Offset chat

[Slowy]

This body shape gate keeping is quite disturbing, what if Keon's guitar identifies as offset? you can't deny its lived experience!

I knew this would be a fun thing to poke with a stick.

[bigporridgeday]

This kind of tedious pedantry is exactly what guitar forums were invented for.

[jeremyb]

This kind of tedious pedantry is exactly what guitar forums were invented for.

Its hard to believe they've all but disappeared when such joy can be had!

[KNNZ]

I knew it would trigger someone

[Slowy]

I knew it would trigger someone

What gets me is the guitar looks like it's made from backlit sapphire.

[Mr Bungle]

Thanks Strummers. I will probably do the vise one of these days. In the meantime, I wrapped the trem arm with tape and it seems to do the trick (for now). It's the swinginess that bothered me + it detached so easily. But the tape is working for now.

I am thoroughly enjoying playing the JM. Makes me wonder what took me so long to take the plunge

Yep used plumbers tape for a while
Tis indeed the correct instrument. Has been my number one for the better part of the past decade
I do think they benefit from some tweaks , like most guitars.
They , and other offsets, get a lot of flack for stability etc but honestly my avri has never missed a beat, stays in tune with fairly robust abuse and just gets better and better each year.

I agree and look forward to playing this JM for many years to come. Thanks for all your advise, they will be a handy reference for a new entrant to the world of vintage-spec'd offsets like me.

My AO60s Jazz & ‘64 Jazz are far more stable than my semi floating trem Strat. And that’s with vintage bridges. The trem arms are far better and I’m also tall, 6’2”, so I find the offset far more comfortable to play.

[Mr Bungle]

Don't think so. It's no more offset than a conventional Strat.


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I have to agree.

but mine is a Suhr Modern and it is an offset

Which bits?

[bender]

These are probably more just wonky rather than offset, but I feel like they belong here.

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[jeremyb]

Theres something about the weirdness of the Mosrite shape that gives me GAS, have been tempted a few times to buy the Harley Benton copy...

[bender]

Theres something about the weirdness of the Mosrite shape that gives me GAS, have been tempted a few times to buy the Harley Benton copy...

It’s got strong strat on acid vibes.

[Danger Mouse]

Theres something about the weirdness of the Mosrite shape that gives me GAS, have been tempted a few times to buy the Harley Benton copy...

It’s got strong strat on acid vibes.

If Salvador Dali designed a guitar.

[Jay]

These are probably more just wonky rather than offset, but I feel like they belong here.
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Nice. So the Hallmark is a copy of the real Mosrite?

[StrummersOfThunder]

These are probably more just wonky rather than offset, but I feel like they belong here.
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Nice. So the Hallmark is a copy of the real Mosrite?

As vs a copy of the not real mosrite ?

[robthemac]

These are probably more just wonky rather than offset, but I feel like they belong here.
IMG_4400.jpeg

Nice. So the Hallmark is a copy of the real Mosrite?

As vs a copy of the not real mosrite ?

This is the type of pedantry that sets such high standards of writing on this forum.

[StrummersOfThunder]

Nice. So the Hallmark is a copy of the real Mosrite?

As vs a copy of the not real mosrite ?

This is the type of pedantry that sets such high standards of writing on this forum.

This is the type of pedantry that sets such high standards FOR writing IN this forum.