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Thanks Goat.

I'll also apologise for going on and taking this way off topic.

Back to sustainers, I've always been a fan of sustainers and have used EBow and the Fernandes sustainer.

Years ago I customised an old Vox guitar into a fretless (replaced the fingerboard with a nice slab of ebony) and I used this as my main EBow guitar. I now see that you can get fretless versions of several Fernandes guitars - see: http://www.fretlessguitar.com/ - some of these have various fingerboard options including aluminum and glass.

The Sustainiac (which I have never tried) offers differents models - some of which are similar to the Fernandes in a pickup-style unit in the body of the guitar - and others which you clamp to the headstock.

Hardly!

I suppose that now I've replied again you'll want to patronise me some more with your "Grow up" and "Get over it" comments.

He`s making a joke about a guitar(guitar forum ),you`re making a reply about political correctness.

Everyone can`t think the same.Why are people so easily offended?

It's nothing to do with "political correctness". It's more to do with having good manners and respect for other people.

This is a GUITAR forum. I can't see that there is ever any need to bring sexual orientation into the discussion.

To call a Squier Strat "gay", we can assume that in his view one would have to be "gay" to play such an instrument. This is bullshit.

Oh, and gay people play guitars too.

what exactly makes a squier strat gay?

This is a very good point. Using the word "gay" as an adjective for something that is crap, bad, undesireable, etc, is in very bad taste. I am not gay myself, but I find this usage very offensive.

I know its like a single coil.

Unless it's a humbucker. Which mine is.

As an alternative you could always look into installing a Sustainiac instead.

http://www.sustainiac.com/

I own a Fernandes Revolver Pro which has the sustainer system installed. It is fabulous - I love it. Only problem is that it guzzles batteries.

See: http://www.fernandesguitars.com/accessorie...es/fsk_401.html

I also have an EBow Plus which I can use on my other guitars - there are subtle differences between the two systems.

Do you have a photo of this beast that you could show us?

Sound a bit like Yamaha's MSG series from the late 80s / early 90s (?) to me.

Hey, I like Teisco guitars!

Admittedly the fake gemstones that have been stuck on that one are an eyesore, and the holes from where the old tailpiece were could have been filled in.

But ugly?

It's not that bad. I've seen thousands of uglier guitars.

Lots of serial number info on this Vintage Guitar site:

http://www.provide.net/%7Ecfh/

It's nothing new. Microfrets guitars were fitted with compensated nuts way back.

the serial # is E9441xx.

The E in the serial number stands for "Eighties", so yeah, it's an 80s neck.

See: Serial Number Dater For Fender Guitars

Do you mean something like this:

It doesn't look like the Fender Custom Shop put any body contouring on the essentially left-handed body where you'd expect it to be.

they don't look good, they're heavy as f*ck, and they don't sound any better than a wood guitar. so we have 2 cons and one neutral...is there any point?

"They don't look good" ... well that's a matter of opinion. I personally dislike Stratocasters, but that's my opinion.

"they're heavy as f*ck" ... yeah, so is a Les Paul.

"they don't sound any better than a wood guitar" ... my Aria pictured above sounded better than the Strat I used to have (and the dealer I sold THAT to said it was the best sounding Strat he'd ever played).

Yeah, it all boils down to personal taste. Me, I think they are well cool.

LOL LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THAT THE ARTIST FORMALY KNOWN AS PRINCE WOULD USE

No, Prince uses these babies:

Auerswald Instruments

So it's a serious guitar? Wow, I would have guessed it was Photoshopped.

Yeah, I've seen them in real life too. And the "Burnt Marvel" model too - which looks even more freaky!

Some links for you:

Crystal Guitars

B.C. Rich acrylic Warlock

B.C. Rich acrylic Mockingbird

Unfortunately I can't find any links for the original see-thru Ampeg / Dan Armstrong guitars and basses, but a picture search on Google will find you a few examples.

I used to have a perspex Aria Legend solid electric guitar, based loosely on the stylings of the now legendary Fender Jazzmaster guitar. It had two powerful humbucking pickups, 1 volume, 1 tone and 3-way pickup selector, a 22-fret neck with rosewood fingerboard, and body and headstock made from clear perspex making it look ultra cool. The perspex headstock was scarfed onto a wooden neck (which looked like maple) and the joint was absolutely seamless.

I certainly had no complaints about the tone. Indeed, the perspex body gave the guitar quite incredible sustain, although I did wonder about how the "swimming pool" pickup cavity - surely, the sustain would have been better individual cavities had been routed for each pickup? Only problem here would be that it'd have been even heavier. The beast weighed a ton as it was!

Thanks Brian!

I have checked in on the forum before, just never posted. I also check in on the Project Guitar website quite frequently.

For more information on Brian Eastwood's Bender Distortocaster, please see here: Brian Eastwood Guitars

I see you've found my website.

If you like the Bender Distortocaster, then take a look at these "ergonomic" acoustics from Burrell Guitars: http://www.burrellguitars.com/

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