Sootying at the geetard superhette

[alanp]

You will get more bang for your buck with an Edwards LP. Seriously. 59 neck, long tenon joint, perfect finish & quality, all gotoh hardware, duncans as standard, sustain that lasts (almost) forever.
Obviously this is my opinion & personal experience & bias. Go with the std if u must.

What NZ shops carry Edwards? (An email and postal address only company is not wanted.)

Or is it a 'look on ebay' thing?

[willow13]

What NZ shops carry Edwards? (An email and postal address only company is not wanted.)

Or is it a 'look on ebay' thing?

377 Manukau Road Epsom, Auckland 1023

[Edwards]

You will get more bang for your buck with an Edwards LP. Seriously. 59 neck, long tenon joint, perfect finish & quality, all gotoh hardware, duncans as standard, sustain that lasts (almost) forever.
Obviously this is my opinion & personal experience & bias. Go with the std if u must.

What NZ shops carry Edwards? (An email and postal address only company is not wanted.)

Or is it a 'look on ebay' thing?

I am very biased because I own one. It was at the end of a long string of guitars over many years. (Although I have bought another ESP since then, & plan to buy another Edwards). So like anyone who discovers something, you want to share I guess.

The guys on here said KBB Auckland & RS Christchurch have them (who I do not work for !!! )

I buy from a Japanese guitar shop using my credit card, they take about 3 days to get here by insured EMS, then customs calculate the GST, which you then pay to them, to get the guitar into your hands. But actually RS & KBB are not much more $ than what I paid to get my E-LP-92-CD so it would be just as easy & no more expensive to buy local.

If you google them you get a pretty good idea of what they are & what people's thoughts about them are.

I'm only answering the question here, but of course I am one track minded about these, so give me half a chance and I'll rave.

Please carry on and talk about Tokai's and Standard's now

[Edwards]

And tele's

[alanp]

Already got a tele (and a damn fine one it is.)

Thinking of picking up a LP in the new year, finances permitting.

[AiRdAd]

can you give us a bit of info on the telemaster and bits please

[jeremyb]

You will get more bang for your buck with an Edwards LP. Seriously. 59 neck, long tenon joint, perfect finish & quality, all gotoh hardware, duncans as standard, sustain that lasts (almost) forever.
Obviously this is my opinion & personal experience & bias. Go with the std if u must.

I'm quite tempted but are '59 necks quite fat? Prefer the thinner (60's?) profile

[Daza152]

Already got a tele (and a damn fine one it is.)

Thinking of picking up a LP in the new year, finances permitting.

Hey you took the words right out of my mouth...

[Bg]

woo hoo you finally got rid, don't buy anything else that will be a trademe anchor round your neck.

[Slowy]

My problem with Jap LP's is the tiny necks. It makes sense because most Japanese guitar players aren't issued with the same huge hairy paws I wear. But I've never found a Jappa with a 50's style neck and I can't live with the 60's ones.

Evidence that I am wrong will be most welcome.

[Vorbis]

Reminds me of when Lockwood Smith commented about Asians having small hands.

[Slowy]

Reminds me of when Lockwood Smith commented about Asians having small hands.

Comparing Slowfingers to Lockwood Smith is strong accusation.........

[jeremyb]

woo hoo you finally got rid, don't buy anything else that will be a trademe anchor round your neck.

Amen.

[sam_the_bogan]

Agree with single coil - on a good trademe day you can get a standard for less than 2k. As for year and the likes it's a pretty subjective thing. There is about of variability around the 80s and 90s so sight unseen is potentially hazardous, now that being said there are also some killer guitars from this period which can got at reasonable prices.

Depending on budget and name on headstock constraints, I'd suggest having a look at Agile. They cost three fifths of fuck all, but the build quality is top notch IMO.

[jeremyb]

can you give us a bit of info on the telemaster and bits please

The body is unsanded, drilled for a Gotoh gtc101 (I think that's the model, I have one in my partscaster which would go with the telemaster body...) also got a couple of pickups, SD custom custom & '59... Neck plate and padding plate as the wood is very soft... Have a left handed all parts neck with Gotoh tuners and side dots on both sides as I have it setup for reverse headstock styles on my partscaster...