In reply to David S. Wallens:
Thanks! And yes; I couldn't quite figure out whether I thought the herringbone strap was cheesy, but who cares, I like it!
In semi-related news, it looks like my band's hiatus is taking on a greater degree of permanence. I need to figure out what to do next...
I have that same herringbone strap on a few guitars and totally dig it. It looks great and totally does its job. Good call. I'm also a big fan of Couch Guitar Straps.
Ransom wrote: In reply to crankwalk: Given my skill as a guitarist, talking about those details, I feel a bit like someone five seconds adrift of a decent time at an autocross, sitting in a Ferrari and wondering whether I should add a couple psi to the fronts...
Meh, join the club.
Speaking of shorter scale love, this is my recent weirdo shorty purchase that I havent shared.
1997 Fender Cyclone. First year, early in the run and pretty rare to find these days.
24.75 neck length strange midsize for Fender. Slightly thicker body than the Mustang. Bridge is like a Strat instead of the the problematic design(IMO and lots of others) of the Mustang. Atomic HB replaced with a Seymour Duncan JB and Tex-Mex single on the neck and both are HOT.
Something about these and Toronados just speak to me. Best of all the worlds to me and some teen nostalgia when these came out. Marketed to that grunge alternative crowd just a little too late. The scale, weight, tone (with help from the SD bridge humbucker) and a goofy model you don't see every day checks a lot of boxes for me.
In reply to crankwalk:
I'm digging that thing! Looks fun to play.
The Cyclone is cool! I didn't know Fender did something in that scale length! Same as Gibson, slightly longer than my Pro Jet's 24.6"... Th only other Fender I play is a Tele my S.O. has on indefinite loan from her dad, and my others have been Epiphone and Gretsch, so it's funny that the Jag is the same amount shorter than the others as the Tele is longer...
I thought for a long time that Jazzmasters had a crazy extra long scale, not realizing it was the Fender normal.
David S. Wallens wrote: I'm also a big fan of Couch Guitar Straps.
Dammit. There's some irresistibly cool stuff there...
Ransom wrote:David S. Wallens wrote: I'm also a big fan of Couch Guitar Straps.Dammit. There's some irresistibly cool stuff there...
Yup. Plus I carry their wallet, too.
My latest addition ... and it's a real oddball. Been trying to find one of these since I was a kid.
It's an early-'80s Vigier Passion bass. As far as I know, it was one of the very first (if not the first) basses made with a woven carbon fiber neck.
The CF was obviously hand-laid by a drunken Frenchman at 4:45pm on a Friday.
I was really surprised by how feather-light and resonant it is. I mean, carbon fiber is supposed to be light (that's the whole point, right?). But so many composite-necked basses weigh a ton. Steinberger and Modulus basses have the density of bowling balls. Even Status isn't all that light. But this thing practically floats.
David S. Wallens wrote: I have that same herringbone strap on a few guitars and totally dig it. It looks great and totally does its job. Good call. I'm also a big fan of Couch Guitar Straps.
Likewise. Best strap I've ever owned!
Can't remember if I ever posted pics of these. Custom builds from a couple years ago by my homeboy Allan Colby.
The "Blasphemaster" was made from 100+ year old pine donated by a customer who was renovating an old house in town. Found a killer deal on ebay on a Warmoth neck. Both guitars have Floyds.
The "Telebastard" is basswood painted surf green using a Charvel Fusion(?) neck also found on ebay, and a single dimarzio Al DiMeola humbucker. I'd always wanted a "One trick pony" axe for metal.
I've always done the George Lynch "pinky out" with my picking hand, and therefore have a tendency to accidentally turn my volume down, so I had Allan set the volume knobs on both guitars way out of the way.
May I introduce you to the most labor intensive way to make some noise?
The guitar is the former basketcase Vox Tornado. Had a back bow in it's cracked neck so it was on the receiving end of a lot of work. That signal gets oscillated by the home made tremolo pedal, through an Epiphone Valve Jr head that has been turned into an outboard tube reverb unit, into the scratch built Matchless Spitfire head and finally out the home built cab loaded with WGS C12R clones.
And I am out of wall space 
Quitter. That room has at least one more wall 
Picked this up today as a practice tool. I have a lot of work to do in training my foot to hit the button with any decent timing. Neat thing as a practice aid
On Sunday, I installed that GFS P-Bass pickup and harness on my nephew's new (to him) Epiphone Accu-Bass. This was the first time I've bought anything from Gutar Fetish, even though I've been window shopping their site for years. I installed these pickups:
I also got a Kwikplug P-Bass harness to replace the mess I made last week when I was trying to solder in whatever Guitar Center had in stock. The only hiccup I had was that the pots were HUGE compared to the stock ones, and they barely fit in the cavity. The pickguard bows out slightly as a result. 
I'm going to massage the cavity a bit to make it fit better.
Other than that, the sound is FANTASTIC. This bass now sounds monstrous, thick, and fat, and has really great tone all around. I now want to get a cheapo Squier P-Bass again and this pickup set. 
I'm convinced that this pairing cannot be beat for a cheap bass.
I've had great luck with GFS. Used their Broadcaster bridge pickup, PAF neck pickup, and wiring harness for an old Tele project guitar. Easy to install and sounded great.
I am absolutely smitten with the GFS surf 90's I have in one of my vox's. Ridiculously fantastic sounding pickups no matter the price. They just also happen to be astoundingly cheap as well.
Jumper K. Balls wrote: And I am out of wall space
That's why I switched to slat-wall and angled hangers. Much more space-efficient. 
I "think" I just picked up the last piece I needed to assemble one of my Tele projects. Hopefully I'll have something to show for it soon.
Tonight, a guitar mod--well, sorta.
Before:
After:
Yeah, I just reinstalled the bridge cover. I guess it's more of an un-mod. Next I need to get the correct knobs for it, another un-mod. I do dig this one. It has that cool '63 look to it. I recently put flat-wounds on them. So smooth, so mellow. (In reality it's a '98 or '99 MIM with a Basslines pickup; the headstock decal is wrong for both '63 and '99, but that's how I got it.)
LanEvo wrote: I've had great luck with GFS. Used their Broadcaster bridge pickup, PAF neck pickup, and wiring harness for an old Tele project guitar. Easy to install and sounded great.
That's a very cool pickguard. DIY?
Janel got me this for my birthday. Epiphone Wildkat with a Bigsby in red. I didn't really need the Bigsby but I love the looks. It's a good size to hold and it's got a distinct sound from the semi-hollow body. Good for a rockabilly-esque feel. I'm quite enjoying it, it's quite high in the practice rotation after a bit of setup.
I also bit the bullet and ordered some fun things from Build Your Own Clone. Build threads will ensue, from the viewpoint of "how hard can it be?". We'll wait for them to show first.
Keith Tanner wrote: I also bit the bullet and ordered some fun things from Build Your Own Clone. Build threads will ensue, from the viewpoint of "how hard can it be?". We'll wait for them to show first.
I think that depends entirely on how often you insist on shooting yourself in the foot. I'm only glad that on the Internet, people can't actually see you hanging your head... I'm having fun anyhow!
I'm more interested in the electrical gubbins than painting the box, so it looks like I'll skip over your biggest problems at the start
I know everyone on here is probably building tube amps after reading Keith's build threadbut I found what seems to be a good deal on a nice little STEREO modeling amp.
Reviews for this thing are pretty good, and I'm pretty sure you can hook it up to a PC and tweak it even more. I think I might replace my little 10 watt Marshall practice amp with one.
EDIT: The deal is dead. Blah... 
In reply to Tony Sestito:
Ooh, that looks cool.
Also, checking in to this thread has made me realize I haven't had my Tele out of its case all summer. I'll have to fix that when I get home.
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