Guitar question.

[madformac]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Hmmmm...I just was looking at that photo a couple of months ago. Now I can't seem to find it. Maybe got lost when they transferred my files from my old computer to this new one (we just got new computers about a month ago here at work)

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by madformac

Whoa! Way cool. Now I want a white one.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by madformac

This one, or one just like it, was on eBay, a couple months ago. It must be a cheaper Turner, because I believe it had $1500 reserve on it, and nobody bought it(if I remember correctly).

As much as I LOVE surf green, if it's a Model 1, I want it to look like LB's.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by madformac

Ok...no powered EQ, just a volume & a tone control, so what are the switches for? Pickup coil split? Tone control bypass?

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

As much as I LOVE surf green, if it's a Model 1, I want it to look like LB's.

Exactly the idea of "surf green" to get the "stigma of Buckingham" off the Model 1. Sure, Lindsey made the Turner M1 famous, but that doesn't mean that every M1 has to look like his. Look at all the different models & colors of Gibson Les Pauls...if the same logic held true, all Les Pauls would be black.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Ok...no powered EQ, just a volume & a tone control, so what are the switches for? Pickup coil split? Tone control bypass?




Exactly the idea of "surf green" to get the "stigma of Buckingham" off the Model 1. Sure, Lindsey made the Turner M1 famous, but that doesn't mean that every M1 has to look like his. Look at all the different models & colors of Gibson Les Pauls...if the same logic held true, all Les Pauls would be black.

^^^Hey, I've drooled over LB's guitar since what, 1979? On the day I can afford one, THAT's the one I want!

[madformac]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Ok

Exactly the idea of "surf green" to get the "stigma of Buckingham" off the Model 1. Sure, Lindsey made the Turner M1 famous, but that doesn't mean that every M1 has to look like his.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by madformac

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Ok...so I get the knob on the horn is the piezo/humbucker blend knob...but what's the "fifth" knob down by the bridge on this one?
Why am I asking YOU? I should just ask Rick Turner.

[shackin'up]

Holy cow. The green one is so ugly that I want it. Bad. But if I had the money (I have, but not available) I'd go see lindsey live first.

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by madformac

Whoa...that one is NICE. But whats with the extra knobs? Is that for the piezo instead of having it near the neck?

[Madness Fades]

Yeah the 5th knob on that last one is for sure the piezo, its just in a different place. and I personally dont like it there.
On the Gold top the extra control is possibly for individual tone control over piezo and humbucker. This would never have a been a standard option on a Model one and I imagine its a coutom order someone decided to place.

Can I also say that the Green Model one is a great Guitar and its just a pity it such a horrible colour. Why do people want a colour like that.

The quilt maple flame one is looks fantastic.

But here is what I think. The Model 1 is basically the "Buckingham Guitar" thats the stigma with it, accept it. As Henry Ford once said about his Model T "It can be any colour as its black"

Forgive me, but that Green one looks like it's for the ladies only. I see the Bangles or someone using that, not a feller. And that color looks great on some guitars, too, so that's what is even more perplexing. I had an old bandmate that had a seafoam green/gold Rickenbacker 360 and it was great looking, not as "candy coated" green as that Turner tho.

I'd still take a Les Paul myself, but have never played a Model one either, soooo.....

[Sarah]

Originally Posted by madformac

Gorgeous. I've never seen the black. I really like that it's not solid.. the wood on the sides = beautiful.

I've always thought that I'd want one that looks exactly like Lindsey's or the burst, but after seeing the black one (good shots of the different angles, that neck is gorgeous).. i think that's the one i'd pick. I'd choose silver hardware though.. gold hardware always looks gaudy to me. (No offense to anyone.. I don't even like gold jewelry.)

Thanks for posting the surf green. I knew I wasn't imagining it. The turners truly are functional art.

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by Madness Fades

Can I also say that the Green Model one is a great Guitar and its just a pity it such a horrible colour. Why do people want a colour like that.
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I think it's pretty cool. I wouldnt want that colour but dont find it hideous...would be great if ye were in a rockabily band or something.