NGD: Warning - NON-Ibanez Content!!!

Dr. Vegetable

Dr. Vegetable

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Curse ebay, I just couldn't pass this one up. A beautiful MIJ Magnum Pro. Solid mahogany, 24 fret, equipped with creme Maxon V-2's. This thing is in pristine condition for a thirty-something guitar, and plays like hot butter.

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The Way Huge pedals are also new acquisitions courtesy of forum bros AL and RD. Thanks guys! I will be rocking these all at rehearsal tonight.
 
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That's a very attractive japanese guitar, sort of like a more polite Yamaha SG

What are the Maxons like?
 
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It was supposedly made in FujiGen. It is very similar to my first electric - an Ibanez CN250...

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...except for the neck, pickups, bridge, tailpiece, tuners, and finish. :D It does have the same speed knobs, body shape/construction, and binding detail. Very classy-looking in person, the cellphone picture doesn't do it justice.

The V-2's are really nice. They are good hot rock&roll pickups IMHO. I've got a few Ibbys from that general timeframe that came equipped with them - a pair of RS315s and a Destroyer - and I really like them all. I play mostly classic rock and these are possibly my favorite pickup for that. Absolutely fantastic in the bridge; soul food for my inner guitar god. I scored a loose V-2 on ebay recently and am trying to decide what to put it in. I might actually build a 1-pup pony just to hold it, though it would probably be killer in an HSS superstrat.

The Magnum just arrived yesterday and I haven't had much chance to crank it up yet, but it's been giving good tone in my initial tests. The guitar isn't my heaviest (that distinction probably goes to the Darkstone) but it seems a bit tail-heavy and is so long that it barely fits in a gig bag.

My CN250 is in rough shape right now, but I'll be doing a full rework on it in a few weeks. It will be fun to compare the two in a side-by-side playoff.
 
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I saw that one and thought it looked kind a cool. Can't go wrong with Fujigen stuff; apart from Ibanez, like the look of Greco Strats from the mid-70s onwards, but prices are in the $500-1000 range often.
 
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Thanks, guys! And thanks Ashurbanipal for not outbidding me. :) I think I got it for a fair price, considering that I paid almost as much for my CN250 over 30 years ago. The frets are a little bit worn on this one and the nut is cut a little bit deeper than it should be (the action is insanely low, but still very playable) but nothing that couldn't be fixed when the time comes. It looks classy enough that I could hang it on the wall in the living room near the piano and it would make a fine showpiece.

Rehearsal got canceled last night but I'll be cranking it up to eleven today when the misses steps out of the house. I'm itching to hear what this thing sounds like under some decent amplification.
 
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Hey, that's a cool axe, congrats man and happy new guitar day :headbang:
 
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Dr. Vegetable said:
Thanks, guys! And thanks Ashurbanipal for not outbidding me. :) I think I got it for a fair price, considering that I paid almost as much for my CN250 over 30 years ago. The frets are a little bit worn on this one and the nut is cut a little bit deeper than it should be (the action is insanely low, but still very playable) but nothing that couldn't be fixed when the time comes. It looks classy enough that I could hang it on the wall in the living room near the piano and it would make a fine showpiece.

Rehearsal got canceled last night but I'll be cranking it up to eleven today when the misses steps out of the house. I'm itching to hear what this thing sounds like under some decent amplification.
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Haha, don't worry man, I didn't. One guitar with two humbuckers is enough for me these days, plus I'd have to take out 3/4 of the pots and move the switch :). So I reckon it's in better hands.
 
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