NGD 2004 Fender Toronado Deluxe

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Oceano

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This may very well be my new favorite guitar....EVER! It has all of the features I love in a Gibson, but the playability and comfort of a Strat. Not to mention it's f***ing sick looking. It also came with lockin tuners. The Atomic humbuckers are a bit hotter than I'm used to, but they sound kick ass (something I wasn't expecting at all). I'll probably still switch them out, but only cuz I have some Duncan and Gibson pickups lying around. Seriously might be my new favorite.

Now for crappy pics. Excuse my outdated camera.
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Hay now, that's rather sharp!

I'd black everything out. EVERYTHING. Screws n all.
 
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Raising the profile of this model is going to take some LH mutha to start playing one upside down.
 
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Those things are really cool. Too bad Fender discontinued them. But, that actually increases the cool factor because what you got there is kind of rare!
 
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Those things are really cool. Too bad Fender discontinued them. But, that actually increases the cool factor because what you got there is kind of rare!
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I guess all the gibson influenced Jags (HH and P90) are the closest things at the moment but I always thought Tornados were cool!
 
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Nice! I've always really liked those things. They're really cool guitars. I wish they'd bring them back with a lefty model.

Congratulations, man. Enjoy it. :beerchug:
 
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Powdered Toast Man said:
Those things are really cool. Too bad Fender discontinued them. But, that actually increases the cool factor because what you got there is kind of rare!
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yeah I honestly got such a good deal on it IMO that I really couldn't pass it up including the fact that they are so rare and their feature set is exactly what I want in a guitar. For some reason I can't get along with Gibson neck profiles anymore. They're just not as comfortable.
 
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Kam said:
Nice! I've always really liked those things. They're really cool guitars. I wish they'd bring them back with a lefty model.

Congratulations, man. Enjoy it. :beerchug:
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Thanks man :beerchug:

They really should reissue these though. They're so freaking nice!!
 
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One of the guys from New Found Glory played one of these, back in the day. If I'm remembering correctly, it was red with a black scratchplate and racing stripes. It looked really awesome, in a hot rod kinda way.

If I had yours, I would definitely put nickel covers on the pups.
 
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Kam said:
One of the guys from New Found Glory played one of these, back in the day. If I'm remembering correctly, it was red with a black scratchplate and racing stripes. It looked really awesome, in a hot rod kinda way.

If I had yours, I would definitely put nickel covers on the pups.
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That's definitely on my to do list. I just don't know if I want to cover these pups or put in new ones. I kinda like how hot these pickups are, but I'm not really into getting so much output from just my pickups either.

It think with some nickel covers it'll look a lot like a black 61 SG. Not a bad thing at all :cool2:
 
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Oceano said:
That's definitely on my to do list. I just don't know if I want to cover these pups or put in new ones. I kinda like how hot these pickups are, but I'm not really into getting so much output from just my pickups either.

It think with some nickel covers it'll look a lot like a black 61 SG. Not a bad thing at all :cool2:
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It's a long shot, but if those pickups are four conductor, it would be easy to install coil split switches to drop the output down.

I agree, those SGs are hotness. I always think black guitars look better with a bit of chrome on them. Like my black Tele with the black guard or those HH Jags, like the one Astro plays. Black'n'chrome is just classy.
 
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Kam said:
It's a long shot, but if those pickups are four conductor, it would be easy to install coil split switches to drop the output down.

I agree, those SGs are hotness. I always think black guitars look better with a bit of chrome on them. Like my black Tele with the black guard or those HH Jags, like the one Astro plays. Black'n'chrome is just classy.
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Yeah Astros Jag is pretty sexy. I just never could get along with that short of a scale. Probably cuz I have short stubby fingers. I'm pretty sure they do have 4 conductors. I'm just not sure I'm sold on them. I'm used to humbuckers just not ones that are so compressed I guess. I might just try moving them up and down and stuff first.
 
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