There are a few guys around the forum who'll build bodies for cheaper than you can import them.Thewilltopowerrock wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:21 amI am tossing up an MJT but based off rough calculations it would cost the same or more than a second hand American standard.
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Yep - I've done mine in the past because Fender didn't have an equivalent. The Strat and the Tele I used premium parts and yeah, never going to get all the money back...but the same is said for any new guitar.null_pointer wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:46 am Partscasters are an exercise in self-fulfilment because you never get their value back on resale. I think of the 6 I’ve put together I broke even once.
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The way I see it with a partscaster is that you build something you actually want which isn’t offered by the manufacturer for the same price - as you say Grant. I just wonder if can be bothered going the process vs the instant functionality of getting a (maybe somewhat compromised) standard off the shelf.
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Who?robthemac wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:29 amThere are a few guys around the forum who'll build bodies for cheaper than you can import them.Thewilltopowerrock wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:21 amI am tossing up an MJT but based off rough calculations it would cost the same or more than a second hand American standard.
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Lostinverness, there was some other guy posting a couple of weeks back, and one other who I can't remember at the stage. I'm sure if you started a topic they'd let you know.
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In my admittedly limited opinion, what I have found in strats and teles is that even 2 supposedly identical guitars can play very different. For example I had a MIM tele from the late 90's that played beautifully, and I once played a MIM strat here in Nelson (lake Placid blue )that also played really nicely yet my mates MIM black one which was identical on paper played like a dog. So I ended up being that guy who walked into the Rockshop in Welly and played every strat there til I found the one I liked bestest. OK it cost me retail, but at least I am happy with it.
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Sometimes you get lucky, I took my MIM Strat to our local tech and he set it up then spent a couple of hours playing it, figured I got a good one
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It figures that a good percentage of them have to be pretty good. Of all the ones I played there were a couple I would have been quite happy with. (and one I probably should have bought rather than the one I did...) None were real dogs though. Maybe my mates one needed a decent set up: always a variable !
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The variables can be hard to define. A fine looking old Tokai Strat is the only guitar I have bought that I really hated. I didn't like the sound, the feel or anything at all except its light weight and warm old looks.vinylguy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:07 pm It figures that a good percentage of them have to be pretty good. Of all the ones I played there were a couple I would have been quite happy with. (and one I probably should have bought rather than the one I did...) None were real dogs though. Maybe my mates one needed a decent set up: always a variable !
I sold it to a mate who used it as his main guitar for 10 years. In his hands it sounded great and he liked it a lot but it was still a piece of shit when I picked it up. He finally retired it after buying one of Kiwiaxe's Suhrs.
A pretty extreme example but guitars and women......... there are many of both but only a few can make you happy.
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TBH none of my mates guitars has ever spun my wheels (apart from his strat he had an Epi SG that was horrid ) and he also has a bunch of crafter acoustics which I consider to be firewood... The only guitar I ever bought that I truly hated was a Yamaha FG 400 (? ), that I bought on TM and hated the sound, feel and playability of it. Sold it soon thereafter and learnt a lesson about trusting online reviews and buying sight unseen. Though have also had some good buys like that as well, but the yammy wasnt one of them.
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Funny that. Aforementioned mate has 3 acoustics, a Martin OM Mayer, a Martin D41 and a Yamaha FG400. He loves the Yamaha while my opinion is closer to yours.vinylguy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:12 pm TBH none of my mates guitars has ever spun my wheels (apart from his strat he had an Epi SG that was horrid ) and he also has a bunch of crafter acoustics which I consider to be firewood... The only guitar I ever bought that I truly hated was a Yamaha FG 400 (? ), that I bought on TM and hated the sound, feel and playability of it. Sold it soon thereafter and learnt a lesson about trusting online reviews and buying sight unseen. Though have also had some good buys like that as well, but the yammy wasnt one of them.
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