ATTN: Blue, Niccolai, guitar geeks[views:13047][posts:117]_________________________________ [Aug 7,2007 6:42pm - Niccolai ""] also, I'm not sure if they carry the dk2l, but americanmusical.com offers stretch pay with no interest. It's pretty handy if you decide to buy from them. |
| _____________________________________________ [Aug 7,2007 6:42pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] Oh shit, thank you! That's a nice deal. Should I buy it there, or take that price to one of the big stores? |
| _____________________________ [Aug 7,2007 6:46pm - blue ""] id take that shit to GC and hope that they think that its 600 for the trans red. regardless, theyll match that. |
| _____________________________________________ [Aug 7,2007 6:47pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] Can I just print a copy and bring it in? |
| _____________________________ [Aug 7,2007 6:48pm - blue ""] yup |
| _____________________________ [Aug 7,2007 6:48pm - blue ""] see if you can photoshop it to say trans red too while youre at it. |
| _________________________________ [Aug 7,2007 6:48pm - Niccolai ""] Blue's right. I'd print out the page (make sure the page has the URL on it) and take it to GC. If you haggle, I wouldn't be suprized if they have it to you for 600 after taxes. |
| _____________________________________________ [Aug 7,2007 6:49pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] Christ, I don't even have the cash for this in my hand yet, and I'm bouncing in my chair like a kid that just got told he's going to disney world in a week. I'm so frigging excited to get a guitar I can actually PLAY the stuff I'm writing on. |
| _________________________________ [Aug 7,2007 6:49pm - Niccolai ""] blue said:see if you can photoshop it to say trans red too while youre at it. haha, that's how i got my PMX3000 for 150 bucks off :LOL: |
| _____________________________ [Aug 7,2007 6:51pm - blue ""] see, there ya go. |
| _____________________________________________ [Aug 7,2007 7:05pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] I'm getting the solid black one. You think they'd go lower on that if they thought the trans finish was $600? |
| _____________________________ [Aug 7,2007 7:28pm - blue ""] nah, theyd want to see the print out for the black one that has the price on it. unless you can make it appear accordingly. |
| _____________________________________________ [Aug 7,2007 7:33pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] How long does it take to order something like this through GC? Assuming that there are some in Jackson's inventory, of course. |
| _____________________________ [Aug 7,2007 7:34pm - blue ""] it shouldnt take no longer than a week or two for the most part, unless your GC is dicking you around on a special order which might happen. make sure you have the money ready to throw down on it, they might not do it for you otherwise. |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 7,2007 7:41pm - JDDomination ""] I think you guys should all just bust out the old bolt-on Squire strat and let it rip! It'sh gonna be a Shhuper Shhweeet time guyshh! |
| _____________________________________________ [Aug 7,2007 7:44pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] I played a leftie strat once in my life, and it was the second gayest experience of my life. The first gayest experience was an hour later, when I shoved the guitar's whammy bar up my ass in the bathroom. Why not? |
| __________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 5:47pm - niccolai ""] There is no known guitar worse than a strat. |
| ______________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 8:59pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] A Tele? |
| ________________________________________ [Sep 21,2007 9:26am - DestroyYouAlot ""] [img] If Jari Mäenpäa plays one, it's good enough for me. |
| ________________________________________ [Sep 21,2007 9:26am - DestroyYouAlot ""] Impaled Northern Telecaster |
| _______________________________ [Sep 21,2007 6:00pm - magh8 ""] why not find one you like and special order if you have to... |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 21,2008 11:28pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] SO... I fell for the ESP F-2E [img] I contacted Matts music to see if it was available lefty. It's not. In fact, the only F series available lefty is the shitty basswood model with the fixed bridge that goes for $200 righty. IN FACT, every single guitar matt listed that ESP has lefty was a shit basswood model. Over $600 for a basswood alexi 200? Then, he tells me I can order a guitar to the F-2E specs (mahogany body, neck thru, ebony fretboard, etc...) for a mere 3 grand. Sorry, Niccolai, but FUCK ESP. Those fuckers obviously don't want my business. I'm very sad. So as a second option, I decided to check out the new BC Rich WMD Warbeast. [img] Unfortunately, it's also not available lefty. Now, I'm back to square one, looking at the Jackson DK-2 pro. However, All these neck-thru guitars got me excited. Would I be better off going through the Carvin custom shop and spending more money? Or would the Jackson be worth my money? Half of me wants to drop $1000 at Carvin on a nice guitar, the other half of me wants to use the money to just buy 2 guitars instead. ;) Anyone got any opinions on the BC Rich Warlock NT's? I know for the most part they're all Korean guitars, but are they in anyway worthwhile? Mahogany body, neck thru, ebony fretboard, floyd licensed trem, etc... |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:16am - ArrowHeadNLI ""] Okay, so here are my current options: Jackson DK2Pro: [img] http://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?ItemID=60279 Warlock NT: [img] http://www.bcrich.com/warlock_nt_lefty.html Custom Carvin 135: [img] https://www.carvinguitars.com/catalog/guitars/index.php?model=dc135 The Carvin will end up costing me about double what those other two guitars cost, so it'd damn well need to be WORTH double. Otherwise I'd rather spend the extra money on something else. The Warlock LOOKS cool, but not nearly as cool as those ESP F-2Es do. It's also most likely made in korea. The Jackson has already been discussed greatly in this thread. And for hells sake, some $2300 guitar porn: Here's my dream. Isn't this the guitar that Jeff Waters had in the early days of Annihilator? [img] [img] Someday I intend to own one of these. |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:21am - Niccolai ""] Would you be willing to buy used? my buddy pauls selling a lefty jackson with floyd, I think its a dk2. He needs to sell it so he can buy a new drumset I guess. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:25am - ArrowHeadNLI ""] If it is in great condition, yes. Problem is, I'm too retarded to know how to check the neck, etc... |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:25am - Niccolai ""] and that BC Rich is definately Korean, if not chinese. There's nothing wrong with alot of Korean imports, it just depends on what factory it was built in. The samick factory that makes alot of ESP and Jackson's imports is pretty good, but there's about 6 different factories and some of them have garbage quality controll. How ever, pretty much all of BCrich's guitars short of the NJ line are pretty crappy. Even the NJ line is overpriced for what you get IMO. I'd avoid BCrich, you'll probably end up with a better quality guitar from jackson for the same money. Even Korean. |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:27am - Niccolai ""] ArrowHeadNLI said:If it is in great condition, yes. Problem is, I'm too retarded to know how to check the neck, etc... haha. I'll get some pictures of it and check it out for you, I haven't seen it yet so I'm not completely sure what kindof shape it's in. I think he only wants 200 bucks for it. and at that price, it should be good enough to at least carry you over till you can get something nasty and then you can probably sell it for what you paid for it. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:27am - ArrowHeadNLI ""] I figured that, from everything I've read. I just wanted a cool looking guitar after my F-2E letdown. lol I still want that fucking F-2E. I wish there was a way to get that body shape/style without shelling out 3 grand. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:29am - ArrowHeadNLI ""] Niccolai said: I'll get some pictures of it and check it out for you, I haven't seen it yet so I'm not completely sure what kindof shape it's in. I think he only wants 200 bucks for it. and at that price, it should be good enough to at least carry you over till you can get something nasty and then you can probably sell it for what you paid for it. Pics would be nice, but if you check it out and it's in great shape I'll but it for $200 even if it has pink fucking fairies painted on it. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:30am - ArrowHeadNLI ""] P.S. - Great shape means no neck problems, massive gouges, etc... I can easily live with some belt marks on the back, or scratches, etc... |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:31am - Niccolai ""] I think he blocked the floyd, but that can easily be undone. |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:32am - Niccolai ""] ArrowHeadNLI said:I figured that, from everything I've read. I just wanted a cool looking guitar after my F-2E letdown. lol I still want that fucking F-2E. I wish there was a way to get that body shape/style without shelling out 3 grand. Yea, it's a pain in the ass that ESP doesn't do much for their lefty market. There's one or two guitars in the MH line that come in lefty, but they don't have shit. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:33am - ArrowHeadNLI ""] Holy shit: http://cgi.ebay.com/vintage-1974-GIBSON-Les-Paul-GOLDTOP-LEFTY-LEFT-HANDED That's my guitar, except a '74 instead of a '76. And the reserve hasn't even been met yet. Maybe I should just sell this tree trunk and buy that Jackson Rhodes? I'm kidding. I could never ever sell my guitar. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:35am - ArrowHeadNLI ""] The lefty MH series are all 200 series crap made in Korea. I kid you not, they have nothing that isn't a basswood body for lefties. I think my DESK is made out of that. I think those guitars you buy at WALMART are made of basswood. Fuck ESP. Twats. |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:37am - Niccolai ""] The 200 series non sigs are all made of agathis 'indonesian mahogany' lol. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:40am - ArrowHeadNLI ""] Not the ones they have lefty. The Alexi 200 is basswood, at least. The F-50 is basswood. Here's the list I got from Matt's Model Color List AX50 BLKS $369.00 EX50 BLK $369.00 F50 BLK $369.00 M50 BLKS $299.00 M100FM STBLK $459.00 MH50 BLKS $406.00 MH100QM STB $479.00 V200 BLK $619.00 ALEXI200 WH $665.00 KH202 BLK $665.00 B50 BLK $335.00 F104 BLK $479.00 |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:42am - Niccolai ""] http://www.axemusic.com/product.asp?numRecordPosition=12&P_ID=13254&PT_ID=31 MH250nt. Agathis body, neckthrough, etc. I bought one. [img] |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:43am - ArrowHeadNLI ""] It's a fixed bridge. But, WHY wasn't it on the list Matt sent me. What a douche. |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:44am - Niccolai ""] Because he kisses boys. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:47am - ArrowHeadNLI ""] How hard would it be to unblock your buddies bridge? Is his guitar pink? |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:48am - Niccolai ""] Depending on how it's blocked, you just pull out whatever he used to block it with. people usually use bottle caps or blocks of wood. It's not pink. But it should be. If you want the block out I could probably pull it out before you buy it. I'd obviously set it up for you and crap. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 11:52am - ArrowHeadNLI ""] Yeah, definitely check that out. It's something I'd be interested in. At that price, I could afford it right now. You still got my #? |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 12:04pm - Niccolai ""] is it still 317 6683? I'm going up to priority now to grab some shit. I'll take some pictures of it. I have a shitty camera phone so I don't know how good they are gonna be. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 12:08pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] yup same# |
| _______________________________ [Mar 22,2008 12:24pm - Blue ""] nicc, thanks for typing all of that shit out. i'm far too lazy to be that helpful. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 1:40pm - niccolai ""] Haha. Pete I went and looked at the guitar but its actually an ibanez rg. Its high end and made in japan. Pretty similar to the dk2. Maybe a little better. Let me know if you still wana check it out. Ps. Its black. |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 2:25pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] Do you know what model it is? |
| __________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 8:24pm - Niccolai ""] it didn't have a hame on it, just said RG. |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 22,2008 8:49pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] Gimme a call. If it's $200, I'll take it. |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 23,2008 5:16pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] bump, because I'm stuck at work thinking about how much I want that geeetar. |