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£99 Strat - too good to be true?
« on: December 10, 2008, 12:57:09 AM »
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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Re: £99 Strat - too good to be true?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2008, 06:45:32 AM »
Quote from: HEAVIER THAN HELL on December 10, 2008, 12:57:09 AM
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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Re: £99 Strat - too good to be true?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2008, 09:01:08 AM »
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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Re: £99 Strat - too good to be true?
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2008, 03:00:11 PM »
i don't know... i got a well ropey strat for £89 once - a squier
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Re: £99 Strat - too good to be true?
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2008, 04:28:47 PM »
^ 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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Re: £99 Strat - too good to be true?
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2008, 06:40:37 PM »
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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Re: £99 Strat - too good to be true?
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2008, 06:50:52 PM »
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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Re: £99 Strat - too good to be true?
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2008, 10:41:32 PM »
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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Re: £99 Strat - too good to be true?
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2008, 11:04:46 PM »
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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Re: £99 Strat - too good to be true?
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2008, 12:16:21 AM »
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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Re: £99 Strat - too good to be true?
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2008, 08:45:43 AM »
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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Re: £99 Strat - too good to be true?
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2008, 10:36:52 AM »
Quote from: AndyR on December 11, 2008, 08:45:43 AM
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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Re: £99 Strat - too good to be true?
« Reply #12 on: December 13, 2008, 04:11:39 PM »
: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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Re: £99 Strat - too good to be true?
« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2008, 04:26:54 PM »
Quote from: AndyR on December 13, 2008, 04:11:39 PM
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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Re: £99 Strat - too good to be true?
« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2008, 04:50:35 PM »
: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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