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Hi gang!

I thought I'd show my new guitar and collect some forum members thoughts on this somewhat strange, but cool bird.




I bought it just before christmas for about 1800 USD.
Apparently this is a short lived Mark II Deluxe model. I guess this was the Deluxe mark II for a short while before the Ramones-type model had to change their name.

The neck on this guitar is thicker and a bit wider than my JR sign. model, but the frets are smaller and lower.
Bending and doing hammer ons and pull-offs on the higher frets can get pretty troublesome.

Unfortunately it seems to fall out of tune pretty easily. Thinking of replacing the tuners. But I love the feel, look and sound of it.

Would love to find some specs of this guitar, but I can't get a hold of any.

Also, never having to own a guitar with a tremolo before...
I can't seem to reach the roller bridge to intonate properly as the trem gets in the way of my screwdriver.

This is the only picture I have at the moment, but more pictures will be added upon request.
As soon as I get my USB cable back from my scoundrel friend.

Thank you and have a nice day!

That is a sweet looking guitar! Think twice before deciding to replace the tuners though, they're often not to blame! There could be a host of other things for it not staying in tune. New strings always take a bit of time to 'settle in' and there is a special routine for fitting new strings to stay in tune, but I won't go into that now. Congratulations on your new toy!

Veenture wrote:That is a sweet looking guitar! Think twice before deciding to replace the tuners though, they're often not to blame! There could be a host of other things for it not staying in tune. New strings always take a bit of time to 'settle in' and there is a special routine for fitting new strings to stay in tune, but I won't go into that now. Congratulations on your new toy!

Thank you sir!
Yes, replacing the tuners is something i would really like to avoid. I'll just keep playing and see if the laws of nature will resolve the issue for me.

Wow, cool guitar! It's a shame they didn't make more like it. The most likely source of tuning troubles is the string guide. I had one that always stuck on the G string. Thankfully I had a spare to swap in, but they do show up on eBay as well.

MWaldorf wrote:The most likely source of tuning troubles is the string guide. I had one that always stuck on the G string. Thankfully I had a spare to swap in, but they do show up on eBay as well.

Hey Mel, how's this? maybe a silly question, but wasn't a bit of filing away at the G-slot an option?

Veenture wrote:

MWaldorf wrote:The most likely source of tuning troubles is the string guide. I had one that always stuck on the G string. Thankfully I had a spare to swap in, but they do show up on eBay as well.

Hey Mel, how's this? maybe a silly question, but wasn't a bit of filing away at the G-slot an option?

Actually I tried a bit of filing and it didn't help in my case. Since I had a spare I tried that before delving further into the issue, so I don't know if it would have fixed it. I never did figure out exactly how it was sticking, but it sure did like to get stuck.

Thanks for the info guys! I'll be sure to keep an eye on the string guide.
Also, I can't really figure out these darn pickups! They sound great and all, but I can't figure out what type they are.

I suspect they may actually be humbuckers. I think I've heard of some instances where Fillmore Mark Vs' had humbuckers...
Or it may just be a classic case of overwound Mosrite single coil goodness.

Hmmm. Just a thought... Oh yeah!

MWaldorf wrote:Hmmm. Just a thought... Oh yeah!
http://www.halakahiki.com/mosrite/M-V-D3.jpg

Haha!

MWaldorf you crazy son af a gun you...!

JohnnySonic wrote:Haha!

MWaldorf you crazy son af a gun you...!

Just to balance things, I suppose that someday I ought to own a Strat with two pickups...