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Jan 13, 2018 16:51:49 GMT
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Ok, let's start something different on here, hope it works so let's go with it Well, my Peugeot 505 'The Nightmare' is not my only project, i have some early 90's guitars, amps and bass guitars that i've been working on, so i would like to share them here; but before uploading pics i would like to see what are the opinions on this thread, and also if you have any kind of musical instrument you can share it here...
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awoo
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Jan 13, 2018 16:56:36 GMT
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Yes. Do. More. Now.
Please.
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retrolegends
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Jan 13, 2018 17:16:32 GMT
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Yep I'm up for it, My son plays and we've got a few here including a home made hubcap banjo.
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1974 Hillman Avenger 1500DL1992 Volvo 240SE1975 Datsun Cherry 100a flying custard1965 Hillman SuperMinx Rock N Roller1974 Austin Allegrat Mk1 1.3SDL1980 Austin Allegro Mk3 1.3L1982 Austin Allegro Mk3 on banded steels2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible 220bhp TurboNutter1966 Morris Minor 1000 (Doris) 2019 Abarth 595C Turismo (not retro but awesome fun) www.facebook.com/DatsunCherry100a
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Jan 13, 2018 17:32:05 GMT
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Ok, i'll start with this guitar, on wich i started learning how to play about 4 years ago, a late 80's/early 90's Tizona acoustic guitar, made in Chile, really nice guitar, amazing sound, and 4 of the 6 strings are from 1997 Now let's go with my first electric guitar, got it on december 2013, a Texas Stratocaster, sunburst finish, not sure of it's date or place of origin but it also came with a early/mid 90's small 15w guitar amp made in Korea, a Drive CD100 a.k.a Little curse word
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retrolegends
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Jan 13, 2018 17:47:22 GMT
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Lovin that Sunburst, my son has a red and white Squire Stratocaster that's his pride and joy, he keeps on about getting a Sunburst to go with it.
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1974 Hillman Avenger 1500DL1992 Volvo 240SE1975 Datsun Cherry 100a flying custard1965 Hillman SuperMinx Rock N Roller1974 Austin Allegrat Mk1 1.3SDL1980 Austin Allegro Mk3 1.3L1982 Austin Allegro Mk3 on banded steels2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible 220bhp TurboNutter1966 Morris Minor 1000 (Doris) 2019 Abarth 595C Turismo (not retro but awesome fun) www.facebook.com/DatsunCherry100a
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retrolegends
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Jan 13, 2018 17:51:36 GMT
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1974 Hillman Avenger 1500DL1992 Volvo 240SE1975 Datsun Cherry 100a flying custard1965 Hillman SuperMinx Rock N Roller1974 Austin Allegrat Mk1 1.3SDL1980 Austin Allegro Mk3 1.3L1982 Austin Allegro Mk3 on banded steels2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible 220bhp TurboNutter1966 Morris Minor 1000 (Doris) 2019 Abarth 595C Turismo (not retro but awesome fun) www.facebook.com/DatsunCherry100a
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ChrisT
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Jan 13, 2018 18:18:56 GMT
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Great idea for a thread I have a modest collection of gear spanning the years. Had a go at refinishing this the other year, black and in a poor state when I got it.....
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Jan 13, 2018 18:59:05 GMT
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The strat needed some work, as you can see one of the single coils didn't go up, so repaired it by changing a screw, also sanded the fretboard and applied clearcoat to it, i don't have pictures of the repairs actually, but here are some pics i just took (because the ones of this guitar uploaded before are from 2014/15) As seen above the Strat is now missing a tuning peg, now to tell that we have to go back a bit and introduce the second electric guitar i got, bought it used in 2014 with some money my grandma gave me, it's a CROWN, Japan made guitar early 90's model. I bought it cheap because the headstock was a bit broken but still useable Pic from when i first got it one from 2016 Now these pics from 2017, when the 'tragedy' happened, so i was at school in music class with my bandmates, and as our turn to play had ended we decided to go out for a walk, when we returned it was our turn again so i picked up my guitar to play, instantly i noticed something wrong, the guitar was terribly out of tune, as this guitar has a Floyd Rose that only happens when a string breaks, well no string broken, but when i went out the guitar had fallen to the ground and someone left it in the same position i left it so i wouldn't notice... as it fell a bolt from a tuning peg broke in half, causing the string to lose tension and get the guitar out of tune, so i took out the string, the peg and left the guitar like that for some days We had to play live a few days after that happened, and as i dind't have money to buy a new screw or strings for the Strat, i decided to remove a bolt from the Texas and put it on the CROWN No more problems after that, so some more pics Here it is the CROWN next to a 1993 Dixon p-bass a.k.a 'The Anvil' that bass is a Fender replica, whole Fender electric circuit and Ernie Ball strings, it also got it's frets removed Few more pics of the CROWN Now this 1993 bass amp that came with 'the Anvil', it's a Samick BA25 made in Korea, but for some reason it's got Ibanez logo painted on the front And here my latest purchase: an early 90's Samick p-bass made in Korea, bought it cheap because the pickguard was broken but i repaaired with the soldering iron, also i had to re-wire it because the wiring was a mess (no pics of it) This one is from i first got it, before repairing the pickguard As seen here, the Samick is a bit smaller than a regular bass but it's really cool
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düdo
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Jan 13, 2018 20:04:56 GMT
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Good to see some geetars! I sold a lot of my vintage stuff last year - 60s and 70s stuff that looked great but unfortunately wasn't that playable and I got sick of it knocking around. I also sold one of the first Roland synths from 1974 to a collector and bought a Roland stage piano with the proceeds. I've still got a couple of guitars.
I'll take some pics, once I've had my knocking-off-from-welding beer or two.
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Jan 13, 2018 21:37:07 GMT
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My Rig from left : 1982 Hondo Delux Strat J copy. Given to me by a neighbour in 1988. A really great Strat copy. Custom Fender Telecaster copy with American body and neck, hand wound pick-ups.Built up by a friend and I. Like a vintage Telecaster. 1974 Framus Nashville Delux. Owned by my uncle Paul since bought new in Potters in Richmond in '75. I inherited it when he passed. He played this every xmas so I grew up with it
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Jan 13, 2018 23:31:15 GMT
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My Rig from left : 1982 Hondo Delux Strat J copy. Given to me by a neighbour in 1988. A really great Strat copy. Custom Fender Telecaster copy with American body and neck, hand wound pick-ups.Built up by a friend and I. Like a vintage Telecaster. 1974 Framus Nashville Delux. Owned by my uncle Paul since bought new in Potters in Richmond in '75. I inherited it when he passed. He played this every xmas so I grew up with it Cool guitars, i bet they sound as great as they look...
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young offender wrote Thanks. Yes, I'm content. I struggled to 'make it' as a musician for years and can relate to not being able to afford strings. In the early 90s we used to boil our strings to give them a new lease of life or take a whip round in the practice room to buy one string for whoever had broken one! Go round to Frank's on Coldharbour Lane and buy one string. What sort of music are you playing? I saw the Ramones poster and the style of the guitars suggests - rock/punk?
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yes! great thread idea!! I have played bass sinse i was 11, and have owned the same one all that time :-) (17 years) I have a 1979 Fender Precision Bass. One of my most prized possessions :-) needs a bit of a regeneration now tho, have used it well over the years!
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young offender wrote Thanks. Yes, I'm content. I struggled to 'make it' as a musician for years and can relate to not being able to afford strings. In the early 90s we used to boil our strings to give them a new lease of life or take a whip round in the practice room to buy one string for whoever had broken one! Go round to Frank's on Coldharbour Lane and buy one string. What sort of music are you playing? I saw the Ramones poster and the style of the guitars suggests - rock/punk? Yes, you guessed right, i play mainly punk... my biggest influences are the Ramones and The Exploited, but i listen to a lot of bands of different genres, i also play some thrash metal, reggae, ska and rockabilly but punk is my main thing
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Jan 15, 2018 11:46:04 GMT
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yes! great thread idea!! I have played bass sinse i was 11, and have owned the same one all that time :-) (17 years) I have a 1979 Fender Precision Bass. One of my most prized possessions :-) needs a bit of a regeneration now tho, have used it well over the years! That must be a American one? That was before they had production in Japan ( 1980?) It must have been quite a stretch playing that when you started? Sounds like a nice piece. Do you have a picture? young offender said I've never played 'traditional' punk - sounds funny but you know what I mean? The late 70s/early 80s two chord stuff. I can appreciate it and enjoy it live. Death metal I find enjoyable live, especially that it's the opposite of what it appears to be - often very amusing and light-hearted despite the heaviness. I heard this on the radio yesterday while I was doing some DIY. Really enjoyed it. I would call it punk? But it's got a bit of The Specials Two-Tone shuffle/ska sound.
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Jan 15, 2018 12:27:48 GMT
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yes! great thread idea!! I have played bass sinse i was 11, and have owned the same one all that time :-) (17 years) I have a 1979 Fender Precision Bass. One of my most prized possessions :-) needs a bit of a regeneration now tho, have used it well over the years! That must be a American one? That was before they had production in Japan ( 1980?) It must have been quite a stretch playing that when you started? Sounds like a nice piece. Do you have a picture? young offender said I've never played 'traditional' punk - sounds funny but you know what I mean? The late 70s/early 80s two chord stuff. I can appreciate it and enjoy it live. Death metal I find enjoyable live, especially that it's the opposite of what it appears to be - often very amusing and light-hearted despite the heaviness. I heard this on the radio yesterday while I was doing some DIY. Really enjoyed it. I would call it punk? But it's got a bit of The Specials Two-Tone shuffle/ska sound. Indeed! you know, i have owned it for so long i havent then any recent photos! i will take one tonight :-) my mum found it in an odd shop in exeter, cost i think around £300 and was my birthday and christmas presents and all my pocket money for a year! with all this talk about punk music i feel I'm gonna have to mention the Stranglers.... :-)
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Some new interesting things to add here, so let's go. Well, i was there outside at my backyard looking for a screwdriver, when i remembered there were some old speakers laying around, so i searched them, found them and cleaned them. Then i moved them into my room and connected them to the 'Little B*st*rd' just to chek if they were in good condition, the worked perfectly fine and improved a lot my guitar tone, so i decided to connect them in a more appropiate way... Here pics begin In this pic you can notice i took the 'Little B@st@rd' out of it's case, while doing that i fixed properly it's speaker that had a little hole and then put it back together Here it is the connection i made, i put a cable as an out put for the amp, sadly my soldering iron died so i had to put it like this And that's all for today, i need to record a video showing more aspects of the work and a sound comparison with and without the sepakers, more updates coming soon... stay tuned
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Fantastic idea for a thread, ive been into guitars since I was 16 and bought my first one from Auto Trader for £300 (1978 Strat) and ive still got it.
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Todays impulse buy...
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Darkspeed
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I really should get around to buying a flying V My go to is a '95 US standard Strat - Van Zandt's and Semour and couple of other custom shop bits. The other is a Korean Squire Bullet that as an absoluteley lovely neck. Up until recently I was playing through a Fender Blues Delux but I got talking guitars with my boss and ended up selling it to him - It was just sitting in the loft doing nothing. I have never quite got with Gibsons, I sold an Ibanez AS200 to buy the Strat, but have always wanted a flying V - No doubt that with Gibson going to the wall good ones will be on the rise.
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