Hey RG, very nice score . I was thinking to respray my Profile Tele but like your Tokai, the white has gone a really nice shade over the years, so now mm I don't know, maybe not LoL.
He Richard, yeah that aged white is a priceless colour so why mess with it? You sticking with it?
@ Harley, I own a few Korean Squiers. Two Squier Stagemasters are the set/through neck versions, and boy o biy they sound different from the bolt ons. I've upgraded them both recenty. One I bought of a dead guy who was having his collection sold off after he had passed away so it was brand new! There are photos of my cobalt blue version of the same guitar on this same thread somewhere. Anyways I kitted the gold one out with brass block last week, and a while back I put on proper steel floyd rose saddles. The cobalt blue version I put in a brass block, and swapped the whole trem out for a brand new one (which had steel saddles to begin with). I'm now at the point where I like the stock pickups, but I want to see what others think on here about whether I swap them out for some super distortions.
About my GF not getting my passion, well she does, but I stupidly agreed not to buy anymore until I sold some on that I don't want
I will admit that I do have too many, but I just love them all, and I dunno why the cheaper ones appeal to me as much. I love upgrading I suppose and customising.
@ Richard, I thought Mike had went ahead with the install? Ok if he is hanging on for the new guide I'll get to work on that. I let other shit pile up on me man over the last few weeks so I promise I'll have a start on that by the weekend. I have shit load of photographs so it should be pretty comprehensive.
Whilst searching for proof of authenticity with the tokai guitar I found this under the hood. Cause for concern guys? Didn't feel loose or anything but it was still a shock.
Not to detract from the possible problem above with the Tokai,
but here is the Green Axe. I would love to know what the story behind this guitar is. I know it's cheap, but you know what some stuff on it is decent quality. For example the trem, it's all steel. It has embossed on it the Floyd rose logo, which I find interesting because there is no real Floyd rose that shape. I have many other licensed FR trems this shape but none of them have the official FR logo embossed on them. Another thing to take note, it came with one control. I could have this, so I got a concentric pot and added a tone control
and orange drop cap. It didn't fit in initially so I had to sand down a circular area around the hole where the pot fit through. This allowed the concentric pot to seat low enough down that I could get the bushing through the other side and then fit the nut and washer so the pot could be mounted correctly. Also the pickups say Wilson, which is a brand??? Bizarre. My theory is, someone somewhere bought a kit guitar and got some hardware themselves from somewhere, then stuck it on ebay trying to make a bit of cash. I think my girlfriend got it for under the asking price which was £150 initially. I think she got it for £120 but she wont tell me
Anyways check it out guys.