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Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 919 San Pablo, CA 
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Posted on Nov 22 2007 11:45 PM
so im thinking of getting a customized guitar made by fat dawg here in berkeley. has anybody ever worked with the guy on a guitar? i made a trip there last week and he said he could customize one for me for less than 500 bucks depending on the pick ups ,whammy, and neck that i wanted. he also sells vintage jags and mustangs, listed on his site but not pictured. what do u guys think? —-Zanti Instagram: |
Joined: Sep 07, 2006 Posts: 1506 Redlands, CA 
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Posted on Nov 23 2007 12:04 AM
sorry can't help on this one. Joel |
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Posted on Nov 23 2007 12:10 AM
i think the mission statement under the custom guitars link is pretty cool. hodge-podging parts together to make something that is YOURS for 500 bucks? heck yes! seems cool, but there is always the chance you get a squier neck with a plywood body. stil, i say go for it if you can have a hand in the shapes, feel, etc you might get. |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11069 Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Nov 23 2007 12:30 AM
I know Fat dawg and I know subway guitars, it's right up the street from me. $500 to me seems like a lot of money for one of his guitars. His idea of custom is finding a bunch of old parts and putting them together for you. It'll be unique, that's for sure. If you're into LoFi surf/punk then I'd say consider it, otherwise save up a few more hundred bucks and buy a quality guitar off Craigslist. —Danny Snyder I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac' Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
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Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 919 San Pablo, CA
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Posted on Nov 23 2007 12:55 AM
oh cool i didnt know u lived near there haha yea i want something that sounds and feels good, and somethign that i wont try to replace with something else later on ya know, on his website he lists some fender jags and mustangs on the fender section for less than grand, maybe i'll make a trip there next week and have a talk with him —-Zanti Instagram: |
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Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 919 San Pablo, CA
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Posted on Nov 23 2007 01:02 AM
Ivory white JazzMaster. Matching headstock, red tortoise guard. Old 62 re-issue neck, 1964 Fender® body. $700 -Zanti Instagram: |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 3832 netherlands
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Posted on Nov 23 2007 02:37 AM
OT hey! what's wrong with a plywood body-squier neck guitar?!!!??? esp. if you throw in a "WOWIE ZOWIE-a-plywood-body-with-squier-neck-guitar!-Bitchin!" face
seriously, if anyone can a custom for $500 it's not gonna have good parts, or he's cutting you a special deal. —Rules to live by #314: |
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Joined: Sep 24, 2007 Posts: 2728
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Posted on Nov 23 2007 09:35 AM
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Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 919 San Pablo, CA
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Posted on Nov 26 2007 12:18 AM
wow well i guess its too late now i just bought my Vox AD50VT is just too many knobs and effects! but i dont know what kind of amp to get.. im thinking a TWin REverb, was hoping to get a Showman but havent ever seen one in real life! haha —-Zanti Instagram: |
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11069 Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Nov 26 2007 12:30 AM
Congrats MrReverb, shore is pretty. Before you buy an amp you can check out Mel's and my amps to hear some options. Check out Wooza's recent thread on buying a first surf amp. —Danny Snyder I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac' Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
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Posted on Nov 26 2007 09:06 AM
Nice choice! Congrats! Every word is like an unecessary stain on silence and nothingness. |
Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 2123 The jungle 
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Posted on Nov 26 2007 08:02 PM
Nice looking guitar! I, too, have met FatDawg and used to go in there all the time while I went to Cal. What a trip! If possible, I agree with both Danny and Zak. What he is selling, besides guitars, is a hefty portion of prose and myth. The guitars are what they are, and are often described in the most deprecating terms possible. The real question, then, is if this entertainment has value. Maybe? But, to his credit, he has weathered the storm for a long, long time and is still running a viable enterprise. I would venture a guess that he will still be in business long after Guitar Center shutters. That is, if disgruntled customers or some bad mushrooms don't kill him first. — |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Nov 26 2007 08:13 PM
Is that what a poly finish of Shoreline looks like? I really hate the nitro color they are passing off as Shoreline. |
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Posted on Nov 26 2007 08:51 PM
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Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 919 San Pablo, CA
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Posted on Nov 27 2007 10:30 PM
HAHA —-Zanti Instagram: |
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Posted on Nov 28 2007 01:09 AM
I visited Subway guitars several times when I lived in Northern California. the place was pretty much a jumbled mess of guitars in various states of condition laying around or cowded together in racks on the wall. The whole place was pretty offbeat and eccentric--a little like FatDawg (and Berkeley itself, for that matter.) Lots of cobbled together looking stuff. I really like original Danelectros, and didn't care for his philosophy that they were essentially junky and needed upgrades and so changed things to push/pull pots, sperzel tuners, mixed and matched parts, etc. I mean, he essentially came into a huge inventory of original Danelectro new/old stock necks and bodies, etc. and then he makes all these frankenstein guitars out of them. Was that the best that could be done with what he had to work with? |
Joined: Aug 19, 2006 Posts: 958 Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
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Posted on Nov 28 2007 04:47 AM
Well, i gotta jump in here. I know Fat Dawg and i've been in his shop MANY times and he's an ok guy......i mean he's the Danelectro "guy" for cryin' out loud so don't go in there to buy a "real" guitar! The place is "off beat and eccentric" and that's what i always loved about hangin' out in there back in the day when i lived in Berkeley. He's got all kinds of stuff everywhere and it aint no Guitar Center that's for sure but it's a neat place to snoop around for "unusual" guitar parts and stuff. The Psychotic Pineapple, the Dunbars, The Shakers, Greg Kihn, Jonathan Richmond, Earthquake, The Fabulous Titans, Chris Solberg we all used to hang out in there from time to time and marvel at his Dani collection and that old car in front with the clouds painted on it......it used to be a cool hang out for local musicians. He put a brass bridge on one of my Danis and it stayed in tune a lot better but i wish i hadn't done that now cause my guitar is not all original anymore but take it easy on the guy......he's a wacky guy living in a wacky city and has seen it all through the years. I say go there if you get a chance. It's a fun place and will remind you of your friends' messy room only it's all guitar stuff instead of old socks and dirty clothes. I admire him for that. It's not a crime to be different.....it's kinda cool. So pick on someone else, Fat Dawg's OK!! The TakeOffs |
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Joined: May 14, 2007 Posts: 1753
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Posted on Nov 28 2007 11:13 AM
haha, now THAT'S the metaphor I was trying to think of. I also didn't want "offbeat and eccentric" to come across as a put down. Heck, those words describe alot of the music and instruments we love and talk about so much here . . . practically a badge of honor. The whole vibe of the place is one reason people should visit Subway if they get a chance. |
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Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 919 San Pablo, CA
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Posted on Feb 14 2008 12:59 AM
mann u guys are right that guy is a douche i called today to ask for some fender jazz bass knobs and they guy said they had em, i drive all teh way to freaking berkeley and go in there and one of his employees tells me they have some knobs but they're not for sale. so then fat dawg comes and i ask him for some jazz bass knobs and he says "oh yeah i know which ones your talking about! the black ones with the screw on the side right?" i was like yeah and he goes like yeah " you can get them from this company called All parts in Texas yeah they got a lot of stuff!" , then he tells me of this other place in ohio? so i was like ok..nvm jerk... that really pissed me off. -Zanti Instagram: |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1778 Star, Idaho. Formerly lived in Surf City USA.
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Posted on Feb 14 2008 01:10 AM
Berkeley? Oh, don't get me started.... |
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