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Hofner Galaxie Guitar - CT metallic red -experience?
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Joined: Jun 29, 2011 Posts: 186 Halden, Norway 
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Posted on Mar 03 2012 09:23 AM
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Joined: Apr 24, 2011 Posts: 1087 Surf City, NC 
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Posted on Mar 03 2012 10:20 AM
No experience, but it looks kool! — |
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Joined: Jun 29, 2011 Posts: 186 Halden, Norway
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Posted on Mar 03 2012 10:49 AM
Las_Barracudas wrote:
Yeah, looks supercool. Good price on it as well (at least here in Norway) Nils —Nils "If it hadn’t been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar." - Pete Townshend, The Who |
Joined: Mar 07, 2010 Posts: 2274 North Carolina
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Posted on Mar 03 2012 11:05 AM
I don't know the first thing about them either, but every time I hear the name, I always remember this great thread: http://surfguitar101.com/forums/topic/15069/ —Fady El Mirage @ ReverbNation |
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Joined: Apr 24, 2011 Posts: 1087 Surf City, NC
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Posted on Mar 03 2012 11:07 AM
You better buy it? — |
Joined: Mar 29, 2010 Posts: 324 Spain 
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Posted on Mar 03 2012 11:15 AM
I have that one http://surfguitar101.com/forums/topic/14726/?page=1#p196449 It is a cheap nice looking guitar, easy to play, great great neck playability, smoth and very subtle tremolo and lot of pickup configurations with those three switches. No hums with those minihumbuckers. The sound of those pickups is good but it has less twang than a fender. With 10s stays great in tune. I have had not any weird issue since I got it and I play it almost every day. The only thing that can be annoying is that the bridge pickup switch sometimes gets stuck in my picking hand when I play double picking far from the bridge because I tend to put my hand resting on the upper part of the bridge pickup (I do not if I explain myself with this as English is not my first language) but this can be solved with a minor technic change. I think it is a killer guitar for the money. Nilspempo, If you wish to ask anything more you would like to know about it I will be glad to help you as much as I can.
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Joined: Jun 29, 2011 Posts: 186 Halden, Norway
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Posted on Mar 03 2012 11:24 AM
narciso wrote:
Thanks for the info, and yeah, I`ll maybe pick that one up:) Nils —Nils "If it hadn’t been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar." - Pete Townshend, The Who |
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Joined: Jun 29, 2011 Posts: 186 Halden, Norway
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Posted on Mar 03 2012 12:27 PM
Yeah, please tell me about the neck, do you know what radius it has, and what about the pick-ups, how do they sound, can you compare them to anything, or even better, do you have any soundclips? Thanks Nils —Nils "If it hadn’t been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar." - Pete Townshend, The Who |
Joined: Oct 05, 2011 Posts: 744 France
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Posted on Mar 03 2012 07:15 PM
There are a few demos on Youtube. Old punks never die... They just become surf rockers. |
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Posted on Mar 04 2012 10:33 AM
I would say that the neck has a C profile (no V neither D). I do not know the fretboard radius but it is much flatter than my other fender vintage style guitars and the frets are wide and big. I think that the neck is great and that is why I bought that guitar, but that is only my feeling about it while playing. It was weird because I usually don't like flat fretboards. About the sound of the pickups: Bridge pickup – less twang and more beef than my mij stratocaster but not as full and cutting as my telecaster. Middle pickup – full,round and mild sound. Nice, nice sound. Neck pickup – Lot of power (maybe too much!!!). It has a stratocaster with steroids vibe. Bridge/middle and middle/neck – Think about a mild strat sound without quack. I do not use them as I can not think about a surfy or instro song with this sound (I do not like this pickup combination in my stratocaster either so I think it is something personal). Bridge and neck – My favorite. The sound is more agresive and fuller than with the middle pickup but it remains mild at the same time. Three pickups at the same time – I do not like them. A bit muddy sound without power. The overall sound of the guitar with clean settings: think about a stratocaster with a raw sound, no twang and no quack, and more beef. Sometimes those pickups can sound a bit trebly but the master tone works perfectly. These are only my personal opinions about the sound. And bear in mind that this is a great but cheap guitar so do not expect the ultimate guitar... (I think English people say 'if you pay peanuts you get monkeys'). Anyway, I recommend it. You get what you pay for it and more IMHO. Now I do not have any sound clip of the guitar. Next Tuesday I am going to my rehearsal room (well, I call it rehearsal room but it is actually a little farmyard with a roof, four walls and a door https://lospipelines.es/ |
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Joined: Jun 29, 2011 Posts: 186 Halden, Norway
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Posted on Mar 04 2012 01:19 PM
Wow, thanks for all that info Narciso, much appreciated. I do have a good deal of guitars allready, but there is something about this that tells me I need another one:) If it`s not to much hazzle for you, I would love to hear some soundclips. Thanks Nils —Nils "If it hadn’t been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar." - Pete Townshend, The Who |
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Posted on Aug 29 2013 08:10 AM
What constitutes a good deal of guitars? I'm not being fascitious - I really need to know! |
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Joined: Jun 29, 2011 Posts: 186 Halden, Norway
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Posted on Aug 29 2013 12:13 PM
elwrongo wrote:
Eight? Nils "If it hadn’t been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar." - Pete Townshend, The Who |
Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ 
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Posted on Aug 29 2013 05:51 PM
There's one for sale locally, and I tried it, but they'd somehow gotten the whammy bar lost (go figure! new geetar'n'all), so I couldn't really find its mojo when I tried it out. (The shop still hasn't located the whammy bar yet). But they are a great price —He who dies with the most tubes... wins |
If it didn't look so superstrat-y, I'd be GASing like crazy.
) and I will see if I can record some decent samples at rehearsal volume with a bit of reverb. 
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