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by paul_
Wed Mar 11, 2026 8:15 pm
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: Goodbye cheap Strat copies in EU?
Replies: 9
Views: 378

Goodbye cheap Strat copies in EU?

http://routenote.com/blog/fender-wins-legal-battle-over-stratocaster-copycats/


Fender has secured a major legal victory in a lawsuit over its iconic Stratocaster design, a ruling that could reshape the guitar industry.

One of the world’s most iconic guitar manufacturers, Fender Musical ...
by paul_
Mon Mar 09, 2026 10:11 pm
Forum: Musical Miscellany
Topic: Behringer JN-80
Replies: 11
Views: 847

Re: Behringer JN-80

I have a JU-06 too and yeah, the 4 note polyphony is a drag. Would be interested in a bunch of Behringer synths but especially this one unless they ever come out with their VCS3 (which I'm thinking isn't coming now).
by paul_
Tue Mar 03, 2026 2:17 am
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Dual Expression Pedal
Replies: 5
Views: 487

Re: Dual Expression Pedal

When I got that new wah pedal awhile back I didn't even bother putting it on my pedalboard, it's just off to the side. Seemed too much of a hassle to figure out a way to fix it to the board, as well as disassembling the board (for the second time in a month since I'd been hunting down a weird noise ...
by paul_
Mon Feb 16, 2026 6:03 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: This can’t be real!
Replies: 5
Views: 294

Re: This can’t be real!

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by paul_
Wed Dec 17, 2025 1:55 am
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: DOD the Badder Monkey
Replies: 9
Views: 319

Re: DOD the Badder Monkey

The original english translation of Planet of the Apes (the book, La Planète des singes) in the UK was "Monkey Planet" until after the film came out, because there is no French word for ape.
by paul_
Mon Dec 15, 2025 3:23 am
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: A dude selling an Squier-Parts guitar (advice)
Replies: 8
Views: 365

Re: A dude selling an Squier-Parts guitar (advice)

Looks like a cheeky Fender Custom Shop decal on the back of the headstock, not a Classic Vibe one which looks like this

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by paul_
Wed Dec 10, 2025 5:35 pm
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: "New" "Band" finally got a demo together
Replies: 23
Views: 5687

Re: "New" "Band" finally got a demo together

Good stuff, Paul! I especially liked North Star.
by paul_
Wed Dec 10, 2025 4:42 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Strangz (strings for the g'itar)
Replies: 28
Views: 597

Re: Strangz (strings for the g'itar)

I always try to use D’Addario strings because I use the Player’s points program to order more. I do have a lot of Gretsch Chet Atkins strings though, with a choice of plain or wound G strings. Can’t remember how I came into so many of those but I have sets for all my guitars on standby.

On bass ...
by paul_
Mon Nov 24, 2025 2:18 am
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: NGD: Watkins Rapier 33
Replies: 10
Views: 405

Re: NGD: Watkins Rapier 33

Yep: http://www.jhs.co.uk/collections/rapie ... e-sunburst

Good score Nick, always loved these.
by paul_
Sat Nov 01, 2025 4:33 pm
Forum: Guitar Projects and Tech/Set-up
Topic: Replacement Nut for MIJ Jazzmaster
Replies: 2
Views: 229

Re: Replacement Nut for MIJ Jazzmaster

The bottom should indeed be curved, as the channel in the fingerboard still has a radius of 7.25”.
At least that’s the way it’s been on all the Fender and AllParts Fender-licensed necks I’ve put a new nut in. Just be thankful it’s not a Jaguar, those can be annoying to replace. Just check the width ...
by paul_
Thu Oct 02, 2025 2:53 am
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: RIP G&L?
Replies: 15
Views: 635

Re: RIP G&L?

I noticed after plops mentioned it in another thread, but if you google G&L it shows them as “temporarily closed”
by paul_
Mon Sep 15, 2025 6:02 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Moskyaudio Golden Horse: Cheap Mini Klon Centaur
Replies: 24
Views: 8052

Re: Moskyaudio Golden Horse: Cheap Mini Klon Centaur

NickS wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 5:21 pm It costs a little more over here, but there are alternatives.
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I'd like to see someone do a shoot-out video...
Anderton’s did a shoot-out of all the Klon clones they had and found that they all pretty much sound similar.

by paul_
Sat Sep 13, 2025 4:11 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: NBVID: Squier CV
Replies: 4
Views: 550

Re: NBVID: Squier CV

That’s pretty sweet. The blocks and binding really set off the blackout with white Jag pickups look.
by paul_
Thu Sep 11, 2025 11:07 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: pictures of your shortscale (short scale) guitars
Replies: 2203
Views: 1085767

Re: pictures of your shortscale (short scale) guitars

Love that tailpiece!
by paul_
Thu Sep 11, 2025 7:28 pm
Forum: Guitar Projects and Tech/Set-up
Topic: Happy Birthday Fretless Stingray!
Replies: 16
Views: 574

Re: Happy Birthday Fretless Stingray!

Nice work, I like the relic’d/de-stickered look.
by paul_
Mon Aug 04, 2025 12:17 am
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: NPD: Dunlop Mick Ronson Cry Baby
Replies: 2
Views: 291

NPD: Dunlop Mick Ronson Cry Baby

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Recreation of Mick’s late ‘60s Italian Jen-made Crybaby (3rd pic), and really does sound like it. Looks like I’ll largely be retiring my 30 year old Vox V487 (which this thing sounds nothing like and doesn’t have a 9V adapter socket).
It’s quite usable in ...
by paul_
Tue Jun 24, 2025 3:00 am
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: The ultimate list of cheap copies of great pedals thread!
Replies: 104
Views: 201752

Re: The ultimate list of cheap copies of great pedals thread!

Doog wrote: Sat Feb 04, 2023 4:46 pm I can't believe how far Behringer took cribbing the aesthetics of these Mu-Trons... actually, I guess I can
I think they’ve renamed it the Dual-Phase now but changed nothing else about it. Likely the same route they’ll take with their Centaur pedal.
by paul_
Mon Jun 16, 2025 4:05 pm
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: 1959 Guyatone "Star" LG-60
Replies: 21
Views: 1147

Re: 1959 Guyatone "Star" LG-60

Yeah, they put those on LP Juniors now too. I think I have one on my old Melody Maker but have an SG with the “SG Junior” compensated bridge, which is made for a wound G.
My recording teacher referred to intonation mismatches as “Rolling Stones outta tune,” which he meant as negligible for most ...
by paul_
Sun Jun 15, 2025 6:07 pm
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: 1959 Guyatone "Star" LG-60
Replies: 21
Views: 1147

Re: 1959 Guyatone "Star" LG-60

+1 looks like it, don’t know how I didn’t spot that. I have wound G sets but don’t like using a wound G on electrics.