Hey there everyone, my name's Tim. I'm 26 and from Dayton, Ohio. I just signed up to the site to talk with fellow owners of guitars with offset bodies. I myself own an Olympic White 1996 MIJ Jaguar with a tortoise shell pickguard. I'm in the process of customizing it. I've already put a buzz-stop to eliminate the bridge buzzes and rattles. I've put new tuners and a second string tree on it. I've also upgraded the pickups to a matching set of Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Jaguar pickups. I'm currently trying to figure out a three-way switch conversion for it...a topic I will post when I'm done here. I also own two Strats, a Mexican and a Squire, along with an Ibanez AW-100 Artwood acoustic. The Mexican Strat is my oldest guitar, I got it for my 19th birthday. It is the one I've customized the most. I've repainted the lame Torino Red to Daphne Blue (all with the aid of sky blue road striping spray paint from Home Depot. It's a perfect ReRanch nitro candidate) It looks terrible for repaints go, but it was my first attempt at painting a guitar body. I plan on repainting it in a decent job in the near future, my current apartment doesn't really have alot of places to spraypaint. I've also put a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails for Strat in the bridge, and it cooks. This Strat has the craftmanship of an American guitar in a Mexican. Best $175.00 I ever spent... The Squire Strat is actually my fiance's, but she never plays it, so I've decided to give it some love. It is black with a mirror pickguard and black painted headstock. I haven't done any customizing on it....yet;) It sounds good for a Squire... The Ibanez acoustic is a wonderful guitar, I don't need to do anything to it. I just put D'Addario EXP lites on it and keep it humidified.
My amp is a small 15 watt solid state Fender FM15 DSP amp. I plan on upgrading it to a much larger amp soon. I use a few effects... Boss Blues Driver, Purple Flanger and Light Blue Chorus. I use the reverb on the amp to give it some life. I use D'Addario XL 10 strings on all my guitars, the Jaguar having the 10's with the wound G string for added tone. I play mostly for myself. I pretend I'm a rock star in my apartment. I don't know what kind of style I play... I'm very much influenced by Alternative, Indie Rock, Folk, Country, and Classic Rock, 70's/80's metal. Create a genre from that
That's about it. Hope to have a good time with you all!
Tim
