Members The Great Waldo Pepper Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Picked this one up last week when I was in NYC. I used to have one about 20 years ago. I traded it and told myself "one day you will get another!" 1966 Gretsch Astrojet! I call it my Gumby SG. It has such a cool midrange character. I can't wait to plug it in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Looks like it's in nice shape. Cool guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trainbridge Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Uhhhhh fuck yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lefort_1 Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Nic. You gotta post that over at you-know-where. A certain PAL will be very happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 whoa I didn't know it had a vibrola deal on there. can't wait hear this thing in person! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BAXANDALL Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Nic. You gotta post that over at you-know-where. A certain PAL will be very happy. I'll wait for it you-know-where then I'll post WOW, nice score! about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Great Waldo Pepper Posted May 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 whoa I didn't know it had a vibrola deal on there. can't wait hear this thing in person! Yeah dude, it has the Burns unit that my blue Gretsch was supposed have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 first erk, now you; bonus time at catalinbread? congrats on the guitar, looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Great Waldo Pepper Posted May 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 first erk, now you; bonus time at catalinbread? congrats on the guitar, looks great! You should see the swimming pool that Castillo had installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Great Waldo Pepper Posted May 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 The wiring in this thing is silly. Exactly the same except the caps in this one is 47n and 100n... The tone switch is basically mud and technically more mud (in reality it is the same darkness in both settings). I am probably gonna wire it up to something more useable. I am ok with the tone switch concept, but I'd like the thing to be tuned within the guitar frequency band at least. Not sure if I need the master volume knob either, it could make a master tone knob that is switched out... Mute switch is ok. I can't stop jamming with "Heard it on the X"!! [video=youtube;CPAR2zSV84I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPAR2zSV84I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Very cool Nic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RUExp? Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stevics Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Did you seek it out, or was it stumbled upon? whichever, congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Great Waldo Pepper Posted May 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Did you seek it out, or was it stumbled upon?whichever, congrats. Well I've been "looking" for one to replace the one I used to own for the past 10 years. The one they had at Sam Ash was below typical price, in way better condition than most I see(including my old one), and they offered to ship it to Portland for free and avoid NY sales tax. OK! Deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arthurdent'd Posted May 20, 2012 Members Share Posted May 20, 2012 holy {censored}, that is some smokin' {censored} right there!Cool guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Great Waldo Pepper Posted May 20, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 20, 2012 I just weighed it... 8.6 lbs... Must be 2 lbs lighter than my old one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Great Waldo Pepper Posted May 20, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 20, 2012 Everyone knows when you're strum'in the world out of a tele or paul and wishing for tyaht "you k-now" tone this is the fiddle that does it in spades if'in you EXP'ed... Funny thing is I played my Tele right next to it today... Give me back the Gumby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lefort_1 Posted May 20, 2012 Members Share Posted May 20, 2012 27 to 19 (replies) David loves you more than Goliath :winkydink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ledfloyd Posted May 20, 2012 Members Share Posted May 20, 2012 So what pedal and amp did you use when you were jamming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Great Waldo Pepper Posted May 20, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 20, 2012 So what pedal and amp did you use when you were jamming? I used the Naga Viper into an AC30. Then I played straight into the late '40s Gibson GA30 cranked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Operator Posted May 20, 2012 Members Share Posted May 20, 2012 Tell me about those pickups, friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Great Waldo Pepper Posted May 20, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 20, 2012 Tell me about those pickups, friend. Super-Trons... I don't know much about them honestly. As far as I know the Astro-Jet was the only guitar to ship with them. I will measure 'em when I am in there again adjusting the electronics, probably the next day or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted May 20, 2012 Members Share Posted May 20, 2012 Leytuce, ell give pokeey a go /// this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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