USA custom guitars

[Thoraby]

I found a sweeeeeeeet USA custom guitars strat body complete with electronics which looks GREAT at a reasonable price.

How good quality are these guitars? Since I think that they are quite a small company, I assume they make good guitars. I mean, how else will you get big and famous! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ?

[Chuckracer]

Re: USA custom guitars

Excellent quality. No worries at all there.

[hippietim]

Re: USA custom guitars

I'll second that. I've been down to the USACG shop several times. Great place. Great quality. I've got several guitars from them.

[Thoraby]

Re: USA custom guitars

Ok! Sounds great! Thanx for the input.

The body in question is a Honduras Mahogeny strat body. It's finished in black, and it comes with a Gibson neck humbucker, all electronics and a Fender american standard tremolo. It would cost me 200$. Is that too expensive? If i order a new one, it'll cost me 190+shipping(40$)+tax(120$) AND the cost of finishing. And that's the price without any electronics or hardware.

So new: 350+cost of hardware
used: 200 incl all hardware(except bridge hummer)

Would a Carvel model neck fit it nicely?

[RacerX]

Re: USA custom guitars

Most likely a Charvel would fit better! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[hippietim]

Re: USA custom guitars

$200 is a terrible price. Can you send me the contact information for this guy so I can give him a piece of my mind. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[hippietim]

Re: USA custom guitars

Originally posted by Thoraby:
Would a Carvel model neck fit it nicely?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Is it a 25.5" scale w/21 or 22 frets? Then probably. Also, you've gotta measure the neck pocket - USACG is right on with Fender specs.

[Budman68]

Re: USA custom guitars

Originally posted by jsullysix:
nice guys, too....if only i could get them to speak in fractions instead of decimals when it comes to measurements, i'd be a happy guy!

sully

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">[img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] @ sully! Sorry bud, I'm on thier side with that one [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

Dave->

[sully]

Re: USA custom guitars

[img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] yeah, mayday maynard too...you machinists kill me.

sully

[atomic charvel guy]

Re: USA custom guitars

25.5/ 25-1/2
i know it's a tough conversion dude, maybe they can't understand you cuz of all the donut factors
that are now revolutionizing the industry thanks to you. nah, probably because you always got a mouthfull of 'em when you are conversing with them [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/poke.gif[/img]

headache of loxley

[sully]

Re: USA custom guitars

okay, atomic donut eater, i get the 25.5 part, but when you've got neck pocket dimensions, like someone telling you it's roughly 2.20 - 2.24, etc, it gets a bit irritating.

sully bago'donuts

[Budman68]

Re: USA custom guitars

Hell, that's plus or minus .020 thousandths of an inch, I could drive a truck through there! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Dave->

[JimmyApollo]

Re: USA custom guitars

I love talking to the machinist in my department:

Machinist: so I made so and so 100 thousanths wide
Me: You mean a tenth of an inch?
Machinist: right, 100 thousanths

[img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img]

[Budman68]

Re: USA custom guitars

Then it's get's really fun when you take one of those thousandths and divide it by 10 and those are what we form grind too! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Ahhhhh the elusive tenth of a thousandth...... [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]


Dave->

[sully]

Re: USA custom guitars

nice guys, too....if only i could get them to speak in fractions instead of decimals when it comes to measurements, i'd be a happy guy!

sully