Guitars anyone???
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@SKT right on! Mines the thin skin too. I feel like those AVRIs, especially the thin nitro Wildwood spec ones, are some of the best deals going. I had a Custom Shop strat that I eventually ended up selling, and I feel like the Wildwood is just as good or even better than plenty of Custom Shops, especially in terms of consistency. My only gripe about mine is that I wish it had a light relic. Also wish it didn’t have neck binding, but it’s no biggie.
I actually prefer the 2105s. Vintage frets don’t bother me, but if I had the choice I’d go for the narrow/tall.
No real preference on pickguards, other than the fact that I’m a dork about wanting it to be period correct (unless it’s a guitar that just threw all that out the window and just is what it is). I have a 71 blonde tele that’s sort of a mongrel, has had tons of stuff replaced. It came with a blackguard style on it and it sorta drove me crazy not having the right 70s one. I put a black 8-hole / 3 ply on there and even that still sorta drove me nuts, felt like I was trying to pull off an older guitar or something haha. So now I have a white one on it, and I guess all is well. Like I said, dork.
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@GraemeE haha I feel like I brought up my two most modified guitars. I usually have a tendency to just buy a guitar that I’m as close to 100% happy with and just leave it alone. Sometimes I’ll tweak though if there’s a need, or if the guitar’s already been messed with plenty, like my old tele.
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@GraemeE said in Guitars anyone???:
I do have some custom relicd pickgaurd screws though due to hours of nasty sweaty hands
True relic production here
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I do love properly “reliced” guitars and have pined for a long time for a Whitfill custom T. He makes great looking and sounding (from what I’ve seen and read) guitars
http://www.whitfillcustomguitars.com/guitars.html
I haven’t purchased a new guitar in almost 10 years now. Seems impossible
Also, the 10 year gap almost coincides with having kids…hmm. Correlation or causation?
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If anybody has any leads on luthiers that do a good job on relic stuff, I'm all ears. My Senn is the best I've owned, and I've asked Jeff if he'd do a relic job on another guitar, but didn't hear back (which I took as a no). Some of them are too extreme — I like the sort of Closet Classic / Journeyman level of distress. It's just nice to have a guitar that's sorta had the new knocked off of it. Definitely not the sort of thing I'm willing to do myself (and by that I mean relic it myself, not play the shit out of it until it looks old and vintage. Anybody who's had a new finish guitar knows that will take eons).
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@skt I know a guy who's got a Whitfill — he likes it, cool tele. K-Line is also pretty fantastic. I have one of his strats and it's probably my best sounding and playing single coil electric.
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@popvulture K-line is new to me and just looked them up…St Louis! They look really nice and I’ll have to dig into them. I agree the “closet classic” look is the sweet spot for me too. I have a 50th Anniversary Masterbuilt strat (Todd Krause) that has that look. I’ll get some pics of it and throw them in the mix here when I can.
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Did someone mention relic?
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Getting up to speed on some mash style bluegrass on the 1934 Gibson L00
Video link:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CumrIlqLGAh/?igsh=MTF3aWVudTZpaTh3aQ==
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@chillmonroe DAMN! That is a purdy guitar. The best Gibson I ever played was a 60's J45. But man this is nice.
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@jeffgrantMEDIA yeah she’s a dandy. If you’re into slope shoulder dreads, I’ll have to post some stuff on the 1938 J35 and the 1934 Jumbo. To be clear, I don’t currently own all these guitars. I do a lot of catch and release
Right now I’ve got the ‘34 Jumbo, the ‘34 L00, and a sweet 1913 Gibson A4 mandolin
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@chillmonroe I am going to have to follow your IG. I just scrolled it. I love vintage Gibsons. Wish I had the cash to play that game. I mostly just noodle these days and have halted my guitar-buying addiction. As far as vintage I only currently own a Gibson 78' Deluxe and a 76' Strat. But mostly just play my Taylor. It's a 2004, but the best-sounding guitar I played in a LONG search. The only thing I played better was that vintage J45 at a guitar center in Philly 20 years ago.
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@IH-GARY man that’s awesome — looks like a Nachocaster level relic. What is it?
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@popvulture It’s a Custom Shop Nocaster blackguard - it’s pretty gnarly!
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@jeffgrantMEDIA hell yeah I’ll follow you back. Guitar playing denim heads unite
But for sure, vintage guitars are pricy but as long as you have a handle on the current market value and buy at or under it you won’t get hurt. And there’s also the potential to flip and make a few bucks to fund more IH stuff
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@chillmonroe I need to sell off my 78 Deluxe, pay off some bills and get a few new IH pieces! haha
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Just repaired a crack in the back of my 1934 Jumbo. First time ever attempting something like this.
Got some guidance from my luthier buddy. Humidified it to close it up a bit for a couple weeks, then pushed on it to open it up just ever so slightly. Injected it with a super specific type of super glue, waited like 10 seconds and went at it with some shell wool followed by a buffing cloth.
Here’s the before and after pics. I knew it was there and I still can’t find it in the after. The pucker factor in this was real and I’m super stoked on the result 🤌🤌
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