My first guitar was a red SX strat. Apart from the colour I found it to be pretty much rubbish. Wouldn't stay in tune for longer than 30 seconds and felt quite awkward, I think there was something wrong with the neck. Pickups were terrible and eventually stopped working after about 2 months since the purchase.
I think It's more of a lottery to be honest. If I could get my hands on a good SX tele neck and body for cheap I wouldn't mind stripping the paint/frets/everything off and going from there but I don't think the rest of it would be worth using.
Don't SX use DR.parts parts anyway?
SX Guitars
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SX are Dr Parts .. same business
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Ahh...you shoulda bought the Custom Hand Made SX.Zaulkin wrote:My first guitar was a red SX strat. Apart from the colour I found it to be pretty much rubbish. Wouldn't stay in tune for longer than 30 seconds and felt quite awkward, I think there was something wrong with the neck. Pickups were terrible and eventually stopped working after about 2 months since the purchase.
I think It's more of a lottery to be honest. If I could get my hands on a good SX tele neck and body for cheap I wouldn't mind stripping the paint/frets/everything off and going from there but I don't think the rest of it would be worth using.
Don't SX use DR.parts parts anyway?
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dredge from the past
I was talking to mr werdna today, and I realised one of my best purchases was the sx LP I got last year. It weighs 3 metric tonnes but sounds every bit like an LP. Something about it is right and I can't put my finger on it, I put my epiphone alnico pro humbuckers in it, and the stetsbar trem lives there. Its so cheap I can do what I want with it - stripped the neck back etc. Was quite prepared to do some fretwork but have never had to touch it.
For a guitar that ended up owing me 80 bucks, I'm more than chuffed.
I have most of an sx tele still as well. The body I refinished in black nitro a few years ago. I used the neck on another guitar - its a great neck! So the body has been bouncing around in the workshop getting very reliced without any physical effort Time to rebuild I think!
I was talking to mr werdna today, and I realised one of my best purchases was the sx LP I got last year. It weighs 3 metric tonnes but sounds every bit like an LP. Something about it is right and I can't put my finger on it, I put my epiphone alnico pro humbuckers in it, and the stetsbar trem lives there. Its so cheap I can do what I want with it - stripped the neck back etc. Was quite prepared to do some fretwork but have never had to touch it.
For a guitar that ended up owing me 80 bucks, I'm more than chuffed.
I have most of an sx tele still as well. The body I refinished in black nitro a few years ago. I used the neck on another guitar - its a great neck! So the body has been bouncing around in the workshop getting very reliced without any physical effort Time to rebuild I think!
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10 year dredge!
Well, thinking back knowing what I do now, my SX Strat probably wasn't too bad. I just didn't know how to get the most out of it.
I have played some SX guitars that were pretty good.
Well, thinking back knowing what I do now, my SX Strat probably wasn't too bad. I just didn't know how to get the most out of it.
I have played some SX guitars that were pretty good.
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Yeah, we've had some dredges lately, I thought it was my timeZaulkin wrote:10 year dredge!
Well, thinking back knowing what I do now, my SX Strat probably wasn't too bad. I just didn't know how to get the most out of it.
I have played some SX guitars that were pretty good.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.