Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

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Re: Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

Post by AlumNeck » Fri Sep 06, 2019 5:53 am

sirspens wrote:
Fri Sep 06, 2019 5:42 am
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Thu Sep 05, 2019 4:40 pm
I dig this shape on this one!


https://reverb.com/item/19290371-orley- ... ric-guitar
Not offset.

I almost did a post here the other day to say that I haven't seen any custom or handmade offsets on Reverb for weeks. I haven't abandoned the thread, just nothing to report.
The horns and body are offset to the neck what am I missing?

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Re: Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

Post by sirspens » Fri Sep 06, 2019 6:36 am

AlumNeck wrote:
Fri Sep 06, 2019 5:53 am
sirspens wrote:
Fri Sep 06, 2019 5:42 am
AlumNeck wrote:
Thu Sep 05, 2019 4:40 pm
I dig this shape on this one!


https://reverb.com/item/19290371-orley- ... ric-guitar
Not offset.

I almost did a post here the other day to say that I haven't seen any custom or handmade offsets on Reverb for weeks. I haven't abandoned the thread, just nothing to report.
The horns and body are offset to the neck what am I missing?
http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/vie ... 5#p1564934

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Re: Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

Post by 601210 » Fri Sep 06, 2019 6:42 am

AlumNeck wrote:
Fri Sep 06, 2019 5:53 am
sirspens wrote:
Fri Sep 06, 2019 5:42 am
AlumNeck wrote:
Thu Sep 05, 2019 4:40 pm
I dig this shape on this one!


https://reverb.com/item/19290371-orley- ... ric-guitar
Not offset.

I almost did a post here the other day to say that I haven't seen any custom or handmade offsets on Reverb for weeks. I haven't abandoned the thread, just nothing to report.
The horns and body are offset to the neck what am I missing?
"Offset" as generally accepted here pertains to the angle of the waist to the neck being over a certain amount (I forget the exact value that gets brought up -- IIRC there's an exact angle mentioned in the original Jazzmaster patent documents, so it's more or less whatever that was).

Otherwise a Strat would be ever-so-slightly offset, but we all agree that it's not.

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Re: Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

Post by AlumNeck » Fri Sep 06, 2019 6:47 am

Thanks folks I’m a noob to offsets obviously!

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Re: Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

Post by AlumNeck » Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:01 am

Something more like this then!
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Make: Abernethy
Model: Sonic Empress THC #072
Price: $3,450
Body Material: "100 year old reclaimed Fir"
Scale: 25.5"
Tremolo: Mastery bridge and Trem
Is the lower waist anywhere near the bridge: Sort of
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Re: Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

Post by Embenny » Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:48 pm

Definitely offset, pretty cool design, but I personally don't understand why people are obsessed with relic jobs on designs that haven't existed long enough to actually have accumulated any play wear.
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Re: Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

Post by marqueemoon » Fri Sep 06, 2019 2:57 pm

That headstock is straight up awful.

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Re: Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

Post by andy_tchp » Fri Sep 06, 2019 4:02 pm

Pure madness leaving such an expensive instrument outside in the rain and completely ruining the paint work.
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Re: Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

Post by sirspens » Fri Sep 06, 2019 4:53 pm

AlumNeck wrote:
Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:01 am
Something more like this then!
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Oh yeah. Abernethy makes some great boutique offsets.
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That headstock is straight up awful.
Except for the headstock, of course. It is indeed awful.

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Re: Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

Post by AlumNeck » Wed Sep 11, 2019 4:34 pm

Not normally my thing but this is pretty cool!

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Re: Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

Post by AlumNeck » Sun Sep 15, 2019 6:31 pm

Now this is different 4 string tenor!

https://reverb.com/item/27990011-soares ... 2019-cream

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Post by Jan Deal » Sun Sep 15, 2019 11:27 pm

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That headstock is straight up awful.
Absolutely. Looking at it gives me the dry boak.
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Re: Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

Post by sirspens » Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:09 am

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This one doesn't exactly fit the theme, but with the lack of new fodder lately, it is too interesting to pass up. This is an Offset Stratocaster from the Fender Custom Shop. And it's sparkly!

Make: Fender
Model: Custom Shop Offset Stratocaster
Price: $5,287
Body Material: "Top Bound Roasted Alder Body w/ German Carve"
Scale: 25.5"
Tremolo: It actually has a floating (JM/Jag) tremolo, not a fulcrum trem.
Is the lower waist anywhere near the bridge: It's a little far forward for my taste, but it works.
Good / Ridiculous / Lame: You know what... I kind of like it. If this was released in a MIM Alternate Reality run, I'd consider buying it. Although, I think I can do without the humbuckers.

Link:
https://reverb.com/item/13242490-fender ... rlos-lopez

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Re: Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

Post by AlumNeck » Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:54 pm

sirspens wrote:
Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:09 am

This one doesn't exactly fit the theme, but with the lack of new fodder lately, it is too interesting to pass up. This is an Offset Stratocaster from the Fender Custom Shop. And it's sparkly!

Make: Fender
Model: Custom Shop Offset Stratocaster
Price: $5,287
Body Material: "Top Bound Roasted Alder Body w/ German Carve"
Scale: 25.5"
Tremolo: It actually has a floating (JM/Jag) tremolo, not a fulcrum trem.
Is the lower waist anywhere near the bridge: It's a little far forward for my taste, but it works.
Good / Ridiculous / Lame: You know what... I kind of like it. If this was released in a MIM Alternate Reality run, I'd consider buying it. Although, I think I can do without the humbuckers.

Link:
https://reverb.com/item/13242490-fender ... rlos-lopez
Yeah this one does not work that great!

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Re: Handmade / Custom Offset Guitars on Reverb

Post by sirspens » Tue Sep 17, 2019 6:12 pm

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Make: Mario Guitars
Model: Serpentine
Price: $2,749
Body Material: Mahogany
Scale: Unknown
Tremolo: Strat type hardtail
Is the lower waist anywhere near the bridge: Nah.
Good / Ridiculous / Lame: Just barely makes it as an offset, but I really like the design, though I think I'd like the lower waist moved back a bit. Also, the pickguard is a little sloppy. Mario! Clean up the pickguard!

Link: https://reverb.com/item/14145525-mario- ... ntine-2018

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