Our friends at fender have recreated the guitar andy summers from the police used, by making it look worn, dented, scratched and putting a few cheap modifications on it.

for sale at £8,998.. :o



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Some people really have more money than sense. :huh:

I will take 2 :o

think they got the idea after doing van halens frankenstein guitar that has every detail copied including cigerrette burns.
http://www.vintagekramer.com/Ed/guitar-frankbeak.jpg

Companies have been specialising in reproduction guitars since Jimi Hendrix's day. With so called "authentic marks and blemishes"

Indidentally have you seen the state of Eddie Van Halen recently.
BTW his guitar was called the frankenstrat, due to it staring off with a strat body.

The new shop on eccy road has some very nice guitars in that would cost a lot more so they say.

The new shop on eccy road has some very nice guitars in that would cost a lot more so they say.

Do you know the name of the shop on eccy road ?

The new shop on eccy road has some very nice guitars in that would cost a lot more so they say.

Trouble it is is the same crowd who used to have a shop on London road and one in Doncaster. They used to sell cheap guitars which someone had made to look like expensive guitars.
MAny guitarists who I know used to think of them as crooks.

Indidentally have you seen the state of Eddie Van Halen recently.

I have, and I'm still in shock. How I lusted after Eddie Van Halen in the late 70's. What a waste.

:) Sierra

Companies have been specialising in reproduction guitars since Jimi Hendrix's day. With so called "authentic marks and blemishes"

Indidentally have you seen the state of Eddie Van Halen recently.
BTW his guitar was called the frankenstrat, due to it staring off with a strat body.
http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM07/Content/Fender/PR/EVH.html
^ the guitar i was talking about is called frankenstein... as eddie states in the great article in Guitar World this month..where he looks fine... ok his voice is souding odd due to the cancer he had but he's looking healthy.

Trouble it is is the same crowd who used to have a shop on London road and one in Doncaster. They used to sell cheap guitars which someone had made to look like expensive guitars.
MAny guitarists who I know used to think of them as crooks.

that was wizard guitars, i bought an acoustic guitar from the london road shop a few years ago, they told me to take it back for a free tune up and new strings after six weeks, when i took it back i was asked what strings i wanted putting on, i asked for martin lights-christ only knows what they put on but the guitar sounded lousy, i miked the strings up and they didn't match any of the martin guages, they put some cheap crap strings on, i took them off, chucked 'em away and replaced them with martins and the tone was beautiful and warm once again:)

john:rolleyes:

that was wizard guitars
I've had good and bad experiences with Wizard in their Doncaster store. They sold me two nice electrics that i've got no complaints about, but i bought a classical guitar when i had no knowledge of the "good" and "bad" instruments and they overcharged me for an average one. I paid £400 for it and it's worth about half of that. If you know what you're looking at then they are normally okay to deal with.

The customer service is appalling and I personally had to wave a wad of £2K cash under their nose, and assure him that i was gonna buy there and then before he'd even show me the amp i wanted to buy. How jokers like this stay in business is beyond me, and believe me ive bought loads of topend gear over the years.

I would never buy anything from there.

Back to the original point... It's kinda ironic cos andy summers bought his telecaster off some kid in the 70s for only $200!! And it was already modified!! I don't think fender would be churning out repros if the kid still owned it would they.

I have to agree G Bone. (You any relation to the legendary T-Bone Walker, guitar God?)

I've been in the Eccy Rd shop and found the ponytail man off hand and rude.

I took a top end,mint Strat in to test the water re them buying it and he gave me the usual b******s about them being worth next to nothing and that he could get them brand new at the drop of a hat.

The model was discontinued in 2003 and they're like rockin' horse s***e so I assume he's got a time machine as well as bad hair.

Back on track, i found this website selling vintage instruments. Link (http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/web/Our-Catalogue/Fender/Electric-Guitars)

Nearly £45,000 for a 52 Tele. How can you spend that much on one instrument? That's insane.

Didn't Kurt Cobain always play some cheapo copy? No doubt you could spend thousands to replicate that one too.

Didn't Kurt Cobain always play some cheapo copy?
He had a love of Fender Mustangs with a hint of Fender Jaguar thrown in. Not cheapo copies per say.

Source: Kurts Equipment.com (http://www.kurtsequipment.com/)

With regards Andys guitar.Would be far cheaper to buy a sunburst Tele,knock it about abit ,put a decent humbucker in the neck position,get a decent flanger & away you go with the sound of the Police.

The new shop on eccy road has some very nice guitars in that would cost a lot more so they say.

Seen them, yes they do look very nice. I also like some of the secondhand ones in that shop on pinstone st, in town. Pointless me looking though, I haven't picked a guitar up in years, shame, coz I was very good.:(

i have also had an altercation with the people at wizard guitars. my son had seen an esp electric guitar priced at £700 and naturaly wanted to try it before he would even think about buying it. they would only let him try it if he was definitely going to buy it. now iam sure you would agree when you are spending that sort of money you want to know what your buying, we decided not to go ahead with the purchase nor will we be going there again.

i have a fender gemini acoustic guitar with hard case i want £125 for it

Yep I also have had a bad experience with wizard as well, when taking a guitar for repair. When I went they were selling vox amps for 600 that were worth 400 max and an ibanez tube screamer for 800!! Maybe hendrix touched it but I very much doubt it. Grr

Our guitarist has a custom guitar made to his exact specifacations!!!! He told his wife it only cost him £300!!!! Maybe for a pick up!!! I have later found out it cost him close to 10K!!! But in his defence it does sound and look amazing!!! The guy who made it was called Steve Clark. I say was as he now likes to be know as Amanda Bradshaw!!! WTF!!!

If you don't carry wads of cash around then the guy at Wizard will look down his nose at you.

He would not let me try out a Fender Telecaster in the shop unless I proved I was definitely going to buy it there and then!!

Oh, and Ro6er, that Ibanez Tube Screamer I asked about, he said £500 for that!!

The guy is a rude and condecending and I definitely won't be going there again.

Anyone know of any other guitar shops in sheffield?

Anyone know of any decent guitar shops in sheffield?
Sheffield fails a bit on that front. Electro at Doncaster is okay but you have to walk in and wave a wad of £20 notes at them to get some attention. I'm going to buy a nice acoustic in the summer and travelling to London to do so. I'm not willing to give any of the shops in this area any custom if i can help it.

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This is not the place for rumours/gossip that could be potentially libelous. Please refrain from any accusations or insults, if you wish then focus on the shops you DO like in a seperate thread.

Andy Summers Fender Telecaster was previously owned by none other than Eric Clapton.

Andy Summers Fender Telecaster was previously owned by none other than Eric Clapton.

Wow this thread is like 4 years old. But okay, thats nice to know :confused:

Telecasters are for losers though, is that slander?

the only way to get a true "vintage" look is to use the damn thing !
guitars are made to be used not to look all pretty ...???

the only way to get a true "vintage" look is to use the damn thing !
guitars are made to be used not to look all pretty ...???

This is so true. I bought a brand new guitar for £800 a few years back and dropped it virtually straight away, chipping a huge hole in the paint, once you have stoppped caring what it looks like you can enjoy it so much more!

This is so true. I bought a brand new guitar for £800 a few years back and dropped it virtually straight away, chipping a huge hole in the paint, once you have stoppped caring what it looks like you can enjoy it so much more!

so so true....too many bands wanna look the part but havent got a clue..lol
just cause u spend ££££££££££ on gear aint gonna make u play better

Ouch. Mind you, violins can be worth 10's of 1000's.

Ouch. Mind you, violins can be worth 10's of 1000's.Well, they can cost that ;)

A genuine 1959 Les Paul 'Burst would change hands for around £300,000 + +.
Have a look in the loft......

http://www.musicradar.com/guitarist/guitarist-issue-353-on-sale-now-533680

I have, and I'm still in shock. How I lusted after Eddie Van Halen in the late 70's. What a waste.

:) Sierra

you should hear the new album, the first with David Lee Roth for over 2 decades and it is absolutely great...

Talking of good guitar shops in Sheffield.try richtonemusic music on broad field road
Hundreds of guitars and other music gear.from starter prices up to tens of thousands.some fantastic high end martins prs
and gibsonS

A genuine 1959 Les Paul 'Burst would change hands for around £300,000 + +.
Have a look in the loft......

http://www.musicradar.com/guitarist/guitarist-issue-353-on-sale-now-533680

If you owned one, you would never play it.

9 grand sounds more like guitar-collector material than guitar player to me, although it wouldn't surprise me if the folks at Guitar Notes have some hand-made classicals at that price.