Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: HTH AMPS on December 10, 2008, 12:57:09 AM
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Anyone played one of these?... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-FUTURAMA-STRAT-STYLE-ELECTRIC-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ310103325789QQihZ021QQcategoryZ2384QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
They look quite nice and for a ton it seems like you couldn't go far wrong, right?
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Anyone played one of these?... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-FUTURAMA-STRAT-STYLE-ELECTRIC-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ310103325789QQihZ021QQcategoryZ2384QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
They look quite nice and for a ton it seems like you couldn't go far wrong, right?
Yep, and if you don't like it you can always swap out the neck, body and electrics...
;)
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tbh, one of my favorite strats every was 99$. It was made by Rogue. My guitar teacher saw it, strummed it once, and it was so loud dry and sustained so well that he bought it. Lucky neck joint i suppose. Stripped the paint and it sounded even better. Now it has some patterned chrome ibanez for the neck pickup, a single coil for middle and bridge, on/off switches for each pickup, phase switches, parrallel/series switches. Fantastic tool. Sexy cleans. :)
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i don't know... i got a well ropey strat for £89 once - a squier
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^ yeah. every so often you can get a bargain if you're really lucky, but more often than not, if it looks too good to be true, it is... :(
if you can get to the shop to try it, though, that'd be the sensible thing to do.
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I'm sure I saw a load of these in Denmark St before the p1ss-up last saturday - didn't even think to try one - in Regent Sounds I think (or Rockers next door- pretty much the same place though).
If I'm allowed during christmas shopping I might try one...
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I'm sure it'd be good value for the money, but for £99 it's not going to be great. I'd rather spend more and buy something that didn't need all the parts upgraded.
It does look good though - apart from the shaping of the neck heel and the back of the headstock, which are pretty horrific.
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Based on my experience of buying a cheapskate Richwood Chinese LP copy for 230 on ebay whilst stoned :?, I'd at least try it first.
When i got the Richwood the pickups just about worked let alone had any tone to speak of. The neck was warped and most of the pots and switch were faulty. I had Feline pimp it to death which involved a complete re-fret as the board had to be flattened. Its a monster now but that cost more than the guitar but hey ho!
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Holy carp! it's got slot head tuners. I love slot head tuners. If they're still about in the new year i might take a chance and get one. Very very tempting.
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I've cooled on the Strat idea - you lot have talked some sense into me. a £99 guitar is gonna be shite, really shite.
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On second thoughts, I'm not sure this is what I saw in Denmark St. The pic above has no markings on the headstock - the things I saw all had a logo that looked very much like a"fender" but were in the £90 bracket (and looked very nice) and closer inspection said something like "futur..something"
I was sober at the time, but subsequent events that evening might have clouded my memories :lol:
I'm going to have to take a look now, aren't I? ("Sorry darling, we have to go to Denmark St as well, I owe it to the guys on the forum..." :D)
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I'm going to have to take a look now, aren't I? ("Sorry darling, we have to go to Denmark St as well, I owe it to the guys on the forum..." :D)
"No, I'm only going to look at those £99 Strats. But I might just pop into Vintage and Rare while I'm there..."
(3 hours later)
"Yes, but with the exchange rate as it is, prices are bound to go up, so £1,600 is really a bargain. Think of it as an investment..."
:|
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:lol:
Well, I had a look. The £99 ones have no markings on the headstocks, the ones with a "fenderesque" Futurama logo are around £30-40 more. There are strats and teles, they look cute enuff, but I didn't feel excited enough to touch any. But if any Londoners do want to try them, there's a load of them in Denmark St at the moment...
There's also a few Japanese Tokais knocking about for those interested.... (three or four cherry-burst Love Rocks in Rockers - if I was after an LP I'd have been very excited :D) and a load of Chinese ones (including three natural finish 335-a-likes over the road).
The only guitar I tried was one of the Mexican 60s strats - a very good looking sunburst (apart from the modern 2 screw bridge :?) - but it just wasn't a patch on my Japanese Fiesta Red 62, so I'm keeping my money until I see a Japanese Sunburst 62, and even then I'll only buy her if she's gorgeous to look at and is suitably submissive when I caress her.... :lol: (I can't really justify another one otherwise).
We did go in V&A, Philly, but nothing really jumped out at us...
So, I came away unscathed...
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We did go in V&A, Philly, but nothing really jumped out at us...
Well, most things in a museum have been dead a long time...
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:lol:
Of course, I meant V&R
But didn't you see the Mummy Returns? I haven't dared go back to the British Museum ever since... :lol:
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But didn't you see the Mummy Returns? I haven't dared go back to the British Museum ever since... :lol:
I haven't dared go back to a cinema ever since....
(Not true, of course, and I didn't actually see it in a cinema)
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I paid £40 for a s/h squire affinity strat from a mate of my nephew. Pickups probably shitee but I bought it as a kind
of travel guitar so it's never been plugged in. Gave the frets a good polish, changed strings & sorted intonation.
Apart from the frets being a little low for my liking, it plays great & stays in tune better than my US strat!
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I want one.