Groovy adventures in Sea foam Green land...

mojocasterman · March 2nd, 2007, 05:54 PM

So... which one is the grooviest?

Charvel Surfcaster:

Vox Mark III:

Epi Les Paul Studio:

Italia Mondial:

You decide!

getbent · March 2nd, 2007, 05:57 PM

I'll bet that Charvel sounds awesome. but, hey, you had me at "green"... I love those green guitars!

mojocasterman · March 2nd, 2007, 06:00 PM

I always wanted one of those surfcasters, but let's face it: I am too cheap to spend a grand on one...

getbent · March 2nd, 2007, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mojocasterman

I always wanted one of those surfcasters, but let's face it: I am too cheap to spend a grand on one...

same here. that is the kind of guitar i'd love to 'win' in some goofy contest.

gtrman911 · March 2nd, 2007, 06:32 PM

CHARVEL.....plus, it says Charvel, not Jackson!

Brewboy · March 2nd, 2007, 07:16 PM

Never been a big Charvel fan, but I gotta go with that one.

Mad Axe Man From Hell · March 2nd, 2007, 07:16 PM

At a glance, the Charvel Surfcaster looks like it'd be my favourite to play. :P

x

Michael · March 2nd, 2007, 07:54 PM

... on a Stratocaster! This looks so cool...

Barbeque John · March 3rd, 2007, 12:10 AM

Once saw a surf green asat with a totoise pickguard, I wanted it bad, but had no money, ah well.

Pete Galati · March 3rd, 2007, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mojocasterman

Italia Mondial:

You decide!

It'll probably never be popular enough to turn into a "Classic", but I like this one.

Sure do wonder what it sounds like, and how it plays though!

SMPTE · March 3rd, 2007, 01:03 AM

It looks disturbingly good on a Stat everything else looks like a birth control guitar.

incaowns · March 3rd, 2007, 01:25 AM

most definately the surfcaster!

Pete Galati · March 3rd, 2007, 01:29 AM

Italia has a website, but it's kind of hard to dig up, and it doesn't work very well.

http://www.italiaguitars.com/

Worked in Firefox eventually.

Mondial Classic

Body Agthis Chamberd Body w / Acousti-Glass Top
Neck Hard Maple
Finger Board Rosewood
Joint Bolt-on
Scale / Fret 634mm(25")scale / 22f
Nut Graphite
Nut Width 42mm(1.6535")
Head Machine Italia Die-cast
Bridge Wooden Bridge w/Piezo pick-up
Stop Bar Italia Trapeze
Pick Up Neck:Wilkinson WVC
Bridge:Wilkinson WVC
Pot 1 Vol +1 Piezo vol +1 Ton + 2 EQ knob
Switch 3 way toggle
Pick Guard 3ply Black or White
Jack 2 input jack for magnet/Piezo
hardware Chrome

Acousti-Glass Top? Must be another Wilkinson invention since he designed these.

Sleph · March 3rd, 2007, 02:14 AM

I like the lighter colour on my Strat.

incaowns · April 4th, 2007, 12:16 PM

THE VOX WHERE DID YOU GET IT
WHERE WHERE
WHERE! hehe

Jelly · April 4th, 2007, 12:22 PM

I like the Italia and the Charvel.

Mid Life Crisis · April 4th, 2007, 12:32 PM

Foam green Jazzmaster.jpg

I think foam green is just right for one of these babies...

abraxas · April 4th, 2007, 01:25 PM

I'd take the Vox. I always wanted a bouzouki shaped geetar!

In Surf Green!

hekawi · April 4th, 2007, 01:37 PM

of your examples, i like the Charvel best, followed by the Vox and the Italia....but that Epi LP is DISGUSTING!! Please, somebody paint that thing black.

ps- +1 on the Strat in seafoam. purty.

mojocasterman · April 4th, 2007, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Mid Life Crisis

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I think foam green is just right for one of these babies...

oh, how right you are!

davidge1 · April 4th, 2007, 02:00 PM

I agree that the color only looks good on a strat...or maybe a Jazzmaster. There it looks classic and beautiful. The others are just trying to imitate that look.

If I had to pick one it would be the Vox. Those Charvel guitars seem to self-consciously "retro" to me. The Italia has that going on too... I think it's trying to look like an old Supro.

As for that Les Paul...*gag*

TB72 · April 4th, 2007, 02:46 PM

+1 for foam green strats.

Way back when I was just starting to play, my dad and I went shopping for my first electric. He didn't want to spend huge $$$, just in case this guitar thing was "just a phase". But he also didn't want to buy a cheap piece of crapola. So we went to a little shop that had a lot of used/vintage stuff.

Well, there was a mid sixties strat in seafoam green hanging on the wall. I wanted...no wait....NEEDED that guitar. There were two problems though. Dad hated the color, and the $800 price tag was a bit steep for the situation (This was in '84. Imagine the sticker price today). So we ended up with another guitar (an old Carvin LP-shaped number...I still have it and play it often).

Still, I never stopped jonesing for a foam green strat. Heck, perhaps that'll be my next partscaster project.

Later...

Jelly · April 4th, 2007, 03:08 PM

When would that Charvel have been made?

spaceghost · April 4th, 2007, 04:28 PM

although its a lttle dark, i thought sea foam is best on these:

These are the new thin skins. MIA. Matching Headstocks. Holy Crap!!

Disastercaster · April 4th, 2007, 04:30 PM

I like 'em all. I'll take 'em!

mojocasterman · April 4th, 2007, 05:01 PM

i love me a seafoam green strat, but I sure dig seafoam green teles, too

March 2nd, 2007, 05:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
mojocasterman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4,315	Groovy adventures in Sea foam Green land... So... which one is the grooviest? Charvel Surfcaster: Vox Mark III: Epi Les Paul Studio: Italia Mondial: You decide! __________________ Trussart SteelPhonic & Deluxe Steelcaster - McNaught SC Jr - Tom Anderson Cobra w/ 3 P90s - Crook Custom Tele w/ Lollar & TV Jones & T w/ McVay bender - Grosh baritone - SRV Strat - Ovation Elite T - Dr. Z. Carmen Ghia & Mini Z - Fender Tweed Blues Junior.

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mojocasterman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4,315	I always wanted one of those surfcasters, but let's face it: I am too cheap to spend a grand on one... __________________ Trussart SteelPhonic & Deluxe Steelcaster - McNaught SC Jr - Tom Anderson Cobra w/ 3 P90s - Crook Custom Tele w/ Lollar & TV Jones & T w/ McVay bender - Grosh baritone - SRV Strat - Ovation Elite T - Dr. Z. Carmen Ghia & Mini Z - Fender Tweed Blues Junior.

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gtrman911 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Camelot Posts: 1,227 7 Photos	CHARVEL.....plus, it says Charvel, not Jackson! __________________ My opinion is worth what you paid for it.

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Brewboy Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lake Wobegon, MN Age: 42 Posts: 583 8 Photos	Never been a big Charvel fan, but I gotta go with that one. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/canneryrowband http://thebrewersdiary.blogspot.com/

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getbent Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Posts: 10,620 37 Photos	I'll bet that Charvel sounds awesome. but, hey, you had me at "green"... I love those green guitars!

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Mad Axe Man From Hell Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: England! Age: 17 Posts: 265	At a glance, the Charvel Surfcaster looks like it'd be my favourite to play. :P x

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Barbeque John TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Yakima WA Age: 66 Posts: 48	Once saw a surf green asat with a totoise pickguard, I wanted it bad, but had no money, ah well. __________________ Barbeque John Reality is that which refuses to go away, when I stop believing in it. Phillip K. Dick

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SMPTE Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Minneeeesoooottta Posts: 1,209	It looks disturbingly good on a Stat everything else looks like a birth control guitar. __________________ '52RI, HW1 Texas Tele, EJ Strat, MIJ JM, Epi Casino (AlnicoV), Gibson '61 RI SG, Steinberger, Squier PBass (heavily modded)

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incaowns Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hong kong. Age: 18 Posts: 453	most definately the surfcaster!

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Pete Galati R.I.P. Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,104 2 Photos	Italia has a website, but it's kind of hard to dig up, and it doesn't work very well. http://www.italiaguitars.com/ Worked in Firefox eventually. Mondial Classic Body Agthis Chamberd Body w / Acousti-Glass Top Neck Hard Maple Finger Board Rosewood Joint Bolt-on Scale / Fret 634mm(25")scale / 22f Nut Graphite Nut Width 42mm(1.6535") Head Machine Italia Die-cast Bridge Wooden Bridge w/Piezo pick-up Stop Bar Italia Trapeze Pick Up Neck:Wilkinson WVC Bridge:Wilkinson WVC Pot 1 Vol +1 Piezo vol +1 Ton + 2 EQ knob Switch 3 way toggle Pick Guard 3ply Black or White Jack 2 input jack for magnet/Piezo hardware Chrome Acousti-Glass Top? Must be another Wilkinson invention since he designed these.

April 4th, 2007, 12:16 PM	#15 (permalink)
incaowns Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hong kong. Age: 18 Posts: 453	THE VOX WHERE DID YOU GET IT WHERE WHERE WHERE! hehe

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Jelly Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 1,423 10 Photos	I like the Italia and the Charvel. __________________ "I got on a bus and I went to Fresno because I thought Merle Haggard lived there."

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Mid Life Crisis Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge, England Age: 43 Posts: 586 6 Photos	Foam green Jazzmaster.jpg I think foam green is just right for one of these babies...

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abraxas Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greece Posts: 331 4 Photos	I'd take the Vox. I always wanted a bouzouki shaped geetar! In Surf Green! __________________ I am a little world made cunningly myspace page: The Genius Loci

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hekawi Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: greenville, sc Posts: 2,083	seafoam of your examples, i like the Charvel best, followed by the Vox and the Italia....but that Epi LP is DISGUSTING!! Please, somebody paint that thing black. ps- +1 on the Strat in seafoam. purty. __________________ ____________________________________________ "Rule Number One: Obey All Rules" - Barney Fife

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davidge1 Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA Posts: 998	I agree that the color only looks good on a strat...or maybe a Jazzmaster. There it looks classic and beautiful. The others are just trying to imitate that look. If I had to pick one it would be the Vox. Those Charvel guitars seem to self-consciously "retro" to me. The Italia has that going on too... I think it's trying to look like an old Supro. As for that Les Paul...gag

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TB72 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ottawa Canada Posts: 491	This thread takes me back. +1 for foam green strats. Way back when I was just starting to play, my dad and I went shopping for my first electric. He didn't want to spend huge $$$, just in case this guitar thing was "just a phase". But he also didn't want to buy a cheap piece of crapola. So we went to a little shop that had a lot of used/vintage stuff. Well, there was a mid sixties strat in seafoam green hanging on the wall. I wanted...no wait....NEEDED that guitar. There were two problems though. Dad hated the color, and the $800 price tag was a bit steep for the situation (This was in '84. Imagine the sticker price today). So we ended up with another guitar (an old Carvin LP-shaped number...I still have it and play it often). Still, I never stopped jonesing for a foam green strat. Heck, perhaps that'll be my next partscaster project. Later... __________________ Why is easy-listening music so hard to listen to?

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Jelly Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 1,423 10 Photos	When would that Charvel have been made? __________________ "I got on a bus and I went to Fresno because I thought Merle Haggard lived there."

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spaceghost TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Age: 26 Posts: 78 6 Photos	sea foamer although its a lttle dark, i thought sea foam is best on these: These are the new thin skins. MIA. Matching Headstocks. Holy Crap!! __________________ "i can't tune my guitar over all the booing. i don't even want to tune my guitar when they're booing. i just can't understand how they buy the tickets up so fast." -bob dylan, 1966 ----- 1999 American Standard Telecaster 2007 AVRI Jaguar

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mojocasterman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4,315	i love me a seafoam green strat, but I sure dig seafoam green teles, too __________________ Trussart SteelPhonic & Deluxe Steelcaster - McNaught SC Jr - Tom Anderson Cobra w/ 3 P90s - Crook Custom Tele w/ Lollar & TV Jones & T w/ McVay bender - Grosh baritone - SRV Strat - Ovation Elite T - Dr. Z. Carmen Ghia & Mini Z - Fender Tweed Blues Junior.