I couldn't stand it!!!!!

allthumbs · #1 August 30th, 2007

This will be mine. I have it on good authority that this will be the stupid deal of the day on Saturday at Musicians Friend.. 99 bucks for an original floyd speedloader guitar. Part of the fun is deciding what to put in the gaping hole in the headstock. It just has to be tuned once for the first setup and then the strings are always in tune. One of my friends now has 5 of them and other friends have bought them. Nothing but, good reviews though the strings they ship with are worthless.
I probably won't bother with the floyd. I can lock it down and make it a hard tail. I will pull the pups and put in two lipstick humbuckers. I can't think of a cheaper quality platform to throw those pups in. This axe should be selling for at least 400 bucks on the street.

fly135 · #2 August 30th, 2007

Wow! $99 is cheap enough to actually buy some sets of strings to go with. Glad to see the SDOTD back.

P-90 · #3 August 30th, 2007

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Originally Posted by allthumbs

This will be mine...
I probably won't bother with the floyd. I can lock it down and make it a hard tail. I will pull the pups and put in two lipstick humbuckers. I can't think of a cheaper quality platform to throw those pups in. This axe should be selling for at least 400 bucks on the street.

Congrats (in advance)! I'm doing something similar, picked up *three* new project guitars... it's a hobby unto itself, isn't it?

justinthyme · #4 August 30th, 2007

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Originally Posted by allthumbs

99 bucks for an original floyd speedloader guitar. Part of the fun is deciding what to put in the gaping hole in the headstock. I will pull the pups and put in two lipstick humbuckers.

I emailed MF twice about this guitar - wanted to bring 6 across for starters, but they haven't bothered to reply

I also pointed out to them that their link to the list of manufacturers whose gear they didn't ship was dead (wasn't a link at all).

I've since discovered Floyd Rose have an agent over here in Australia - but I'd have thought the least MF could have done was to reply.

Anyway - good luck with the project, Marty - sounds like fun!

mattz196 · #5 August 30th, 2007

Advance congrats ,AT this was the guitar you where keen on a couple of weeks ago at a higher price isn't it , nice when those sort of things happen.

Remember to rug up if you sleep outside the store the night before the sale so as to not miss out

allthumbs · #6 August 30th, 2007

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Originally Posted by mattz196

Advance congrats ,AT this was the guitar you where keen on a couple of weeks ago at a higher price isn't it , nice when those sort of things happen.

Remember to rug up if you sleep outside the store the night before the sale so as to not miss out

I have a friend in the U.S. buying it for me. They don't ship to Canada.
It's good to have friends

eddiez152 · #7 August 31st, 2007

allthumbs,

lead the way, what is it ?

allthumbs · #8 August 31st, 2007

This explains it Eddie. My friends can't make the strings go out of tune no matter the dives.
Buy Floyd Rose Discovery Series DST-2 Electric Guitar at Musician's Friend

eddiez152 · #9 August 31st, 2007

Whitch is better DST-2 or DST-3

allthumbs · #10 August 31st, 2007

DST-1 DST-2

* Genuine Floyd Rose SpeedLoader vibrato system
* Basswood body
* Bolt-on rock maple neck
* Rosewood fretboard
* Vintage-style high-output single-coil pickups
* 12" radius
* 1-13/20" nut width
* 25-1/2" scale

* Genuine Floyd Rose SpeedLoader vibrato system
* Basswood body
* Bolt-on rock maple neck
* Rosewood fretboard
* High-output humbuckers
* 12" radius
* 1-13/20" nut width
* 25-1/2" scale

DST-3

* Genuine Floyd Rose SpeedLoader vibrato system
* Basswood body
* Bolt-on rock maple neck
* Rosewood fretboard
* Vintage-style high-output single-coil pickups at the neck and middle positions
* High-output humbucker at the bridge
* 12" radius
* 1-13/20" nut width
* 25-1/2" scale

All Discovery series guitars come in blue or red with chrome hardware, or black with black hardware.

scotty_b · #11 August 31st, 2007

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Originally Posted by justinthyme

I emailed MF twice about this guitar - wanted to bring 6 across for starters, but they haven't bothered to reply

I also pointed out to them that their link to the list of manufacturers whose gear they didn't ship was dead (wasn't a link at all).

I've since discovered Floyd Rose have an agent over here in Australia - but I'd have thought the least MF could have done was to reply.

Anyway - good luck with the project, Marty - sounds like fun!

hey Ian
Most companies like that are bound by an agreement with their suppliers - Fender own FLoyd Rose, and have well-delineated boundaries for trade. Yamaha are the same.

carol m · #12 August 31st, 2007

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Originally Posted by allthumbs

I probably won't bother with the floyd. I can lock it down and make it a hard tail. I will pull the pups and put in two lipstick humbuckers. I can't think of a cheaper quality platform to throw those pups in. This axe should be selling for at least 400 bucks on the street.

Whatever it is you are talking about, I wish you well

derek6107 · #13 August 31st, 2007

Spooky - I saw this deal yesterday. Trouble is I'm not sure it is available in the UK. Does anyone know if it is ?

knight46 · #14 August 31st, 2007

Nice find AT, congrats in advance. I might have to look into one of these myself.

allthumbs · #15 August 31st, 2007

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Nice find AT, congrats in advance. I might have to look into one of these myself.

Move fast, they are almost out and I can guarantee that the new models will be in the 400 to 600 range. This was their word of mouth campaign to generate interest in the new releases.