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Topomole

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Post Re: Guitars That Deserve More Respect
on: August 13, 2012, 20:31
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Hofners, particularly anything aside from a Beatlesque instrument (that bass!). They deserve some good love; they're lovable oddballs all around.
smgear

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Post Re: Guitars That Deserve More Respect
on: August 14, 2012, 12:14
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Quote from 1reeper on August 4, 2012, 10:45
I think that Teles don't get enough respect as a non-country instrument, I found a poor lil' squier tele at my school that had a fantastic action. I brought it out and popped off flight of the bumblebee, just got weird looks all around.

Not only Tele's in general, but the the Squier CV 50's are really incredible guitars for the money. They're perfectly usable out of the box and if you put some of Bill Lawrence's Keystones in them for another $65, you really have a phenomenal guitar for the money. The Fender FMT HH made in Indonesia is really quite nice too.

smgear

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Post Re: Guitars That Deserve More Respect
on: August 14, 2012, 12:23
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I have a fondness for the old Electras. I have an old 2242?(I think - it's in storage at the moment) from the mid 70's that served me well for years. I need to refret it and make some other minor repairs to get it going again, but it is built like a tank and has great tone and sustain.
Caevan-
OShite

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Post Re: Guitars That Deserve More Respect
on: August 14, 2012, 14:37
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Lotta great axes mentioned here so far...

Those Godin Radiators were really cool, fun guitars! They had great relatively low-output, vintage-y sounding pickups; somewhat of a Gretschy, Fendery mix.

1952 Gibson Les Pauls with the original trapeze tailpiece/bridge combo are generally considered the bottom of the '50s LP totem pole, and are often modified pretty much irreversibly with Tune-o-Matic bridges and stop-tails. But playability and string-loading issues aside, Les' trapeze-bridge has a unique tone all its own- beautifully sparkly, shimmery, chiming and ringing, which goes wonderfully well with "P-90 soap-bars". I got to enjoy an all-original '52 LP gold-top for a while; if I owned one, I'd try to come up with a retro-fitting replacement that used a hollow tube to mimicked the tone of the stock bridge...

~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~
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axegrinder

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Post Re: Guitars That Deserve More Respect
on: August 14, 2012, 16:17
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Do you mean T-60? Those are pretty darn cool. If you want seriously flexible tone, these are pretty amazing. Haven't seen one in Decades. I have a T-40 bass, it sounds realy good, lots of sounds, weights a ton. Yeah the early Peavy guitars definitely under rated.
s.huck

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Post Re: Guitars That Deserve More Respect
on: August 14, 2012, 20:06
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I have an old Gibson Sonex 180 Deluxe that is just amazing. It sounds great, it plays better than most Les Pauls I've played. It's a really great guitar. I've had LP fans tell me it's junk but then they play it and can't believe how great it is. Also I picked up a Korean made Parker PM20, the fret work and pickups lacked but acousticly it's very loud and has a nice LP tone. After I had someone touch up the frets and put new pickups in it it's killer. And Yes those T-60s were cool. I a friend of mine had one when we were younger. I thought it was kind of ugly, but it sounded damn good.
mutz

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Post Re: Guitars That Deserve More Respect
on: August 15, 2012, 05:03
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Don't worry, folks.
Thanks to the web, every guitar model ever made (or imagined) will eventually get its fair (or unfair) share of respect (and a fan site).
Not so long ago, 60s Japanese junk guitars were considered wallhangers. Now every Indie guitarist wants a Teisco.
Until recently, everyone agreed that late 70's Antigua Fenders were butt ugly. Now they're all the rage.
No, I won't tell you about my favourite super secret type of guitar. It would probably gather loads of respect and the prices would go up immediately. It's cool to keep your secrets, a bit like being the only guy in town who owns a copy of "Don't Care" by Klark Kent.
Oinkus

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Post Re: Guitars That Deserve More Respect
on: August 15, 2012, 05:19
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The T-50 came out before the 60 but basically the same thing. Think the first one was a T-20 or 30 ?
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Larry

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Post Re: Guitars That Deserve More Respect
on: August 15, 2012, 07:12
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I picked up a white Hohner G3T (all wood Steinberger licensed copy) a few years ago on eBay. It has passive EMGs in HSS format and a pull knob that does something a little odd to the tone thanks to a secret built in module. I haven't fully figured it out, or else I'd be posting the Spice model ah-ha-ha-ha-cough-cough-gasp. The sound of this guitar is not what makes me drool, but the neck and action are lovely and it stays in tune like nothing else I've ever owned.

I just did a quick web search and it says that the pull pot is to coil tap the bridge HB, but I'm pretty sure there's more going on than that.

Here's a wiring diagram for the G3T - forget about the Strat shape shown! It's a headless guitar.

https://www.guitarsite.com/hotlicks/about4614.html

There is a mystical "VBS-1" module inside, made by EMG. Hmmmm....
soggybag

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Post Re: Guitars That Deserve More Respect
on: August 15, 2012, 08:21
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My theory says it's all in the setup.

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