Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: headtheball on July 31, 2006, 04:59:25 PM

Title: Ugly Fun
Post by: headtheball on July 31, 2006, 04:59:25 PM

I just encountered the Vintage ZIP in my local music shop. What a fantastically ugly little instrument that is. Sparkly gold with lipstick pickups, for less than 200 quid too.

I figured it had to be a bust, It had to play or sound horrific, but the shock is it doesn't! Ok, it's never going to play like a JEM and sound like a Les Paul, but it was way more than bearable. I think I've just found the backup guitar for me.

Title: Ugly Fun
Post by: deg0ey on August 01, 2006, 08:14:33 AM

Pictures?

Title: Ugly Fun
Post by: headtheball on August 01, 2006, 08:47:31 AM

Best I can do at the moment. Pulled from the JHS web(sight)site.

Judge for yourself at http://www.jhs.co.uk/xzip.html

Title: Ugly Fun
Post by: gingataff on August 01, 2006, 02:19:18 PM

Not sure how you're gonna get BKPs in it though, the Timbucker thing maybe?

Title: Ugly Fun
Post by: Sifu Ben on August 01, 2006, 03:41:07 PM

According to the specs it's not a true humbucker, but 2 single coils in series (OK, yes, this is essentially what a humbucker is). The ones Tim does for Nathan Shephard should fit  :wink:
 Actually I'm tempted to get one of the plainer versions for a slide guitar.

Title: Ugly Fun
Post by: downfader on August 02, 2006, 10:13:59 PM

LOL! That is rather ugly. Maybe change the scratchplate to black and the knobs to chrome?

Title: Ugly Fun
Post by: LiamH on August 11, 2006, 09:52:20 PM

Didn't they use those to warm beds in the olden days....or perhaps a bed pan on a stick?  I bet there are two ancient turds stuck under those pickup covers, and if not they let them down with a bit of yellow for the paint job.

Title: Ugly Fun
Post by: LiamH on August 11, 2006, 09:54:56 PM

Ignore me I was being sarcky......it's better than being a clone like most g'tars around these days....you want to see my pacifica it's in what I think is termed "used bacofoil silver"

Title: Ugly Fun
Post by: WezV on August 12, 2006, 10:11:03 AM

I like it. At least its an attempt to be bloody different even if it is the bar-steward offspring of a drunken night between a Les Paul Junior and a Danelectro

Looks like it would be a good starter guitar.  Probably less tempramental than all the unplayable stratoclones that litter students bedrooms.

I like the pink one :oops:

You could always send the pickups to tim for a rewind/rebuild, then you know it will fit.

Title: Ugly Fun
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on August 12, 2006, 02:29:54 PM

Quote from: WezV

Probably less tempramental than all the unplayable stratoclones that litter students bedrooms.

damn right :D