AliExpress monstrosities

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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by JSett » Fri Mar 17, 2023 12:36 am

fever606 wrote:
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JSett wrote:
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At least it's original
Imagine going to all this trouble and then just dropping bog standard Strat guts into the thing. I mean… look at that jack placement!
I did think the same. Original AF but simultaneously super derivative
Silly Rabbit, don't you know scooped mids are for kids?

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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by fever606 » Fri Mar 17, 2023 12:40 am

JSett wrote:
Fri Mar 17, 2023 12:36 am
fever606 wrote:
Fri Mar 17, 2023 12:28 am
JSett wrote:
Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:12 pm
At least it's original
Imagine going to all this trouble and then just dropping bog standard Strat guts into the thing. I mean… look at that jack placement!
I did think the same. Original AF but simultaneously super derivative
I guess it’s no worse than a lot of “custom” guitars…

**Radical new design**

**Custom pickups**

**$2 Tele control plate**

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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by JSett » Fri Mar 17, 2023 12:42 am

:D :D :D

Like all the 'boutique' companies turning out Fender clones with Hosco parts for $3k+
Silly Rabbit, don't you know scooped mids are for kids?

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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by garyptaszek » Fri Mar 17, 2023 1:33 am

JSett wrote:
Fri Mar 17, 2023 12:42 am
:D :D :D

Like all the 'boutique' companies turning out Fender clones with Hosco parts for $3k+
huge pet peeve of mine, seeing this.
"High end JMaster style guitar, top shelf quality £3k" ..... *cheap as possible import vibrato*

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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by LVC » Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:31 pm

Create art, not content

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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by Futuron » Thu Nov 30, 2023 12:00 am

Good luck finding a case... and if you can't, it'll go through the car window on the way to the gig

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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by Jonesie » Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:44 am

It's ridiculous that someone is actually making a copy of a Hondo Death Dagger (yes, that's the actual model name.) Here's a real one:

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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by LVC » Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:38 am

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It's ridiculous that someone is actually making a copy of a Hondo Death Dagger (yes, that's the actual model name.)[/img]
I had no Idea that was a copy of an existing model! I assumed it was a case of "hey, we've got a thousand of those weird shaped wood offcuts, let's see what we can whip up with them" like this one. Thanks for the heads-up; as we say here, I'll go to bed slightly less stupid tonight :D

In a way you have to admire the sheer uncompromising '80s hair metal in-your-faceness... But on the other hand, who in their right mind would play something that unwieldy onstage?

Oh and I've just realised it's got an offset waist!
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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by Jonesie » Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:47 am

LVC wrote:
Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:38 am
Jonesie wrote:
Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:44 am
It's ridiculous that someone is actually making a copy of a Hondo Death Dagger (yes, that's the actual model name.)[/img]
I had no Idea that was a copy of an existing model! I assumed it was a case of "hey, we've got a thousand of those weird shaped wood offcuts, let's see what we can whip up with them" like this one. Thanks for the heads-up; as we say here, I'll go to bed slightly less stupid tonight :D

In a way you have to admire the sheer uncompromising '80s hair metal in-your-faceness... But on the other hand, who in their right mind would play something that unwieldy onstage?

Oh and I've just realised it's got an offset waist!
Someone near me was selling one for $100, a MIJ one, I apparently just missed it.

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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by Plumerai » Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:03 am

Fiddy wrote:
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:wtf:

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how would you play this seated?

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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by sessylU » Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:39 pm


Look at the strap pin. Where do you think that guitar hangs when you wear it?
a total idiot jackass

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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by LVC » Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:22 am

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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by Futuron » Sun Dec 10, 2023 11:39 pm

I'm actually more distracted by the pickguard

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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by Jonesie » Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:12 am

Overexposed Photo Burst.

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Re: AliExpress monstrosities

Post by s_mcsleazy » Mon Dec 11, 2023 2:55 pm

it gets worse the longer you look at it. it's not even just the burst btw. the pickguard is..... ugly at best but also look how far forward the bridge pickup is. that thing is gonna sound like shit.
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