Yes, good eye!Roller bridge ?
Yes, good eye!Roller bridge ?
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Someone in another thread asked about this guitar, a 1960s MIJ Idol “bizarre” guitar, so I took it for a spin. The rig is a temporary work station at which I’m comparing four versions of the big box Memory Man units. Sharp eyes will notice a 1960s Silvertone guitar and its “amp-in-case,” with which I began the Memory Man comparison some weeks ago and preempted for the Idol. I guess I got a thing for these old oddities!
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Someone in another thread asked about this guitar, a 1960s MIJ Idol “bizarre” guitar, so I took it for a spin. The rig is a temporary work station at which I’m comparing four versions of the big box Memory Man units. Sharp eyes will notice a 1960s Silvertone guitar and its “amp-in-case,” with which I began the Memory Man comparison some weeks ago and preempted for the Idol. I guess I got a thing for these old oddities!
Thanks, and funny you should say that. This guitar got on my radar several years ago when someone on another forum called a similar one “fugly.” But to me it was love at first sight!I recoiled as my immediate reaction, but after looking at it closer and the fact something like that was built in the 60s I’m on board haha
That’s bad ass!!
You can't polish a turd
They are actually all very well made guitars like a hell of a lot of other guitars that are made inYou can't polish a turd
I see Chibson all the time. The first problem is the are a fraud . Then they are absolutely the worst quality rip off garbage you can buy ( illegally) . Just because they have thick shiny plastic on them doesn’t mean anything good. Can you really not see what is wrong with these?They are actually all very well made guitars like a hell of a lot of other guitars that are made in
China .
You can keep taking the piss but you haven’t owned them so can’t really comment nice
They come up nice with this.
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Thats a cleaner, not a miracle worker. Doesn't magically improve the build quality and components used.They are actually all very well made guitars like a hell of a lot of other guitars that are made in
China .
You can keep taking the piss but you haven’t owned them so can’t really comment nice
They come up nice with this.
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I see Chibson all the time. The first problem is the are a fraud . Then they are absolutely the worst quality rip off garbage you can buy ( illegally) . Just because they have thick shiny plastic on them doesn’t mean anything good. Can you really not see what is wrong with these?
I don't eat mystery meat & I don't buy/play guitars made with mystery wood.Thats a cleaner, not a miracle worker. Doesn't magically improve the build quality and components used.
There's a good reason why I haven't owned Chibsons.![]()
Get your fookin facts right it’s not illegal to buy them ,It’s illegal to sell them.I see Chibson all the time. The first problem is the are a fraud . Then they are absolutely the worst quality rip off garbage you can buy ( illegally) . Just because they have thick shiny plastic on them doesn’t mean anything good. Can you really not see what is wrong with these?
You really are tedious. They are utter garbage and you risk them being destroyed by customs. This is the best thing that could happen to them.Get your fookin facts right it’s not illegal to buy them ,It’s illegal to sell them.
I have no intention of doing that .I bought them as modding projects and have had fun doing that.
So piss off and annoy some other forum member.![]()
You can jog on as well your like a stick record going on and on taking the piss.I don't eat mystery meat & I don't buy/play guitars made with mystery wood.
For those who don't know the story re: Asian Commercial Mahogany (Agathis, Lauan, Nato, etc. substituted & branded as "mahogany"), ignorance is bliss![]()
Philippine Mahogany aka Asian Commercial Mahogany
The only logical explanation for musos that can't hear the difference between real vs. fake Mahogany, is that they're either:
(A) Tone-deaf.
(B) Suffering from confirmation bias.
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