Barden made Gatton...for real?

Mike Rice · March 10th, 2006, 12:26 AM

Anybody know anything about

this guitar? Not like I'm considering buying it or anything, I was just wondering if it was legit and if anyone knew anything about it.

The listing is lacking detail for such a high priced guitar but, like I said, I'm not a prospect. Enjoy!

Masterbuilt · March 10th, 2006, 03:42 AM

For about the last eighteen months on his website before business finished there was a mention about 'Joe Barden Guitars coming soon',but nothing ever came of it.So I guess it is legit.I may be wrong but I thought they were going to be constructed in the far east and not the US.
Odd choice of pickguard and string tree for a Gatton inspired guitar.I think Fender may have had a problem with his headstock design

Tim Armstrong · March 10th, 2006, 05:02 AM

I'm guessing that it might be a made-for-sale-in-Japan kinda guitar, based on the headstock...

Cheers, Tim

Wild Rice Chris · March 10th, 2006, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Masterbuilt

Odd choice of pickguard and string tree for a Gatton inspired guitar.

The only mention of Gatton in the ad is in the title.

sneakyjapan · March 10th, 2006, 10:31 AM

http://www.miyaji.co.jp/JOEBARDEN.htm

Stiles · March 10th, 2006, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sneakyjapan

http://www.miyaji.co.jp/JOEBARDEN.htm

hmmm....different headstock decal...

Mike Rice · March 10th, 2006, 01:16 PM

Are these guitar actually for sale right now? What's the scoop? Have you played one? Does Joe Barden actually have anything to do with them at this point? Enquiring minds want to know!!

Big Smokey · March 10th, 2006, 01:57 PM

I heard about these a couple years ago. They were to be made in Japan for the Japanese market. They are pretty guitars. I wonder if any TDPRI brothers have grey-marketed any to the USA?
I did a currency exchange on the listed price and they seem to cost the equivalent of 2.5K USD...

Nice!

Mike Rice · March 10th, 2006, 02:17 PM

But would I be correct in assuming that they couldn't possibly have Barden pickups any longer? Or did they never have them? What makes them worth $2.5K?

RockinCarl · March 10th, 2006, 03:13 PM

It sure isn't an accurate Gatton Tele :?

Tele295 · March 10th, 2006, 07:12 PM

I like the color.

sneakyjapan · March 10th, 2006, 07:36 PM

I haven`t seen any in this city. They are being sold now but not sure if they are still being imported...they are made with USACG bodies and necks. Why 2.5K ?...because folks here will pay that much. Somebody else here is importing Warmoth necks and bodies, putting them together and selling them for $3000.oo...I`ve seen them.
I remember when Joe came over for the launch of his line and posted about it here.

chefgreenwood · March 16th, 2006, 08:01 PM

I purchased this directly from joe before he left his shop. He had it a couple of years and was showing it at NAMM as a protoype for a line that never happened. It is not the so called Japanese made items as you can see from headstock. It also had several joe aspects that made it special ie-nut, bridge, weight, nitro produced gold color, location of the knobs for rolling off and on easier.
It really is special and different.

sneakyjapan · March 16th, 2006, 09:49 PM

Joe changed the headstock on his strats at the beginning of production of his Japanese line. They now look Fenderesque but at first they didn not.

bj yoon · March 17th, 2006, 01:29 AM

Japanese company Prosound Communications (known for Xotic pedals) made this guitar. Here's the info :

http://www.prosoundcommunications.co...bt1/index.html

sneakyjapan · March 17th, 2006, 05:21 AM

well they basically assembled them　from USACG necks and bodies, Joe`s p`ups, I assume US electronics and ummmmm Japanese screwdrivers.

chefgreenwood · March 19th, 2006, 03:47 PM

THIS IS NOT THE JAPANESE QUICK ASSEMBLED GUITAR. EVEN THOUGH THE PICTURE WAS PUT IN THE WEB PAGE THIS HAS SPECIAL SPECS THAT ARE NOT LIKE THE JAPANESE ASSEBLED PIECES. THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN AMERICAN LINE. THE JAPANESE LINE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE JOE MAKE THE PICK-UPS. VERY DIFFERENT.

Tim Armstrong · March 19th, 2006, 03:55 PM

You're the seller? Okay, then!

Nice guitar.

Cheers, Tim

sneakyjapan · March 19th, 2006, 10:11 PM

heeheehee

the set of Bardens I just got say hand made in USA on the boxes so I assumed they were and I believe the MIJ line features the same strat p`ups.

March 10th, 2006, 12:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mike Rice Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hudson Valley Age: 48 Posts: 2,230 3 Photos	Barden made Gatton...for real? Anybody know anything about this guitar? Not like I'm considering buying it or anything, I was just wondering if it was legit and if anyone knew anything about it. The listing is lacking detail for such a high priced guitar but, like I said, I'm not a prospect. Enjoy! __________________ Sure I like country music and I like mandolins, but right now I need a Telecaster through a Vibrolux turned up to 10...John Hiatt

March 10th, 2006, 03:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
Masterbuilt Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London,UK Posts: 317	For about the last eighteen months on his website before business finished there was a mention about 'Joe Barden Guitars coming soon',but nothing ever came of it.So I guess it is legit.I may be wrong but I thought they were going to be constructed in the far east and not the US. Odd choice of pickguard and string tree for a Gatton inspired guitar.I think Fender may have had a problem with his headstock design __________________ Did Leo make another guitar?

March 10th, 2006, 05:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Berlin, Maryland, USA Age: 49 Posts: 9,723	I'm guessing that it might be a made-for-sale-in-Japan kinda guitar, based on the headstock... Cheers, Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

March 10th, 2006, 10:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
sneakyjapan Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nippon Posts: 2,493 3 Photos	http://www.miyaji.co.jp/JOEBARDEN.htm __________________ quasi mojo

March 10th, 2006, 01:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mike Rice Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hudson Valley Age: 48 Posts: 2,230 3 Photos	sneakyjapan Are these guitar actually for sale right now? What's the scoop? Have you played one? Does Joe Barden actually have anything to do with them at this point? Enquiring minds want to know!! __________________ Sure I like country music and I like mandolins, but right now I need a Telecaster through a Vibrolux turned up to 10...John Hiatt

March 10th, 2006, 01:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
Big Smokey Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 544	I heard about these a couple years ago. They were to be made in Japan for the Japanese market. They are pretty guitars. I wonder if any TDPRI brothers have grey-marketed any to the USA? I did a currency exchange on the listed price and they seem to cost the equivalent of 2.5K USD... Nice! __________________ www.bigsmokey.com

March 10th, 2006, 02:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
Mike Rice Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hudson Valley Age: 48 Posts: 2,230 3 Photos	But would I be correct in assuming that they couldn't possibly have Barden pickups any longer? Or did they never have them? What makes them worth $2.5K? __________________ Sure I like country music and I like mandolins, but right now I need a Telecaster through a Vibrolux turned up to 10...John Hiatt

March 10th, 2006, 03:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
RockinCarl Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,480	It sure isn't an accurate Gatton Tele :?

March 10th, 2006, 07:12 PM	#11 (permalink)
Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Haunted Amp, CA Posts: 3,403 14 Photos	I like the color. __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

March 10th, 2006, 07:36 PM	#12 (permalink)
sneakyjapan Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nippon Posts: 2,493 3 Photos	I haven`t seen any in this city. They are being sold now but not sure if they are still being imported...they are made with USACG bodies and necks. Why 2.5K ?...because folks here will pay that much. Somebody else here is importing Warmoth necks and bodies, putting them together and selling them for $3000.oo...I`ve seen them. I remember when Joe came over for the launch of his line and posted about it here. __________________ quasi mojo

March 16th, 2006, 08:01 PM	#13 (permalink)
chefgreenwood NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: rock-ville Posts: 3	barden's guitar I purchased this directly from joe before he left his shop. He had it a couple of years and was showing it at NAMM as a protoype for a line that never happened. It is not the so called Japanese made items as you can see from headstock. It also had several joe aspects that made it special ie-nut, bridge, weight, nitro produced gold color, location of the knobs for rolling off and on easier. It really is special and different.

March 16th, 2006, 09:49 PM	#14 (permalink)
sneakyjapan Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nippon Posts: 2,493 3 Photos	Joe changed the headstock on his strats at the beginning of production of his Japanese line. They now look Fenderesque but at first they didn not. __________________ quasi mojo

March 17th, 2006, 01:29 AM	#15 (permalink)
bj yoon TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Third stone from the sun Posts: 22	JBT-1 Japanese company Prosound Communications (known for Xotic pedals) made this guitar. Here's the info : http://www.prosoundcommunications.co...bt1/index.html

March 17th, 2006, 05:21 AM	#16 (permalink)
sneakyjapan Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nippon Posts: 2,493 3 Photos	well they basically assembled them　from USACG necks and bodies, Joe`s p`ups, I assume US electronics and ummmmm Japanese screwdrivers. __________________ quasi mojo

March 19th, 2006, 03:47 PM	#17 (permalink)
chefgreenwood NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: rock-ville Posts: 3	barden's guitar THIS IS NOT THE JAPANESE QUICK ASSEMBLED GUITAR. EVEN THOUGH THE PICTURE WAS PUT IN THE WEB PAGE THIS HAS SPECIAL SPECS THAT ARE NOT LIKE THE JAPANESE ASSEBLED PIECES. THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN AMERICAN LINE. THE JAPANESE LINE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE JOE MAKE THE PICK-UPS. VERY DIFFERENT.

March 19th, 2006, 03:55 PM	#18 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Berlin, Maryland, USA Age: 49 Posts: 9,723	You're the seller? Okay, then! Nice guitar. Cheers, Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

March 19th, 2006, 10:11 PM	#19 (permalink)
sneakyjapan Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nippon Posts: 2,493 3 Photos	heeheehee the set of Bardens I just got say hand made in USA on the boxes so I assumed they were and I believe the MIJ line features the same strat p`ups. __________________ quasi mojo