The Retro Rocker
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I like the big, SINGLE cutaway, hollowbody electric guitars with Bigsby, for what I do onstage. The problem with the one I have (Carlo Robelli CRB1955) is the pickups (Gretschbuckers) aren't all that great, and there is no support inside the guitar under the bridge...yeah, completely hollow, so it can feedback if I'm not careful. It's a gorgeous Peerless made guitar, and huge (17" x3" with a 25.5" scale) and I guess I could have all that stuff corrected somehow ($$)...but I think I would rather have a made in USA Guild. (I am SO happy with my Guild acoustics!) I've never owned a Guild electric.
I was looking online at a X170t, and one of the things I liked was it had some sort of block or something under the bridge to help control feedback. I'm not sure what they call it...tone block or tone bar or whatever.
Do the older Duane Eddy DE 400's have that? Also, on the early DE400, they have the D"Armonds...noisy? If you have the pickup selector in the middle position does it hum-cancel? Are the Humbuckers on the later ones better?
Or maybe I could look at a Starfire 3? (older USA ones obviously).
I like the DE also because it has a master volume knob (ala Gretsch). But I don't want a Gretsch. Here in L.A. EVERYONE has a Gretsch...LOL! If I can find what I want, I think I'd rather be all-USA Guild! (Not crazy about the Newark St. Collection)
And isn't the DE a 17" body, just a little slimmer?
I was looking online at a X170t, and one of the things I liked was it had some sort of block or something under the bridge to help control feedback. I'm not sure what they call it...tone block or tone bar or whatever.
Do the older Duane Eddy DE 400's have that? Also, on the early DE400, they have the D"Armonds...noisy? If you have the pickup selector in the middle position does it hum-cancel? Are the Humbuckers on the later ones better?
Or maybe I could look at a Starfire 3? (older USA ones obviously).
I like the DE also because it has a master volume knob (ala Gretsch). But I don't want a Gretsch. Here in L.A. EVERYONE has a Gretsch...LOL! If I can find what I want, I think I'd rather be all-USA Guild! (Not crazy about the Newark St. Collection)
And isn't the DE a 17" body, just a little slimmer?