robin guitars - anyone have experience?

[The Rossness]

There's a shop in CT that sold Robin guitars. The music store had awful people running it, but the Robin's I played were awesome. I think they were very similar to Charvel SD's and gunslingers.

[Ward]

this thread is giving me GAS.

Me too. I've been curious about the USA Robins for years.

[nateb]

I got a hardtail that I bought off the board. I like it a lot.

[TX-Joe]

I got a hardtail that I bought off the board. I like it a lot.

Very nice!
We sold zero hardtails....it was the 90's.

[Hellbat]

Do a search on here because I remember someone around here owns like 10-15 of them. I just can't remember who.

[TX-Joe]

The guitar with the bat graphic in the center of the photo belongs to my freind and ex vocalist...he still has it as well as about a half dozen other cool Robins.

http://robinguitars.com/1992-9.html

An interesting read about the history.

http://robinguitars.com/history.html#VintGuitMag1

[moku]

what i have gas for is a robin with 1 hum and 2 slanted singles.... that config is too cool not to own

[Nezgual]

Yup, now I want one bad.

[xbolt]

I have a few from the different eras...

Here is my flock.
USA Medleys...

- 92 Korina
- 92 Swamp Ash
- 92 Flame Maple
- 93 Swamp Ash/Quilt Maple
- 94 Mahogany/Flame Maple


86 ESP Era Medley IV - Alder


84 ESP Era Raider I - Ash


81-82 Tokai Era RH-1 - Ash

[TX-Joe]

Wow! I had a Korina just like that except with a rosewood board!

I really like the plain Swamp Ash 1H 1S setup the most. I had one and a Tedley with the same setup and finish....this thread is giving me SUPER GAS!

Gotta stay focused.

[shredmonster]

Pretty good description. Here was mine.........

[markD]

shit!!! those are all sweet!!!

[SixstringKing]

Just curious to the tone on the swamp ash bodies compared to say the mahogany and the alder bodies. Higher pitched, more resonant, I know that they'd be lighter. I'm starting to GAS for one now too but I have a DeMartini Snakeskin coming as well as a YJM100. Need to pay those off first.

[Sephiroth]

I've only seen two Robins IRL, both were in pawn shops, both had that "V" head, and both had that head broken

[TX-Joe]

Just curious to the tone on the swamp ash bodies compared to say the mahogany and the alder bodies. Higher pitched, more resonant, I know that they'd be lighter. I'm starting to GAS for one now too but I have a DeMartini Snakeskin coming as well as a YJM100. Need to pay those off first.

For me it's a little hard to describe.
Back then I made the jump from Ibanez RG's to the Robins so from basswood to swampash for me a huge difference best described as just more tone.

I was a shredder playing through an ADA MP-1 and a lot of the nuances were flying over my head...I was was more concerned with my sweep picking and string skipping arpeggios than I was about wood tone but I knew then that the Robin sounded better than the Ibanez.