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Ross
A friend of mine (who was briefly in the majors) won a "Batman" guitar at Six Flags playing some kind of pitching game and passed it my way. It is hideous with Batman logos all over it. No brand name is mentioned anywhere on it, but there is a big sticker on the neck that says, almost proudly, "Made In China". Horrible thing. Doesnt sound too bad, but stays in tune for about 15 seconds.
I'm thinking of modding it up but I doubt any decent parts would fit this monstrocity! Sorry I don't have a picture, but you are probly better off that I don't!
Ross
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Max'sKansasCity
I have a "junk yard" of guitar parts.... bodies.... necks.... a blank...
pickups... left overs from back when... it is all cool... but incomplete.
Me too... I will share a couple... lets see if anyone else does...Quote
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Max'sKansasCity
I have a "junk yard" of guitar parts.... bodies.... necks.... a blank...
pickups... left overs from back when... it is all cool... but incomplete.
I could spend all day looking through Junkyards like that.It sounds like "Junkyard Heaven"
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Max'sKansasCity
I have a "junk yard" of guitar parts.... bodies.... necks.... a blank...
pickups... left overs from back when... it is all cool... but incomplete.
I could spend all day looking through Junkyards like that.It sounds like "Junkyard Heaven"
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Max'sKansasCity
I have a "junk yard" of guitar parts.... bodies.... necks.... a blank...
pickups... left overs from back when... it is all cool... but incomplete.
I could spend all day looking through Junkyards like that.It sounds like "Junkyard Heaven"
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Naturalust
Very cool Max! LOVE the tiger striped maple blocks on the wall. Sweet!
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Naturalust
Very cool Max! LOVE the tiger striped maple blocks on the wall. Sweet!
Thanks NL, I desired a one piece quilt top and to get one I had to order a blank from scratch, and to do that they wanted create 4, one for me and 3 to sell... longstoryshort... I wound up owning all 4.... I produced three guitars... and decided to keep one of the blanks for the future... and to this day she still hangs on my wall, she is art.
Here are the ones I completed.
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Naturalust
Very cool Max! LOVE the tiger striped maple blocks on the wall. Sweet!
Thanks NL, I desired a one piece quilt top and to get one I had to order a blank from scratch, and to do that they wanted create 4, one for me and 3 to sell... longstoryshort... I wound up owning all 4.... I produced three guitars... and decided to keep one of the blanks for the future... and to this day she still hangs on my wall, she is art.
Here are the ones I completed.
Wowzer Max, I knew there was a story in there somewhere. Those guitars look very playable, love the differences you did with the pickups and electronics. I must know though, which one is your favorite? Hardly guitars to be posted on a junk guitar forum.
I was at the luthiers today and saw progress being made on a short scale, strat style body guitar with tune-o-matic bridge. That will be my next one. He just finished the neck and is about to fret it up and finish the electronics in the body. It won't have a top like those of yours but with this relatively heavy ash body with wonderful wood grains, it should be just what I ordered.
Thanks for those picture Max, made my day. I am excited easily by guitars but yours really turned me on! peace
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Naturalust
Yeah max I could hang out in that corner of yours for a good while and feel right at home. Thanks again for the beautiful guitar pictures. peace
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Naturalust
Yeah max I could hang out in that corner of yours for a good while and feel right at home. Thanks again for the beautiful guitar pictures. peace
Hi.Naturalust were you into the Hippie scene?
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Yeah max I could hang out in that corner of yours for a good while and feel right at home. Thanks again for the beautiful guitar pictures. peace
Hi.Naturalust were you into the Hippie scene?
Not a straighforward answer to that question SHR, The scene being 1966 to 1969 or so , I was just a toddler. I had a big sister who was a hippie and I loved her and ALL of her girlfriends. They had a huge impact on my life.
I was always curious almost infactuated with the transformation in our culture that produced the hippie generation. Amazed at how a relatively small group of people in SF, CA could so drastically affect my life in the mountains of Montana. Then of course I grew up a bit, dropped acid, picked up a guitar and things started making sense.
I have always been the one to stand up for the freakiness, the love, the music and the good values that hippies taught me as a kid. But in reality, I was a generation behind them. Probably me and my friends took all their experiments to the end to see if they held water. Some did, some didn't.
There was a time when every other dude who had long hair like me was somehow considered a friend and brother. I still wear my hair long. As David Crosby said, I feel like I owe it to someone. Being non-judgemental about all other people, no matter where they are on the karmic wheel, was a lesson that stuck.
The music is where it all gelled for me. Hendrix, The Stones, The Airplane, Traffic. I have centered my life around it and have never looked back. So yes I was into the hippie scene, 20 years too late but with a few lessons behind me that allowed it to work in my life. Rock shows and hippie chicks will always have a special place in my heart. Both have been VERY good to me. Hope that answers your question.
What about you brother, what is your story? peace