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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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 Posted - 01/07/2009 : 03:59:58
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 Congrats. pedals 4 pv
Sounds like you are happy with her.
I guess it was worth all th trouble in the snow-bank-someone else playing your baby.
That was a good story, beats, I got a sunburst Strat.
You realize you now have to name her.
Suggestions?
Snow babe
Snowy
My Babe
Priceless Babe
Anyway I know they are probably all lame,
But some are good titles for songs.
Report back, when you have her all back together & strung up.
Was it the large headstock?
Regards Dr. Bob  |
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Disco Stu
Silver Member
USA
303 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2009 : 05:24:18
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Call her "Pawn Shop Princess".
I've got an Indonesian Squire Affinity Strat and it is a rather cheaply-built guitar. Feels like a Balsawood body compared to an American Standard.
But after swapping out the (AWFUL) electronics for those of a Peavey Strat, it actually sounds OK! Total cost was about fifty bucks...
I want to buy another Indonesian Strat I know of... this one's forty and maybe I'll find some more cheap pickups! |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2009 : 10:48:29
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Congrats..... are those feathers i see coming out of your mouth......your lucky Leo didn't send down a bolt of lightning at you as well as your other problems getting to the pawn shop.... no seriously congrats on the strat.... Disco Stu's 'pawn shop princess' is good for a name.....
Disco Stu... i was reading on some of the Fender forums about the debate on alder vs ash vs basswood etc.......for body wood and the effect on tone,i think basswood is perfectly fine for bodies and i have two jap squiers which are fine guitars with pickup swap as you found out...and a lot of guys on the fender forum pointed out,a lot of the top ibanez guitars are made out of basswood....the electronics i find do be a bit on the 'el cheapo' side ....
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2009 : 10:57:07
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| Congrats! You won't look back.... |
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Disco Stu
Silver Member
USA
303 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 03:06:44
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Franzoni --
I don't suspect Basswood as the body material for my Indo Squier, but whatever local pseudo-hardwood grows there. Probably the same density as Basswood, more or less. No doubt some aficionado knows the exact type of wood that went into these bodies.
The neck, however, looks quite close to Maple and is reasonably-well constructed. I think the Indo models are a grade or two below the now-coveted Jap Squiers! But I'm happy to have a nice cheap Strat-style guitar until I can get my hands on a real nice one.
And I look forward to getting another, so I can experiment upon it substituting other electronics without sweating over ruining a valuable guitar. |
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
1351 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 04:50:59
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Hi guys. Well.... I have had a shit day. The ghost of Orville Gibson must be PISSED at pedals 4 pv. I put the yet unnamed strat back together, played a few tunes and it was all good....until I tried the whammy. It wouldn't thread into the trem. I went this A.M. to the music store and got another trem arm, but it wouldn't fit either. The three screws that hold the trem block to the bridge plate were loose, allowing the bridge plate to move and interfere with the trem arm. In order to repair this, I cut off the brand new set of strings, went back to the music store and bought more new strings and a beauty new tortoiseshell pickguard. I arrived home from the music store to find my garage collapsed under the weight of the snow. TABERNAC!!! I spent the rest of the day dealing with that. I will be spending the next few days at that so I suppose the strat will be put on hold. No big loss in the garage, just twenty years of collecting rare and vintage Harley Davidson parts, a lot of tools etc. A feast of crow may not be enough to appease Orville's ghost. I may have to eat the much dreaded Kentucky Fried Chicken. I know that's harsh, but tough times call for tough measures.
More exciting adventures to follow.....stay tuned |
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timbo
Silver Member
Australia
252 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 05:06:04
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| holy flurking shnite! thats some tough luck there pedals! hope you can salvage something. |
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Disco Stu
Silver Member
USA
303 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 05:29:53
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Sorry pedals4PV about your garage, or "Ramis"... Tabernac, Asti indeed.
And a "Colis" also. Sorry about the spelling, those are phonetic.
You might want to rent a POD or other storage container for a month until you can rebuild; they are cheap enough, and you could thaw out all the Harley parts on some pallets indoors with a fan and electric heater.
Good luck with the rebuild... when my friend's garage got squished by an Oak, the insurance covered the rental on the POD until the garage was back together.
-- Disco Stu |
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 05:35:18
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| Bad news PV |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 06:35:38
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| GULP! What a thing to come home to... I'm sure the events are unrelated though! |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 08:52:24
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 ........ sorry to hear that bro'..i have to re-roof my shed/garage this year as the last owner didn't use the proper roof beams and the roof is dipping and holding rain water in parts...... but there isn't much in there except for some paint tins and old plumbing gear from when i was still out working as a plumber..i built a new shed at the side a couple of years ago for my tools and the suzuki bandit the plan was to 'do up' the old garage as a rehearsal/recording space for me.....looks like it has now become a much bigger job.... .....at least we don't get a metre of snow on top of the roof like you guys and gals....
one trick you can do with a Fender that you can't do with a Gibson type guitar is to bend the strings behind the nut ala danny gatton to raise them up in pitch ....sounds great and looks very impressive to non guitar playing people......i've had the same problemo as you with trem bars..at the moment the blue squiers trem block is jammed with the end of a replacement/not the right size trem bar...i tried drilling and tapping the hole but the block on jap strats isn't as good as the U.S. ones so i stopped as not to cause any more damage... a lot of strat players are starting to go for callaham trem blocks as their supposed to improve sustain and tone http://www.callahamguitars.com/blocks.htm as soon as i can fgure which one works for a jap squier i'm going to invest in one...... |
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
1351 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 11:00:40
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I can't do much about the garage problem until the landlady's insurance person comes around to have a look. I'll find out more in the morning. My bike and good Snap-on tool set are at a friends place so at least they were spared. I am up late tonight and have finished my short course in Stratology 101. I installed a new neck plate with the Fender Corona California logo and a set of Schaller straplocks. I installed the new pickguard after applying foil tape to the whole back of it for shielding. Learnt that one from Franzoni. I tightened everything on the guitar, and a quite a few things were loose. The tuners were loose as was the nut on the output jack and the previously mentioned trem block. I downloaded the owners manual and managed to get it set up pretty nice, if I do say so myself. I still think the bridge-tremelo thing is a Rube Goldburg contraption but they do work good when they are adjusted properly. The Gibson avitar is staying up for the forseeable future, but I guess I'll have to quit slamming strats. Pity, I enjoy that sort of thing. She sounds good especially through my new Celestion. It still has some feedback but not nearly as bad as my old strat clone. I can get away with too much amp for too small a room with humbuckers, but I have to tame it some for single coils, but I guess everyone knows that.
Here's some pics;
The fretboard really drank up the oil, but went a real nice colour after
Large headstock Dr. Bob
The new neckpate with the logo looks way better than the plain one it came with
The new pickguard
60th anniversary logo
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 12:01:13
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Hi pedals 4 pv
Our thoughts & sympathy go out to you.
I wish I lived a bit closer, so I could come over & help you out.
I'm sure the rest of the members feel that way as well.
It was going to happen, whether you bought the Fender or not.
We are all here to listen, if need to vent a bit.
Regards Dr. Bob |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 12:13:35
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quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Bob
Hi pedals 4 pv
Our thoughts & sympathy go out to you.
I wish I lived a bit closer, so I could come over & help you out.
I'm sure the rest of the members feel that way as well.
It was going to happen, whether you bought the Fender or not.
We are all here to listen, if need to vent a bit.
Regards Dr. Bob
+1....... NICE STRAT..... looks really good against your Peavey classic 30 stack..... |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 17:03:57
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Hi pedals 4 pv
The Strat looks great.
Which oil did you use on your fretboard? I know that everyone has their own secrets formula-brand-type.
This question alone, seems to set off much discussion on the topic.
I recently heard some very famous Guitar techs/Luthiers are using Tung oil?
Oh, I can just hear the fingers hitting the keyboards already...
Regards Dr. Bob
PS - Good luck with all the fiasco with the collapsed garage... |
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