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WTB Valley arts 24 fret with a floyd
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Hi all,
not 100% sure about this.
Must be a 7/8 24 fret (my understanding is that all of the 24 fret ones are 7/8 and have 24.75 scale).
There’s an m series on ebay currently but seller wants £1500 which is a bit barmy for a japanese one.
Prefer chunkier neck.
Thoughts welcome on 24.75 scale floyd equipped superstrats.
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Might not be the kind of thing you are thinking if you are after a Valley Arts however.
Also selling a couple of Centauras, hey are 7/8 scale bodies, 24 frets, BUT 25.5" scale length which not what you are after. They are still cool though.
Let me know if you would like more details.
Cheers,
Ben.
At the moment I'm looking for:
* Hamer SS2 & T62
* Music Man Luke 1
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Currently for sale:
24.75 scale Kotzen style telecaster
Grover Jackson superstrat
12 string acoustic
OTO Bim delay pedal
Thanks Ben.
That Chaparral is pretty wild, but too crazy and too expensive for me.
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Currently for sale:
24.75 scale Kotzen style telecaster
Grover Jackson superstrat
12 string acoustic
OTO Bim delay pedal
All the US ones to me have become massively overpriced seems to have ended up as collectors, not a players market.
Probably 3k and up for a US guitar there are a few wrong ones around for less but anything nice is heading to 5k. As the company had such a chequered production history everyone is looking for the MM signature (collectors) to add value.
As you can tell I am pretty cynical about the way VA has gone, I gave up looking for a square fair priced US a few years back, if I am going to drop that kind of money I might as well buy another PRS get a better guitar not made from Warmoth parts.
Both myself and a friend bought Japanese a few years back direct from eBay and paid 6-700 plus duty etc those have risen up now £1500 for the blue one on Ebay is a bit toppy but it looks pretty nice and if you find a Japanese these days a clean one will be 1k and up and you have shipping and on costs. He says offers so maybe if you like it bid him down a bit.
As for the quality, my friend has exactly what you are talking about and its a great super strat and very nicely made as good as anything you will find, the Japanese built ones certainly the earlier ones are very nice guitars, I do think later they changed and went with cheaper non-EMG pickups and more outsourced parts but the original M series were seriously good guitars built by a small dedicated team in Japan. I have the Larry Carlton carved Tele a guitar I craved in my younger days and its spot on herringbone binding thick ebony board Interlock neck joint etc etc.
If you buy a Japanese one buy it because you like it, all the US forum group guys look down their noses at them LOL which is just stupid American collector mentality as one guy put it to me it all the Japanese guitars should be destroyed they are not authentic made by Mike Maguire and devalue my collection.
Here endeth the rant on Valley Arts LOL
At the moment I'm looking for:
* Hamer SS2 & T62
* Music Man Luke 1
Please drop me a message.
https://www.instagram.com/insta.guitarstuff/
Currently for sale:
24.75 scale Kotzen style telecaster
Grover Jackson superstrat
12 string acoustic
OTO Bim delay pedal
If you are talking about Mike Casswell then it is his playing that is partly inspiring me. Was looking at some Lukather masterclass things on youtube for inspiration too.
My favourite Mike Casswell moment was when he interviewed Joe Bonamassa and they had a jam. It was easy to see who the better player was - and Joe knew it and said so.
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Currently for sale:
24.75 scale Kotzen style telecaster
Grover Jackson superstrat
12 string acoustic
OTO Bim delay pedal
Yes - it did occur to me that if I was going to pay £2k for a valley arts then a tom anderson would come within scope of the budget.
If we are listing out supershred guitars with floyd and 24.75 scale then there is also the rob arnold signature by ESP
https://www.gak.co.uk/en/esp-ltd-ra-600-rob-arnold-signature/30240
And then there is a recent release by ESP ltd the eclipse 87
https://www.espguitars.com/products/21837-eclipse-87
Which isn't a superstrat exactly but has a floyd and 24.75 scale.
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Currently for sale:
24.75 scale Kotzen style telecaster
Grover Jackson superstrat
12 string acoustic
OTO Bim delay pedal
Might be possible to get one of the upmarket 'select' models for good money too. But they are hard to find by the looks of things.
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Currently for sale:
24.75 scale Kotzen style telecaster
Grover Jackson superstrat
12 string acoustic
OTO Bim delay pedal
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