Wanted 6 stringed piece of crap

[Anvil Amps Alan]

I am no Guitarist, I just need an absolute rubbish Axe for Amplifier testing. Could also be used for banging in Warratahs etc. FREE or extremely cheap.(maybe swap for a valve or two if the instrument is better than a cricket bat?)

[rocklander]

might be worth watching this auction?
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Music-instrume ... 379250.htm

[Anvil Amps Alan]

might be worth watching this auction?
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Music-instrume ... 379250.htm

Thanx for that, I could barbecue the body to improve the colour!

[Anvil Amps Alan]

might be worth watching this auction?
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Music-instrume ... 379250.htm

Gone past what I want to pay!

[rocklander]

might be worth watching this auction?
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Music-instrume ... 379250.htm

Gone past what I want to pay!

if you really wanna pay less than $40 for a guitar, then why not just get a $20 mp3 player from DSE and record someone else's guitar into that, then hit the play button.. it'd mean you could tweak the amp whilst it plays for you...

[sgt mukuzi]

hey mate in al honesty i recognise a BIG difference when ever i plug a budget ax in my amp, you need to get somthing BLOODY good to test your amps on
i cant imagine if ASH or Fuzziebrother asked for some crap to test there stuff on, if they did the outcome could have been very different. you see quality breeds quality, i CANNOT speak for these guys, as if i did both would join forces to kill me, and i wouldnt want that.. or at least one by one would be enough
you need a custom shop guitar made by the guys who have not been employed yet, the guys people (on the internet)are looking for, the guys people are looking at! (on the internet) dont be happy with the $25 Samik i would give you if i didnt care, be happy with the custom shop Burrello, a custom shop as yet un-opoend a custom shop you need to be in league with
do not DISS the custom shop i have just invented as it is for sale



$25 custom shop, BYO every thing else

[Anvil Amps Alan]

might be worth watching this auction?
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Music-instrume ... 379250.htm

Gone past what I want to pay!

if you really wanna pay less than $40 for a guitar, then why not just get a $20 mp3 player from DSE and record someone else's guitar into that, then hit the play button.. it'd mean you could tweak the amp whilst it plays for you...

I am only concerned with the signal level input from the ax to the amp. The tonal qualities are unimportant for this test purpose.
At the moment I use an acoustic with a 1960s pickup which clips in sound hole. This does not provide much signal and when I crank up the volume of course there is acoustic feedback.

[Anvil Amps Alan]

hey mate in al honesty i recognise a BIG difference when ever i plug a budget ax in my amp, you need to get somthing BLOODY good to test your amps on
i cant imagine if ASH or Fuzziebrother asked for some crap to test there stuff on, if they did the outcome could have been very different. you see quality breeds quality, i CANNOT speak for these guys, as if i did both would join forces to kill me, and i wouldnt want that.. or at least one by one would be enough
you need a custom shop guitar made by the guys who have not been employed yet, the guys people (on the internet)are looking for, the guys people are looking at! (on the internet) dont be happy with the $25 Samik i would give you if i didnt care, be happy with the custom shop Burrello, a custom shop as yet un-opoend a custom shop you need to be in league with
do not DISS the custom shop i have just invented as it is for sale



$25 custom shop, BYO every thing else

Thanks for your concern but I am a technician, the electronics is what I need a suitable level signal for and anything with 2-3 pickups will do for that.
Tonal qualities are adjusted according to the owner's taste, using the owner's instrument/s and ear/s.
I work with the client and do not profess to be able to predict peoples taste or tonal preferences.

I don't intend to have $Ks worth of guitars to select from!
Maybe I should build a guitar myself.

[sgt mukuzi]

thats a good idea, or you could buy my set of FENDER japan pick ups and mount them on a piece of wood, i can give you a bass bridge and you could hook the strings thrugh that, but i dont have any tuners spare. that could work

[Gelato]

I'm contemplating setting fire to a guitar this weekend, so dire is it's lack of quality. It's made of wood that is probably one step down from an apple crate, but it is capable of making noise when plugged in and strummed, so if you want to cover the cost of shipping it up to Auckland from here (Napier), you are welcome to have it.

[rocklander]

I'm contemplating setting fire to a guitar this weekend, so dire is it's lack of quality. It's made of wood that is probably one step down from an apple crate, but it is capable of making noise when plugged in and strummed, so if you want to cover the cost of shipping it up to Auckland from here (Napier), you are welcome to have it.

if the knobs are also in the line of fire (pun intended) they'd look great on a pedal

[Gelato]

if the knobs are also in the line of fire (pun intended) they'd look great on a pedal

They are kinda big knobs (ohh-err etc.), like those bell ones on the Lesbian Paulsey's. Could be good for pedal use though.

[rocklander]

if the knobs are also in the line of fire (pun intended) they'd look great on a pedal

They are kinda big knobs (ohh-err etc.), like those bell ones on the Lesbian Paulsey's. Could be good for pedal use though.

if there's ever any spare knobs round the place I'm always keen.. bound to find a use

[RobRoyMcCoy]

Hi Alan,

From a technical perspective one thing to consider is that different guitars put out different voltages.

A low output vintage guitar may put out a maximum of 250mVAC (rms). My current axe is relatively high output for a passive design and it does around 800mV. The maximum passive pickup voltage output may be around 1VAC, whilst an EMG active pickup equipped guitar may do up to 2VAC.

Just food for thought.

Regards,
Rob

[Anvil Amps Alan]

thats a good idea, or you could buy my set of FENDER japan pick ups and mount them on a piece of wood, i can give you a bass bridge and you could hook the strings thrugh that, but i dont have any tuners spare. that could work

Then I could rig up 6 solenoid powered plectrums, tune it to E and let it play itself.
There are lots of possibilities, including learning to play well enough so that I would actually want a good guitar!
Seriously, a crap signal source gat with more output level and no acoustic feedback is all I need.
It certainly will not detract from the tonal quality of amps I build.