Offset chat

[TmcB]

I hate playing offsets so so much but it warms my heart there's a whole chonky thread with people showering love on them.

[Danger Mouse]

In a fixed gear cyclists of the guitar world kind of way?

[jeremyb]

In a fixed gear cyclists of the guitar world kind of way?

[hellblazer]

Fixed gear, raw denim, offset guitars.

[KNNZ]

Here’s one of my offsets

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[olegmcnoleg]

Here’s one of my offsets

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Well shit,,, that is genre-bending. If I’m not mistaken, this passes the Strummer's test for what defines an offset…. technically. But HSH and flamed blue maple too. Wtf genre is that?


I love it.

[jeremyb]

We'll have to rename this thread "Conwayset chat".

[bigporridgeday]

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

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[Slowy]

Here’s one of my offsets

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Well shit,,, that is genre-bending. If I’m not mistaken, this passes the Strummer's test for what defines an offset…. technically. But HSH and flamed blue maple too. Wtf genre is that?


I love it.

Uh Oh.................

[Slowy]

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


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I have to agree.

[KNNZ]

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


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I have to agree.

I disagree, the Suhr standard yes is similar to a Strat, but mine is a Suhr Modern and it is an offset

[Jay]

You guys need to agree on an offset angle first. Imo anything less than 3 degrees is a manufacturing defect. Anything more might be an offset.

[bigporridgeday]

I think the illustration above tells us all we need to know. The narrowest points of a Strat body are not 100% aligned if you look very closely, but only by about a bee's dick – not enough for it to be an offset design. The Suhr Modern looks to me to be asymmetrical below the bridge in a way not dissimilar to a Jaguar or Jazzmaster, but that asymmetry not the defining feature of an offset body style. (If it were then, by that rationale, a Mustang isn't an offset, but a Mustang very much is because its waist is significantly angled). The waist of the Suhr modern is hardly more offset than that of a regular Strat, therefore it's not an offset body shape, soz.

[jeremyb]

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

[Slowy]

You guys need to agree on an offset angle first. Imo anything less than 3 degrees is a manufacturing defect. Anything more might be an offset.