Johnt Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 THIS is my new box! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GUITAR-BEJEWELED-WITH-40-000-SWAROVSKI-CRYSTALS_W0QQitemZ220255558520QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220255558520&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318 There's no mistaking taste and I bet it sounds sharp too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Wow that's Shiny isn't it they say 40 thousand crystal glued all over it helped it's tone wonder what it sounded like originally amazing art I guess though and just think I laughed at my little sisters Bedazzler in the 70's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Now we've all been tempted by abalone and pearl, haven't we? Well I know I have. We've all thought about buying new "rims" ( as my son calls them) with spinners for our Volvo estates, haven't we? Well I know I have. We've all applied just that little too much blusher and glitter about our cheeks before a big saturday night out, haven't we? Well I know I..........only joking..... As the Forum member who is likely to meet up with Johnt sooner than others, I'll happily take it upon myself to, as we say in England, give him a slap when I see him. Have you missed another appointment with the vet John? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Takeharu guitars were fairly good, well made and with the right materials; they actually sounded quite reasonable, and I had a quick go on one at a fair a year or so back and nearly bought it..... for £25, but decided not to. Good but not exciting, workmanlike but not gut-wrenching. I vaguely recall a Suzuki label? Can't remember. Those crystals are Austrian cut-glass, what us old duffers used to call Rhinestones. Typical swarovski rhinestones wholesale at about $52 for 10 gross (1440) so there are $1444 dollars worth of stones, say $56 worth of guitar. Starting price at $7499 means about $5999 for the labour and 'design'. Thats 15cents per stone to kill a fair sounding guitar stone dead..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Pup Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Yuck! It breaks my heart to see a guitar subjected to such abuse. It reminds me of when kids used to wrap electrical tape around their guitars trying for that Eddie Van Halen look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 i like the way it spins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I can appreciate all the work that went into that but it's not playable. How do you change chords on that neck? I guess folks who would buy that wouldn't be players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted July 16, 2008 Author Share Posted July 16, 2008 I can appreciate all the work that went into that but it's not playable. How do you change chords on that neck? I guess folks who would buy that wouldn't be players. I figured that the purchase of this guitar will do three things for me 1. Keep my fingernails trimmed, saving £s in scissors and clippers let alone varnish! 2. Render playing impossible as you point out. I am goin to bring her to the homecoming and play air guitar to Tom Paxton! 3. Make me look a complete and utter toss*r (well more than I do usually) Seriously there are some sad people out there I hope The Man and the others portrayed on the "instrument" got the royalities! As for dear old ThermonicN!k saying that there was an Ok guitar underneath all that stuff "Well Mutton dressed as lamb" "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear" etc etc Exit stage right, man in white coat coming again>>>>>>>>>>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarstrummer Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 How do you change chords on that neck? I guess folks who would buy that wouldn't be players. The fretboard seems normal, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 The fretboard seems normal' date=' doesn't it? [/quote'] Yeah but did you see the back and sides of the fretboard? Ouch! I don't know how you would it? Try sliding quickly from a D barre chord to a C barre chord on that thing and you'd either knock all the crystals off or get yourself some sore hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Player Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Personally, I think they have the wrong artist on the back... I don't want Johnny staring at me as I play, put a full size bust of Dolly on the back... (and I mean full size bust) Oh... wait, it's not an ovation! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarstrummer Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Yeah but did you see the back and sides of the fretboard? Ouch! I don't know how you would it? Try sliding quickly from a D barre chord to a C barre chord on that thing and you'd either knock all the crystals off or get yourself some sore hands. There's the root of your problem. Stick to cowboy chords and it would work just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Oh... wait, it's not an ovation! No, it just SOUNDS like one! MMMUUUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA...... (I have two Ovations so I can poke fun all I want) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 All I said was 'fairly good' and sounded 'quite reasonable'. I also made the point that it wasn't worth £25 ($50) to me. Hardly an OK guitar in anybody's books. Though fine kindling wood. Also: It ain't ThermionicN!k, it's Thermionik. I ain't NOBODY's 'dear old'. Heh heh heh, hic..... Let us never speak of this again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseguy Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 THIS is my new box! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GUITAR-BEJEWELED-WITH-40-000-SWAROVSKI-CRYSTALS_W0QQitemZ220255558520QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220255558520&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318 There's no mistaking taste and I bet it sounds sharp too DOES THE PRICE INCLUDE A PORT-A-JOHN? MOOSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 DOES THE PRICE INCLUDE A PORT-A-JOHN? MOOSE Whicha porta you wanta Moose? Calais? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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