December 1993 Article about RT250 and...

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Author Message   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: I resized it to 97 kByte. Ginger   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 5:15 pm:    hmm... had to crop page 2/3.   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 5:32 pm:    And page 3/3:   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 5:42 pm:    And page 3/3:   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 5:45 pm:    Column02   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:   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   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?   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   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   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   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!   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!   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   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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