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She's amazing. I feel very lucky. She asked, "What do you want for graduation?"
I said, "A MIA Fender Strat," jokingly.
She said, "Ok, pick it out!"
I was stunned. We are trying to save for a house, so I picked out a Fender Modern Player Strat. Then, a couple days later, a friend of mine just got an endorsement from Fender and got a Squier VM p just like mine. I had to have it so I sheepishly asked for one in addition to my start. She happily went online right away and bought me one then gave me a big kiss. She saw my struggles with college and was proud I was about to graduate, so she wanted to splurge on me.
And she also co-signed on a brand new Mazda 3 for me.
Just came back from the music store at lunch, where I was playing the VM fretless jazz. Thing sounds/plays so nice, it made me consider selling my MM Cutlass 1 fretless for it...
questions for the inmates here...
this has to do with farkles for my newish sunburst...
1. any of you guys bought from guitarfetish.com ? I'm looking to get some snazzy knobs... maybe Invalid Link Removed
just wondering IS THE VENDOR RELIABLE?
2. Does anyone yet carry a "plug and play" pickguard - tortoise... for the VMJ or do we still have to cut/punch/modify??
thx
z
this has to do with farkles for my newish sunburst...
1. any of you guys bought from guitarfetish.com ? I'm looking to get some snazzy knobs... maybe Invalid Link Removed
just wondering IS THE VENDOR RELIABLE?
2. Does anyone yet carry a "plug and play" pickguard - tortoise... for the VMJ or do we still have to cut/punch/modify??
thx
z
also, anyone know what this replacement bridge is? the writer said it was "similar" to a Leo Quan bridge but got from ???? didn't bother to mention the vendor [ebay] or brand:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/5735044763_ca2ddd9ff0.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/5735044763_ca2ddd9ff0.jpg
questions for the inmates here...
this has to do with farkles for my newish sunburst...
1. any of you guys bought from guitarfetish.com ? I'm looking to get some snazzy knobs... maybe Invalid Link Removed
just wondering IS THE VENDOR RELIABLE?
2. Does anyone yet carry a "plug and play" pickguard - tortoise... for the VMJ or do we still have to cut/punch/modify??
thx
z
1 - I've bought a lot of gear - knobs included - from GF and have nothing but praise for that company. Their knobs are classy, fit and don't fall off or tarnish. I really like their p'ups too.
2 - I posted the whole story w/pics on installing a Fender tort four-ply under my name in the Luthier's Corner a couple of years ago.
It's pretty easy with the only most problematic part being the profile of the VMJ v Fender jazz bass control plate and a void under the PG where one screw needs to go.
Fender control plates are more rounded at the apex and slightly taller than the VMJ version, that's about all.
FWIW - I put the 12 or 13 hole PG on since I wanted the tug bar and the one extra hold down screw under the strings just north of the neck p'up.
i recall your post now. will look it up.
its amazing there isn't a whole "store" full of custom acc. for the vmj and its sisters... a lot of 'em have been sold.
thx
its amazing there isn't a whole "store" full of custom acc. for the vmj and its sisters... a lot of 'em have been sold.
thx
questions for the inmates here...
this has to do with farkles for my newish sunburst...
1. any of you guys bought from guitarfetish.com ? I'm looking to get some snazzy knobs... maybe Invalid Link Removed
just wondering IS THE VENDOR RELIABLE?
2. Does anyone yet carry a "plug and play" pickguard - tortoise... for the VMJ or do we still have to cut/punch/modify??
thx
z
2. I got a pg from eBay. 9 bucks. It was plug and play. I had to plug about 8 holes and play with my drill to pilot new holes. I also had to shape the control plate apex playing with a Dremel, a few passes of a file in the sides of the pocket and Dremel the pickup lobes.
1. No.
I bought a PG from a member here that came off of a VMJ to put on my VMJ and the two weren't the same.
re: knobs - i got lucky on the blonde - took some knobs a dude had put on a Classic Vibe I had for a short while - black calibrated 1-10 knobs, fit perfect. done.
but now I'm trying to find some colorful knobs for the sunburnt sister..
... short knobs, split knobs, fine-spline, coarse spline.... what do they call this thing? to me it looks like neither fine [20] nor coarse [16] - I'm counting 9 on each side of the split, and it looks awful short to me. from the body a tad less than half-inch - probably 12mm. shorter if you subtract the threaded nut holding it on...
what do we call it?
but now I'm trying to find some colorful knobs for the sunburnt sister..
... short knobs, split knobs, fine-spline, coarse spline.... what do they call this thing? to me it looks like neither fine [20] nor coarse [16] - I'm counting 9 on each side of the split, and it looks awful short to me. from the body a tad less than half-inch - probably 12mm. shorter if you subtract the threaded nut holding it on...what do we call it?
My back could have told you that without weighing it! After a four hour gig playing my VM Jazz, I wish I still had my Hofner Icon!!
Sorry for that VM weighing so much. Mine is 8 lbs 0 ounces. It is one ounce lighter than my Ibanez SR500.
