|
|
| Author |
Message |
lee_UK
Rolling Stone No.8
Joined: 04 Feb 2005
Posts: 3386
Location: London, UK
|
 Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 7:06 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
| This kind of stuff just angers the blood. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
glw
Lover of Fine Antigua
Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 1175
Location: Oxfordshire, Uk
|
| Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 11:31 am Post subject: |
|
|
Here's optimistic.
This guy has taken a guitar that doesn't look even remotely like a Stratocaster and has given it a makeover with genunine Fender parts and is including a "Fender STRATOCASTER original custom built" decal for the buyer to put on the headstock.
And he wants 180 quid for it.
Sure, the Fender parts wouldn't have come cheap, but stick them on a guitar that LOOKS like a Strat, please! I mean, look at the way he's trimmed the scratchplate to make it fit.
 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330236560428&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
myfoot
Jammin' Hot
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
Posts: 227
Location: Illinois Quad Cities
|
| Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 11:39 am Post subject: |
|
|
 Nice find... That pick guard is a work of art . |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3951
Location: "Hit The North"
|
| Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Is it a 3/4 size guitar or just ultra-dinky? Everything added just looks oversized. With the decal applied, I can just imagine everyone saying "Wow, you bought a real Fender?" At the primary school. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tim
Low Frequency Out
Joined: 14 Aug 2005
Posts: 1184
Location: Probably at the bar.
|
| Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| The size catagory on Ebay suggests it's actually a 4-quarter size... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
lee_UK
Rolling Stone No.8
Joined: 04 Feb 2005
Posts: 3386
Location: London, UK
|
| Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 11:23 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I wonder what kind of tuning he is using on that single string setup.
Open 'D' ?? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
myfoot
Jammin' Hot
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
Posts: 227
Location: Illinois Quad Cities
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3951
Location: "Hit The North"
|
| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Congrats, myfoot. A long time ago, I started this thread off looking for not just a ridiculous price but some really gunkcious text justifying it. I think you've hit the all-time high. I was about to say, "hang on, mate, even these ugly PA heads can attract serious money" but then I saw the $20k start and $45k BIN. Ahahaha. I got the nice looking Marshall PA, the one that does look like a Superlead at a quick glance, over to my mate in CA for well under $2k not very long ago. What a dreamer.
| Quote: | | PERFORMERS IN THE LATE 60'S AND 70'S WERE TAKING THESE AND HAVING THEM SWITCHED BACK INTO GUITAR HEADS BECAUSE OF HOW COOL AND ABNOXIOUS THE HEADS LOOKED. |
Bollox. Total bollox. It was cheaper just to buy the guitar heads.
| Quote: | | HE MADE THIS AMP HAVE A MASTER VOLUME AND GAIN AND THIS AMPLIFIER HAS A WORKING EFFECTS LOOP. |
Anybody wants to pay over the odds because a valve PA has a "WORKING EFFECTS (echo) LOOP" can buy one off me. And any mathematician knows Marshall Plexi + Master Volume mod = decrease in value, except PAs always have a master vol so I fail to see this "mod" |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
myfoot
Jammin' Hot
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
Posts: 227
Location: Illinois Quad Cities
|
| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:26 am Post subject: |
|
|
If that's not a record it must be close  ... those other PAs have 2 sets of 4 inputs don't they? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3951
Location: "Hit The North"
|
| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:32 am Post subject: |
|
|
That's right. One like this:
[img]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/363344428_e535f86343.jpg?v=0[/img]
IIRC, it was well below £800 but I still thought it was a lot of dosh. Rightly, my mate was happy to pay the price and have it shipped. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
