Hot mess mods

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From the title of this thread, I thought we were going to hear something interesting and amusing (in a schadenfreude kind of way) about Default or Chazmo ...
ME TOO!! I was like oh boy, do I have to swoop in and SAVE THEM?? Defend our fearless moderators, but no.... ended up being a really hysterical post. Better than I imagined!!! :LOL::ROFLMAO:
 

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From MTV Unwashed

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And from my personal collection, I bought this from a tweaker lady in a parking lot [Craigslist ;] She said her Dad did it, I was hoping it had a $10k pair of PAF's in it, but sadly, no...

This was an 80's Gibson, according to the serial # behind the headstock. Nice Mahogany.

I had to do some work to it, the tailpiece stud inserts were collapsing from string tension, I got creative with some epoxy and scraps of wood.

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And an honorary mention for a '75 Gibson Marauder with spider burned into the back, and special cover to "protect" it ;]

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The Marauder falls into the Hot Mess Mod category, by Gibson ;]
 
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And from my personal collection, I bought this from a tweaker lady in a parking lot [Craigslist ;] She said her Dad did it, I was hoping it had a $10k pair of PAF's in it, but sadly, no...

This was an 80's Gibson, according to the serial # behind the headstock. Nice Mahogany.

I had to do some work to it, the tailpiece stud inserts were collapsing from string tension, I got creative with some epoxy and scraps of wood.

P1100115.jpg


P1100222.jpg


P1100744.jpg


P1100736.jpg


And an honorary mention for a '75 Gibson Marauder with spider burned into the back, and special cover to "protect" it ;]

'75 Marauder 9.jpg'75 Marauder 9.jpg



'75 Marauder 11.jpg'75 Marauder 11.jpg


The Marauder falls into the Hot Mess Mod category, by Gibson ;]

Pic #1, is that your foot? It could end up in the BGUF thread.
 

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Yes, my foot, well worn Mil issue Desert boots, Wildland Fire pants and shirt. This was 2016, constant fire alert, that's all I wore that summer.

Also prior to going over to all Dewalt 20V cordless drills, grinder, sawzall, skillsaw, chainsaw, etc.
 

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Yes, my foot, well worn Mil issue Desert boots, Wildland Fire pants and shirt. This was 2016, constant fire alert, that's all I wore that summer.

Also prior to going over to all Dewalt 20V cordless drills, grinder, sawzall, skillsaw, chainsaw, etc.
I love mil issue desert boots! They are way better than most hiking shoes. And all the best brands make them for the military.
 

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Yes, my foot, well worn Mil issue Desert boots, Wildland Fire pants and shirt. This was 2016, constant fire alert, that's all I wore that summer.

Also prior to going over to all Dewalt 20V cordless drills, grinder, sawzall, skillsaw, chainsaw, etc.

I had never heard of fire pants. Just got back from googling. They were surprisingly pricey but no dout worth it for people in firefighting situations. My father-in-law was a forest ranger/firefighter. He was retired when I knew him but I heard stories that sometimes he would be out for days at a time fighting a fire. Gotta be a tough job.
 

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Zatchu? (That's southern for "is that you?")

I answer rhetorical questions.

That is a picture of Jack Casady (Bass GOD known for Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane) playing a Guild Starfire bass that was modified by the individuals who eventually formed Alembic. Jack had two Starfires with similar modifications - one was stolen, replaced and then recovered decades later - and Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead) also had one. They are arguably the most famous Starfire basses. Alembic started making electric basses and they are generally credited with being the first manufacturer to take bass seriously and not just as a modified six stringer.

In the context of hot mess modifications the bass is iconic because it simultaneously butchered a Starfire bass and launched a new era for electric bass.

See @mellowgerman 's bass which continues the tradition but is less likely to be described as "butchering" aesthetically.

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from https://letstalkguild.com/ltg/index.php?threads/starfire-tinkering-continued.203908/
 

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I once completely ruined a Hondo Les Paul by glueing a bunch of mirrored tiles on it. Made it look like a disco ball but it was sooooo time consuming to do and get all the sharp edges out so you don’t actually catch one and bleed out.
 

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I answer rhetorical questions.

That is a picture of Jack Casady (Bass GOD known for Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane) playing a Guild Starfire bass that was modified by the individuals who eventually formed Alembic. Jack had two Starfires with similar modifications - one was stolen, replaced and then recovered decades later - and Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead) also had one. They are arguably the most famous Starfire basses. Alembic started making electric basses and they are generally credited with being the first manufacturer to take bass seriously and not just as a modified six stringer.

In the context of hot mess modifications the bass is iconic because it simultaneously butchered a Starfire bass and launched a new era for electric bass.

See @mellowgerman 's bass which continues the tradition but is less likely to be described as "butchering" aesthetically.

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from https://letstalkguild.com/ltg/index.php?threads/starfire-tinkering-continued.203908/

Thank you. Now I know who "Jack" is in the "OK this is cool, but also kind of creepy" thread. But I still don't know who Bob is.
 

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That one was actually a factory job. One of many failed attempts from Martin to get a piece of the electric market.

Didn't know that. Falls into the category of factory hot mess mods ;]

"Martin followed suit in the late 1950s with guitars like the D–18E and the D–28E, but these electrified versions of Martin’s classic dreadnoughts were flops."

 

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Didn't know that. Falls into the category of factory hot mess mods ;]

"Martin followed suit in the late 1950s with guitars like the D–18E and the D–28E, but these electrified versions of Martin’s classic dreadnoughts were flops."

They usually sound abysmal acoustically because of all the junk they tacked on. I played one of the reissue weirdo acoustic electric jobs Gibson made that the Beatles were famous for. Imagine having a guitar so acoustically dead that it went THUD with factory fresh strings. I don’t know what the Beatles saw in those things.
 
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