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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Modular1 on February 08, 2011, 08:11:03 PM

Title: Purists will hate but...
Post by: Modular1 on February 08, 2011, 08:11:03 PM
I kinda like it, and at £150 it's pretty cool. I saw one in a shop today. A mini body full scale bubbly Futura. I got some spare pups needing a home too. Might be ok for testing out tunings. Will save me fiddling with my Ibanez RG all the time.

(http://www.dv247.com/assets/products/63057_l.jpg)
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: FernandoDuarte on February 08, 2011, 08:24:18 PM
You're right... I hate it
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: Alex on February 08, 2011, 09:03:07 PM
Fernando, you're not the only one who hates it!  :shock:
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: Frank on February 08, 2011, 09:18:03 PM
if it doesn't say Fender on the headstock then I don't give it a second glance

but yeah, that is just a bit more hideous than average
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: gwEm on February 08, 2011, 09:18:29 PM
not that bad
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: Telerocker on February 08, 2011, 09:23:13 PM
Not for me, but it's not too bad.
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: Afghan Dave on February 08, 2011, 10:21:58 PM
I saw those a while back and they seem good value & fun... BUT...

I was really disappointed with the headstock because I'd love to get out the gaffa tape and some white paint rattle cans and do a dirt cheap Matthias Jabs tribute!

Bloody 3 aside headstock :evil:

(http://www.simscustomshop.com/Quickstart/ImageLib/ScorpionsExplorerThumbnail.jpg)
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: Modular1 on February 08, 2011, 11:05:55 PM
Loving or hating the guitar style aside, given the specs, would a holy diver bridge sit ok in this? Ive only had the HD in my USA strat and a cheap strat body before (great in both). My strat is back to factory hardware now and cheap strat has tuning problems so i don't play it much.
Im betting the factory ceramic pickups are loud and crunchy but not much else.

Body Material: Mahogany
Neck Material: Hard Maple
Neck Shape: SlimTaper
Neck Joint: Bolt-On; Contoured heel with recessed 4-bolt pattern
Truss Rod: Adjustable
Scale Length: 24.75"
Fingerboard: Rosewood with pearloid "Parallelogram" inlays
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: roland_rat on February 09, 2011, 08:05:53 AM
Congrats on the new guitar.  I dont mind it to be honest and for the price looks intresting (£150).

Enjoy
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: Modular1 on February 09, 2011, 09:34:28 AM
Congrats on the new guitar.  I dont mind it to be honest and for the price looks intresting (£150).

Enjoy

havent bought one yet. i just think its a bit a of steal for a spare guitar for messing about on. they have a faded cherry gibson LP Studio in there that caught my eye too. but thats nearly £700. i bet it weighs 5x the weight of this guitar too lol.
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: Roobubba on February 09, 2011, 01:36:56 PM
It's not hideous. For a cheap starter guitar to get kids interested (and as an alternative to cretinous arseholes buying them telecasters thinking they won't make their children look like c*nts), it could be a lot worse.

Roo
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: ericsabbath on February 09, 2011, 07:01:08 PM
well, you could saw that ugly upper left part of the body
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: ericsabbath on February 09, 2011, 07:03:31 PM
(and as an alternative to cretinous arseholes buying them telecasters thinking they won't make their children look like c*nts)

 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: Roobubba on February 09, 2011, 09:30:18 PM
(and as an alternative to cretinous arseholes buying them telecasters thinking they won't make their children look like c*nts)

 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

too far? :D
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: Fikealox on February 10, 2011, 06:23:11 AM
 :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Purists will hate but...
Post by: Modular1 on February 10, 2011, 11:23:16 PM
Well i checked it out and had a closer inspection of it today. It played quite well even tho it wasnt particularly well set up. It would make a great starter guitar for somebody but for me to fork out on it, it was let down by a couple of needless manufacturing faults. The pickup rings were out of line so that the poles on the neck pup were out of line with the strings. Annoying.

Anyway. I also had a go on the Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded Cherry that they had in store and i think I'm in love! :D
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H1a8M0bU_Pg/S6CVwtGl5HI/AAAAAAAAAWo/SMKVvJoiHqg/s1600/4995930105160_4.jpg)