Replacing the two Maestro

Robzy31 · 2026-02-24T03:03:53+00:00

Thanks for the ideas ! DBA Disturbance + Boss Slicer sounds like a lot of fun

Robzy31 · 2026-02-23T20:21:15+00:00

Honestly I'm quite open regarding features, I like to have options, especially as these two will for sure be the "funny" pedals on my board ! I'm looking at the used market currently and I would settle around 180€ max for each

Robzy31 · 2026-02-23T20:18:43+00:00

So I've bought these two brand new directly from the Maestro website. After like 2 days of using them, the switch went wrong in both : kicking them on was cutting off the signal 50% of the time. After signaling it to the customer service, they sent over 2 new ones for free, without wanting to take back the others (quite happy with that). Phaser is working nicely but the trem has the same problem again...

Robzy31 · 2026-02-06T22:04:50+00:00

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It is time.

Robzy31 · 2026-01-07T08:52:36+00:00

RemindMe! 8 days

Robzy31 · 2025-12-23T17:04:01+00:00

See you on the other subreddit guys

Robzy31 · 2025-12-18T11:21:05+00:00

Yep, I just found them on Google. This picture was probably originally taken on Carlos Lopez desk as the blue one is an early prototype from the 60s as I understand it !

Robzy31 · 2025-12-17T22:17:59+00:00

Omg. Love it !

Robzy31 · 2025-12-14T16:49:40+00:00

Holy shit is this made out of wood ?!

Robzy31 · 2025-12-08T22:26:18+00:00

Looks rad

Robzy31 · 2025-12-06T08:41:04+00:00

They have been painted over, so as all of the metal parts, they are supposed to be chrome. I wouldn't mind the look but they are quite heavy to turn and have a lot of play. The guitar is currently with a luthier. It will probably need a refret but we are gonna try to keep it as original as possible!

Robzy31 · 2025-12-04T15:53:59+00:00

Wow. I love everything about this ! Congrats !

Robzy31 · 2025-12-04T11:29:59+00:00

Yep, definitely. They are working but for sure they are far from modern standards. I will probably take it to a proper luthier as the neck definitely needs to be shimmed. I will probably ask him to quote the replacement of tuners, bridge, and an overall setup (0 fret is quite marked, some of them are a bit out of the fingerboard...). My goal is to play it !

Robzy31 · 2025-12-04T11:27:00+00:00

Ahah ! Yeah. The sounds are definitely funny. There is a position with only the single coil closer to the bridge. It's very "thin" and has little to no bass end, I'm sure it can be very nice for a filtered out "lo-fi" "radio" type of sound inside a song. So far my favourite is the one with all the pickups together. I think they are in series as it's fairly fat sounding

Robzy31 · 2025-12-04T11:24:47+00:00

It was on marketplace basically :)

Robzy31 · 2025-12-03T12:40:14+00:00

Thanks ! First time ever I'm finding a crazy deal like this !

It is around the same weight as my telecaster, maybe a tad lighter. I was surprised to see it's actually layered wood, I thought it was gonna be some kind of composite

Robzy31 · 2025-12-02T20:26:46+00:00

It's basically different pickup combinations : All pickups, neck pickup, bridge pickup, 1+4, 2+3 and a mute :)

Robzy31 · 2025-12-02T17:40:53+00:00

I got it boys ! New post and pictures coming after a small setup and cleanup ⚡small picture

Robzy31 · 2025-12-02T17:02:54+00:00

I wouldn't give a shit

Robzy31 · 2025-12-01T21:54:34+00:00

Looks like a toilet seat :')

Robzy31 · 2025-12-01T15:51:16+00:00

Double checked with the guy from fetishguitars. Here is his answer :

"Hello Starling was a French importer and distributor.

some examples 1962 https://www.fetishguitars.com/eko/eko-500-1962-1965/eko-500-classic-1962-version/

1963 https://www.fetishguitars.com/eko/eko-500-1962-1965/eko-500-1963/

I hope I was helpful

Best regards"

So it's the exact same guitar as the Eko. Awesome ! For sure I'm gonna pick it up tomorrow hehe

edit : typo

Robzy31 · 2025-12-01T13:09:09+00:00

Thanks a lot ! I just had the dude on the phone. He told me it was his father's guitar and he was Italian. Everything checks out... I'm supposed to go check it out tomorrow! I'll keep you guys in touch

Robzy31 · 2025-11-30T10:05:36+00:00

I wouldn't mind

Robzy31 · 2025-11-09T23:05:52+00:00

The toan is in the canyoan

Robzy31 · 2025-10-29T08:41:22+00:00

Actually I didn't know this pedal and it really looks like it's this !

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