Discussion of newer designs, copies and reissue offset-waist instruments.
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by daydreamdelay » Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:43 am
man I want one of these soooo bad
http://www.myrareguitars.com/galaxiecustom.html
there's actually a dealer about ten minutes away.. I might have to stop in soon
I've talked to one person who had one who's also a big Jazzmaster fan and he said they're pretty decent for the money.. anyone else play one? i'd love to get more input on these
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by mezcalhead » Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:02 pm
I think they're great .. a year ago I emailed the only UK distributor of DiPintos about buying one, but they never got back to me.
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by dc » Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:14 pm
it's Elroy Jetson's Jazzmaster -- very cool!

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by mynameisjonas » Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:34 am
i´ve heard nothing but good things about these. haven´t had the opportunity to try one out though

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by Jay » Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:15 am
I've played one. Things I noticed were the trem was really soft (probably needs a stiffer spring) and the frets were rather large and the radius fairly flat... at least compared to a vintage or RI Fender. It sounded great unplugged though. Nice and resonant.
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by Blobcaster » Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:21 pm
the headstocks look pregnant

,don't get me strated on the paint

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by Naturality » Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:35 pm
Okay, I won;t get your "strated on the paint.....

I think they look great. and the buttons looks really easy to use too
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by mezcalhead » Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:29 am
Flat radius, hey? .. I like having both vintage and flat radii around. I'd love to have a play on one of these but over here the chances of me walking into a shop and seeing one I can actually handle are pretty much nil, so the "buy-it-and-flip-it" route would be the only possibility.
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by daydreamdelay » Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:56 pm
i like the headstock.. CBS Fender gone funky
this is the exact one i want and it's only forty five minutes away.. too bad i'm broke

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by JazzBlaster » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:36 pm
I had one, they are great! I highly recomend!
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by mezcalhead » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:31 pm
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by FireAarro » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:02 pm
I'd hit it... it looks great in Capri Orange, I can't dig it so much in sparkle or trans green. But I'm pretty big on Capri Orange.
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by Tail Spin » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:07 pm
I played one of the Los Straitjackets models that a friend bought. Very cool guitar for the money. I didn't like the material they made the nut out of.... seems like a really soft plastic. Easliy replaceable. I also didn't like the fact that the trem arm doesn't pop in. It just swings freely, and falls out if you lean forward. You could probably swap out the trem arm collet with one from an AVRI Jag or JM.
I bought my JM first. A Jag and a Galaxie are definitely next on my list.
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by Pumpkin » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:53 pm
New PG (new shape) and rip out 1 pup and I'd use it,only the green one though.

Oh,and I'd rip out all the buttons and just have a 5way for the 3 pups in the duo sonic position.