Gearhead Thread

[Ello Sailor]

Check this bass out. The Tony Grey sig. Fodera Monarch. It's a short scale, headless 6 string with a chambered body. Light (due to the chambered body), with no neck dive (because it's headless), improved playability (due to it's 30.25 inch scale), but no sacrificed resonance due to the exotic woods and unreal workmanship. Skip to 11:26 for a tone demo.



Anyone want to buy a kidney?

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[Ello Sailor]

The Quasar T900 XRH-5 sounds great, but have you ever seen a worse headstock? I'm in awe.

[wease]

Holy crow, that’s terrible

[96583UP]

yuck

[Strat]

No way I'd take any band seriously if a bassist showed up with that thing

I bet a lot of jam band bassists will be all over it.

[Ello Sailor]

Picked up a MIM Fender Jazz bass. I would've liked a MIJ but there weren't any available in my area. I couldn't justify a MIA because they're wildly overpriced and I'll be modding this one with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickups and a Badass III bridge anyway.

[tragabigzanda]

[blueviper]

I have a MIM Strat and I like it a lot.

[wease]

Picked up a MIM Fender Jazz bass. I would've liked a MIJ but there weren't any available in my area. I couldn't justify a MIA because they're wildly overpriced and I'll be modding this one with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickups and a Badass III bridge anyway.

I've generally been happy with the MIM Fender stuff. You can improve them quite a bit with a few after-market upgrades, and to your point, waaay cheaper than MIA but performing just about the same.

Are these Squire branded or Fender branded?

[Ello Sailor]

I'm talking about Fender. Nothing wrong with Squier* though.

[wease]

No, nothing at all. I just thought that’s what Squiers were. The MIM Fenders.

[Ello Sailor]

Ya thought wrong, friendo.

[Birds in Hell]

Maybe I’m wrong but I’d say the bulk of Fender’s regular production is out of the Mexican factory, both guitars and amps (maybe all amps outside of Fender Custom Shop).

Squiers are now all (or mostly) made in China.

[doug rr]

I still need to pull the trigger on a squire starcaster..gonna wait until we move I think

[Ello Sailor]

Picked up a MIM Fender Jazz bass.

Ok so this was a disaster. The neck must have shifted pretty badly in transit, because in its current state it's a little more than a really expensive piece of firewood. Wish me luck -- I hate truss rods.

[wease]

Picked up a MIM Fender Jazz bass.

Ok so this was a disaster. The neck must have shifted pretty badly in transit, because in its current state it's a little more than a really expensive piece of firewood. Wish me luck -- I hate truss rods.

Uh oh

[wease]

When you guys change the strings on your guitar, do you switch them out one at a time or take them all off before putting any new ones on?

[bart]

I do half and half

[Ello Sailor]

I should've just stuck with Warwicks. You could toss one of those fuckers from a moving vehicle and it'd still be in perfect working order.

This is on me.