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shagfu
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What's the worst thing you've done to your guitar? Or bad decisions on guitar trades or sales.
Here's some of things I've done to some of my axes when I was younger.
--Modifications to an old Fender Lead II:
butchered the pickguard to be able to screw a DiMarzio Super Distortion humbucker straight to the body. Home made string retainers for the head stock made from phillips screws and pieces of metal. Threw a Kahler Trem onto it. Had a hardware store sand the paint off so I could throw my own paint job on it. Rather than paint one layer at a time and let it dry before painting another coat on...I decided to just paint a thick ass coat on there and just let it dry longer. The paint never really did dry...it ended up with the consistency of soft rubber, and you could leave your fingerprint on the surface if you pressed down hard enough. I think I ended up painting it at least three different colors (including flourescent green). The last thing I did to it was cut out magazine photographs, glue them to the body and spray a thin layer of lacquer over them. I think I traded it for a Hondo Strat.
--Trading a maple-top Paul Reed Smith bolt-on for a $600 Charvel.
Went to GIT summer school. I wasn't playing well at the time and figured a PRS short neck scale didn't fit my hands too well. So I went to a guitar store and asked them if I could trade in my PRS for a Charvel. Needless to say they were very accomadating.
---Modifications made to the $600 Charvel.
During a get together (alcohol involved) with other GIT students, we decide to scallop the fretboard of the higher frets of our axes and file down some frets. Needless to say that f'ed them up pretty bad.
Also, during a amphetamine binge with the band, I spend all night sanding the paint off of it with an orbital sander. Not having any paint, I decide to use food coloring to dye the bare wood of the guitar. So if you were sweating, the food coloring would come off onto your skin.
--I let my half-brother borrow my beloved Charvel Model 3. He kept it for around a year before he actually came up with a solution. He gave me a great G&L strat that he "claimed" was either owned or was on the same stage as Sammy Hagar for the Charvel. I ended up pawning it off in order to have some party money to go to a good friends wedding in Vegas. I was suppose to give the bride away, but being awake for two days straight I missed the wedding...but that's a whole 'nother story altogether
--Back in high school (early 90's) The brother of the drummer in jazz band at school found and bought a 20 year old Firebird at a yard sale. Perfect condition except for the action. He sells it to me for $150. I sell it to a used music equipment store for $250 and a TAB book.
I keep my guitars in pretty good shape now though
Here's some of things I've done to some of my axes when I was younger.
--Modifications to an old Fender Lead II:
butchered the pickguard to be able to screw a DiMarzio Super Distortion humbucker straight to the body. Home made string retainers for the head stock made from phillips screws and pieces of metal. Threw a Kahler Trem onto it. Had a hardware store sand the paint off so I could throw my own paint job on it. Rather than paint one layer at a time and let it dry before painting another coat on...I decided to just paint a thick ass coat on there and just let it dry longer. The paint never really did dry...it ended up with the consistency of soft rubber, and you could leave your fingerprint on the surface if you pressed down hard enough. I think I ended up painting it at least three different colors (including flourescent green). The last thing I did to it was cut out magazine photographs, glue them to the body and spray a thin layer of lacquer over them. I think I traded it for a Hondo Strat.
--Trading a maple-top Paul Reed Smith bolt-on for a $600 Charvel.
Went to GIT summer school. I wasn't playing well at the time and figured a PRS short neck scale didn't fit my hands too well. So I went to a guitar store and asked them if I could trade in my PRS for a Charvel. Needless to say they were very accomadating.
---Modifications made to the $600 Charvel.
During a get together (alcohol involved) with other GIT students, we decide to scallop the fretboard of the higher frets of our axes and file down some frets. Needless to say that f'ed them up pretty bad.
Also, during a amphetamine binge with the band, I spend all night sanding the paint off of it with an orbital sander. Not having any paint, I decide to use food coloring to dye the bare wood of the guitar. So if you were sweating, the food coloring would come off onto your skin.
--I let my half-brother borrow my beloved Charvel Model 3. He kept it for around a year before he actually came up with a solution. He gave me a great G&L strat that he "claimed" was either owned or was on the same stage as Sammy Hagar for the Charvel. I ended up pawning it off in order to have some party money to go to a good friends wedding in Vegas. I was suppose to give the bride away, but being awake for two days straight I missed the wedding...but that's a whole 'nother story altogether
--Back in high school (early 90's) The brother of the drummer in jazz band at school found and bought a 20 year old Firebird at a yard sale. Perfect condition except for the action. He sells it to me for $150. I sell it to a used music equipment store for $250 and a TAB book.
I keep my guitars in pretty good shape now though
