little heavy but it balances better then most fenders.

[Haki]

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Look what Santa brought me - it's a Gretsch Electromatic G5265. A take on the fender bass VI really, came tuned to E just as any bass in decent factory settings. Re-set and downtuned it to C-G-C-F-A-G, probably trying out with the New standard tuning. ROCKS LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER! Bonds really well with my chosen fuzzes.

Local music dealer sponsors me by giving great deals like 40% off for some stuff (not doing product placements here) and he ordered a few copies from which I got to choose my pick. Like with any cheap imports production, the quality was far from even and it really saved my day that I could compare and play them. So here's a Caveat emptor to anyone interested in this instrument -You might not want to order this product from internet.

It's been a while since anything with strings sparked my interest, but this one does. Will have to try it out when I run into this thing.

[Bassus Sanguinis]

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Look what Santa brought me - it's a Gretsch Electromatic G5265. A take on the fender bass VI really, came tuned to E just as any bass in decent factory settings. Re-set and downtuned it to C-G-C-F-A-G, probably trying out with the New standard tuning. ROCKS LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER! Bonds really well with my chosen fuzzes.

Local music dealer sponsors me by giving great deals like 40% off for some stuff (not doing product placements here) and he ordered a few copies from which I got to choose my pick. Like with any cheap imports production, the quality was far from even and it really saved my day that I could compare and play them. So here's a Caveat emptor to anyone interested in this instrument -You might not want to order this product from internet.

It's been a while since anything with strings sparked my interest, but this one does. Will have to try it out when I run into this thing.

Hope You run into a good one, and can have it set to Your liking for cheaps. Like I said, the specimen vary a greeeeeeeat deal, seems to me either I've 1) been lucky and 2)benefits of a good, friedly terms with the retailer.

Aen, for one, didn't have much love for his, t's not exactly a Fender Bass VI, like he said. Schecter Hellcats are cool too, I just opted the Gretsch for the lounge jazz aesthetics, I guess I think, however, either it was a bad piece of cheap import shit Aen got OR it just didn't fit in his hands at all . And he isn't the only one who's been making none too enthusiastic remarks on the production quality. It IS cheaps, yeah, but one of the units failed to meet even those standards

[Haki]

Hope You run into a good one, and can have it set to Your liking for cheaps. Like I said, the specimen vary a greeeeeeeat deal, seems to me either I've 1) been lucky and 2)benefits of a good, friedly terms with the retailer.

Aen, for one, didn't have much love for his, t's not exactly a Fender Bass VI, like he said. Schecter Hellcats are cool too, I just opted the Gretsch for the lounge jazz aesthetics, I guess I think, however, either it was a bad piece of cheap import shit Aen got OR it just didn't fit in his hands at all . And he isn't the only one who's been making none too enthusiastic remarks on the production quality. It IS cheaps, yeah, but one of the units failed to meet even those standards

Yeah, cheap guitars tend to be hit or miss. If you get a good one it's great because of the cheap price, if you don't, you get to bitch about cheap being cheap. Seems my favourite local store doesn't stock these but he doesn't carry much Gretsch stuff to begin with. It's a shame because he's anal about quality control so he'd ship back anything that's not up to snuff.

Being on the look out for these is going to be fun in its own way. Especially when I manage to pick up a good one at the price they seem to be going for (around 400 euro).

[husc]

I still have to start saving for a guitar, until that day comes I'll play me homebrew frankensquier:

guts

I bought an old squier a few years back and removed everything.. new bridge, new tuners, faraday cage, I also changed it to a hss with GFS hot alnico picks in neck and middle and a seymour duncan jb4 in the bridge it has a 5 way switch, volume and fender tbx tone pot. The range of sounds is enormous and helps me a lot, because I used it to create drones and noises, only recently I started to play guitar traditionally and know only what I picked up from the guitarists in my bands and whom I recorded with. I just loved the noize.

[andtheLiquidmen]

Yeah, cheap guitars tend to be hit or miss. If you get a good one it's great because of the cheap price, if you don't, you get to bitch about cheap being cheap. Seems my favourite local store doesn't stock these but he doesn't carry much Gretsch stuff to begin with. It's a shame because he's anal about quality control so he'd ship back anything that's not up to snuff.

Being on the look out for these is going to be fun in its own way. Especially when I manage to pick up a good one at the price they seem to be going for (around 400 euro).

I've also got one of the Gretch Jet "Baritone" guys, and my take is that it doesn't feel like an expensive guitar, but that's part of the charm to it. It doesn't play like shit, it really growls through the right set-up (I also tune mine down a bit, set to D-standard, but I'll drop the low D to C, B, A, G, or flop), and I don't feel bad about beating it up.

I managed to nab it for $300 new on eBay over the summer, and never regretted it once. My biggest complaint is the stock strings can barely handle being tuned to E, let alone anything lower, and I haven't quite found the perfect gauge yet.

[Bassus Sanguinis]

Yeah, cheap guitars tend to be hit or miss. If you get a good one it's great because of the cheap price, if you don't, you get to bitch about cheap being cheap. Seems my favourite local store doesn't stock these but he doesn't carry much Gretsch stuff to begin with. It's a shame because he's anal about quality control so he'd ship back anything that's not up to snuff.

Being on the look out for these is going to be fun in its own way. Especially when I manage to pick up a good one at the price they seem to be going for (around 400 euro).

I've also got one of the Gretch Jet "Baritone" guys, and my take is that it doesn't feel like an expensive guitar, but that's part of the charm to it. It doesn't play like shit, it really growls through the right set-up (I also tune mine down a bit, set to D-standard, but I'll drop the low D to C, B, A, G, or flop), and I don't feel bad about beating it up.

I managed to nab it for $300 new on eBay over the summer, and never regretted it once. My biggest complaint is the stock strings can barely handle being tuned to E, let alone anything lower, and I haven't quite found the perfect gauge yet.

Yeah, the neck tensions and the action were from different planets on ALL of the ones tried out. Chose the one that was the hardest to play but had a promising neck. Mine goes to low C without any too bad problems, but I'm still considering try mixing light cauge set of bass strings in with LaBella bari set, perhaps?

[Haki]

I've also got one of the Gretch Jet "Baritone" guys, and my take is that it doesn't feel like an expensive guitar, but that's part of the charm to it. It doesn't play like shit, it really growls through the right set-up (I also tune mine down a bit, set to D-standard, but I'll drop the low D to C, B, A, G, or flop), and I don't feel bad about beating it up.

I managed to nab it for $300 new on eBay over the summer, and never regretted it once. My biggest complaint is the stock strings can barely handle being tuned to E, let alone anything lower, and I haven't quite found the perfect gauge yet.

Which one have you got and what gauges did you try?

Yeah, as long as it's good enough to play on it's cool. It's a nice change of pace when you don't have to be overprotective of your guitar. Been thinking about getting a Baritone as an addition to my basic guitar set up. This seems like it would do the trick. And comes in black with sparkles, can't fault that. Especially not at $300, that is a great price. The lowest I could find it for here was about 1,5x that much. Hopefully it'll go up on sale before I get into the 'I must have it NOW' phase.

[eniacmike]

I couldn't resist doing a family photo. even though my cd-140 sce fender acoustic did get left out. poor guy.

[cobascis]

[sonidero]

I like the style man... Welcome to ILF

[Achtane]

that's two pages of great stuff. i love people who mod fearlessly with hand tools

Man, you guys were dead on about the MM pickup. Thank you Mud for the suggestion and dudes for the input. I REALLY dig it. This GFS one is quite hot so I had to lower it farther than expected. A higher-end MM pickup would probably be the shit, the DOUBLE shit, but this is all my budget can allow for right now, so I'm very happy with it!

It adds quite a bit of bass and badass...ness to the existing middy sound from the P pickup (Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound), it's great. The two compliment each other very well. Solo'd it isn't as thin as a bridge J which I have never been a huge fan of. I feel that if it were a neck J with MM bridge the tone might end up being a little too mid-scooped for my tastes so the P blends perfectly.

I like it in the bridge position so much more than the P or the J I had on hand (taken from my Jaguar Bass...those pickups felt lifeless to me)
To be honest, later in the day after I put that P pickup in, a melancholy feeling washed over me. I felt like I had "dishonored" my guitar with this weak modification, it was bad! This time I've atoned. The other P did not belong in there at all, maybe dual P will work on another bass, but it's not happening here. I'm all about it now. Everything is right again!



Again I used the chisel, however this time I had some help from a fancy-pants electric tool, a Dremel with a grout removal bit which I (mis)used to make a channel for the wires to run into the main cavity. I know the "rout" isn't straight but I DON'T CURR. I'll fix that some other time, it isn't bothering me. This bass is one step above plywood and has an ugly pickup rout, a transplanted Jaguar bridge whose position I just eyeballed because the screw holes don't line up, higher action than most people are accustomed to and a brand nobody knows anything about...but it's the first instrument I owned personally and I love it to death! I know I perform DIY surgery, but I'd be crushed if anything bad happened to it!
(and it is perfectly tuned despite the slightly off bridge)

Also,


ILF, I do love you!



Hey cobascis, is the thing beneath your cab something other than a piece of furniture? I ask because those things either look like overturned legs or corner protectors...