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Star Wars Collector.....Guitars?
SchwarzePuppen writes "Fernandes Guitars International in association with Lucas Licensing Ltd., a division of Lucasfilm Ltd., is presenting the Star Wars Retrorocket Collector's Series. Based upon Fernandes' Retrorocket model, these premium Japanese instruments showcase stunning Star Wars graphics created by using a revolutionary computer controlled painting process. Check it out!"
If I get a Star Wars knob, will it extend like a light saber?
"Aww, bugger" - Unlucky Alf
How strange, all the guitars have characters from the dark side of the force... Where are all the good guys? Are we really supposed to believe everyone in Rock N Roll is aligned with evil?
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Combine with this you could have a cool looking band.
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... And the probably sound like crap too.
Never buy a guitar cause it looks good (unless it sounds good too).
I want my Jar Jar Didgeridoo
Oh man I can imagine Spinal Tap getting hold of some of these......
"Hey, look man - we ordered a frigging 40 foot deathstar, not 40 inch. It looks like a glitter ball but without the glitter. And what the fuck are they? We wanted chewbacca's , not motherfucking Ewoks"
Now realize this is coming from a lamer who actually paid a small pile of money for a sealed Tatooine Skiff... This is just insane.
t ml
Have you guys seen the Star Wars condoms?
This is no joke!!!
http://www.toysrgus.com/images-misc/starcondoms.h
Although, I would consider one of the Star Wars guitar straps for my PRS... (I know, geek...)
We really promise that thing with N*SYNC was just a joke! Really, look, we're cool! We're rockers! Check out our rebellious Star Wars guitar line. Please check out my next movie, so my daughter can go to an upscale liberal arts college like Sarah Lawrence. Don't make us go back on our word and release Sith fishnet belly shirts and "Moons of Endor" hotpants. We'll do it. We're whores.
Enhance it with a lightsabre and we're doomed to see another Kiss-movie..
You do not exist. Go away.
Great - I can get one and play (Han) Solos at top volume! :-)
:-p)
I have been *fret*ting about this - to the point I haven't been able to *string* sentences together. I think I will go and *pick* one up... But I wont break my *neck* over it.
(ohmygod - I have turned into Mr Atkins - my old music teacher
Anyone for a round of Weird Al's "Yoda"?
"The long-term contract I hadda sign
Means I'll be making these movies 'till the end of time
With my Yoda..."
"No Luke, I am your bass player"
"I find your lack of a solo disturbing"
"The lyrics are strong with this one"
"Jimi Hendrix has taught you well"
Hmm, the story wasn't good enough when I posted it last week. Well, in all fairness to the editors, it's probably because I linked to an online music store that happens to be running a contest where someone will win one of these guitars. They're retailing for $1000, so I guess that's something, although I wouldn't want to be seen playing one.
Anyway, at the risk of giving a decent online business a vicious Slashdotting, check out the link after reading this: The contest is only open to US and Canadian residents age 18 and over, so if you're not eligible, do the site a favor and don't even bother! the contest
I am not affiliated with Music123. I didn't enter the contest.
[Insert your own Spaceballs the Flamethrower joke here]
A friend of mine who is currently stationed at Yokota AFB in Japan sent me some of the picks and a Darth Vader volume knob a couple of months back. The picks are pretty nice, especially some of the metallic ones. They come in a little foil packet with a trading card, so they're definitely more aimed at collectors than guitarists.
The Vader knob is nicely done as well, made of fairly heavy metal (pewter, I guess). The only problem is, it looks absolutely ridiculous when actually mounted on a guitar. I do concur with the general perception here that the paint jobs on the Star Wars guitars rank right up there with the worst atrocities ever committed against a defenseless musical instrument. At least they didn't do a Jar Jar. Yippee!
Never buy a guitar cause it looks good (unless it sounds good too).
My guitar teacher always told me that the sound comes from your hands.
With the amps and digital hardware that is out there today, you can pretty much make any guitar sound like any other. Sure, there is nothing that beats a great classic guitar (My favourite is a Gibson SG), but the idea is not to get hung up on the label, and how much it costs.
If you have talent, and play with passion, you can make magic with the cheapest guitar (as long as it stays in tune...)
*** Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket?
Where does it end?
I can see it now,
The Darth Maul 2-Headed Dildo...
Many of you may be aware that during the production of Return of the Jedi the title Revenge of the Jedi was used to mislead knock-off merchandise manufactures.
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Lucas has pulled this old trick out of the bag. Let me be the first to announce that the actual title of Star Wars: Episode II is to be Attack of the Marketing Drones
-Peter