Is the Velocity not that popular?
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DarkPenguin
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Good looking versions rarely show up in the showcase.
Cagey
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People have to be dragged kicking and screaming just to move away from "vintage" hardware that's clearly crap. Getting them to give up on on traditional body styles just ain't happening. If it's not a Strat, Tele, Les Paul or damn close to it, then fuhgeddaboudit.
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I was very close to grabbing a velocity body when a stellar example of its predecessor, the VW (Musicman Axis copy that Warmth stopped making, probably pursuant to a cease-and-desist) came up on eBay and I won it at a very good price. But if I had not, I'd be sitting on a Velocity carve-top today. It's not out of the question for a future build, but I'll have to thin the herd before I can go that route.
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Safer than what? Horses? Credit swap derivatives? Teenage love affairs?
If you're looking for an investment, you need to continue your search. Warmoth parts are super-high quality, but the resale on them is pitiful at best. Make yourself happy, and don't consider the aftermarket.
If you're looking for an investment, you need to continue your search. Warmoth parts are super-high quality, but the resale on them is pitiful at best. Make yourself happy, and don't consider the aftermarket.
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Cagey said:
^^^THIS!!!^^^
I have seen a few float through stores in my area, and what I know for fact was a $1000-$1500 initial purchase, was selling for $700.
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P-90 pickups with a vibrato does work, you just have to be a bit careful or live with the insides of the guitar not looking very pretty.
But really, there are so many options, go with whatever body style you think looks & feels best. Tone can be compensated for in a million different ways, but how a guitar looks and feels in your hands is pretty much set for the life of the instrument. If you want a Velocity body, order a Velocity body. If you're not sure if you'll be comfortable with that but know you'll be comfortable with a Tele then yeah, go for a Tele. Don't order something because it is/isn't popular.
But really, there are so many options, go with whatever body style you think looks & feels best. Tone can be compensated for in a million different ways, but how a guitar looks and feels in your hands is pretty much set for the life of the instrument. If you want a Velocity body, order a Velocity body. If you're not sure if you'll be comfortable with that but know you'll be comfortable with a Tele then yeah, go for a Tele. Don't order something because it is/isn't popular.
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You can still make them fit, you just either have to mount them using Gibson-style threaded inserts and bolts, or you have to live with the screws sticking out the back of the vibrato spring route a little bit.
If you want hum-cancelling P-90s that will fit in a normal P-90 route properly without worrying about the screws at all, hit up The Creamery or Catswhisker pickups. They're both cheaper than Kinman and though they don't make a hum-cancelling P-90 that sounds like a P-90 as a standard model, they can both knock you up a hum-cancelling pickup with original P-90 tone if you drop them a line and let them know what it is you're after. There's also the recent Gibson Sidewinder P-90, though they're a bit hard to find as aftermarket part.
And you know, if you really want to avoid the vibrato spring rout, you can always just order a body with a fixed bridge.
If you want hum-cancelling P-90s that will fit in a normal P-90 route properly without worrying about the screws at all, hit up The Creamery or Catswhisker pickups. They're both cheaper than Kinman and though they don't make a hum-cancelling P-90 that sounds like a P-90 as a standard model, they can both knock you up a hum-cancelling pickup with original P-90 tone if you drop them a line and let them know what it is you're after. There's also the recent Gibson Sidewinder P-90, though they're a bit hard to find as aftermarket part.
And you know, if you really want to avoid the vibrato spring rout, you can always just order a body with a fixed bridge.
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Cagey said:
Or a "Soloist", but Yep, that all describes Me. Those just happen to be the best-looking electric guitar body shapes ever created.
Warmoth introduced their new line of bodies, all four or five of them at once, and I think in the short term it kind of diluted the demand. Better that way than introduce one, you buy it, and the next month they come out with another you like better! They tend to stick to their guns so I imagine they'll all get represented eventually.
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