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| 205.1 | More questions than answers | NEDVAX::DPOWELL | Mecca-lecca hi, mecca hiney ho | Tue Mar 31 1987 15:23 | 22 |
| I'm going thru a somewhat similar problem myself. I'm looking for a decent
second guitar in a strat style with the narrow neck, but am not adverse to it
being a bolt-on.
Q 1. What is your definition of a wide neck?
Common Neck Sizes: 1-5/8 "real" Strats
1-9/16 SG and some strats.
1-11/16 Les Paul
1-3/4 Charvel/Jackson/et al.
Q 2. Are you looking for a strat styling? If so, neck thru body
construction seems to be both rare and expensive. I've heard good
things about ESP strats (especially the new Mirage), but they are
very expensive.. $2K. Don't know who carries them around here. Gibson
has advertised the US-1 for a while, but I haven't checked it out.
Also Yamaha has just introduced the RGX series which may or may not be
to your liking.
Of course there are always the Les Paul's, ES-3xx, Firebirds, etc.
Dan
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| 205.2 | another plug for JB Players | CSSE::CLARK | YOW! | Tue Mar 31 1987 15:40 | 8 |
| I bought a JB Player Strat a few months ago and love it. 300 bucks.
It has a neck-thru-body construction and 3 single coils. I'll check
the neck width tonight if I remember. I do know it is skinnier than
my Les Paul. I love it. Of course, you can drop in new pickups if
you want different sounds. I love the straight strat sound.
p.s. Dan - what the **** does "Mecca-lecca hi, mecca hiney ho"
refer to???
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| 205.3 | RE: Mecca-lecca... | NEDVAX::DPOWELL | Mecca-lecca hi, mecca hiney ho | Tue Mar 31 1987 17:22 | 5 |
| Aint you ever seen Pee-Wee's Playhouse before?
The genie says it before he grants Pee-Wee his wish.
Does the JB Player have a strat type pickguard?
Dan
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| 205.4 | Check it out | ERASER::BUCKLEY | It's Not Love | Tue Mar 31 1987 18:00 | 4 |
| Ibanez 2550PL is the answer!
Nick is wide, but not as wide as some.
Bj
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| 205.5 | Through-Body Necks | AQUA::ROST | Hey, baby,you're on a subliminal trip to nowhere | Tue Mar 31 1987 18:05 | 12 |
| Have you looked at B.C. Rich models with thru-body necks??? They
are expensive though....Mr. C's in Marlboro and Steve's in Danvers
have them....probably some other dealers too.
Other brands with thru-body necks:
M.V. Pedulla (try E.U. Wurlitzer's)
Yamaha (try Kurlan's in Worcester or Daddy's)
Alembic (Wurlitzer's again)
Gibson Firebird reissues
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| 205.6 | Pickguards... | CSSE::CLARK | YOW! | Wed Apr 01 1987 11:34 | 11 |
| Re: JB Players:
Yes, they look just like a Strat except for the thru-body neck.
The only thing I don't like about 'em is the rather limited choice
of colors:
white, black, and red. I really wanted a sunburst, but what the
hell.
-Dave
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| 205.7 | YOU WON'T NEED A PICK!!! | CRISTA::FICHERA | | Wed Apr 01 1987 12:07 | 2 |
| *ONE IDEA WOULD BE TO TRY A "SWINENETTE" AND I KNOW THAT YOUR WELL
AWARE OF HOW WIDE THE NECK IS.
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| 205.8 | SD Curlee | FLOWER::JASNIEWSKI | | Wed Apr 01 1987 13:38 | 5 |
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I've seen a SD Curlee guit with a thru body neck...
Joe Jas
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| 205.9 | Thanks and Touche... | STRIPA::PELLERIN | Bob Pellerin | Wed Apr 01 1987 16:11 | 4 |
| RE: .1 - .6, Thanks for the info. It will sure help.
RE: .7, Since we all know you're the SWINETTE expert in the company, how
about opening up a seminar on how to play it FRANK ?????
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| 205.10 | :-) | LYMPH::LAMBERT | ISAM I am | Wed Apr 01 1987 16:53 | 5 |
| re: .7, .9
I thought a "Swinette" was a small pig. No? Well, what *is* it?
-- Sam
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| 205.11 | You asked for it... | STRIPA::PELLERIN | Bob Pellerin | Wed Apr 01 1987 17:06 | 15 |
| You'll be sorry you asked, but I'll tell you anyway.
In a casual conversation about music, mention the instrument "Swinette".
When the poor curious person asks "what's a Swinette ?" (such as you have done)
you reply:
"It's two strings across a pigs ass... you pluck it with your teeth".
I told you you'd be sorry.
For further info on uses of the Swinette, (or pigs in general) send mail to:
CRISTA::FICHERA, the undisputed *expert* in Swinette lore.....
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| 205.12 | ESP Mirage | 57382::ZNAMIEROWSKI | Marmalade, I like Marmalade... | Fri Apr 10 1987 16:35 | 9 |
| Re .1:
The ESP Mirage is $899 w/ Hardshell at Wurlitzers in
Framingham MA. Real nice guitars, nice sound and the neck wasn't
wide at all. The neck really encourages fretburning, and the pickups
are hot as Hades. You might also consider Paul Reed Smith. They
look nice. Never actually played one though.
Craig
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| 205.13 | Tele width? | LA780::LEAS | No such thing as objective opinion | Fri Apr 10 1987 21:10 | 5 |
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On the subject of neck widths (I think it was .1),
how wide is a Tele neck? Same as a Strat? Even the ESP versions?
R
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| 205.14 | | NEDVAX::DPOWELL | Mecca-lecca hi, mecca hiney ho | Mon Apr 13 1987 12:37 | 2 |
| I believe the telecaster width is 1-5/8 or 1-9/16.
Dan
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| 205.15 | Somewhere I said I'd post this info ... | CSSE::CLARK | wear your love like headphones | Wed Apr 15 1987 10:42 | 3 |
| The neck on my JB Player is 1 5/8" at the nut.
-Dave
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| 205.16 | PROGRESS | STRIPA::PELLERIN | Bob Pellerin | Mon Apr 20 1987 16:56 | 20 |
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I was in NYC last week and had the pleasure of visiting Many's and Sam Ash.
I played a new Kramer with a thinner (for Kramer) neck that had a strat
style pickup config (except for a humbucker in the bridge pos) and one-piece
construction. I came very close to buying it, but it was yellow. yech.
I also tried Paul Reed Smith guitars at Sam Ash. They play like a dream,
and my opinion is that they are solid, good guitars. They remind me of how
Hamer used to be (when I bought mine). They are, however, overpriced (around
$1400) and kind of complicated. The tone control (on the model I played)
is a 5 position switch which puts pickups in and out of phase with each other
and switches them to single coil etc. Not my cup of tea, give me a toggle and
a straight tone control (I usually run it wide open anyway).
There is hope out there, we just have to look.....
-BAP
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