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Re: Why do people do this? This is just way wrong.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:50 am
by cmuk
Haven't we seen a two-tone pickguard somewhere before?
Isn't this the same guitar? Just kidding!!!
Re: Why do people do this? This is just way wrong.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:36 am
by alanz
admin wrote:At the same time I am reminded of modifications to the traditional Rickenbacker that we have embraced without a second thought.
This guy's a blasphemer. Jon Camp is an incredible artist with a huge fan base.
Re: Why do people do this? This is just way wrong.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:07 pm
by freshmattyp
It's a guitar, people, not a Picasso. The owner did what he needed to to make it work for him as a tool. Look at it this way: Someone is going to get a good deal on a fixer-upper.
Re: Why do people do this? This is just way wrong.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:10 pm
by scotty
its a guitar people its a Picasso!
Pat Metheny's Picasso guitar.
Re: Why do people do this? This is just way wrong.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:45 pm
by mfb
admin wrote: If John Forgety signs on, will we accept a non-traditional bridge pickup.
Together with a non-traditional TRC? Come to think of it, wasn't that an "ACME" that he played with the "non-traditional" bridge p/up?
Re: Why do people do this? This is just way wrong.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:04 pm
by jps
Linda Manzer certainly does make some interesting guitars!
Re: Why do people do this? This is just way wrong.
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:13 am
by BobKat
I sold a 360/12 to a gent who owned a couple of Manzers.
Re: Why do people do this? This is just way wrong.
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:04 am
by mfb
freshmattyp wrote:It's a guitar, people, not a Picasso.
Yes, it is what it is to be done with as one pleases - it's a wood and steel thing made by imperfect machines and imperfect men, that one usually pays disposable money to acquire, and by the waning yens of fleeting fancy, sometimes gets dumped into the trash cans of life.
Does anyone really care if the owner takes a chainsaw to it?
Re: Why do people do this? This is just way wrong.
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:04 pm
by paologregorio
I don't mind the idea of mini humbuckers, but I would only install such a pickup if I didn't have to drill any new holes in the guitar body.
Re: Why do people do this? This is just way wrong.
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:40 pm
by grazioso
see people? the poor thing will come in parts on ebay soon - watch flip-it-fast who won it....
Re: Why do people do this? This is just way wrong.
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:35 pm
by silvergp05
Manuel, tell me more about what Fogerty smashed backstage.....
Re: Why do people do this? This is just way wrong.
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:27 am
by mfb
silvergp05 wrote:Manuel, tell me more about what Fogerty smashed backstage.....
Little Rock, Arkansas, 1 August 1998 in his "Premonition" tour. Smashed his acoustic right after "Have You Ever Seen The rain". Apparently it was giving him trouble so he decided to fix it.
The point being, if it's yours, you can do whatever you like to it and not owe anybody any explanation for it.
Re: Why do people do this? This is just way wrong.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:20 am
by rickenmetal
The only problem I really see with the first guitar is that the pickups don't go all the way to the pickguard and that doesn't look right, plus it kind of looks like the polepieces don't really match the string spacing.