Hot or Not? MGK Twangcaster Pine Barncaster

[GilmourD]

Getting back to the guitars.

First one - Like the pine body and love the Volume and Tone knobs. Not a fan of the tin scratchplate plus I like 22/24 frets on my necks. If it was a 22 fret machine, knowing I'd be dropping a new scratchplate on it would not be a deal breaker.

Second one - The relicing marks are a bit much for me, particularly on the white bit.

Both - I'd drop a 6 saddle bridge on both as I'm not a fan of the three saddle ashtray types. Again given the purchase prices, not a deal breaker.

I love ashtray bridges. Seriously, the ONLY thing I would change is the pickguard, and only because of the big brown rust spot. The material is fine, patina and all.

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[Guitar Heel]

I love ashtray bridges. Seriously, the ONLY thing I would change is the pickguard, and only because of the big brown rust spot. The material is fine, patina and all.

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agreed.

 

[angry tele]

im more turned off by the way the pickguard does not fit the body well at all than the poop stains on it.
this probably means youre gonna have to get a guard cut specifically for this body
if a US spec guard fits so poorly.

 

[vintage clubber]

thread on tdpri got closed and Mike Gee's comments were removed.

 

[GilmourD]

thread on tdpri got closed and Mike Gee's comments were removed.

Oh, TDPRI... I remember when you weren't a fascist organization...

 

[vintage clubber]

Oh, TDPRI... I remember when you weren't a fascist organization...

It was also reduced from 92 replies to 84...

edit: Make that 83 replies. I posted some concerns I had about a tele he has listed on ebay being nothing more than a modified/rebranded Squier Affinity and it was also removed. I'm not trying to pick on Mike Gee here as most of his creations are pretty cool in my book. I do take issue with this one though. He claimed he used an Affinity body as a template to cut this body. However, the finish color is identical other than the obvious dulling and relicing. The Affinity's have a darker "butterscotch" finish than what you would get on a CV '50s BSB or AV52, etc. Wouldn't it make sense if you were building from a raw body to more closely match the higher end AV52 color vs. the finish on a Squier Affinity?

Here's the auction:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MGK-Vintage...s-/390933629359?pt=Guitar&hash=item5b0575c9af

His rebranded guitar:





My Affinity Tele prior to my mods:

 

[angry tele]

here is a Chibson

 

[Mark Wein]

here is a Chibson

so he's also modding counterfeit guitars?

 

[angry tele]

so he's also modding counterfeit guitars?

kind of seems like it

 

[GilmourD]

here is a Chibson

so he's also modding counterfeit guitars?

kind of seems like it

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[Mark Wein]

kind of seems like it

That's lame. Bordering on bullshit.

 

[Guitar Heel]

:ksmash:

 

[Tig]

That's lame. Bordering on bullshit.

messedup0 I think it already snuck across the border and is awaiting extradition. cop0

 

[Guitar Heel]

One thing's for sure. At some point, some asshole is going to hold that out as a Gibson, and some idiot is going to be angry.