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GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:11 pm
by the_carl
Guitar Fetish is having a "Pre-Christmas Warehouse Clearance," i.e. a ridiculous sale on their jazzmaster copies. I can't bring myself to pull the trigger, 'cause I suck at guitar too much to justify having two, but yeah.
http://www.guitarfetish.com/Jays-CRAZY- ... c_185.html
Re: GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:54 pm
by theavondon
Fudge.
Re: GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:01 am
by bob the r0bot
Looks like it's time to b/s/t *sigh*
Re: GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:03 am
by kosta
One of you dudes HAS to get this one:
The ILF zeitgeist could not design a more ILF guitar if it tried.
Re: GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:05 am
by Gunner Recall
Dang I wanted one of those 335 copies but they only have the ugly flamed red one left
Re: GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:05 am
by foomanfat
Ugh. Want surf green LP.
Re: GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:10 am
by dubkitty
you picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille
when they're sellin' git-tars fer pre-POS-ter-ous deals...
Re: GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:14 am
by theavondon
Also, can we start referring to the ILF zeitgeist more often?
Re: GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:16 am
by kosta
Shit yeah.
Re: GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:42 am
by theavondon
kosta wrote:Shit yeah.
Shit yeah.
Re: GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:47 am
by rfurtkamp
Wish they'd sell half of these without the necks, can't really justify amount of the thing that I'd be throwing in the parts/trash bin on most of them (neck, tuners, some of the hardware, pots, wiring, possibly pickups, possibly bridge/trem).
I love the colors, I love some of the options, but I can't stand dirt cheap $200ish+ crapshoots.
Re: GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:07 am
by kosta
So I take it these are not so good? I've never played one.
Re: GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:15 am
by rfurtkamp
I've only handled two, a Tele and one of the Jazzthings. Hardware felt cheap, necks just didn't feel great, and fretwork/setup was awful. They look *really* nice, all the $$ went into looking nice.
Didn't plug either in, but wasn't really inspired to.
I'm sure there are probably some real diamonds in the rough; the level of QC led me to believe that it was a pretty much crapshoot as to what you'd get, a throwback to the 80s offbrand imports where you might find the one and only Lotus produced that year that was worth a damn, if you looked hard enough.
Re: GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:45 am
by Zounds Perspex
damn, I wish Gibson made SGs in this color.
only $200...but I'm already swimming in guitars...aiiii.
Re: GFS clearance, yo
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:51 am
by the_carl
In general, yeah, they'll all need some setup work, and there's the occasional report of bad fretwork. Hit or miss like Rondo. For a po' man's guitar, though, they're not bad, probably no worse than most Squiers or Epiphone. Elwood got one of the Jazzmaster clones and liked it:
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