Rock Johnson
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Just got a Austin Strat copy. Made in China, nice comfy neck (which means on the smaller side for me, not the baseball bats so many here prefer), decent pups, junky trem. I find it about on the level of a good Squier or MIM Strat. Certainly better than any other low-end import I've played.
Normally the guitar would be a mere $140 - it's made by god-knows-who in China for St. Louis Music. Here's a link: http://www.austingtr.com/
However, the guy who owns the music store where I give guitar lessons just decided to give it to me.
So, not only is it a NGD, it's a FREE NGD!
I know the cork sniffers here will think it's a toy, but I'm thinking it's one hell of a modding platform. The soldering iron comes out this weekend! First will be the tone-to-bridge pup mod, then a brass trem block, then steel saddles... then some GFS pups... I'm sure that I'll have a screamer of a guitar by the time I'm done with it.
And here's the mandatory blurry cellphone pic:
Normally the guitar would be a mere $140 - it's made by god-knows-who in China for St. Louis Music. Here's a link: http://www.austingtr.com/
However, the guy who owns the music store where I give guitar lessons just decided to give it to me.
So, not only is it a NGD, it's a FREE NGD!I know the cork sniffers here will think it's a toy, but I'm thinking it's one hell of a modding platform. The soldering iron comes out this weekend! First will be the tone-to-bridge pup mod, then a brass trem block, then steel saddles... then some GFS pups... I'm sure that I'll have a screamer of a guitar by the time I'm done with it.
And here's the mandatory blurry cellphone pic:
