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06/06/2003 Archived Entry: "Hey, wanna see what I'm dragging to the club tonight?"
Hey, wanna see what I'm dragging to the club tonight?
Too bad, I'm going to show you anyway....
To prove that I am King of Cheap Guitars, here's a rundown of what I'm using on stage tonight. Please refer to the handy numbering system to match the description.
1. Jay Turser Les Paul GoldTop knock-off, tuned to D. I love this guitar. All the charm of a Les Paul, with about half the weight and about 1/4 the price of even a medium-priced real LP. Cost: $270 with molded ABS hardshell case.
2. Ibanez AX-7221 7-String, tuned to pitch. Kind of an industrial half-flat grey finish with a BartCop sticker on it. I've got 4 7-strings, and this is the most expensive of the lot (lists for about $400). I traded an old amp straight-up for it at my local Guitar Center.
3. Squier Stratocaster, tuned to pitch. Gloss black with a BartCop.com sticker on it. I've spent more on pickups (DiMarzio rails) and tuning heads (Sperzel locking tuners) than the damn guitar is worth. But it plays like a '61 Strat I had years ago, so I don't mind. Cost: $199
4. Stratzilla, tuned to E Flat. Cool purplish-red with a nifty blue metallic flip in the finish. This guitar has graced this web site once before, after I put it together a couple of weeks ago. I've been beating the crap out of it since, and it's performed admirably, except for that first rehearsal when I rattled the wiring loose in about 5 songs. Don't worry, I brought it home and re-wired it within an inch of its life. Cost: $25
5. 1980 Ibanez Artist, tuned to E Flat. Beautiful tiger-stripe top with a cherryburst finish, mahogany body. This is probably the only guitar in the bunch that's worth any money (appraised at about a grand), only because it's survived for 23 years without catching on fire or being run over by a truck. I bought it from one of my best friends when he needed dough, after I begged him to sell it to me for 5 years and he kept refusing. Cost: $300
6. Jay Turser 1963 Gibson SG knockoff, tuned to D. Deep transparent red finish, although it almost looks black at times. One of these days when Jay Turser is a household name like Fender (it's gonna happen, the guitars are too good), I'm going to look at the 3 Tursers I have and laugh about how much money they're worth. This is another great, cheap guitar that takes a beating and laughs at my feeble attempts to destroy it. Cost: $195
If you look to the right of the SG, you'll notice the gutted carcass of another Strat that I got sick of playing. A warning to all you other overpriced guitars - that's what happens when you come into my house, dammit.
For the record, I play them all through a Line6 Flextone II with a Digitech RP6 effects board through the effects loop. And I'll put my sound up against any fool crazy enough to drop $1800 on a Les Paul or $900+ on a Fender Strat. So there.
Replies: 8 people speak up
I'm glad I'm not your next-door neighbor!
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 06/06/2003 09:56 AM NY
you should figure out a way to share some of your band's tunes with your built in audience right here. I'd love to check it out :)
good luck at the show.
Posted by Jason @ 06/06/2003 11:50 AM NY
yo stranger-
The Squier rules!!!!!
Don't let anybody shame you into a "real" strat. If there's one product (of any kind) on Earth more reasonably priced than the squier I'd like to know what it is.
Posted by baconslab @ 06/06/2003 12:58 PM NY
I'm Happy for you, but for me it's not just the sound (or the Bucks)
it's the Feel! It's got Feel just right to those fingers. And Fine wood and craftsmanship can be the key.
Posted by Lawrence @ 06/06/2003 03:22 PM NY
I use a Squier myself, jet black, beat up, no stickers. Terrible action, it's a good thing I don't play lead.
Posted by madprophet @ 06/06/2003 08:33 PM NY
What I noticed was the five cartons of cigs. Do your friends call you Slash?
Posted by Marlboro Man @ 06/07/2003 09:29 PM NY
Marlboro Man,
The Reds are essential for my Midnight Cruises through Bloghdad. I go nowhere without them. I was going to give them their own number in the photo but then decided not to.
The Lights are K's.
Posted by editor @ 06/08/2003 11:55 AM NY
Hey stranger,
I like the blog. Also liked the gee-tar pic. Judging from your weather report post, you must live in Ithaca.
Just a side note...that Pink Floyd "hey you Whitehouse" lyrical reference is in regards to a one, Mary Whitehouse? Mary Whitehouse is/was sort of like a Bristish version of our Jerry Falwell or Phylis Schafley, or some nut like that. Just one of those "careful with that axe Eugene" heads up.
Anyway: Check her out here for instance.
http://www.guardiancentury.co.uk/1980-1989/Story/0,6051,108247,00.html
Thanks for the blog.
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Posted by the farmer @ 06/11/2003 03:49 AM NY
