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lemur68 wrote:

MantaRay wrote:

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:That's what I thought.
I mainly asked because someone mentioned those guitars as a warning sign of really bad bands.

if memory serves the Dismemberment Plan played Schecter guitars.


just sayin'

I always saw Travis with a Music Man; I don't remember what Jason played.

Jason played Schecters, back before they were widely distributed. I believe that he had some sort of spokesperson-type deal with them at one point but I could be remembering incorrectly.

I own a Schecter semi-hollow body (pictured below) and it is most definitely NOT CRAP, even though I rarely play guitar these days. They're nice guitars if you veer clear of the cheesy-looking novelty ones with camo paint jobs, naked lady inlays, etc.

Schecter for a while made a Mustang-looking guitar that looked quite nifty. In fact, I wouldn't mind strapping on one of Schecter's less metal-looking guitars at all. Their Tele Custom copy looks like very good quality, and they have one that looks like a very obvious Rickenbacker copy (at least the style, anyway).

Didn't Jay also use a Fender Jaguar with humbuckers? He at least used that in the video for "Mirrorful".

Oh, and Jawbox: Not Crap. Negative Waffles. Amazing, amazing band.

Schecter was a very different company ten or so years ago when Jawbox had an endorsement and before the nu-metal kids caught on.

Mandroid2.0 wrote:Jason played Schecters, back before they were widely distributed.

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Schecters were the 80s session man's/AOR guitar-slinger's choice in fairly major way. They were mass marketing them from the early-to-mid 80s.

Yngwie Malmsteen had an endorsement deal with 'em!

Just sayin'.

LBx wrote:** WARNING **thread killer...do not select 'Club Savory': http://www.myspace.com/jawboxdci died a little bit...
ouch.

I'll say it again though, great band. Possibly my favorite two-guitar band ever.

I miss this band so much.
They're up there with This Heat for me.

Sorry, but this thread needs more appreciation.

I think they were very good.

areopagite wrote:appears i'm the only crap vote. i tried and tried to get into them, but they were just boring as hell. that one song, savory, rules. i also saw them live once and they were great.
That one song, "Savory," is all I know of Jawbox. It is VERY not crap, but I can't vote on that one song alone, so I'll abstain for now.

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thread killer...

do not select 'Club Savory': http://www.myspace.com/jawboxdc

i died a little bit...