Memphis Unknown

uhh i dont know what year this thing was made but it has 21 frets it only has volume and tone and one jacked up not so great pick up in the middle tuners totally suck wouldnt even be caught dead at a gig with this guitar id have to tune it even time i go hardcore (approx. every 10 secs.) umm maybe ok for the light playing but i guess its a pretty good guitar if you want to learn guitar and arent sure if your gonna stick to it good guitar its enexpensive and good for learners. its actually worth around $30-$35

it kinda make all these rattling noises and stuff

it just doesnt compare to any of the better guitars like fender and ibanez its a kids/learners guitar

like i said would be caught dead using it at a gig but alright for practice and being a back up "its my memphis door stop" hey it works for something

it would be a great guitar if it was actually built to last like the tuners and stuff maybe add one or two more pick ups and a lil more improvement here and there

I`ve had this Memphis for about 15 years,it was my first guitar.I figure it had to have been made at least in the mid 80`s.It`s got 22 frets,was made in Korea and a body that looks like a thick plywood.It has one clear volume switch,one clear tone and a 3 way switch.It has 2 Dbl Humbucks on it and a Tremelo that could bend a steel pipe.Back when I first got it,I played Heavy Metal day and night.The distortion was killer,It has the look of an 80`s Metal Band guitar and the sound as well.It`s not a copy of any of the other brands like other Memphis guitars are.It has a look all it`s own,Solid white,black dbl humbucks,chrome tremelo,spear tipped head and lock tuning at the base of the head.When I got it,it came with a nice Hard Case.It was a well taken care guitar when I got it and I`ve made sure to keep it that way.

Like I said before,my style then was Heavy Metal.I still like Metal alot,But I`ve discovered other bands that I like to play now as well like Zombie(White or Rob) and Creed,and Limp Bizkit.To this day when I pick up that Memphis and play it,it`s style still seems to blend real well with what I like to play.I haven`t found any dislikes for it,although I don`t play it out,it would do the job fine.It makes a great back up if I ever needed one.

The person I got it from kept everything in really good order and I have done the same as well.It is still 100% stock but the action is great the pick ups still work great and it`s appearence is like brand new.I believe that if you want you instruments to work well you need to keep them in the shape they were in when they were new.

This guitar has actually stood up better than my Jackson(which was replaced for a practice session by my Memphis)I have never played out live with it before,but it`s always there just in case.In the 15 years that I`ve had it,it has had alot of playing,especially in my teen-age years.It is still like new and very dependable.

I have never had any need for customer support.

I also have a Jackson and a B.C.Rich,both of which are excellent guitars.I have never had any regrets about buying this guitar,if it wasn`t for this one I wouldn`t be where I`m at now playing in bands and still jamming the heavy music out.My favorite feature would have to be the distortion,it`s great for some really heavy stuff,especially in Drop D tuning.I`m not saying that all Memphis guitars are like mine,but you could get as lucky as I did.Especially if you take good care of it.It`s always been a fun guitar for me,and a loyal one too.

Not sure of how old it is, looks to be around late '70s. It has 24 medium frets with a huge (what appears to be maple) neck through body construction with a rosewood fretboard, dot inlays and a huge headstock, a brass nut, which I had to shim, cheap tuners (I've had it a couple of years and recently replaced the strings and had to replace the low E tunning machine). The body looks like a cross between an Alembic and an early Les Paul SG with the rounded horns. It has two humbuckers which sounded muddy so I swapped them for some Gibson '57 classics, two tone and two volume controls and at one time it had a balance pot which doesn't exist anymore except for the hole, a Tune-O-Matic bridge with a stop tailpiece. I'm not sure what the body is made of but I'm guessing it's mahogony and maple. It didn't come with a case and I had a hard time finding a suitable replacement for such a large body guitar. A local music dealer suggested I use an old case they had lying around. What it was was a flying-V case so I took it apart and cut it to the size I needed.

This guitar sounds great for playing music for which a Les Paul or such would make. Me, for instance, love the Allman Brothers and play slide, so this guitar really for that type of music. Also, lately I've been using drop D tunning for stuff like Creed or that sort of music and it handles it very well. I use a crybaby wah, a line 6 modulator modeler, different distortions, and an off the wall brand of volume\chorus\phaser pedal. I have two different amps that I use. One is a Crate 112 Vintage Club combo and the other is a Marshall JMP 100 watt lead head with some kind of 412 cab.

I had bought this guitar from a friend who acquired it through a sell. He set up the action and the intonation and fixed a couple of the pots but thats about it. I shimmed the nut, replaced the pickups and replace the low E tunning machine. The action is set a little higher than normal to accommodate for playing slide but not to much where as I cannot fret the cords or play rappid scaled. It could probably use some fretwork because slideing up and down the frets is a little laborious and string bending causes a little noise. The finish isn't all that great but I don't mind a couple of dings.

This guitar will stand up to about anything you throw at it. I have played live with this guitar and it has givin me no problems other than rarely having to tune during a gig. I would totally depend on it as a main guitar if I had to without a backup. But if a string breaks, that's another problem.

Never heard of any.

I've been playing for the past 10 years and have had a few guitars during this time. Right now I've got a '99 Fender Deluxe American Fat Strat with locking tuners and a locking bridge, a Fender acoustic guitar, a keyboard and the amps and pedals mentioned before. If I lost this guitar I don't think I would be able to find one like it. I think it was a prototype or some top of the line instrument in it's day (for the manufacturer).

yr? made in korea. volume and toneknob. single humbucker at bridge.fake alloy tuners.little loose at the high e.21 frets.tremelo bridge.no bar. clear volume and tone knobs.face input
.beak like head stock.great jagstang like kneck great smoothness for fingering. painted metallic atomic turquoise on kneck body and headstock.

very style optional.great for funk and metal great for faith no more songs or bungle stuff.limited other than those slight rattle on low e string.great tone. easy to tune. non lockin tuners.for my preferences great musical guitar as far as sound shitty looks and fuckin cheap!

porrly fit saddle.and poor tuners.

so far no compaints on reliability..but i wouldnt go to a gig without a backup.

decent guitarnot for pro just for fun

I think it's a late 80's one. It's a full size guitar that they actually disigned and DID NOT COPY. TWO humbuckers, a tone and volume, no pickguard, black, locking nut(the one i imedeitly took off in a despate attempt to make it look less like an ibanez) and a stupid pointy headstock. i give it a 3 cause it looks like an ibanez.

It sounds like crap according to people like..........those people that turn the middle all the way down. But i like it, it looks stupid (like an ibanez) sounds like its coming through a clock radio speaker when its clean, and i got this really cool nirvana like distortion that is really heavy andit gets ALOT of feedback (my fav part). Its perfect for those who only care ow their distortion sounds and like alot of feedback.

Not that great, its durable and light but the tuning keys suck. so i put some one off of a duo-sonic that i recently smashed on it.

Yeah it will withstand live playing, i dont use it for that very much because it looks like an ibanez and i dont want people to get the wrong impression.

I hadnt even heard of the company untill i got that guitar. they probably went out of busssiness along time ago

I have been playing for 5 years, i also own an american strat, an ibanez bass form the 70's (a prototype for the soundgear), lots of analog stomps, a trayner 50 watt 110, and a 1983 mace that is all tube and 160 watts of output!!!!!!!!!!!! its a 212 combo, i like combos cause im lazy and i dont like hauling around a marshall stack. before i bought it i wished i ha asked for some duct tape to wrap it in to make it look less like an ibanez. if it was stolen i would try to find it and offer a 1000$ reward because its not replacable. its gonna be worth money somday.....................i hope i wish i had a webber BBQ