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Gemberbier
Username: Gemberbier

Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 4:55 pm:   

I was actually looking for that RT240 article, when I found this:
article_RT250_page01
I resized it to 97 kByte.


Ginger
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Gemberbier
Username: Gemberbier

Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 5:15 pm:   

hmm... had to crop page 2/3.
Review1993RT250page2cropped
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Gemberbier
Username: Gemberbier

Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 5:32 pm:   

And page 3/3:
RT250_page3
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Gemberbier
Username: Gemberbier

Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 5:42 pm:   

And page 3/3:
RT250_page3_column01
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Gemberbier
Username: Gemberbier

Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 5:45 pm:   

Column02
column02
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Gemberbier
Username: Gemberbier

Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 5:46 pm:   

And finally column03 of page 3, which I had to clip:
column03
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Mr_roadstar
Username: Mr_roadstar

Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 11:12 pm:   

It's all Greek to me.

The Bear
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Johns
Username: Johns

Registered: 2-2001
Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 9:34 am:   

Hey, I thought one of our members was a translator? :-)
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Lespaul
Username: Lespaul

Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 10:15 am:   

Bear,

I am quite sure it is Dutch, not Greek......

















P@ul
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Mr_roadstar
Username: Mr_roadstar

Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 4:19 pm:   

So you have never heard the term, "It's all Greek to me"?

Or maybe you wanna take over as Forum Smartass!

The Bear
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Gemberbier
Username: Gemberbier

Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 6:25 am:   

Isn't Smartass pretty Greek?
If the Dutch call names they're usually explicitly genitally orientated, not back-door orientated.

With respect to non-understandable text the Dutch would mostly say: "Dat is Chinees voor mij" ("That's Chinese to me").

Anyway, the pizza guy is Dutch, and he's the guy I promissed that RT240 article. (Where did I put that magazine?). Right now I have other priorities than translating the article.
So, here's a summary
Main differences: RT250: solid alder body with a TZ-6 tremolo (fulcrum), 24 frets slightly fatter vintage feel maple neck 20mm thick at fret 1 and 22.5mm thick at fret 12 with a rosewood fretboard, headstock and neck are one-piece, scale is not mentioned, made in Japan and ƒ895.-

EX170: plywood for the normal non-FM (cheaper), 3 glued together alder pieces with a glued-on flame maple veneer top for the EX170FM, standard two-bolt light-duty trem, 22 frets, neck is a little too thick with a scarf joint for the headstock, 65cm scale, a nice beginner's guitar, made in Korea ƒ695.-
(for the flame).

In both cases the body shape was based on the RG body: no arm-rest like on the Fender Strat.

The author thinks a difference of 200 guilders is very small for such a difference in quality and would definitely go for the MIJ guitar.


Ginger
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10pizza
Username: 10pizza

Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 8:38 am:   

chinese, greek, whatever ;-)
thanks a lot for this article. Nice reading!
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10pizza
Username: 10pizza

Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 8:43 am:   

chinese, greek, whatever ;-)
thanks a lot for this article. Nice reading!
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Mr_roadstar
Username: Mr_roadstar

Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 11:04 pm:   

"In both cases the body shape was based on the RG body: no arm-rest like on the Fender Strat. "

What do you mean by "arm rest"? RG bodies have both a tummy and a forearm cut. Just like a Stratocaster.

The Bear
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Gemberbier
Username: Gemberbier

Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 6:38 am:   

That's what I meant: the RT models have NO forearm cut (just like a Tele), the article says their body shape was based on the RG. So that obviously goes only for the pointy horns, not for the forearm cut. I don't know, I don't have an RG. You're the Roadstar expert, Bear. I just summarized the article.
I bought the RT240SB because it felt and looked so traditional.


Ginger

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