Long time lurker, first time account-creator.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:24 pm
Hello fellow offset fans! I've been visiting the forum off-and-on for over a decade at this point, I figured it was high time I finally registered.
I've been playing guitar for about 26 years, and I've been an offset lover for most of that time. Guitar was my escape for a bad home life and gave me something focus on when not in school. Like a lot of children of the 90s, I came to know offsets via one Kurt Cobain. It wasn't until I got a Classic Player Jaguar HH in 2010 that I finally got to own one myself. I found a used one at a local Guitar Center and decided to pull the trigger. Little did I know the world of offset waists that would open up for me.
After a string of health scares in my late 20s (fuck cancer), I came to the realization that I was working myself to death with stress and not making time for myself and my wife. I vowed to dedicate more time to playing guitar, and eventually more and more pieces caught my eye on Reverb/eBay/Craigslist.
Here's what I've collected over 25+ years of playing. I have a very understanding wife! Edit: pictures here!
Offsets:
-American Original '60s Jaguar (sunburst)
-Vintera HH Jaguar (surf green; to replace the CP that I foolishly sold)
-60th Anniversary Jazzmaster (black)
-Parts XII (olympic white; Alternate Reality body/pickguard/pickups, Warmoth B&B neck, wired vintage-style with four-way rotary)
-'65 Mustang (Dakota red; loaded with EP Customs pickups after the originals died)
-'08 CIJ Mustang (competition orange)
-Parts Mustang (competition blue; Squier CV body/Warmoth neck, refinished by the inimitable Copacetic Customs)
-Acoustasonic Jazzmaster (natural)
-Squier Bass VI (Atlantis Aqua nitro; also refinished by Copacetic)
-Squier VM '70s Jazz Bass (currently natural, planning to have it refin'd as well)
-JMJ Mustang Bass (aged Daphne blue; seriously one of the best basses I've owned/played)
Non-offsets:
-'79 Stratocaster (Antigua)
-'84 Gibson Explorer (alpine white; I can't deny my Hetfield fanboyism as a young man)
-'98 Epiphone Explorer (natural; my first "real" guitar. I'll never get rid of it)
-Vintera Telecaster Custom (sonic blue; I added a B50 "F" Bigsby)
-Vintera Telecaster Deluxe (walnut; loaded with reissue CuNiFes)
-LTD Eclipse NT87 (rainbow crackle; had to edit this in. How could I have forgotten?)
-Squier Precision (sunburst)
I've been playing guitar for about 26 years, and I've been an offset lover for most of that time. Guitar was my escape for a bad home life and gave me something focus on when not in school. Like a lot of children of the 90s, I came to know offsets via one Kurt Cobain. It wasn't until I got a Classic Player Jaguar HH in 2010 that I finally got to own one myself. I found a used one at a local Guitar Center and decided to pull the trigger. Little did I know the world of offset waists that would open up for me.
After a string of health scares in my late 20s (fuck cancer), I came to the realization that I was working myself to death with stress and not making time for myself and my wife. I vowed to dedicate more time to playing guitar, and eventually more and more pieces caught my eye on Reverb/eBay/Craigslist.
Here's what I've collected over 25+ years of playing. I have a very understanding wife! Edit: pictures here!
Offsets:
-American Original '60s Jaguar (sunburst)
-Vintera HH Jaguar (surf green; to replace the CP that I foolishly sold)
-60th Anniversary Jazzmaster (black)
-Parts XII (olympic white; Alternate Reality body/pickguard/pickups, Warmoth B&B neck, wired vintage-style with four-way rotary)
-'65 Mustang (Dakota red; loaded with EP Customs pickups after the originals died)
-'08 CIJ Mustang (competition orange)
-Parts Mustang (competition blue; Squier CV body/Warmoth neck, refinished by the inimitable Copacetic Customs)
-Acoustasonic Jazzmaster (natural)
-Squier Bass VI (Atlantis Aqua nitro; also refinished by Copacetic)
-Squier VM '70s Jazz Bass (currently natural, planning to have it refin'd as well)
-JMJ Mustang Bass (aged Daphne blue; seriously one of the best basses I've owned/played)
Non-offsets:
-'79 Stratocaster (Antigua)
-'84 Gibson Explorer (alpine white; I can't deny my Hetfield fanboyism as a young man)
-'98 Epiphone Explorer (natural; my first "real" guitar. I'll never get rid of it)
-Vintera Telecaster Custom (sonic blue; I added a B50 "F" Bigsby)
-Vintera Telecaster Deluxe (walnut; loaded with reissue CuNiFes)
-LTD Eclipse NT87 (rainbow crackle; had to edit this in. How could I have forgotten?)
-Squier Precision (sunburst)
