Fun with GFS

alvis · August 30th, 2008, 04:58 PM

Nope,no hassles ,just a fun little project ,with a strat whammy ,some Gotohs and an Allparts TRO-W neck.Played it alst night through JPK's Deluxe Reverb ,sounded grrreat................

octopod · August 30th, 2008, 06:41 PM

nice guitar, was the body from them too?

readmenace · August 30th, 2008, 07:02 PM

Nice. I've been thinking about getting one of those, in the same color. (I have an XV-820 that I'm very happy with.)

How are the stock pickups -- Dream 180s? I have a pair of GFS Retrotron "Memphis" pickups that I think might sound pretty cool in that. Or maybe Liverpools would be better...?

alvis · August 30th, 2008, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by octopod

nice guitar, was the body from them too?

Yeah,the whole guitar with the case (a pretty good tele/strat case) was 200 bucks.
I just took of the parts I didnt want,the neck ,the bridge ....
I was on the fence between a Squier tele custom or this
Since it was gonna be somethin I was gonna cut up anyway ,I opted for the GFS.I need a cheap whammied humbucking tele with tapped coils for fly in gigs ,so this is it

The Dream 180s are really good sounding pickups .9k & 12 k
They come with a 4 conductor wire so you can switch to single coils.Sound great in the single coil position too.

dilbone · August 30th, 2008, 08:54 PM

I'd have to agree about the 180's. I've got a set in my squier custom and they rock...p/p pots for series/parallel switching and I've got just about all I could want.

fernando · August 31st, 2008, 08:30 AM

nice tree!

Tim Armstrong · August 31st, 2008, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by fernando

nice tree!

Cheers, Tim

ps- I dig the guitar, Alvis!

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octopod TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chatham Ont Posts: 12	nice guitar, was the body from them too?

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readmenace NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 3	Nice. I've been thinking about getting one of those, in the same color. (I have an XV-820 that I'm very happy with.) How are the stock pickups -- Dream 180s? I have a pair of GFS Retrotron "Memphis" pickups that I think might sound pretty cool in that. Or maybe Liverpools would be better...?

August 30th, 2008, 08:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
dilbone Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bowling Green, Ohio Age: 34 Posts: 140	I'd have to agree about the 180's. I've got a set in my squier custom and they rock...p/p pots for series/parallel switching and I've got just about all I could want.

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fernando Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Barcelona, Spain Posts: 210 10 Photos	nice tree!