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Guitarcheology 101- General Guitar Dudery. (6 Credits) The vintage, the forgotten, the weird, the foreign, the homemade, the gems, the beautiful, and the ugly. All things instruments: features, photos of projects, collections, ebay finds, craigslist finds, trading, buying, and explicit man (or woman)-on-guitar romance. All are welcome to post to guitar dudes, just hit the submit button below.

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Suhr Riot distortion pedal.  Theres a lot of hype floating around the net on these right now- anyone own one and want to send us your review?

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Hey all, Just threw a few things up on eBay, including an old DOD 201, no Reserves. http://shop.ebay.com/surrenderart/m.html?_nkw&_armrs=1&_from&_ipg&_trksid=p3686

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Hey Friend

This website seems like something you'd like/enjoy spreading around.

http://craigslistvintageguitarhunt.blogspot.com/

Merry Christmas,

Captain Chris Carlson

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Building a Cigar Box Guitar!

Sure we've all read about, probabaly even seen and played one.  But who has actually built one?  Check out a nice little video from http://cigarboxguitars.com and get yourself started on your own little project.

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1974 Marshall Super Lead Full Stack

1974 Marshall Super Lead 100W Head and 2 4x12 speaker cabinets with celestion speakers.

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Happy Halloween, dudes!

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Epiphone Firebird 300

Nice mid 80's Epi- looks good.  I always wish folks would submit better photos to Craigslist.

1986 Ephiphone Firebird 300 with GFS Fat Paf pick up, (Trem bridge has been replaced with fixed bridge-not in photo). Great shape, set up really nice. Black hardware - Mahogany neck-through-body -- White pickguard with red "Firebird" graphic - 22-fret "Ebanol" fingerboard with "dot" inlays - 25.5" scale -- Includes Case **Also will consider trade for Epi Les Paul**

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...the guitar is just a wonderful instrument. It's everything: a bartender, a psychiatrist, a housewife. It's everything, but it's elusive

Les Paul

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Submit to GuitarDudes!

That's right!  Looking for contributors for stories, ads, interviews, features...etc.  Anything you want to write about guitars, we're willing to post it!  The more people looking to be a part of this blog- the faster it can turn into a full-on website and the more expansive we can get the better.  Don't be afraid to toot your own horn or post your own business, hell, use cool equipment?  Write up your own band!  Hit the submit button to the right and show us what you've got to talk about!

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My first guitar was a Strat, but in those days, owning a solid body guitar was a problem because it was impossible to get your hands on a decent amplifier.

Jimmy Page

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Some people can't do without lots of volume to get their tone, but I think if you can't get it without four million watts, something's wrong. Because a mic doesn't read volume, it reads tone.

Jeff Beck

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Sorry for the issues, i realize the site isn't working 100% on all browsers. I am working on fixing the Flickr content feed and the Facebook "like this" integration. Hopefully they will be fleshed out soon.

GuitarDude

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1967 Univox U-60

Here's a nice little vintage Univox via Craigslist.  Looks to be in spectacular condition for its age.  Beautiful little logo plate on the grille too.

Up for sale is a Univox U-60. It has recently been serviced (including an upgrade to a 3-prong power cord and new tubes and caps) and is in perfect working order. It's in near-mint cosmetic condition as well, the only blemish being a stain on one side (see photos). The amp takes one 12AX7, a 6X4 rectifier and two 6BM8's in a push-pull circuit; I'll include the original tubes and caps as well. It puts out 15W according to the original catalog. The sound is fairly Marshall-esque - clear cleans and a biting crunch when pushed. It has a nice choppy tremolo with speed control and set depth as well as the original Jensen C12S. This is the lightest 1X12 combo I've ever found - a mere 22 lbs. Asking $325. No trades, please.

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1962 Fender Jaguar American Vintage Series

Love Jaguars.  This popped up today on NYC Craigslist.

This is a 62 Fender Jaguar American Vintage Series reissue. Excellent condition and has only been played a handful of times. I am selling it cause I have a few other guitars that I play regularly. Comes with a 60's style hard shell case. Please No Trades. Cash and pick-up only or maybe a meet and greet. Thanks for looking and anyone who is interested will not be disappointed.

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I don't understand why some people will only accept a guitar if it has an instantly recognizable guitar sound. Finding ways to use the same guitar people have been using for 50 years to make sounds that no one has heard before is truly what gets me off.

Jeff Beck

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Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.

Charlie Parker

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1960's Telestar (Gold Sparkle 4-pickup)

Ebay Find: http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-GOLD-SPARKLE-Telestar-4pu-Guitar-Teisco-/280573713856?pt=Guitar&hash=item41537f1dc0 Sure its a bit on the small size, but it packs a MEAN punch.

If you're looking at this, odds are you know the deal with these old Japan-made beasts... plywood body generously coated in gorgeous yellow-gold sparkle... only this one has a matched headstock!!

PLEASE NOTE.  As I use all of my guitars on stage, I have done a great deal of re-wiring to this guitar in order to make it more... shall we say... practical?... more stage-friendly, at the very least.  NONE of the electronic components and wiring, save for the pickups, are original.  

First.  I have bypassed the four kill switch panel completely (but have left it in place for cosmetic purposes).  The three-position toggle was originally some sort of master tone selector, and was always problematic.  I have since replaced it with a new box-type three-position selector.  As the killswitches are bypassed, this toggle is the new pickup selector. That in mind, I have removed the two middle-position pickups from the signal chain.  They are no longer live pickups.  Only the neck and bridge pickups are wired into signal.  HOWEVER, all four pickups could be very easily rewired to original specs on the existing kill switch control plate. The neck and bridge pickups, however, are HOT AND STRONG.  A bit microphonic like all Japanese pickups from this era, but still packing a mean punch.

Pots, tone cap, selector, and insert are all new and problem-free. In terms of hardware... Tuners are brand-new sealed-back keystone-button tuners.  The bridge was originally a disaster and has since been completely rebuilt using period-correct saddles, springs, and bolts. THE BRIDGE COVER IS STILL THERE!!  Can you believe that?!?!? The "string mute" works, technically, though I never did get around to replacing the piece of felt that fell off years before I bought this. The tremolo works great, and any standard (or metric?) tremolo arm should fit fine.  I myself have used generic strat-type trem arms on this with no problem.  I do not have the original, but I might have an extra strat-type arm floating around.  (Not guaranteed to be included... but if I find one, I'll throw it in.)

There are a few dings here and there, but nothing really worthy of note.  It is in surprisingly good cosmetic shape!  The neck is straight, truss works, and the action is low and comparatively fast!  Will be setup prior to shipping.