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  1. I think it's a bit shortsighted to think of Harmony as simply a budget guitar maker. At one time (before they moved mfg to Japan), they were the largest guitar builder in the world. Sure they were mass produced and sometimes sported bridges which gave a graduated incline to the strings, but they also used some of the best electronics and wood available and their solids were often one and two piece bodies. After 50 years, I've never heard any kind of crackle out of my tone or volume controls on a Silvertone Bobcat or my hotrodded H-19 and the bodies are extremely resonant. Harmony made some real tone machines like the Rocket, the Stratotone, the Stella and the Sovereign as well as the solid Jag styles. Don't forget that Duane Eddy used D'Armond pickups not Filtertrons. Truth be told, the old hollow body Harmony's I've tried have delivered more for me than the vintage Gretsches.
  2. I vow to fully increase transparency, behind the scenes. OK I give, that was funny. JJ for President, er moderator, whatever.
  3. Wow. That is something else. Not thought too much about it, but my first take is it's dehumanizing. To me it's just Capitalism in it's most hideous form. It's bad enough that talented young acts have to fight against the Celebrity Promotion Machine, but now they also have to compete with dead celebrities. I wouldn't mind seeing it in a different context but I won't waste my money to see them raise the Zombified Spirits of my music Idols.
  4. Cool guitar and you got a bichin story out of it as well. Big congrats.
  5. I have a maple necked SSS Strat that twangs like crazy but it doesn't sound like a Tele. The bridgeplate gives it that characteristic trebly twangy tone or so I've been told. And that's not to say that a humbucker won't change the sound.
  6. One's as good as another in my eyes. It's just politics and what sells. They did forget Lenny Breau and John Jorgenson and I'm sure countless others that are/were true pioneers and virtuosos of the highest order.
  7. The nut width needn't be a deal breaker if the neck is wide enough at the nut. I have two early 90s MIMs and it was very simple to pop in the wider USA spec nut.
  8. Anyone here own one other than me? I bought mine probably close to 15 years ago for $300. Maybe I paid too much in others' minds. I don't care. It's a great guitar. Even if it is a bolt-on. The neck is good and straight, the action is low, and the stock super 58's scream. Now granted, I've seen quite a few old Ibanezes that are pretty rickety, but mine is quite a nice guitar. The neck is on the thin side, and while I wish the quality of the inlays on the neck were better, it's still a good guitar for the money. No, it's not set neck, so it's not top of the line, but I had a great early 80's Suzuki LP copy that was set neck a few years ago, and I ended up selling it and keeping my Ibanez. Check it out. That's nice looking. I had one that had been played professionally by a member of the Inkspots. It wasn't a bad guitar at all and I agree those pickups are the bomb.
  9. Flaxwood, Suhr, US Masters, Robin, original Baker, Zion and Malden (seem like a real bargain).
  10. I find his music un-listenable, but all in all he seems like an okay guy. This^^^ A woman at work made me a disk once of one of his recent CDs - derivative, insipid drivel. Clapton never made a record this bad even when he was trashed on heroin.
  11. As much as I'd love to keep saving up for my first Les Paul, or maybe my first Martin acoustic.. I can't allow myself to spend any more for musical gear... Blasphemy, one may think...What could be more important than toanz? I'm 17 in a few months, and I need to save money for a decent vehicle. When's the most recent time that a necessity had to come before another guitar.. or amp.. or pedal.. and so on, for you? You right, your priorities are in the right place - get a dependable vehicle (I hope he was kidding). The guitars you have are plenty good enough. Elmore James recorded all that great music on a Kay and Hound Dog Taylor used a Teisco monstrosity. Eddie did all his whittling on a Teisco as well until he was old enough to piece together his dream guitar which cost about $200 in parts (if memory serves). Once you hit the big time you still won't have to worry, they'll be lining up to give you big ticket guitars.
  12. Your friend sounds like a douchebag. To buy a guitar from you for $225 and then sell it back for $150 is not being a douche IMO. A douche would make up some story about what was wrong with the guitar and then demand his money back. He definitely has an impulsive behavior problem but who are we here at HCEG to throw stones?:poke:
  13. That is a cool lookin' guitar. Probably the best deal in the Spam thread right now (not familiar with the exact condition of this particular guitar). This is a Custom Shop guitar that retailed in the $1500 to $2000 range and sounds and plays like it. Rio Grande pickups are also a big plus in my book. I can't speak for this particular guitar and don't know its real condition but love my Washburn P4. These guitars do the LP thing extremely well. They have that Gibson sparkle and sustain and tight bass response. They take gain extremely well and work well with pedals. All I can say is that my Washburn P4 sounds much more like a Gibson than my two US Hamers (they are incredible in their own way). These guitars do tend to be on the bright side - ebony fretboard, but that's what tone controls are for. And it should also be noted that they have epiphone string spacing (as do Hamer USA which I personally prefer).
  14. Nothin in the world like a good Fender Strat or Tele IMO. She's a beauty, big congrats.
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