Model 88 fans

[Carless Walker]

Wow, we pulled this one from the long-long ago. I'm gonna bid on those tone finders! Awesome!

[nhspike]

I have seen significant variations in the density of MY grain pattern of late...

[Cygnus X1]

Well it WAS a funny classic derail.

Spike, did you find the 88 to be a dull, lifeless tone slog?

True, it is not as bright as some of the other shredders of the same setup, but
I never would describe it as being "muddy".

Just my opinion o' course, I don't own the "Tonefinders"!

[Rich#6]

I thought mine was muddy. i even swapped pickups and still didn't bond with it.

[Cygnus X1]

I thought mine was muddy. i even swapped pickups and still didn't bond with it.

Well there's another one then.
I guess I got lucky-I'm certainly not tone deaf.
(Back off Lawson!)

[SATCH1967]

Guys, I wanted to thanks eveyone who helped in my quest of getting an original case for my 88, make a long story short mine was stolen. I was able to get a new case. The case is mint, she must have been sitting around for a long long time. it does have some sunlight yellowing which i have seen on these cases. I have a goo way of getting rid of that, but heck it is a 22yrs old case in mint condition all latches mint no cracks ETC. and as far as the price goes, it was extremely cheap by my standards. Here are pics of what an original Model 88 case looks like for future reference. Thanks again.

BTW Does anyone have the COA that came with these? I could use a copy or scan of all the paper work, as mine were int the case that was stolen. You can e-mail the files to me @ [email protected]. I'll creat a new post

[Cygnus X1]

Still keeping an eye out Satch!

[SATCH1967]

CygnusX1,
Thanks. I am so happy again that I finally scored a case and to get one in this minty shape, is perfect for my model 88. She is very happy with her new home.
Now finding case candy,, ugghh. I have always thought it was good to keep that stuff in the case with the guitar. it is a good thing except when some ass hat has to steal the case.

[George Brown]

Hello,
I suppose it isn't remarkable, but I'm impressed with the variation in the grain
character on different 88's. I've seen them wavey, straight, dark to light, tight and open.
And the tobacco burst has different characteristics also.

[Cygnus X1]

Yes.

I believe they have different tone characteristics as a result.
Two or three here have described them as muffled...mine isn't.

[straycat]

Mine is not muffled at all very open and woody sounding.The J-95 has some bite and sounds great in mahogany.

[Twitch]

I never could get into that crooked p/u thing.

[Cygnus X1]

I never could get into that crooked p/u thing.

Yore just OCD!



It's there to accent the bass just a little.
They didn't do it to make the "parallel line" people uncomfortable.
Or...

[SATCH1967]

Guys any luck with finding to COA's for one of these. I was jamming mine last night through my new Peavey JSX 120w Head, the mojo was oozing lol....
Any help with getting copies of the COA's would be greatly apperciated.

[SATCH1967]

Straycat,
THX a billion! It was great meeting up with you checking out the guitar stores and trying eveything we could out.The 88 is awesome, plugged her into my rig last night and rocked it out. Those purple Marshall we tried we really thin sounding forsure and look forward to hooking up for the guitar show in april,


Thanks a billion again and great meeting yah


Still on the hunt for a copy of the COA etc or case candy.