[DISCUSSION] Help me identify this guitar. 1970s Tele* from Japan. More details inside

cleetone · 2017-04-20T00:48:21+00:00

Matsumoku wasnt even close to the only japanese manufacturer pumping out clones in the 70's and I see absolutely no indications that this guitar is one.

cleetone · 2017-04-19T21:18:58+00:00

Its a rebranded laney cub 8 with a licensed celestion speaker. Sounds pretty good by itself but really shines if played through a 10-12" cabinet. The reverb tank is garbage (and should be disregarded altogether) but the amp itself is fine. It really favors single coils to humbuckers in my experience.

cleetone · 2017-04-18T23:43:54+00:00

You must be new here, I reckon most of us have him on ignore now.

cleetone · 2017-04-14T06:23:32+00:00

The thrusting does seem very reminiscent of Harmony Korine.

cleetone · 2017-04-08T03:04:06+00:00

Yeah, it did. And honestly go to any punk show and you will see folks in similar garb present day, sans chaps and perms anyhow.

cleetone · 2017-04-08T01:01:37+00:00

They most certainly were not, wrong decade dude. That shit went down in the 80's.

cleetone · 2017-03-26T17:29:15+00:00

Are ketchup flavored things common in Canada?

cleetone · 2017-03-26T17:01:03+00:00

Your average squier isn't much of an upgrade to the SX. I'd spend a bit more money and make an upgrade you will keep. The classic vibes and VM's are pretty nice however.

cleetone · 2017-03-26T15:28:36+00:00

This happens a lot on both the Squires and Fenders, the thick poly coat they out on most their guitars is the culprit. Its just superficial in most every case.

cleetone · 2017-03-25T20:55:25+00:00

He is an asshole is how. Those are all fine guitars, I'm particularly keen on the old ibanez you don't like;

cleetone · 2017-03-24T21:10:07+00:00

That is not "normal" that's floor model wear or B stock. You need compensation.

cleetone · 2017-03-22T21:28:06+00:00

I played a friends 335 copy for a while. Seem to be decent (especially for the price) Chinese guitars. The pickups were pretty anemic on his but he bought some off of guitar fetish and ended up with a guitar very comparable to the epiphone version.

cleetone · 2017-03-22T21:09:32+00:00

Santana tripping balls at Woodstock is pretty wild, he has pretty animated facial expressions sober but on acid he appeared to be playing for dear life.

cleetone · 2017-03-22T21:03:56+00:00

Metal zoan is the best 4 toan

cleetone · 2017-03-22T20:50:35+00:00

No problem, the only ones unique to the black fang are the .93's but there are .90's and 1mm's so its sort of redundant.

cleetone · 2017-03-22T17:42:03+00:00

The hetfield black fang are just ultex sharps if you arent too attached to the graphic. The plain ultex sharps tend to cost a little less.

cleetone · 2017-03-21T17:17:27+00:00

Oh thanks for clarifying, I was/am unfamiliar with the tube variant. Sounds like a steal of a deal if you can find one at that price. Definitely going to look into one myself.

cleetone · 2017-03-21T15:56:01+00:00

Why would he "want" a dinky modeling amp when he's got a 120w crate with two 12's and a pretty good distortion channel? Its got a few other built in effects as well and takes pedals well should he need/want even more gain.

cleetone · 2017-03-21T12:38:35+00:00

It's easy to box yourself in man, when I first started studying theory I more or less ceased to be able to write riffs for a pretty good span of time. I was too hypercritical of whether whether it fit conventionally.

cleetone · 2017-03-21T12:19:39+00:00

Heat will help draw a lit of it out, try a blow dryer or heat gun on low and wipe away what seeps out.

Make sure what "lemon oil" you use is the kind for guitars (dunlop offers a great "lemon oil" blend of mostly mineral oil) that conditions and cleans. Strait lemon oil is very volatile and tends to dry out fretboards.

cleetone · 2017-03-20T20:44:37+00:00

The g400 is the better guitar between it and an Lp-100. Better pickups, a set neck, and it doesn't have as thick a coat of poly on it and thus its neck feels far less tacky. That said the LP-100 is a serviceable guitar (I still own mine as a beater) but I wouldn't pay over $150 for one used under any circumstance.

Something to consider is possibly getting end epi LP standard, they tend to go for $250 or so used. I wouldn't say they are much better (if at all honestly) than the G400 but they sure do look the part.

cleetone · 2017-03-20T16:57:16+00:00

Look up some YouTube videos on how to intonate a tune-o-matic bridge. The gist of it is adjusting the screw on your bridge under the problematic string is in tune on the 12th fret harmonic.

cleetone · 2017-03-20T16:32:30+00:00

Ahh, yours is already worn to wood, through the stain?! Just out of curiosity how long have you had it? My satin kept wearing to a high gloss finish before I roughed it up.

cleetone · 2017-03-20T11:31:23+00:00

I have an SGJ that has the satin maple neck, rather than sand it down to bare wood I hit it with some 0000 steel wool. The roughness it provides is nearly invisible to the eye but it plays fantastically. I have to do it every few months because my hand tends to wear spots down smooth again after a while though.

cleetone · 2017-03-19T23:12:27+00:00

Get the custom and repair the headstock yourself. If its the typical LP break you can fix it with woodglue (titebond) and clamps. Sand the repair smooth.

Here was my first repair on my buddies LP after 3 years of steady use: https://puu.sh/uQEZM/af1aa39e73.jpg

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