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"Randy Jane " wrote:nice!……I’ve always liked that finish better than the natural one they also did…..good job! You should save up a bit and get a Martin if you don’t have one, they are WELL worth the money. I have an ’87 D2832, It’s really cool. It’s essentially a D28 with a thinline pickup under the saddle (which gives it the 32 number).
ahh cool sounds nice ill have to remeber that thanks for the tip
yah id like one but there so pricey!"Randy Jane " wrote:dude, ok…..what job do you have? The only time I ever got equipment like you’ve been getting is when I had no bills, a job and I lived with my mom. That’s when I had the most equipment, but now…..Ive had to trade or sell stuff to get things I want. Lately I’ve been getting stuff for my car and am more into that than I am with guitars.
Thats shocking to think that! It’s weird that anything has come between music and myself. Oh well, when I have no money for the stuff and I have to keep my car afloat, and there’s no band really……other things get interesting.
Cortez’s are really kool, do you know anything about them? Most people just think they’re just Gibson copies. Did you know that when they started making them they were made in Kalamazoo MI inside the Gibson factory by the Gibson people? They then stopped making them and and Cortez moved their company to Japan and tried making the same guitars, but Gibson sued them. I have also heard that they dropped the "ez" and became Cort….don’t know the truth behind that one. My Cortez and most likely yours were made in the good old USA in the late 60’s or early 70’s. They are great guitars. Mine is a bolt on, but I crafted a birch heel and made it set neck. I then covered it with fabric (fish design…..no….its kool) on the front, back, and back of neck. I plan on Gotoh tuners, the Epiphone humbucker in the bridge position, something in the neck….not sure what yet. I’m putting a kill switch in it, three pre-amps (one takes out the capacitance added by the cable and brightens things up a bit, one boosts bass and I think the other one is tone or volume…..dont remember).
One volume knob, the jack in the original position and a five way rotory switch (PRS style) for neck, mid, bridge, and I’m adding a thinline under the saddles. The fifth position will be an off setting. Great for recording!
The woods they used were generally mahogany, even the plywood they used was…so it’s a "redeeming" factor for them.R/J
yep thats me man i sleep on the floor pay 350 a month for rent at my moms house i work as a custodain and i just buy guitar stuff like crazy im pretty much done with my collection just a few things here and there sadly my super lead is freaking out on me and i need to get that fixed
ahh thats cool i didnt know about cortez but i heard they were good guitars
yah its got the same open book style headstock of the gibsons
the last thing im gonna buy for a loooonnnnnggg time * im saving up to move
ahh sweet sounds like a fun project
wish i was a bit smarter about that stuff
but im not really much of a modder thou
i love guitars even thou i suck
i guess its better then buying drugs thouits stupid i know
but heres a dumb pic of it if you were curious to what it looks like
[img]http://home.insightbb.com/~blackriderguitars/cortez2.jpg[/img]
the finish looks like my uncles toredo humingbird copy
too bad it wasnt natural"Randy Jane " wrote:yeah,
yeah……..no…..thats Lake Placid Blue, sorry man.The last U.S. guitars I played were a few Strats, and Les Pauls…and an SG. I didn’t like any of them, they felt like they were about to fall apart. I agree with you, it is all about how the guitar feels to the player. Everyone is different, and this is what I have found. I like "cheaper" guitars I guess. I also agree with you about older guitar being better. Even after Fender sold to CBS, they were good…..I don’t care what guitar snobs say, my Mustang is art. It plays beautifully, sounds great, looks great…..and its a US. It’s also something to say that Mustangs were made with Poplar…..far less appealing than even Alder or Basswood. US used this crap for mustangs and probably Duo-sonics, Broncos, and Musicmasters too. I think as far as a country using lesser hardware is kinda some crap……Gotoh M3 tuners are Gotoh M3 tuners you know? I like the pickups that came on my V just fine, but I thought I would add a coil tap to it so I put in a JB in the bridge. Turns out I don’t like that pickup nearly as much as the stock one. Stock Epiphone sounded better to me than the Duncan. ? Oh well, now my Les Paul (Cortez Les Paul……old……American) which has mods to it now can have an Epi humbucker!
R/J
yah i just bought a 70s cortez dove copy and i love how it sounds!
"alicemudgarden jr " wrote:"simmons " wrote:the guitar is here: http://www.freakscene.net/forums/discussion/7838 so you’re wrong Eyesadrift.Thanks for that pic, I was looking for it but forgot where it was. Maybe your eyes are adrift eyesadrift?
😛 mybe is another model i dunno to me the head stock looks colored it has the gold pickguard and its not a blackish blue sparkle looking jazz like js 59
it does look a blue sparkle but i think thats the lighting
but im just trying to help out
i love how bad my karma is
oh well"simmons " wrote:the guitar is here: http://www.freakscene.net/forums/discussion/7838 so you’re wrong Eyesadrift.wow thanks for the pic man that thing is beautiful i hope fender brings them out soon hmm i still think that is the guitar thou just the lighting sucks thou
"alicemudgarden jr " wrote:That is not his sig guitar, that looks lake placid bluelook at the head stock closely its colored
and its a lighter color then his 59 im pretty sure thats it"simmons " wrote:thought I should add my two cents about Japanese guitars. I have not done much comparative work between us and jap models, but anyway.
My fender jaguar was imported from japan and when I got it it had poor setup. the string slipped as crazy. and it was not intonated very well. If that is common, stay away. As for Tokay.. I have a tokay strat from the eighties with red colour, red neck and matching headstock. I have heard positive stuff about Tokay, so maybe I should take it to a guitar luthier and get it fixed. It has rosewood fingerboard, or at least it looks like that. But one can never know, the stereotype about japan using cheap and poor wood could be true.nah he just needs to get a mustang bridge for it and get it set up a little the orginal bridges on jazz and jags sucks!
oh sounds like a good score yah even stevie ray vaughn used tokai
yah the orange one has stickers of amma all around it i saw it on here
http://www.freakscene.net/forums/discussion/9249and here the only proof i could find of js purple jazz
oh heres a vid of j using his sig guitar you can tell cause the headstocks purple id love to see it up close
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaYwqFKLhSA LaYwqFKLhSAi think its basicly like his 59 but purple sparkle
oh heres a vid of j using his sig guitar you can tell cause the headstocks purple id love to see it up close
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaYwqFKLhSA LaYwqFKLhSAi really love how the drums were recorded on more light they just jump out at you like nothing ive heard before
"Randy Jane " wrote:don’t think I’m bashing you here, but….why all the hate for a guitar that is made in a different country? You know, you hear it all the time, "I wont play these guitars because they’re made in Korea." Why? Every Korean Squier that I have ever played has been better than any fender that I have played. China makes some good stuff too, my Epiphone is Chinese (the V) and it’s by far my fastest/best playing guitar that I own. I just dont understand why people start hating guitars because of where they come from. Did you play a couple bad guitars from Mexico? I have played a few hundred if not a thousand guitars by now, just by playing every guitar in the store every time I go. My least favorite guitars are the new US ones. I would like anything but those please, they are after money now, not happy customers (because of quality). I dont know…..my thoughts I guess.oh your not everyone is entitled to think what they want dude its cool
im
just saying
i dont mind japanesse guitars i think some of them are made fairly well old tokais are awsome!
its just that they when they are made in other countries they use cheaper woods electronics they cut corners and sometimes feel and sound cheap its nothing to do about where there made to me its about quality and it seems that the american fenders *to me feel a bit better*
i think fenders quality has gotten alot better since cbs sold fender but still the one ones are the best!
i have a 64 tele and omg its awsome but id trade it for a 59 jazzmaster i know id be losing money on it but ive always wanted one *if i could find one
"anthony " wrote:Maybe he didn’t tell you anything because your email to Fender was not very professional looking. You should use spell checker before sending those emails man!Regardless, it would be cool to have a J signed guitar. It would probably be out of all of our price ranges though
>:P well aleast i tryed and asked someone at fender*if you wanna email them go ahead*
besides im a slacker go fig huh
yah i was gonna save up for a 59 but i think if they do come out with it i could probably get it what they reissue are what 1500 i think js gonna be around 2000 if its american made knowing fender theyll probably try to get it made it crappy mexicohey i just emailed fender yesterday heres what they said
Hello Kris,
Thank you for your interest in Fender Musical Instruments.
I am unaware of any release to this description, and I do not have information on it’s future release.
Best Regards,
Chris Matyniak
Consumer Relations
Fender Musical Instruments Corp.
8860 E Chaparral Rd Suite 100
Scottsdale, AZ 85250
From: kris hylton [mailto:eyesadrifter@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 12:00 AM
To: Consumer Relations
Subject: j mascis sig guitarhi sorry to bother you but i heard rumors that you guys were gonna do a major relase a j mascis’ signiture jazzmaster guitar*purple sparkle w matching head stock tuneomatic bridge and gold inodized pickguard* is this true? and if it is when will you have them out!!?? sign me up cause id DEFFENTLY buy me one on the spot!
if you cant already tell im a hard core fan of dinsaur jr and id love to have one of j’s sig guitars i love old fenders and i want a guitar just like j’s
thanks for your time
kris hyltonbut from what j said about his guitars being stolen sounds like there gonna relese it hopefully cause i want ONE!
Message from J
I am sad to lose some old and irreplaceable guitars, most of them older than me. One was a prototype for my first signature series Jazzmaster which Fender is putting out, and some old trusty guitars that survived my house burning a few years ago. Sitting in the rubble of my basement after the fire went out my main Jazzmaster was completely black from smoke and singed by the fire but when I picked it up it was still in tune. I’ll miss em.
