Cool! (if no pics, it didn't happen)
I'm considering a thru neck Agile 3000 soooooon...
Just arrived and still laying in it's delivery box in our foyer. When I say "neck thru" I mostly mean "neck". I just got one of those Ministar Castar travel guitars. I'll be flying around quite a bit in the next few months and wanted something for my downtime in the hotels. Getting a little Roland UA-1G interface too so I can plug in to my laptop and record or play through my amp sims. Almost don't mind traveling now. Looking forward to trying the guitar out tonight
Does anyone have one of these? "Castar" is the strat config model, "Lestar" is the LP, "Rockstar" is a P-90 and I think they also have Tele and bass models too.
Cool! (if no pics, it didn't happen)
I'm considering a thru neck Agile 3000 soooooon...
Guitar: Gibson SG Standard Natural Burst, Squier CV 50's Tele, Hell Guitars No. 2, Squier CV 50's Strat, Reverend Club King 290, Taylor 522e 12-Fret mahogany,
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amp: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I, Acoustic B20 1x12 bass amp
Pedal: Budda Budwah wah, Wampler Ego Compressor, Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, Seven Sisters Eve Tremolo, TC Electronics Gravy Tri Chorus & Vibrato, Catalinbread Echorec, TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 Delay, Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb, MXR Carbon Copy, Catalinbread RAH, Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker, BYOC Mouse 2.0 Distortion, BYOC Boost/OD-2
Alright Tig, it happened. proof here:Originally Posted by Tig
The Astroboy keychain (which came free with my bottle of green tea) is there for scale. However since you've no idea how big the keychain is, it's pretty useless... Neck is full scale with another 18cms extending past the fretboard. It also comes with attachments like arm and leg rests and upper horn strap button (not pictured).
I've only plunked on it for 10 minutes but that's long enough for a preliminary review:
Pros: Compact, adjustable, good sound, plays decent (though needs adjustment), cheap ($100 off ebay), and trem too!
Cons: Fretwork is pretty rough (smashed, unpolished fret ends. Also, upon removal from bag the high E string was actually trapped underneath one of the frets ). "Owner's Manual" is one piece of paper (printed one side) with only a text description of how to fit the extension rods. Fortunately the internet has plenty of pics of the guitar assembled.
All in all, it's a keeper. It should serve it's function which is to be a cheap, portable, durable, playable travel guitar.
Rating: (3 out of 5 dead horses)
Pretty cool lil' travel guitar. Take a fret file to it and you should be fine.
I'd name it, "Log"!
Guitar: Gibson SG Standard Natural Burst, Squier CV 50's Tele, Hell Guitars No. 2, Squier CV 50's Strat, Reverend Club King 290, Taylor 522e 12-Fret mahogany,
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amp: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I, Acoustic B20 1x12 bass amp
Pedal: Budda Budwah wah, Wampler Ego Compressor, Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, Seven Sisters Eve Tremolo, TC Electronics Gravy Tri Chorus & Vibrato, Catalinbread Echorec, TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 Delay, Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb, MXR Carbon Copy, Catalinbread RAH, Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker, BYOC Mouse 2.0 Distortion, BYOC Boost/OD-2
That's pretty cool. I've been looking for a good travel guitar.
Patrick
Does all this travel mean you'll be updating the status on your Hell Guitar thread? ;-)Originally Posted by syo
Actually don, yes it does!Originally Posted by bcdon
The new bedbug resurgence should keep you busy. You can use the log to whack 'emOriginally Posted by syo
Hadn't heard about that resurging bug thing. Not too fond of sharing beds with anyone/thing who's not the wife or the dachs. Is that happening only in the US? Hopefully not China or the UK (where I'm going). Geez, maybe I should pick up a travel bed as well...Originally Posted by otaypanky