The offsets of my friends

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The offsets of my friends

Post by cpeck » Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:11 pm

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My friend Michael plays in a couple of pretty awesome bands called North of America and The Holy Shroud, and has a penchant for offset guitars.

The Jazzmaster is a 63 which he bought 6 or 7 years ago for about 650 dollars CANADIAN.

The Jag is a 60-something which was purchased for considerably more (not his, but a bandmates).

I had the Jazzmaster for a while, and it was one of the nicest guitars I have ever played...eye candy too!
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Post by Naturality » Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:18 pm

The jag is either '65 or early '66 becuase of the dots + binding .They are both beautiful.

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Post by Soiouz » Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:30 pm

Wow! Great guitars!



... but tell him that duct tape and/or electrical tape on vintage finishes is not a good idea!  ;)

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Post by StevenO » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:30 pm

Soiouz wrote: duct tape and/or electrical tape on vintage finishes is not a good idea!  ;)
Tell Taka Goto of the post-rock band Mono that!
here's the sweet bass player Tamaki tuning up one of Taka's jazzmasters:
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/S ... ono109.jpg
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Post by Naturality » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:39 pm

Mmm.... she's nice. Of course, I mean the guitar  ::)

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Re: The offsets of my friends

Post by StevenO » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:50 pm

They're both nice.

and OOOPS, I meant to put the picture as a link as to not hijack the thread, so I'll edit it.

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Re: The offsets of my friends

Post by batchainpuller » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:03 pm

cpeck wrote: My friend Michael plays in a couple of pretty awesome bands called North of America and The Holy Shroud, and has a penchant for offset guitars.

The Jazzmaster is a 63 which he bought 6 or 7 years ago for about 650 dollars CANADIAN.

The Jag is a 60-something which was purchased for considerably more (not his, but a bandmates).

I had the Jazzmaster for a while, and it was one of the nicest guitars I have ever played...eye candy too!
I'm guessing you live in the great city of Halifax? "Michael" as in Mike Bigelow perhaps?
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Post by cpeck » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:04 pm

batchainpuller wrote:
cpeck wrote: My friend Michael plays in a couple of pretty awesome bands called North of America and The Holy Shroud, and has a penchant for offset guitars.

The Jazzmaster is a 63 which he bought 6 or 7 years ago for about 650 dollars CANADIAN.

The Jag is a 60-something which was purchased for considerably more (not his, but a bandmates).

I had the Jazzmaster for a while, and it was one of the nicest guitars I have ever played...eye candy too!
I'm guessing you live in the great city of Halifax? "Michael" as in Mike Bigelow perhaps?
I am friends with Mike Bigelow, but it was Michael Catano I was talking about!
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Re: The offsets of my friends

Post by berlinbetty » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:39 pm

  In regards to the picture of the lovely Tamaki tuning the Jazzmaster, is it common practice to tune a guitar with a capo on it?  I'm asking out of complete ignorance, I only use mine to keep the strings from flying all over the place when I'm swapping pickups...
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Post by chrisjedijane » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:54 pm

yep, it's normally not a problem. sometimes the strings can stick a bit when tuning down, but it's not a big problem.
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Re: The offsets of my friends

Post by StevenO » Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:03 pm

I have to tune my guitars with the capo on, if I'm using it. The strings are often out of tune, slightly, when I put the cap on if I don't. I'm a bitch when it comes to being in tune.

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Re: The offsets of my friends

Post by CLETUStheFETUS » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:26 pm

wow north of america... I love one of the records, but i lost the case and dont even know the album title!
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