laowai Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I bought this new in Brooklyn 17 years ago. For 16 years plus it has been a case queen. It lives in Shanghai with me now. Recently, I've been playing it a lot. What a fantastic guitar, even through my modest setup, A mustang III set to a super clean twin reverb, a RAT, analog delay and MXR EQ. I can not make this guitar sound bad. I kick myself for overlooking it all these years. Holiday greetings from the Middle Kingdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANGAR18 Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Yep. 535's are awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsck1 Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Firstly, I'm a very uninformed enthusiast. This may be a very stupid question. The manner in which your strings are threaded through the tailpiece is a first for me. Have you found a positive impact on sound with this method, or is this yet another tailpiece I've not seen before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laowai Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 It can use a level and crown after a decade of neglect, but even as it is, it blows my LPs out of the water. Best $1326.06 I ever spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laowai Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Firstly, I'm a very uninformed enthusiast. This may be a very stupid question. The manner in which your strings are threaded through the tailpiece is a first for me. Have you found a positive impact on sound with this method, or is this yet another tailpiece I've not seen before? No worries, brother. You are probably more informed than me. The tailpiece has blocks into which the string balls hook. It's got fine tuners on it as well. Let me try to get a good pic of the tailpiece and bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 that is a nice 535, congrats!! I believe Ren Wall designed that tailpiece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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