Welcome back! Awesome pics thanks for sharing...
hmm? What's that smell? Like nitrocellulose and tolex?
welcome back
my, my. I'm not sure where to begin. Tell me about that last guitar with the Vibroverb sporting a JBL dust cover behind the grillcloth.
(a rundown on all of them wouldn't put you on the 'banned list' either, I suppose )
"Live and learn and flip the burns"
Missed you roger! Had questions and couldn't find your email - but got it sorted out.
YOU are a Damned good Murican Sir!
Kenny Belmont
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Welcome back friend.
I have missed your wisdom and look forward to all your tales.
I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.
Damn Rog, more than any absent member, I've missed you the most. I'm so glad to see you're back. I know we disagree on political things, but we share a lot in common, and I'm glad to see you here again.
I've added some geets to my corral as well. I'll take some pics soon and post them. Recently bought a Ric 330--don't kill me, Rog!
If we'd known we were going to be the Beatles, we'd have tried harder.--George Harrison
By the way.....was that a blazing saddles reference?😉
Kenny Belmont
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Maybe you can liven this place up, phantomman, great pics!
Welcome back! Beautiful guitars and amps!
Roger!!! Good to see you, Sir!
I was going to slow down on posting myself BUT seeing you're back really gave me some oxygen!
ˇBienvenido, hombre!
Awesome stable there sir!
And some great iron to run them thru!
We haven't met, Roger, since I guess you backed away before I arrived. But I'm glad to see anyone with as great a love for [Fender] guitars as you! I'm Fred, and I plan to stick around.
Roger, are all those new acquisitions? What are the years and specs?
The first photo depicts my newest acquisitions. The guitar began life as a 1999 MIM Classic 50's Strat in Surf Green. I had the body professionally refinished in Taos Turquoise acrylic lacquer. All the hardware is US-spec Fender with steel trem block and "PATENT PENDING" bridge saddles while the plastics are from Fender's '54 vintage re-issue line (set includes the "mini-skirt" knobs and "football" switch tip). The pickups are DiMarzio Virtual Vintage noiseless -- a mix of Heavy Blues II (neck), Heavy Blues (middle), and the now-OOP Solo Pro (bridge), with cloth push-back wiring, Oak/Grigsby switch, US-made Switchcraft output jack, and Russian milspec PIO .022mfd tone cap. Tuners are Kluson's single-line Deluxe split-posts and the string tree is a round Telecaster type. The guitar was built to resemble an early '55 edition.
The amp is a '66 Vibrolux Reverb with OEM Fender-marked Jensen C10NS ceramics. A previous owner had re-grilled it (badly I might add) with '68 cloth and added a '68 silverface front face plate. The innards were virtually unmolested. I had only to re-grill the amp with Rodger's "aged white" cloth and install a repro blackface control plate to bring the amp back to showroom-stock trim. With the Chicago-made Jensens it sounds heavenly -- a perfect mate to a Strat or Les Paul, probably a Tele as well.
I have a mid '68 Pro Reverb in the queue, awaiting routine maintenance and safety upgrades. All stock at this point, right down to it's tone-thieving Oxford 12L6 speakers. I have a pair of Fender-Marked Jensen C12NA's from 1967 earmarked for it, plus a set of F&T electrolytics, some new Allen & Bradley 470Ω resistors for the power-tube sockets, and a 16-foot grounded power cable. Just gotta get motivated......
"When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."
Welcome back, and beautiful additions!
I played a GVCG blackguard tele through a Vibrolux Reverb like that, and it was the tone of the gods. Learned what a great Tele can bring to the table and taught me that 3 barrel bridge saddles don't suck after all. Been loving Tele guitars ever since.
"Live and learn and flip the burns"
Hey phantomman - welcome back! Nice photos- do you have any similar shots of Teles?
I don't own any Tele's, dirtdog.
Sorry.
"When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."
As far as I know, Roger is like me: all about the strat and no humbucker in the bridge.
I appreciate the humbucking feature of a humbucker pickup but the guitar has to look and sound like a Strat. Hence my affinity for DiMarzio's Virtual Vintage noiseless pickups. I have Fender's SCN's in a couple of guitars but they just don't have the authentic "strattitude" of the DM's.
"When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."
I like the SSS of a Strat, but I wouldn't mind having a thicker bridge pickup, if I had a second Strat.
If we'd known we were going to be the Beatles, we'd have tried harder.--George Harrison
One of these would make a significant difference......
https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/hum...t/virtual-solo
No fuss, no muss -- you can use your Strat's existing 250K volume and tone pots.
Just drop it in and RAWK.
"When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."
Thanks for the kind words......you guys are swell!
"When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."
LONG time!
do I look like I know what I'm doing?