Wow. This neck is huge. Super thick. Might be the thickest neck I own except that vintage Japan Hy Lo hollow body I own. Measured 15/16″ at 1st fret. 1″ (-less than 1/64″) at 12th fret. Was expecting a thin shredder neck. Not at all. Super dense feeling thick solid maple neck. Normally I dislike […]
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It is very very light. Like 5 something pounds. I had to re-do the wiring, was quite easy and then all of the electronics worked! Two solder joints were blown / separated. I also have 3x shimmed the neck to try to get it with decent playability using a scrap piece of cedar shingle. I […]
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After loosing a white spider web graphic beat up needs-a-lot-of-work guitar more than a year ago, I found THIS little beauty. Instead of a 8 hour drive it was a mere 40 minutes away. It had been listed for 3 days when I discovered it, and my work schedule was brutal – 46 hours in […]
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Getting ready to sell or trade this. Not a scratch on it. Perfect shape. Gorgeous plush case – the nicest I’ve ever seen. I’ve got too many explorers, and I’m devoted to my Washburn A20V as I’ll never have a better player than that. I also cannot stand the goofy split headstock. I had planned […]
Read More »Full write up coming soon. But… I have multiple copies now. Most of the heavy hitters. -Epiphone Goth Explorer MIK 2004 24.75″ setneck -Aria Pro II ZZ Deluxe 1983 MIJ Blueburst Black bolt on 25.5″ -Dean Z “Chicago Series” set neck 24.75″ -“Gig” Explorer MIJ (Matsumoku factory build) bolt on 25.5″ -Washburn A20V 1979 built […]
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I went for a beautiful country drive in the sunshine through Mont Vernon and the Francestown turnpike thru Francestown and on to Deering NH to meet a guy for a potential trade… Recall, I acquired two ‘Gig’ brand MIJ vintage guitars in Florida two years ago. I never liked or bonded with the V at […]
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I still have a cold trail as to what this beauty is. I’ve been playing the heck out of it and I really love it. Through tons of internet searching I found this guitar looks nearly identical to it. Unfortunately it’s listed as ‘unknown’ maker and country of origin. The headstock looks exactly the […]
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omigosh omigosh omigosh! I just plugged this mystery mahogany Explorer in. I was afraid to – didn’t know if it was going to be a huge letdown. The sound: it’s gorgeous. I think on this home stereo no less and not even a guitar amp it may have catapulted to my favorite of all time. […]
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Very excited, just bought this beauty. I did not even realize what I had until later. I did not notice it was definitely a solid wood guitar. Or that it was 2 piece only and the grain goes front thru side to back! I also didn’t measure the scale length until later. I had guessed […]
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Hi all! Well, this was a huge surprise. I found this listed 2 hours after posted and immediately contacted the guy. I chased this very same guitar last December. I was working about 500 miles away in D.C. for the week and had some back and forth with seller but it sold out under me. […]
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My 9th guitar I’m really thrilled with. Just picked it up out in deep western MA coming back from exhausting job in NY. I knew when it went into my lap and I held the neck and hit a note I was buying it. I was not leaving the seller’s house without it. The neck […]
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I just scored a Washburn off craigslist Pretty poorly put together ad, little details, lousy pics. No serial number pictured. I just got my hands on it and back home. I think it’s an A20V. The headstock reads: “791233” only. Front of headstock says “Washburn”. It is definitely a neck through. I also believe it […]
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A tale. And questions about what I have and who made these and when. Ok, finally getting around to post something online about my mysterious guitars I purchased. I flew down to Florida to buy these two almost a year ago. (Ok, I had a job there to travel to as well). I had been […]
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