Moderator: jingle_jangle
jingle_jangle wrote: Are you aware that the Surfcaster six-stringers have been "re-issued" (there's a company that's having them made in the Far East...) and they're going for around $600.00. Not quite exactly the same, but you have to admire the style--it's brilliant, IMO.
Erik beats me to the punch! Yes I've seen these - they look great (I like the tones on the sunburst) and who doesn't like a Bigsby? Maybe for my next foray when I'm out of the doghouse...blueflamerick wrote:jingle_jangle wrote: Are you aware that the Surfcaster six-stringers have been "re-issued" (there's a company that's having them made in the Far East...) and they're going for around $600.00. Not quite exactly the same, but you have to admire the style--it's brilliant, IMO.
Do you mean these? http://www.grbguitars.com/index.html
Still not as nice as an original!blueflamerick wrote:jingle_jangle wrote: Are you aware that the Surfcaster six-stringers have been "re-issued" (there's a company that's having them made in the Far East...) and they're going for around $600.00. Not quite exactly the same, but you have to admire the style--it's brilliant, IMO.
Do you mean these? http://www.grbguitars.com/index.html
hmmmm how about we rout one out and put in a P-90, a Jag pup w/ proper value cap and a lipstickjingle_jangle wrote:I prefer the Tangerine model, as it's truer to the original, lipstick-pickup Charvels. I am not too crazy about the looks and sound of open-coiled hummers (well, it WAS a surf guitar until...).
I like the general look of these things as well; the only thing about them that somewhat disappoints me aesthetically is the straight angle edges on the pickguard; to my eye the guitar would look better if the pickguard edges followed the body silhouette on top, and wrapped around the controls and hardware more closely as well. Paul, your opinion as a designer and builder?jingle_jangle wrote:I've got an original '91 Charvel 12er in Jetglo black.George sold it to me for really low bucks. It's gonna be up for restoration soon. Some kinda cool surfy burst thing, I think, for the refin... I love the look of these thangs!
Agreed! Especially on the bass.paologregorio wrote: I like the general look of these things as well; the only thing about them that somewhat disappoints me aesthetically is the straight angle edges on the pickguard; to my eye the guitar would look better if the pickguard edges followed the body silhouette on top, and wrapped around the controls and hardware more closely as well. Paul, your opinion as a designer and builder?
I tend to agree with that, as contouring it would take it into fakey Fender territory, IMO. While the design appears abrupt, it really works for me in the sense of it trying to be it's own deal, rather than something that looks half Rick half Fender.jingle_jangle wrote:The straight-edged pickguard, is IMO, a touch of genius that was perhaps unintended. This might have been a naive solution to making something distinctive. By "naive" I mean that somebody thought it would "look cool", so they did it.
It moves the shape out of the '60s idiom of "offset waist" styling, and into a sort of post-punk, or even retro, design vocabulary, nearly a decade before we got hit with all the other "retro" stuff, a lot of which is wishy-washy, bland stuff anyway.
Speaking of bland--that's how this would look with a guard whose silhouette followed the body's outer edge, again IMO.
