Knock-Offs, Rip-Offs, and Just Plain UGLY!

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:04 am

"Lead shielding paint was applied between the color and clear coating process making it a quieter Strat"

Haven't heard that one before!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:15 am

Yes, RF-shielding paint (actually graphite, not lead) has been in use in computer cabinets since the late '70s, and in the military long before that. I've heard of it being used in guitars, but didn't pay much attention to it at the time.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:37 am

I wonder how that sits with all the 'super-thin nitro coat to let the guitar breathe' fanatics?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:46 am

You don't coat the whole guitar--just the component routs.

That whole "letting the guitar breathe" thing ignores the positive aspects of a rigid surface on the wood, which is another way of looking at things.

IME, a solidbody is not a "breathing" guitar (which should be noted by all of the Strat people who are the primary disseminators of this claptrap) like a craft-built acoustic, which preserves its connection to the violin through construction and mechanics.

Even Stradivari used varnish; on some of his best instruments it is so thick and still so soft after 400 years, that you can leave a palmprint in the finish if held too firmly for too long.

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:03 am

A lightly sprayed Strat/Tele sounds better then a heavy coated one...unplugged..amped I can't tell the diff..LP was right..best sounding solidbody is a log..with wings...

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:50 am

Something's really Fishy about this guitar. But then again, it just might be a good Surf guitar.

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:13 am

DeFINitely all-wet. Dripping with irony. BUT, you could play some great scales on this axe (ouch, I know, not punny..)

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:28 am

Boy, I'd like to get my hooks into one of those..

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:24 am

I refuse to rise to the bait, chum...

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:25 am

But I will be playing Reelin' In The Years on the CD player while I wait with bated breath for the next rejoinder

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:56 am

Rejoinder: that thing's so ugly it should be...

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:51 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Electric-Guitar-bass-unique-one-of-a-kind-hand-made_W0QQitemZ230154155071QQihZ013QQcategoryZ2385QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

YIKES!

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:25 pm

Yowsers! That's no Plague-Bringer, that IS a plague of bad taste

Ewww....

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:25 pm

"no one creates instruments like i do......trust me !!!"

Thank goodness for that!

Hmmm, NO volume controls, the pickup selector is on the BACK of the bass, sounds like a FEW minor design flaws.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:35 pm

Which of the three is it?