| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
 Posted - 08/03/2009 : 14:18:29
|
I just bought one Squier Sub-Sonic baritone, crafted in Korea 2001, but I can�t find much information about it on the net like specifications etc.
An impressive guitar by all means and I sure like it, very good build quality.
Does anybody have information of this guitar?
Download Attachment:  Sub 1.JPG 74.46�KB
Image display code added by Moderator.
|
Edited by - Dr. Bob on 08/03/2009 14:22:58 |
|
|
Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 14:26:05
|
Hi Goran
That's a nice looking guitar.
You will have to give us a longer review-opinion.
Once you have played it for a bit longer.
Regards Dr. Bob  |
 |
|
|
Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 08/04/2009 : 08:36:49
|
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Bob
Hi Goran
That's a nice looking guitar.
You will have to give us a longer review-opinion.
Once you have played it for a bit longer.
Regards Dr. Bob
I have played it several hours now, also put in push-pull pots for single coil sounds, this is good as the twang-factor is a bit low with humbuckers. But with humbuckers this thing really growls combined with for example Boss ML-2.
The pickups are not high end of course but good enough for me, later on I might change them if I find some higher quality pickups cheap. But as said, this is not nessesary.
The neck is very good and have jumbo frets (extremely well-done fret job) so it�s easy to bend those thick strings, the neck has a 27� scale, not as long as my Danelectro baritone. As it�s a neck trough there is a tremendous sustain and resonance. The neck is also very flat so the action can be set really low without string buzz. The neck joins the body with a so called Stevens extended cutaway so it�s easy to play on all 24 frets.
The nut is beautifully cut, this is rare on Asian guitars.
Tuners and tuning stability is like a tele, tune it and it holds for a long time.
For me the only downside is the colour, black metallic, I would have preferred surf green or something less �metalized�.
Played together with a clean Fender with mucho reverb and a bit tremolo this is just so beautiful it can be, kick in a distortion pedal and it gets really nasty (in a positive way�).
Not many of many of these were made (Korea 2001-2002) so if you find one grab it, the retail price was around US $700, but they were later sold for around $200.
|
Edited by - Goran on 08/04/2009 08:41:40 |
|
|
|
DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 08/04/2009 : 15:28:13
|
Nice looking guitar! Gorats!  |
|
|
|
Right Foot Boss
Gold Member
USA
881 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2009 : 12:21:26
|
If you ever feel like selling this beauty keep me in mind.  |
|
|
|
Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2009 : 14:09:56
|
quote:
Originally posted by Right Foot Boss
If you ever feel like selling this beauty keep me in mind.
Not for sale 
Look for them on E-bay, I suppose they show up there now and then, but this must be a quite rare guitar as I had trouble finding information on the net. |
|
|
|
DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2009 : 15:20:09
|
EVERYTHING is for sale...  |
|
|
|
Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2009 : 19:10:36
|
quote:
Originally posted by DeFrag
EVERYTHING is for sale...
Well I rather sell my wife than my new baritone |
|
|
|
zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2009 : 02:30:17
|
| it almost looks lefty |
|
|
|
Right Foot Boss
Gold Member
USA
881 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2009 : 14:45:37
|
| I know Goran, they are rare. I've been searching one out for a little while now. They are sweet little baritones and not very well known in the baritone world. Have a lot of creative music fun with it. It sure is nice. |
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
Squier Stagemaster Sub-Sonic
Sub 1.JPG