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Oct 5, 2008 4:38 a.m. Racing:

Hi there. Just picked up an old BST 5000(?) "the beast" solidbody,and i´m trying to learn more about it.

After pulling a fret job and some TLC in general it plays really really well,altho i for one find it designed after a bookshelf-but hey..that´s just me. Regardless,the player factor is 100% i have to say-at least to me.Great guitar.

Anyways. As i took it upon myself to take the axe apart i took the following pics.

[url]http://www.102983.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10003/normal_1~7.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.102983.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10003/normal_2~5.JPG[/url]

Neck pickup.A DM PAF.

[url]http://www.102983.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10003/normal_3~7.JPG[/url]

Bridge pickup,a DM super distortion.

[url]http://www.102983.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10003/normal_44.JPG[/url]

What strikes me is the sustain of it. It´s like you can strike a chord in the morning,leave for lunch,and pick it up to keep playing as the sun sets.
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Oct 5, 2008 4:39 a.m. Racing:
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Oct 5, 2008 5:48 a.m. twangmeisternyc:

Very much "Kramer-esque" in the body/pick-up attributes, clearly to compete in the late 70's. Most of the posts around the internet really like that guitar model.
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Oct 5, 2008 4:35 p.m. Racing:

As the dating pages says 404,could i ask someone to please date the guitar? When it comes to gretsch i´m absolutely clueless as far as that part.
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Oct 5, 2008 7:04 p.m. KCeddieB:

Serial number would translate to Oct. of 1979... right?
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Oct 6, 2008 4:10 a.m. Racing:

Please enlighten me. How did you get that? That the "10" means october,ok,but the -79?
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Oct 7, 2008 2:58 p.m. KCeddieB:

Yes... the "10" means Oct., and the "9" means '79, the rest (483) is a production volume figure. Cheers!
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Oct 7, 2008 3:06 p.m. Ric12string:
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Oct 7, 2008 3:09 p.m. Ric12string:
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Oct 7, 2008 4:30 p.m. Racing:
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Oct 7, 2008 4:32 p.m. Racing:

From what i´ve come to understand made from maple and walnut?

Live over in Sweden since a couple of decades,and guitars like this are quite scarse over here. Gibsons,Fenders et al no issues what so ever,stuff like this tho is another matter.
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Oct 7, 2008 4:34 p.m. Racing:

Btw. KC. Thanx a mill for the history lesson.

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