Guitar Nerds Anonymous

Couldn't think of anything better. Truly the nissan Qashqai of the guitar world.

A friend sent me this place and I exchanged emails with them yesterday. They're sort of in London...

They'll paint a stripped guitar body for about £200, and might be an option for some in the future. I've never used them, so not really a recommendation, but they look pretty decent. For reference, that's cheaper than some luthiers I've contacted in the past to do the same.

https://www.hqlacquer.com/

For the record... I drive a 10 year old Qashqai full of dropped McDonalds chips, muddy boot marks and croissant detritus. I've never owned an Epi LP tho.

Although, in fun dadrock Epiphone news, I did play "out" (in a mate's garden sheudio) last night with the Riviera and the Champ. It was just guitar and drums but was super fun and I have to say having a proper pedal board up and running makes travelling, setting up and packing up a fucking doddle. Took the SG as well and got into some pretty spacey noisey jams. Having load of fun with the looper, delay and univibe.

Obviously, the Champ starts to cave in under being subjected to all of that humbuckery, a couple of gain pedals and a looper stacking stuff up... but it still kicks out a surprising amount of tone and volume if you hit it right. Still my favourite bit of gear by a country mile.

Oh, and the SG sounds righteous.

I reckon an Epi LP is more of a Vauxhall Astra (Squier Strat is a Ford Focus, obvs)

An SUV of a guitar must surely be something oversized, overpriced, impractical for everyday use and blinged to the hilt. I'm going with a hollow bodied Gretsch jazz with all the trimmings

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See this is where i think the SUV analogy falls down. World of difference between a white Overfinch Range Rover and a knackered Nissan.

Someone is feeling very triggered right now... 🤣🤣🤣

I'm sure he'll be along in a minute...

I think a modern SUV would be a Super Strat, maybe a PRS? I dunno, I haven't really thought this through... 🙃

into a boss katana

i'm so sick to the back teeth of SUV chat.

that gretsch is aweseys etc.

Ibanez Jem

Lol! What kind of car is a dildobass do we reckon?

An SUV of a guitar must surely be something oversized, overpriced, impractical for everyday use and blinged to the hilt.

This is a great discussion. I'm thinking it could be something that's dressed up as the best version of something it's not (i.e. SUV being a good looking but fake 4x4).

In that case the guitar version is this years re-issue, reliced, signature '63 strat or similar.

maybe a PRS

Alright take it easy there... 🤣

= the new Defender.

@christianSpaceman. Yes and... I reckon budget SUVs are more of a case of superior driving position arms race. My wife wasn't thinking "I want everyone to see my in my scratched and mud-spattered Nissan and think, oh wow, that car kinda looks like an expensive 4x4 she must REALLY be making something of herself". From memory, it was more a case of, why would i want to be driving at night with my face at ever other cunt's headlight level? I want a bigger car please.

Full disclosure, I hate our car. It's shit and I hate it. I'd like a cooler, better, faster, more fun car... but it's a mixture of thinking that being too into what car you drive is a bit twatty, being vaguely environmentally minded and having other things to spend money on*.

Is my cheap mummy-waggon SUV the old Yamaha acoustic with the rainbow strap? AKA the church guitar? Unintentional normcore?

Oh no - I think I missed the beginning of this conversation and have possibly caused offence - apologies, I just thought someone had started riffing on the car posts that seem to be all over place at the minute!

Dude! You haven't offended me! That didn't come across and offended did it? it was supposed to be self depreciating and funny.

Haha - excellant! Might be a different story if I'd have accused you of owning a reissue, reliced, signature '63 strat though ;)

Fuck yeah! My 3yo keeps asking me what I’m laughing at. Def not srs business.

Resolved to get the offset Tele sorted finally (it needs a new nut and the frets levelled - things that have been bothering me since day one - and I'm going to try compensated brass saddles). I like the standard P90 pups, they are very underwound and retain a lot of "tele-ness", but I have to admit the Gibson ones in the Iommi SG are richer and fuller sounding.

Would a pair of Lollar 50s-wind P90s and better pots/caps be overkill / pretentious / a waste of money?

• Would a pair of Lollar 50s-wind P90s and better pots/caps be overkill / pretentious / a waste of money?*
  
  

Yes, all of the above. But that’s no reason not to do it. Roll on!

The Lollars are great, but a lot of money for P90s. You can get a hand-wound set from Creamery for £160 and they’ll be as nice as anything Lollar can sell you.

Wiring harness worth replacing if the quality isn’t great. I’m not sure how much of an impact it has on sound, but a good quality harness with CTS pots, Switchcraft switch and socket, vintage-style wiring, orange drops etc. will be working and hassle-free long after budget wiring and components have started crackling and falling to bits.

Yeah, I was looking at the Creamery ones as well. One advantage of the Lollars is they offer a bridge pup that has the pole pieces spaced for Fenders. The factory P90 that's currently in there definitely isn't, it's narrower than it ought to be for a Tele.

A guitar tech I spoke to was adamant that wiring / jacks / pots / caps was always something he'd do for tone reasons on his own guitars (though we were talking about Squiers and Epiphones and that sort of thing, upgrading cheaper guitars).

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