Seriously? This has to be a joke

[chezdeluxe]

The link states: figured knotty pine top with a 4-ply brown shell pickguard and solitary F-hole on a fully chambered, 2-piece roasted pine body.

The link description is B S.

Where is the solitary F - hole on the guitar pictured in post#1 of this thread.

 

[thegaijin]

I like the learn more link.

Umm. Nope. Think I’m good.

 

[Milspec]

A heavy relic CS Broadcaster is the same price....it is ballpark for all things Custom Shop for reasons that I will NEVER understand.

It is not a bad look to me, if that was somebody's partscaster I would say it was pretty cool, well done. The fact that Fender feels it is worth $5400 is not going to get that same response. It is pretty cool, but nothing screams worth more than $1,400 to me.

 

[Midgetje94]

I could see that happening, yeah...
I've heard of cooks betting to see if they can make a guest eat a dishrag and like it.

As someone who spent most his working life in kitchens. I haven’t seen that one. But I’ve seen my share of stuff. We live about 20 mins from the big casino in Durant Oklahoma. People rave about that buffet. I know enough cooks there to know I don’t wanna eat there lol.

 

[Blue Bill]

The guitar is not my cup of tea, but it has made for an entertaining thread, indeed.

 

[MarkieMark]

Personally-
Lose the bigsby, binding and price point, and I fall into the "like" group.
Oh yeah- and make mine with a maple fretboard.
So, I guess I am saying its not for me. But I don't hate it.

 

[Moosewatcher]

People who like that sort of thing will like that sort of thing.

Bill Kirchen's Tele was pine, both body and neck. He had a pretty good sound and could make it sing.

 

[SuprHtr]

Sweetwater really hosed up the description. Sometimes they describe two WRHB's, there's no mention of the Bigsby, and no mention of pine in the initial description. Copypasta for the wrong guitar.

 

[Controller]

Jed Clampett Signature Model.

I think he preferred a double neck guitar:

 

[NikkiM]

I've got a few sheets of plywood in my garage that look the same as that top..now they got me thinkin'.. I was gonna post a pic of a plywood sheet with knots..but couldn't find one that looked as bad as theirs..

 

[spurcell]

Looks to me like they sliced a plank for book matched sets and either dropped a page between these two, or glued the matched face to the body blank. (50 years as a professional woodworker...)

But is that a genuine Figsby Tailpiece? (or is it Frisbee?)

 

[fasteddie42]

meh.

 

[RobRiggs]

you'd think they'd at least throw in a pair of cargo shorts and a straw hat.
sheesh..

I was thinking straw hat and overalls

 

[Telenator]

The only thing that could make it worse is if they said the body was made from "Naughty Pine."

I still have nightmares of knotty pine furniture, kitchen cabinets and wall paneling from the 70's. Bletch!

 

[Brent Hutto]

I still have nightmares of knotty pine furniture, kitchen cabinets and wall paneling from the 70's. Bletch!

The house I grew up in was like that and it was a good bit older than the 70's! Although that all got renovated away over the years, to no one's tears. My current house has that paneling in the TV room but fortunately we almost never turn the lights on in there. It needs to be "renovated away" one of these days.

Every time someone goes on and on about how cool looking Pinecasters are it makes me a little queasy thinking about it.

 

[Telenator]

The house I grew up in was like that and it was a good bit older than the 70's! Although that all got renovated away over the years, to no one's tears. My current house has that paneling in the TV room but fortunately we almost never turn the lights on in there. It needs to be "renovated away" one of these days.

Every time someone goes on and on about how cool looking Pinecasters are it makes me a little queasy thinking about it.

Remember the avocado green kitchen appliances, bathroom sinks and toilets? Burnt orange shag carpet? Wood barrel chairs? Bean bag chairs? and host of other horrors that were considered groovy?

 

[teletimetx]

Apparently, the concept of proofreading is in short supply at Sweetwater. My favorite feature listed for this guitar is:

“lawless” playability…

Which perhaps is even better than flawless playability and certainly worth 5,000 folding beer vouchers all by itself.

 

[Snommisbor]

Wildwood has one and the description is much better. It is listed at 5400 but I do know they give you a better deal. Which is why I have always gotten mine from them. In fact prepare for a NGD soon and maybe 2 being there is another one I am seriously thinking about getting.

 

[Brent Hutto]

Remember the avocado green kitchen appliances, bathroom sinks and toilets? Burnt orange shag carpet? Wood barrel chairs? Bean bag chairs? and host of other horrors that were considered groovy?

We had boring white but all our neighbors and relations were about evenly split between "avocado" and "gold" appliances.

 

[GearGeek01]

It's a steal of a deal compared to the one I have listed for $8500: View attachment 1034157

I think I could play "Dust My Broom" with that one