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Ratrod

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NGD put on your sunglasses
« on: August 07, 2011, 11:51:56 AM »
Picked this one up friday. Cleaned her up, new strings and setup, widened the nut slots a bit and put some risers under the bigsby for tuning stability.







Got the silver sparkle bug when someone let me me a Gretsch Billy Zoom signature Silver Jet.

I spotted this '99 DeArmond M-75T and it was too good of a deal.
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Re: NGD put on your sunglasses
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2011, 01:00:02 PM »
Cool!  8)

I don't know much about DeArmond guitars - is that the line Fender had out during the retro craze about 10-15 years ago?
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Re: NGD put on your sunglasses
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2011, 01:07:02 PM »
Yep, cool as!
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Re: NGD put on your sunglasses
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2011, 01:28:42 PM »
Beautiful purchase
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Re: NGD put on your sunglasses
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2011, 01:39:58 PM »
That looks very very nice.
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Re: NGD put on your sunglasses
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2011, 01:44:29 PM »
I always liked the Sparkle Jet, so this looks great to me.  And it has the DeArmond pickups too.
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Re: NGD put on your sunglasses
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2011, 01:48:35 PM »
Great stuff - I like that a lot!!!!
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Ratrod

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Re: NGD put on your sunglasses
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2011, 02:06:55 PM »
Quote from: Philly Q on August 07, 2011, 01:00:02 PM
Cool!  8)

I don't know much about DeArmond guitars - is that the line Fender had out during the retro craze about 10-15 years ago?

DeArmond was Guild's Epiphone. Back then Guild was still competing with Gretsch and Gibson. This one was made by Cort in Korea.

The pickups are DeArmond 2K pickups (not te be confused with the Dearmond 2000, different animal). Technically a mix between a P90 and a Dynasonic. Purists say it's neither fish nor fowl but I'm digging them. They have primitive, raw, old school tone. Warm highs, low-end twang, good bark and growl with a bit overdrive or distortion, nice quack in the middle position.

Thanks for the comments everyone.
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Re: NGD put on your sunglasses
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2011, 02:14:37 PM »
REALLY nice, I have a soft spot for those guitars.   I had a DeArmond from the same series when Fender bought the brand in the late 90s (I think).  I had that same LP shape, but with humbuckers which were fat, but still had a nice hint of twang.  Great guitar, I only paid £200 - steal!!!  Wish I had it now.

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Re: NGD put on your sunglasses
« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2011, 02:30:37 PM »
Very nice Ratty  8)
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Re: NGD put on your sunglasses
« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2011, 03:43:28 PM »
Had the none sparkle version of this, just didn't get on with pickups. Though tv jones do direct replacements
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Re: NGD put on your sunglasses
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2011, 04:02:52 PM »
I like it, even without sunglasses  8)
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Re: NGD put on your sunglasses
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2011, 04:54:16 PM »
I saw one on ebay UK about a week ago that went for £348.

£250 is about what I paid for mine; 300 Euro.

It's a good time to buy these guitars. I remember when Grecos and Burnys were this cheap.
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Re: NGD put on your sunglasses
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2011, 05:00:00 PM »
Dear God!

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