I NEED SOME HELP FOR IDENTIFYING AN ELECTRIC GUITAR!!!

[mestre]

Hello everybody. I own a 1991 Tokai Love Rock, I?ve got registered right now on this site and I?m sure I?ll usually hang around this forums.

I?ll start making a question but I promise I?ll contribute to others knowledge, too :-D. If someone can give some clue to identify an odd, vintage LP copy I?ve bought on eBay. I?d be really thankful!

Well, let?s talk about the guitar. It is a no-named black LP copy, it seems to be a japanese guitar from the seventies (due to its construction, its authentic Gibson-style headstock, and a tailpiece which shows "Japan" on its rear face). It is quite heavier than my Tokai, body seems to be mahogany. I peeled off the neck lacquer and I?ll bet my soul it is mahogany!

Some distinctive things about this guitar:

-Obviously, it hasn?t got any trademark stamped on its headstock... but it shows two parallel, medium-sized triangles made out of real mother-of-pearl. Both of them point to the left side of the headstock. This should be its most significative identity trace!

-Its bolt-on neck is a baseball-bat-type one: same gauge on body and headstock junction (by the way, I slimmed it a little bit while peeling its lacquer finish

-It has got a curious body construction. I?ve never seen anything like that before: body is made of two pieces glued horizontally, just in the middle of its sides width. It is easy to notice this junction as a clear line inside the pickup poaches. You can see it even from the outside in a closer lookup as a thin, slightly depressed line underneath the lacquer. So it is like a kind of mixture of the two most-commonly-used body constructions: glueing some thick blocks together + plywood body

-Its cutaway horn is a bit rounder than original Gibson shape (anyway it seems a bit more vintage-like to me

-It is provided with two humbuckers which seem to be a little more round-squared than the average. Three thin cables come out of the pickup (the two positive poles and a common ground, as usual)

It sounds really nice to me and I guess I?ll keep it for years, maybe for a lifetime... but I?d like to know something about its manufacturer! If you own another axe like this or you know any useful thing about it, please bring some light on my question!!! It seems to be a quite strange LP copy, but I hope someone will recognise it. If you want it, I can send you some pics taken after and before my work on this cool, heavy axe.

Thanks for dedicating a little time on reading this. Enjoy making music!!!



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[Ozeshin]

This is what we need:
Photos of any stamping/writing in the pickup/control cavities.
The fact that it has a bolt-on neck narrows the field.
Any stamping on the rear of the pickups.
And last but not least....pics of the guitar.

 

[mestre]

Hello, that?s me again... I?ll try to put some pics now, maybe I?ll finally find out which is the ******* way for doing it properly (I?m suffering a true love&hate history with my PC, haw, haw)

If the pics are finally available, I hope it?ll be useful for somebody to help me. I?d like to know some things about this beauty...

Thanks for your interest, and lots of "even more thanks" for a very fast reply to my answer.

Greetings from Spain!

another picture, this time a general view:

OH, BY THE WAY... I DIDN?T RESIST TO LOOK AT THE INSIDE OF THE PICKUP POACHES, ALSO TOOK A LOOK AT THE PICKUPS... BUT THERE WAS NO TRACE OF ANY STAMPING OR MANUFACTURER DATA. THIS IS A REAL MISTERY AXE!!! 8)

I HOPE SOMEBODY WILL RECOGNIZE THE GUITAR, BUT I?M AFFRAID THE ONLY CLUES FOR DOING IT ARE ITS CONSTRUCTION, SOME HARDWARE DETAILS AS THE STRAP BUTTONS, OR SOMEWHAT...

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[mestre]

****! I couldn?t insert succesfully any pic here, so here are two links to the pictures:


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http://bp1.blogger.com/_f281hp8tAec/RpSop9PIghI/AAAAAAAAAJM/DnoW168fHG8/s1600-h/a412_1.jpg

by the way, I LOVE custom guitars and I?m working on it right now... if you want to see my inventions, please visit my blogs:

www.freakguitars.blogspot.com

www.freakamps.blogspot.com

I like to share things I like with other musicians... so take a look there and you?ll find really bizarre axes, risky modifications or a leopard-amp I?m just a little, humble self-teached luthier... but thanks to the web (how many things can you learn, here!!!) and my love to guitars and craftmanship, I guess I?m perfectly able to dedicate my entire life to it! This is my dream, at least... but time will decide.

I?d like to receive some feedback about my work. I try to tell everybody what I?m doing, but it seems that custom guitars aren?t too popular in my country...



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[marcusnieman]

Could be a 70's Matsumoku made guitar like Univox (who also used the two piece pancake body construction). Head stock shape looks kind of like my Univox Les Paul Junior.

 

[mestre]

OK, I?ll take note of it... thanks for your help, and have a nice lifetime with music!

by the way, my last r?n?r band is a tale from the past since this afternoon... but "I?m gonna keep on trying", just like Uriah Heep lyrics said . our deals with music are pleasant journeys (or should be, at least!), but I guess nobody meant it had to be be easy.

anyhow, (I) KEEP ON ROCKING!!! :-D

(Old School forever)



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[Ozeshin]

Could be a 70's Matsumoku made guitar like Univox (who also used the two piece pancake body construction). Head stock shape looks kind of like my Univox Les Paul Junior.

I think you're right Marcus.
It's definately Matsumoku...one of the myriad no-name guitars made in thier factories.
Could be univox...I've seen that double triangle "logo" before though...trying to remember where.
MESTRE:
If you're asking is it worth anything?
Maybe to a really diehard collector who really know's their MiJ stuff.
Like I've said before when ppl ask that question..
If it plays ok and sounds ok and you like it then it's worth every cent of whatever you paid for it.

 

[mestre]

thanks a lot for your help. I never thought you would clear my doubts so fast!!! Meeting a cool, useful website like this is always a big pleasure.

Well, now I?ll take a look on Harmony Central to find some technical info... maybe there will be some reviews about this guitar!

I completely agree with you. a guitar is good enough if it feels and sounds right to you. Anyhow, if you know enough about guitars to find out WHY a guitar is better or worse than other, you enjoy it two times! this is a cool axe for me: one-piece mahogany neck, two-pieces mahogany body (it seems to show a mahogany top, too :-D), quite nice overall construction/finishing. two real humbuckers with 2 positive wires, old tuning pegs even in working condition, a nice toggle for pickup selection... Everything was in good condition for its age: I just had to place a new tune-o-matic bridge, do some fretboard and nut work, conventional adjustments... and I peeled off the neck for simple pleasure (lacquer was a bit damaged, just a few dings but I wanted to make it look more beautiful and feel more comfortable). Anyhow, I use to do all this things with every axe which falls in my hands... and I think that?s a lot of features comparing to what nowadays cheap ******** can bring. it is much better than my other average guitars. All that for about 125 $, including shipping rates from Germany!!! I can swear that?s very well and truely worth for my place.

Another important thought: I?ve NEVER heard a real Gibson LP going through my Fender Stage 185 amp, so I can?t swear I wouldn?t like it more than my beloved ?91 Tokai or any other axe I own... but I think there are so many variations that you?ll never know! I began thinking about it last year... I guess I like bolt-on necks more than glued ones (a bit more attack although less sustain, as everybody knows :wink: ). I know it isn?t what people use to understand for a real Les Paul. I mean, it?s like you?ll be happier loving any common woman you find across your way who becomes your girlfriend.... maybe if you?d find the one you?ve always dreamt of, life would be a true hell for you. One never knows... I know it is a really bizarre example, but I think it explains my idea quite explicitely :-D

thanks everybody. enjoy music!

(by the way, I?ll end this message with some kind of clue-game for you to extend a bit more this post... as experienced and clever guitarists, I guess you?ll read my mind! . THERE IS AN ELECTRIC GUITAR TRADEMARK, WHICH I CASUALLY DISCOVERED SOME MONTHS AGO, WHICH IS PRODUCING A CHEAP LP COPY CLOSE TO TOKAI LOVE ROCKs, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION... IT ISN?T SX GUITARS, OF COURSE, ALTHOUGH THAT?S WHAT THEY PRETEND... SECOND CLUE: IT IS A GERMAN BRAND WHICH PRODUCES GUITARS ON SOME ASIAN PLACE... nooo, that?s not Behringer, although their 150 $ strats aren?t bad for the money... THIRD CLUE: THEY PRODUCE A BLACK LP COPY WITH A NICE SUNBURST / QUILTED MAPLE TOP... I guess you?ll know its name they?re easy to find on eBay... IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO SAY THAT I HAVEN?T GOT ANY DEAL OR ARRANGEMENT WITH THIS MANUFACTURER 8) . I SIMPLY BOUGHT ONE THERE, COMPARED IT IN FRONT OF MY ?91 TOKAI, AND CHANGED A BIT MY MIND ON MODERN GUITARS. IT ISN?T A TOKAI, BUT I THINK IT IS MUCH CLOSER THAN ANY OTHER LP COPY I?VE PLAYED BY THE MOMENT... REALLY FAT, WARM TONE... mine at least!)



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[mestre]

by the way, some pics of electric guitars which I?ve modified... hope you?ll enjoy it!

(if you want to see more stuff, please visit my blog www.freakguitars.blogspot.com)


http://bp3.blogger.com/_f281hp8tAec/RlGQSt2-hFI/AAAAAAAAAF0/n-SyqY58FjM/s1600-h/1)+wolfcaster+front.JPG

http://bp2.blogger.com/_f281hp8tAec/RlA22t2-g7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/IlRlXjzRs4c/s1600-h/1)+vampira+front.jpg

http://bp1.blogger.com/_f281hp8tAec/RlAsPd2-g2I/AAAAAAAAAD8/0SKp2mdA3I4/s1600-h/1)+danelectro+front.jpg

http://bp2.blogger.com/_f281hp8tAec/RlQ0qt2-hPI/AAAAAAAAAHA/bdywblRLLM4/s1600-h/1)+specialist+front.JPG

http://bp0.blogger.com/_f281hp8tAec/RlSi6N2-hUI/AAAAAAAAAHo/wDwLc5sHkCc/s1600-h/1)+black+paula+front.JPG

http://bp2.blogger.com/_f281hp8tAec/Rk8-Z92-geI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Ext68zqJo54/s1600-h/1)+orfeo+front.jpg

http://bp2.blogger.com/_f281hp8tAec/RlAiPt2-gvI/AAAAAAAAADE/rfqpCsxqANM/s1600-h/1)+fat+paula+front.JPG

well, these are my creatures... haw, haw, haw

not too bad! 8)



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[Ozeshin]

WOW...I relly like that Danelectro....is that one of the recent Chinese made models?

 

[mestre]

well, I believe it is a 56 U2 or somewhat... bought it used on eBay (a big deal: it was partially modified so it came with Grover tulips and a pair or S.D. P-90?s, which effectively cost MUCH more than I paid for ALL )

some people complain because this Dano hasn?t got its original pups... but really, I mean: you?ve got thousands of these with lipsticks. Why is it a crime to change ONE to P-90?s??? :roll: "Custom" means somewhat like "different"... so what?s the damage??? Anyhow I got this guitar with tuners and pups modified yet, so I couldn?t decide.

anyhow, I changed the terrible original bridge (big piece of unadjustable crap!!!) and put a Fender Strat - style bridge there... what a difference! Later, I casually discovered an expensive Dano with the same kind of bridge (but mine isn?t a floating bridge actually, it is modified and screwed on the flat top of the body, as a hardtail bridge... no springs, no cheesy notes... I HATE all kinds of floating bridges!!!!!).

all the custom plastic parts (as the mini toggles and other cosmetic details) are my fault :wink: Call me genius or call me son-of-the-seventh-*****... I don?t get angry easily!

I modified electronics to put a tone control for each pup, plus a mini toggle for cutting out them getting more treble (and another one to enable/disable the famous RC mid-freq filter on volume pot). I use to put this two mods in EVERY guitar I grab... but I don?t know if I?ll be able to drill that Univox body... some kinda shame, after having savaged a good amount of guitars???

well, I?m a self-teached luthier but I achieved all my goals with success. changing bridge type & adjusting string heights, some custom plastic cosmetic work... one thing is sure: there isn?t any other Dano like this! I realize in other countries my work should be properly appreciated, and surely I?d had a workshop or somewhat, I?d work as a luthier... but HERE I am with all my money and my time dedicated to it, with no economic results. I don?t mean I?m the best on it, of course, but I think I?m good enough to work on it... by the moment it is a bit raw.

there is a big unknowing about custom or vintage gear, japanese guitars and all that in Spain... in a small part it is a good thing, as you don?t find any competition when buying second-hand axes or amps... but it is truely difficult to sell it later, after all modifications works and costs.

well, that?s what I use to do with my life,,, and what I?d like to do as a professional. It is something quite hard to achieve, but...

-If you don?t try HARDER, you?ll never know
-I?m sure I?ve got good hands for it (guitarist; electronics & jewelry titulated tech)
-I?m gonna keep on trying, just for fun

thanx for your posts, and by the way... have you solved my question about the cheap LP copy which is close to Tokai LR??? It is a 200 - 240 $ brand new axe, so it is something not-to-be-missed... In case you don?t know what the hell I?m talking, I give you another clue: it?s brand name begins on "C"... c?mon, it?s done! (noooo, that?s not Cort... too easy!) 8)

(uh, and I guess IT IS a chinese one,,, you should have seen what big ******** of strap buttons showed it!!! it is a curious guitar: some nice constructive details, together with some details which are more than enough to burst it when it appears on factory condition!!! anyhow, as it is a chinese axe it is still cheap, and with all that corrections it is a straight r?n?r / blues thing... about 360$ after mods, and it is in near mint condidition!!! this is by far one of my most risky mods, and also one of the most effective)

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[luis]

Hola.
Very sorry to chim in but I have visited wour website and I feel I know you in any way.I see the "precious" guitars you have for sale and I?m very disspointed,not any "joya"(jewell) at all,just old and obscure brands only(excepting a Roadstar Ibanez which is not a jewell at all).If you want to deal with good guitars at a still affordable prices get Tokai Silver Stars SS-36/38/40)

"UNA AUTENTICA JOYA DE COLECCION ???POR SOLO 360 EUROS!!! (+30 EUROS POR GASTOS ENVIO URGENTE)"
I feel a great marketing effort but just that,I would not buy any of this guitars if I were an educated buyer. We have discussed here about some people who wants to convert any guitar in a Tokai and devaluate the name brand well known by Tokai. I?m observing some people in Spain passing korean Tokais as japanese ones too and a not well educated buyer can be foolished.I don?t like tahat at all! Nothing against korean Tokais,even China made too,but I just prefer japanese.

Sorry again for the rant!

 

[mestre]

Hello! Fisrt of all, I would say thanks for your contribution, although it doesn?t talk too well on my poor little axes!

Every opinion is always interesting, worth and useful... I feel I?ve got to "break a lance" on them (using a readymade phrase you?ll well know on our language). In other words, I felt I had to defend them... As I?m the "Mother of the Invention", I guess it should be a quite normal thing! 8) But as on any (friendly) discussion can happen, I hope we?re gonna create some quotes on this posts

Ok, I don?t sell any true "mega-cool/hyper-expensive" semi-pro axe or relic there... that?s wat I didn?t want to do, anyhow!!! Feel happy because you?ve catched my philosophy at first sight! I don?t want to sell this kind of gear, mainly due to two good reasons:

-by one side, there?s a lot of people who sell them yet. You can find lots of eBayers, kinda-bored collectors and other people selling all kind of well-known/quite-expensive axes, on virtually any price cathegory you can picture... everybody knows it but man, all we know too what?s it and how much uses to COST (strictly money talk). I WANTED TO OFFER SOMETHING DIFFERENT (as you will soon have noticed taking a look on the risky mods I made on some of my guitars) AND CHEAPER, as you?ll notice. That philosophy includes the kind / price of the axes I take to start with, too... Ozeshin will agree with me on this: if any guitar sounds and feels just OK to you, it may be straight enough to keep it... and worth enough to upgrade it (I?ll talk more about this, later). Every axe gets lotta better if you put some care on it, it is obvious (as happens with cars, PC?s, blah, blah, blah... don?t forget that words like "tuning" or "custom" were born thanks to negligent manufacturer brands or poor production aspects, in other terms (parallel to the fact that particular people has got an own style and enjoy transferring it to some of its personal items, of course 8) ). If you think about all the work and knowledge you need to hand-pick all that guitars, restorate/upgrade it getting into its very basic "forniture" and making everything which is needed to turn it into a better thing and make it look better, too, and after all that trying to sell it (I?ve got to defend all this concepts almost EVERYDAY and it is the most hard, although not disgusting part of the journey ), I find it is a bit excessive to mean they?re too overpriced guitars (in other words, not a worth thing). You know the kind of things which average people is buying right now (horrible modern LP Studios o truely cheesy replicas, cheap/vomitive Epis, etc), so I believe it isn?t a crime to take some quite decent vintage or new axes, and do all my usual procedure with them. I?m not scared of saying they?re much worth than the average things for its price (hey, they are RARE, UNIQUE real craftmanship-finished pieces, too!), and they?re really hot-rodded with the addition of some simple and effective modifications (if you put a hard-tail bridge and a real String-Thru-Body on an average Strat replica, you get a real wonder compared to what it was some hours ago... put a bit more things together with it, and if the axe is made of nice woods (and if it has no big factory troubles or even in worst cases upgradeable weak points, too) you can laugh at 2/3 of the average Strats including some of the "real" ones... not to mention Squires or Epigones, please!). So if I took some care on them and (I have no doubt about it) they look and sound MUCH better now than what they were, and I guess they?re kinda more interesting than common average people?s choice... what is the damage on doing it and selling them??? C?mon, hombre, I can?t believe a japanese SG replica from the seventies provided with a nice, thick one-piece mahogany neck and lots of upgrades & custom work is really expensive if we?re talking about 330 - 360 Euros (say 360 - 390 $ ?). Sometimes people pay almost the same amount for them on eBay, in "as it is" condition... so I think I don?t cheat anybody selling my custom ones! (I?m not saying you meant it, but I felt I had to say all this if in case of someone else doubts about it! 8) ) I like vintage gear a lot more than modern things, because it is way better produced (usually made of less pieces of wood, too) and it is always an instrument "cured" by the pass of its 20-30 years age (enough to put an average old replica over any modern one). Well, I guess this idea is one of the basic points which originated this kind of forums, so I guess people will agree with me, too! :roll: I took a look on Harmony Central User Reviews tonight (please, do it so!) and found out what their users said: Univox LP copies used to sound much better than some real LP?s from the same period, although it seems they passed a bit ignorated across our days... It makes me wonder an think a few things,,, but it would be too long, maybe another time! :wink:




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[luis]

Mucho rollo tienes t? ("too many words")...

 

[mestre]

-by the other side I was just starting with all that custom business, so I couldn?t get very much "better" guitars (don?t always take it for "more expensive" ones!) if I wanted to start with some of them and some amps put together, not just two or three items. Make a few numbers on all the things I show there (my entire production since now), and you?ll notice there is a little fortune put on it (using another spanish phrase: "there is no more wax than which burns out right now!" :wink: ). Mainly due to it (and to my persistence on don?t leaving anything out so easy, even when first disappointments happen), nowadays my economy is in perpetual disgrace... I mean: if I catch another Univox LP copy like the one which originated this post, I?ll surely put it in a good working/playing condition, upgrade it a bit (not with lots of more gear than required, my upgrades come in another way: hours of love and care, adjusting and upgrading every little detail which manufacturers may pass on) and surely bring it to potential customers. But in case I haven?t got that good luck often (this things don?t use to happen everyday... not to me, at least!!!), I believe there are some vintage common replicas or modern axes which are completely worth to keep/upgrade (turning them into a quite cool/complete thing). 50 % of a guitar?s sound depends on its finish and ajustments, everybody knows modern axes use to be produced and adjusted just like real ****... there is more love and care put on any of my axes than in a brand new expensive one, you can bet your ***! this is my way of bringing "theorically" missing quality to some average replicas. I even improve lots of its specific aspects, so I believe things are more than compensated this way...


Anyhow, if a catch an Ibanez Roadster I can?t resist to take it and make it part of my kinda-professional blog. you say it isn?t the best Ibanez around there, but I?ve found some discussions on it yet... for some users it is one of the finest Ibanez ever made, althouhg I gotta say I?ve seen lots of DIFFERENT Roadsters on Internet; one of them a bit better, most of them more simple and cheaper-looking things... I believe I?ve cought one of the finest, coolest looking Roadsters in near mint condition and find out some people say they are what they are (no less, by the way, I?ve heard it and played it compared with other strats... did you do it so before saying it is not a jewell??? just take some nowadays Ibanez and you?ll realize you must go up to two times the price to get the same quality offered 30 years ago! it is really necessary to explain you all this, here???). what?s the damage on selling it at that price? would you like me to give it for free to you??? I?ve got a golden WC hanging ?round too, if you want it...

anyhow, we should accept the fact that it is hard to point where something begins or stops to be a "jewell"... I guess you would say Univox LP is a complete piece of crap, although for me it is a real treasure (some people went into shops to compare it with "the real thing", but NEVER bought the Gibson). My average guitars are a jewell FOR ITS PRICE and for what can they bring to the average guitarist (c?mon, show me another strat replica like mine for 270 $ and I?ll kiss your a**!!). I think it all depends on how much ambitious or rotten you are... please check your principles and prejudices, my friend!

by the way... YOU DON?T KNOW ME, dear. I believe you don?t know a **** about anything but saying blah, blah, blah... and I guess you really CAN?T offer anything better coming right out of your hands. Maybe you?re a mere observator, not a maker! I don?t know if you?ve completely dismembered a good amount of guitars getting into every manufacturer?s crying shame, upgrading every little thing you find, putting all your courage and imagination on it, trying with different bridge types, pickups and all that. If you did it, I guess you learnt very few things (you say you notice a big marketing effort by my part, but did you notice ALL THE OTHER REMARKABLE THINGS I did for that axes??? If you knew a **** about it, you would simply observate my axes in a different way)

I believe an educated buyer counts on his knowledge and his instinct (that?s what made me catch the Univox LP, although I had no clues or any warranty it wouldn?t be a big piece of ****), not on badly taken pictures or a stupid name stamped on the headstock. You can?t judge anything so hard without trying it before... keep it in mind: Tokai, Ibanez and other japanese brands were "obscure", unknown brands some years ago, too... It seems a joke to me the fact that you?re about six years registrated here (why??? c?mon and buy six or seven Epis right now!!!). Wouldn?t you be another elitist person who pretends he is an educated buyer??? (by the way, if I think about the way you spoke I guess you aren?t an educated person at all ). If you?ve got the common sense to mean that Tokai guitars are way better than other well-known brands, don?t be so fool to mean that an odd vintage replica can?t be anything but ********... is it a bad joke??? I?d bet my balls on any average vintage item as a way better thing than the rest. You aren?t dealing with a drifter who sells korean Tokais, or means that anything can become one... I?m just an emerging craftsman who sometimes is right, and other times makes mistakes. I think I?m smart and humble (although it seems a non-sense) and I guess you?ll never be all that things, my friend!

Well, keep on defending trademarks better than technical specs or any improvement done... and spend all your bloody money on it!!! While you are doing it, I?m gonna keep on chasing little treasures on the web or second-hand stores, enjoying and explorating any axe which falls in my hands, learning more and more about them each day... I?m only scared of death!!! And I?m sure as hell I?m gonna keep on selling them to people who is able to appreciate things for what they really are (not for what they seem to be). If you lived in my place I?d date you to try all my guitars, but I believe you won?t see a **** beyond your nose tip... and I?m affraid we?ll end up very, very badly!

(uh, I love rock, too... 8) )



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[mestre]

I simply had to say this: you say "too much words", but for me it?s "too much reasons". There?s a litlle difference between both concepts, man!

I believe I?ve exposed my ideas clearly and sincerely. you just limitated to say quite bad things about my work without too much reasonable arguing against it. My posts could be too long, right, but I think there is some sense and private investigation behind every word I typed... not your case, dear! Who?s really got ONLY words and few more than that??? You?d surely win the contest, man.

Anyhow, I?ve got to make use of more courage on everyday?s dealing with "singermornings" like you than fighting against any technical trouble I meet during my tech tasks... so I?m used to it!



"dime quien co?o eres y a que te dedicas, aparte de tocar los cojones por ahi, y tal vez me plantee dar algun credito a tus palabras... por mas que se diga que la antiguedad es un grado, si tu eres "guitar god" yo me cago en dios y por el momento me rio de ti en tus morros!!! esta claro que no pretendo cubrir el sector caro de la venta de instrumentos, ni quiero tangar al personal porque teniendo en cuenta la paliza que me he dado con mas de una de esas guitarras, hubiese puesto directamente unos precios pa cagarse... y no iria de culo para conseguir guitarras y recambios al mejor precio posible, pillaria cualquier mierda por ahi y listo! ni te imaginas la de horas que hay puestas en esas hachas, paradojicamente mas aun en algunas de las mas baratas. es mas, con esos precios es practicamente una ruina para mi seguir adelante con esto y lo sigo haciendo porque me gusta, principalmente... asi que cuando topas con un tipo que va de entendido y no es capaz de ver todo lo que he expuesto en estos mensajes (es mas, rebate tus argumentos de cualquier manera), ni tiene en cuenta cosas obvias que cualquier guitarrista medio enterado puede comprender, te preguntas de que cueva habra salido y por que hay tanta tonteria junta en este mundo. tiene que haber gente pa todo, como guitarras, aunque sea para comparar"



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[luis]

You just have taking your mask off with your words... enough said.....

Thanks for such a kind words :roll:

 

[sneakyjapan]

I`m jumping in here even though it`s none of my business...`cause you know, thats never stopped me before but....why don`t youse communicate in Spanish that way theres less chance of saying the wrong thing and...... I get to read it and see how much I understand...I need the practice.

 

[mestre]

I NEVER WEAR MASKS... even in Carnival time!

I NEVER meant my axes are over-the-top items, I think it is clear to see that they?re just upgraded/customized average replicas, and I simply wanted to create some humble custom axes for making it available to every average guitarist. I thought this should be a good way to offer unique items for a reasonable price, and I?m sure everybody should be able to reach a modest custom axe (NEVER meant all of them are on the same cathegory, that?s your invention!!!). Maybe your idea of a perfect world consists on a myriad expensive guitars, only achievable by the richest players,,, in my planet, there should be a custom axe for everyone. Not just signature models and ultra-expensive/out-of-your-reach custom shop items... I think I know well the kind of person you are, using your language ("discrete" offenses behind every word you bark, although it DOESN?T make you a more kind person than I). You took me and my work for another thing we aren?t, and if anybody takes a look at my blog and your post, it would be easy to see it... why did you do it? maybe you?re a jealous guy who would like to do something like that, and as he simply can?t do it (or hasn?t got the balls it takes) he simply crucifies my work or my ideas... maybe your girlfriend said "go hell" at last and you had to discharge your anger on somebody else?s back. once again, that?s not my business so... "tu mismo"

If you simply can?t understand that a modified average strat copy is just what it is, and nobody can seriously pretend it is another thing... that?s not my problem, man! But you put in my mouth words I never said and that?s another question.

If I didn?t do all that things with my guitars, nobody could buy a custom strat replica like mine for 270 ? (say 300 $). If you are a bit realistic it is esay to understand IT IS NOT the best strat you can get (I NEVER meant it), but it is possible to get a custom replica with some creative upgrades, a cool look and a simulated "relic" finish (for a few bucks, by the way). Most important of all: it sounds OK, it is more stable than before and everybody can buy it. Everybody will agree with me that?s lotta more than Fender/Gibson/your-*******-choice-brand guys can say! I know it and fortunately don?t need to "sell you the motorcycle", so I?m gonna sleep without problems... I play solo guitar on a 60?s music cover band and its leader (an experienced 56 years old guitar/bass player, who has played every well-known original guitar during its musical career), told me to use that strat copy instead of my main guitar as soon as he listened to it,,, so for me it has passed the test with good results)

I just wanted to offer some upgraded, customized average replicas, in a lower price/cathegory range than usual, because I believe that?s something which must be available for anybody (not only for rich assholes and other loathsome beasts). that?s the idea and that?s what I meant... never wanted to create polemic discussions with people like you! Got better things to do, no doubt... even watching vegetables grow.

You spoke as if I pretended in every moment they?re the eight wonder... although I believe there should be a little bit of it in some relative way, if you think about their prices and what do they offer. But man, we think in opposite ways, we speak different languages although we?re born in the same country, and I?m sure we?ll never agree in anything... I never wanted to do it, anyhow!!!

But one thing is sure... you kicked my balls first! So I simply make use of the words I think you deserve. You can?t satanize anybody?s work or thoughts with some poor, relative phrases... you can?t solve the situation simply saying "too much words" when he?s trying to explain himself... not in my planet, man. I believe it?s you who puts off his mask! your words are the typical stuff I often find when I meet somebody who is so sure of its thoughs and he?s NEVER wrong, that he never takes the effort to explain himself too much. Maybe for this reason there will always be a leader for the more stupid common part of humanship, and someone who pretends he?s "the chosen" :evil: Why don?t you stop making "the chorra" and create a new religion??? you?ve gotta lotta future in there!

Go hell, my friend... and if it is possible never get back!!!

(I LOVE ROCK, TOO... IN THE SAME MEASURE I HATE "PASTEL ROCKERS"!!!)

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