Members eichaan Posted July 26, 2007 Members Share Posted July 26, 2007 Well, after suffering from Tele-gas for a long time, I think I finally found some relief. Once again, my wife came through. When she mentioned that I could have $200 for guitar stuff as a birthday present, I began furiously crunching the numbers to see how I could get a Telecaster type guitar on that budget. For awhile I had been considering Squier guitars (which are very nice) or the SX teles (because I have had great experience with Kurt at Rondo). A friend of mine who owns a Squier and an SX was very helpful, giving me the benefit of his experience, and showing his very nice Squier Standard Tele to me at his weekly blues jam. But, being as cheap as I am, I wanted to stay as far below the budget as possible, so I kept looking. Yesterday, a couple of weeks before my birthday I went into the local Music Go-Round and I saw this. Stinger was an import line made for C.F. Martin back in the mid-80's through early 90's. They were made in Korea, and shipped to Nazareth for final setup. The STX (Tele model) was only made for the first few years, so this is probably about 20 years old. It is in pretty good shape, and the neck is super. The color is sort of a "Daphne Blue to White Burst". It is unusual, but I like it. The hardware (including the Grover tuners) is all black, including a no-name humbucker (with coil tap) at the bridge. The guitar is routed for a single-coil at the neck, and a humbucker at the bridge. It also has a Stratocaster type tremolo bridge, which gives kind of a nice airy-ness to the sound. I will probably replace the humbucker soon (probably with a P-90), but the neck pickup sounds very nice. This is my first real "used" guitar, and I look forward to getting to know it. Here are some pics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flyby Posted July 26, 2007 Members Share Posted July 26, 2007 *HAPPY NEW GUITAR DAY!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rand-O-Monium Posted July 26, 2007 Members Share Posted July 26, 2007 Lovin' that color! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members stingxnj Posted July 26, 2007 Members Share Posted July 26, 2007 HAPPY NEW GUITAR DAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members eichaan Posted July 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Thanks guys! I'm having a lot of fun trying to dial in a good tone for it. The guitar is very bright, and the pickups are kind of trebly. Usually I play with a lot of treble, so I am having to turn things down to tame the icepickiness. Do any of you have especially trebly guitars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Timmott Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Happy New Guitar Day! My XV-800 (tele copy) is pretty trebly. I just lower the treble down some and add in some bass and mids. I think my setup is treble 8, bass 6, mids 6. Gives me a pretty good tone. Then I boost the lows and highs on my graphic EQ when I switch to distortion, but the the other setup works for both clean and lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArKay Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Fantastic finish, congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Congrats! (o)(o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Killer man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr_GoodBomb Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 I have a superstrat made by the same brand, same neck, it seems. Needs a new bridge and a neck adjustment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ganjaseed Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A_Gitarman Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Happy NGD! My brother has a Stinger SGV that he let rot away in his garage for years which I recently overhauled for him; took it apart, cleaned/ polished everything, & swapped out the electronics. My favorite part about it is the neck... it's got a nice 'relic' look from sitting in that hot garage for so long. Here it is posing with my 'Spare-Parts-O-Caster' (Epi body, Fender neck, & misc spare parts thrown together) and his Sunn Beta Lead amp: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eichaan Posted July 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Thanks guys. I'm so glad that you like the color. I have to say, it was one of the things that first caught my eye. When I saw the headstock, I was instantly reminded of the ads for Stinger guitars I used to see in Guitar Player back in the 80's, and then the color just totally distracted me. I liked it, but when I showed it to my wife, she just couldn't stop talking about the finish. It certainly is different from the usual color schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JWBlues Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Congrats! I love the finish. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DenverDave Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Nice! I've seen a few Stingers in used stores but have never played one. I do like that colour too - not many guitars around look like that (a big plus in your favor). Enjoy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Voltaire Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 yeah, that is a pretty freakin awesome finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Puckman Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Very interesting finish/color. HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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