Members Fab4ever Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 Well I traded a Highway One Strat for two guitars: an Ibanez AF75TDG-VI (sort of a poor man's Gretsch White Falcon) and a Hagstrom Ultra Swede, along with $100. I am delighted! I wasn't bonding with the Strat, for whatever reason, and the two very different guitars I got in return will really give me some new options. As for the Ibanez, I've already ordered the GFS Retrotron Nashvilles, and I'm gonna order a Gretch-style pickguard. My hope is ending up with a "White Trash Falcon" that can get me in Gretsch tonal territory. I know it won't really resemble a $3,000 guitar, but at least I can dream, right? As far as the Ultra Swede, it literally is the fastest guitar these aging hands have ever held. The neck is just incredible. I can't figure out how to embed a photo, so here it is: [ATTACH=CONFIG]329167[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve_man Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 Nice! You got the better end of that deal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 Double congrats! (o)(o) (o)(o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sylvesterlowery Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 Nice!I like the looks of the Swede, and that Ibanez is pretty sweet!Happy NGDx2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 Oh... and the always-cool transparent black on the Hag! Very nice... I would have done that trade as well. HNGD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members w00dsy Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 congrats, i know what you mean about the Ultra Swedes neck, they are amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 That's a hot trade! Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 Fabulous! For some reason, I'm not diggin my strats these days either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor Morbius Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fireproof777 Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 Nice. You definitely got the better side of the deal. HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stingxnj Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 The Hagstrom Ultra Swede is Balls Marie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zantor9 Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 HNGsD!! (happy new guitars day) I like that Hagstrom For a hundred bucks? Good to go!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deadbeat Son Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 HNGsD!! (happy new guitars day) I like that Hagstrom For a hundred bucks? Good to go!! No. His Hwy1 Strat for the Ibanez + the Hagstrom + $100. HNLEGDX2!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zantor9 Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 No. His Hwy1 Strat for the Ibanez + the Hagstrom + $100. HNLEGDX2!!! Yeah i just realized that after i posted it :| Oh well good trade in my eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 A couple of great scores. I've always had a soft spot for those white Ibanezes; I hope you can get some sweet Gretsch-style pickups in there. HNGDx2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fab4ever Posted December 17, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 Thanks guys! I am really pumped. The $100 more than pays for the GFS pickups for the Artcore. Once I get those installed and put some 11s on there along with the new pickguard, I think I'm gonna be very happy. As far as the Ultra Swede, I've never owned a Les Paul type guitar -- by that I mean a two-humbucker, solid body. Strange, isn't it? I was all acoustic for many years, then migrated to Strats and various oddball guitars. Now all I have is oddball electrics -- a Variax 600, a Teisco I use for slide, a set-neck Rick 330 copy and the new Hag and Artcore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 Nice job. I am not big on the slightly off LP designs, it'd have been sweet if it was a Viking though! Still nice work. Good trade. Yeah, I think you'll like that ibby. White is just the tops for semis. I'm a bit of a supremacist when it comes to guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sk8centilli Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 woo hoo!! Super score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Great score.Both guitars are real players and give you a wide open tonal palette. For the price you paid, silly great score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vibroluxman Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 I thought you threw in the $100. Nice job man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Chen Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 Great trade! Have fun with those new axes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brewski Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 great trade!! Not liking my Strat either. I've swapped pickups, had it professional set up by a Strat fanatic, and its still not anything special. Of course it was a Christmas gift from my wife so I can't get rid of it. Darn it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fab4ever Posted December 17, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 QUOTE: Oh... and the always-cool transparent black on the Hag! Very nice... I would have done that trade as well.UNQUOTE Actually it's a very dark purple. Sorry for the lousy photo. It's quite a nice finish actually -- I'm not a purple guitar kinda guy, but this is subtle enough for me. Of course, my White Trash Falcon won't be subtle at all, but that's a different story.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcindc Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 So you GOT $100? Yeah.... I'da done that too! Good job! HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richey888 Posted December 17, 2010 Members Share Posted December 17, 2010 GFS Surf 90's for the WTF (that's white-trash-falcon, not, uh, you know) should get ya there tonally..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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