Hot or Not - DiPinto Galaxie 4.

Arise, long-dead thread!!! :eek:

Also, the search was heartening in that I don't have to retroactively eat my words :grin:

Went to CME earlier tonight after an unscheduled rescue mission in the city this afternoon :annoyed: Was messing around with a bunch of stuff, then for some reason, one of these caught my eye:

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I would have NEVER picked up the Los Straitjackets blingy silver version, but they also had a seemingly rare and non-gaudy natural mahogany version. I thought "eh, why not?", and plugged in...





HOLY EFFIN BALLS!!! :eek:

This thing sounded like pure single-coil heaven, and the combination of pickup options is more good than meh. Very articulate, too.

Of course, I was playing through a Greer Apache, which ROCKED:

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...but, the $2K P90 Telecaster I played through it as well didn't sound as good :eek:.

The guitar, whick is MIK, was solid - the frets and neck were perfect, and the bridge is not the standard JM buzz machine - more like a Mastery, I guess, but I'm no expert.

O jeebus, do I want one of these...mercy!

Wow, would. DiPintos are usually too over the top even for me, but that is bosstastic.
 
recently got another LSJ, swapped in a tru-arc serpentune, and magically my sons got an LSJ and a 60s roger's sparkle snare! It was a good Xmas.
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I've owned one for that past 13 years. They are a cool take on the Jazzmaster. My first electric guitar was a MIJ "Prestige" (probably an Ibanez Corp product) that had 4 single coil p'ups with individual slider switches, so due to biological imprinting, I was programmed to replace that guitar in my late 40s.

The p'ups are a bit hotter than traditional Fender p'ups, but it just gives it a bit more umph.

It's definitely the most flamboyant looking ax in my collection, but you need one guitar that says you're comfortable with that. ;^)
 
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I know it looks like a lot of pickups but its just a two humbucker guitar w its coils spread out. Not much diff than a PRS w a 5 position switch and coil & phase toggle.
 
Not for me even though they look cool. I do like the Di Pinto Belvedere model but, alas, discontinued...
 
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