non-fender recommendations..

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non-fender recommendations..

Post by ptointon » Tue Oct 10, 2017 1:30 pm

Ello ello,

New here.. I'm after a new (vintage) offset, not looking to pay too much and would rather it not be a fender (although i love fender just fancy something different).
The Silvertone Bobkat has caught my eye, as well as the Charvel Surfcaster. Haven't got a massive budget.
Anyone got any other recommendations?

Cheers,
Pete
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Re: non-fender recommendations..

Post by Johno » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:57 pm

How about an Ibanez Talman?

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Re: non-fender recommendations..

Post by ptointon » Wed Oct 11, 2017 5:17 am

Thanks. Never been a huge fan of ibanez.. fussy like that. would possibly prefer something a little more obscure too

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Re: non-fender recommendations..

Post by Pacafeliz » Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:03 am

ptointon wrote:Thanks. Never been a huge fan of ibanez.. fussy like that. would possibly prefer something a little more obscure too

sorry i must contradict. it took me a while too, to get over the "oh no it's an Ibanez kinda snobbyness" (no offense), but man... dunno about the new ones, but the old ones are SUCH good guitars!!! they feel right, sound right, look right, and never became "mainstream" guitars, really.

a Surfcaster is cool too, but they cost as much as an old Fender these days.

i used to have an old Bobkat and HATED the doggone baseball bat neck. no way.

other than that, you can look for an old Höfner, Framus or EKO (on the European side), or just hope for the right Teisco - they range from utter useless shit to A-MAZING.
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Re: non-fender recommendations..

Post by BoringPostcards » Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:19 am

Eko or Framus maybe?
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Re: non-fender recommendations..

Post by Crshngdstryr » Wed Oct 11, 2017 11:26 am

I always liked Gibson non-reverse firebirds. I'm not the biggest Gibson fan (especially their new stuff), but those vintage P90s are awesome. Echopark makes an offset guitar as well (Ghetto Bird). It's a new guitar, but uses old stock wood.

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Re: non-fender recommendations..

Post by mgeek » Wed Oct 11, 2017 12:35 pm

ptointon wrote:Ello ello,

New here.. I'm after a new (vintage) offset, not looking to pay too much and would rather it not be a fender (although i love fender just fancy something different).
The Silvertone Bobkat has caught my eye, as well as the Charvel Surfcaster. Haven't got a massive budget.
Anyone got any other recommendations?

Cheers,
Pete

you don't say where you are, but the suggestions of Framus, Eko, Hofner etc if in the EU (or even USA cos loads were exported) are good, Silvertone/Harmony are good too but generally a little more primitive fretwise, which may or may not prove a problem to you (By comparison, Hofners for example are seriously well made guitars, with excellent fretwork, nice radiused necks etc. My '64 verithin is up there with vintage Gibson semis, waaaaay better than any new ones and relatively cheap)

Charvel Surfcasters aren't vintage! haha ;)

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Re: non-fender recommendations..

Post by MrFingers » Sat Oct 14, 2017 1:09 am

Guild Thunderbird? Framus Television?

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Re: non-fender recommendations..

Post by Pacafeliz » Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:45 pm

Nice, but with a bit of luck you can find them for almost half that...
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Re: non-fender recommendations..

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Re: non-fender recommendations..

Post by HH1978 » Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:52 pm

Micro-frets and Kustom are interesting guitars too in my opinion. Micro-frets was a very innovative small company. Less than 4000 guitars were made if I remember things correctly (and a part of that sank in the ocean while being shipped to Europe). Yet, they can be found at very decent prices and most of the time in very good condition.

Magnatone's from the first Paul Barth era (mark VII, VIII and IX) can sometimes be found at bargain prices as nobody seems to buy them. Wonderful glassy tones from the neck pickup. Bridge pickup is less interesting, so I would be happy with a Mark VII probably (mine is a Mark IX).

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Re: non-fender recommendations..

Post by Rob » Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:40 pm

I'm kinda partial to Reverend's offsets: https://www.reverendguitars.com/guitars

Edit: Reverends certainly don't count at "Vintage (Pre-1980)," so I apologize if this is in the wrong place. I guess we were off-topic the moment we started talking about Talmans (which are awesome).

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Re: non-fender recommendations..

Post by rexter » Tue Nov 21, 2017 12:50 am

I love these:

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Re: non-fender recommendations..

Post by rumfoord » Tue Nov 21, 2017 6:37 am

Maybe a Wurlitzer Wildcat, but I've never played one in person

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