Hot or Not? Fender Esprit
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Virtual Pariah
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Umm.
I didn't post about it because I didn't want to shill, but I set up a run of these through Eastwood.
http://eastwoodcustoms.com/projects/eastwood-esprit-ultra/
We made quota, but Mike would probably extend the run for anybody who emails him.
These are going to be MIC, but I'd like to see this come back as a MIK run for 2018 with more colors.
I didn't post about it because I didn't want to shill, but I set up a run of these through Eastwood.
http://eastwoodcustoms.com/projects/eastwood-esprit-ultra/
We made quota, but Mike would probably extend the run for anybody who emails him.
These are going to be MIC, but I'd like to see this come back as a MIK run for 2018 with more colors.
Psychotronic
Bored Silly
Nope.
Danhedonia
Noted duckfat enthusiast
Really crushing on the amber.
Going to say this: I really like my Eastwood guitar (a Dallas Green Jupiter), but Mike Robinson was such an unpleasant individual in my minimal email exchange with him that I could never picture doing business with them directly again.
Going to say this: I really like my Eastwood guitar (a Dallas Green Jupiter), but Mike Robinson was such an unpleasant individual in my minimal email exchange with him that I could never picture doing business with them directly again.
Virtual Pariah
Kick Henry Jackassowski
I've never had a problem with him. Maybe you just hit a bad day. Try again. You may be surprised.
DFB
Kick Henry Jackassowski
They barely ran on the road.^^ Does it turn into a submarine when you go underwater?
Regarding the OP, hot...I dig it.
British cars. :trollface:
Danhedonia
Noted duckfat enthusiast
No, he did the same thing in the linked URL: someone made a suggestion, and he got defensive/shitty.
"Why not a wider fretboard?"
His answer: "95% of the world's guitars have this fretboard."
It's not appropriate, it's not helpful.
In my case, the Jupiter has an absolutely awful curve on the tone filters. To where the neck-only pickup setting is not just 'darker,' but muddy murk. It's unusable. I sent an inquiry ... and got a similarly "go away, I don't feel like answering this" response.
Why would a person want this from a small, custom-order supplier? I wouldn't. I don't.
"Why not a wider fretboard?"
His answer: "95% of the world's guitars have this fretboard."
It's not appropriate, it's not helpful.
In my case, the Jupiter has an absolutely awful curve on the tone filters. To where the neck-only pickup setting is not just 'darker,' but muddy murk. It's unusable. I sent an inquiry ... and got a similarly "go away, I don't feel like answering this" response.
Why would a person want this from a small, custom-order supplier? I wouldn't. I don't.
Wyatt
Kick Henry Jackassowski
There are a few things going on here.
He offers repros, and some people want repros to be exact and others just want it to look the part. And many of these old guitars had really $#!++y electronics to begin with. Sometimes owning a guitar doesn't live up to the idea of what the guitar will be like. But that doesn't justify a snippy attitude and I have heard pretty consistent complaints about the low-quality electronics in many Eastwoods, which doesn't surprise me considering their price-point and the amount of attention that has to go into making them look correct ("period correct" isn't cheap). That and some other complaints about fit and finish have always steered me away (so I can't speak from experience).
But a real deal Fender Esprit is affordable enough ($800-1500) I couldn't see buying an Eastwood instead. The Fender will at least hold resale value (and is probably better made).
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Danhedonia
Noted duckfat enthusiast
The finish on the Jupiter is great - and I want to be fair that the pickups (argyle style, DeArmond copies) are really good. In fact, I like that guitar a lot. It has much to say for itself.
It really is ALL about the attitude. I'm not even talking competency -- if he were harried, perhaps not that good with his responses, etc., but still nice, I'd figure "OK, well he's doing his best in good faith." It's the smarmy "you have no right to question me" that shines through that really turns me off.
Some Fenders are really hard to find. I had a Modern Player Marauder stolen -- a recent, MIC guitar! -- and I can't find another (in Lake Placid Blue, not black). The one time I did I did not have the cash.
Kinda wish FMIC would do something Eastwood-like in terms of putting together limited runs. Their "you build it" is overpriced and the options far too limited.
It really is ALL about the attitude. I'm not even talking competency -- if he were harried, perhaps not that good with his responses, etc., but still nice, I'd figure "OK, well he's doing his best in good faith." It's the smarmy "you have no right to question me" that shines through that really turns me off.
Some Fenders are really hard to find. I had a Modern Player Marauder stolen -- a recent, MIC guitar! -- and I can't find another (in Lake Placid Blue, not black). The one time I did I did not have the cash.
Kinda wish FMIC would do something Eastwood-like in terms of putting together limited runs. Their "you build it" is overpriced and the options far too limited.