Post your first guitar of 2023!

This just arrived today. Jazzmaster Professional II. I’d been wanting to add a Jazzmaster for a while and really love this Mercury finish. Its like a subtle, faded perimeter silverburst. Finally found this one used at a price I couldn’t pass up. The deep C neck is really nice. I’m definitely going to have to change all the cream colored plastics to black though.

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Now I’m on the hunt for Les Paul goldtop with a 60s neck that isn’t a boat anchor.
 
1987 Burny RLC60. I picked this up earlier this year. It needed a lot of work. Swapped the tuners for new hipshots tuners. I gutted the rat nest of electronics, installed new Dunlop Super Pots, new switch, jack and pickups. To end it all I took the frets out, sanded down the board with a 12" radius beam and refretted it with stainless steel frets. Topped it off with a brass nut. A lot of work. Not worth it. :p

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1987 Burny RLC60. I picked this up earlier this year. It needed a lot of work. Swapped the tuners for new hipshots tuners. I gutted the rat nest of electronics, installed new Dunlop Super Pots, new switch, jack and pickups. To end it all I took the frets out, sanded down the board with a 12" radius beam and refretted it with stainless steel frets. Topped it off with a brass nut. A lot of work. Not worth it. :p

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Love that checkerboard cab.
 
Put this together and took a while to figure out an issue or two, particularly with the EMG’s and noise but it’s sorted now. Body is from a limited edition flat black FSR Strat from 2001 I think. Waiting for the Parklane neck I ordered for it but in the meantime has a WD Music Soft V neck. I’ve had to do a bit of work on it but its actually not bad at all. I think I’d actually really like this kind of neck profile with a bit narrower nut width.

Initially I had a VegaTrem on it but I got tired of the tuning/string tension balancing act so threw a Wilkinson WVC on and decked it. I’m really surprised at the difference in tone the two bridge types have; it’s very noticeable. Eventually I will find one of the black 6 screw Gotoh 510’s to put on it and that will be that. Nobody seems to have them right now.


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When I get the Parklane neck, that Soft V neck ia going on this:

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This guitar is not new per say’ but
is no longer the guitar it was.
(pictured in the “Mindmelter’s Chairs”)
transformed into an
HSS with Tone Specific Deluxe set.
I’ve already burned through 2 sets of
Daddarrio NY 11’s, so the honeymoon
period came and went up in a flash.
The best HSS I’ve come across
and honestly, totally worth the price.
These fucker’s are SICK.
The neck & middle are fat with fangs.
The bridge is 8-9k’ish and is sweet as shit.

Even with their output range
-these pickups have a juicy’
touch-sensitive & clear flavor of the vibe
so they do not have a problem comin’ on through.

I’d say like a 57 classic but a bit more modern output and feel that butters in like a loaded
baked potato with the other pickups output
and overall presence to the touch.
Totally balanced with all other pickups in all positions,
-the 2 is dope AF.

With the Callaham bridge piece/wiggle stick,
-There’s NO EXCUSE why I can’t get up under
that roaring note thatl’s right there in front of me-

What’s even radder’ is this guitar was stolen..
-I retrieved this guitar and all the other gear minus
a little Boss recorder and get’ter down playback monitors.
THAT!! was a day I’ll never forget!

When I took this guitar out of it’s case,
I got the vibe it haden’t been played,
-I set my guitars back in the case with the
wiggle stick & strap a certain way.
I had ‘that’ feeling..So I picked it up and strummed a 1st position G chord and….
-it was in fucking tune my dude’s!!,
-went out of tune after 5 about seconds after that glorious G chord,-but not too far out of town man!

The puke that stole’ the retrieved gear was
a singer, hence the guitar(s) besides an acoustic
were not fucked with.

-VENDETTA MINE-
 

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Custom Ed Roman axe built for one of my best friends decades ago. Shorthorn Mockingbird supremacy! Haha. Already have some top hat knobs and plan on getting a dark red finish and will black out all hardware. Ive been lusting after this instrument for a long time.
 

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