Free guitar that plugs into your new vw [Archive]

Jim MacDaniel

Oct-16-2006, 5:02pm

Check out this new promo (http://www.firstact.com/AboutFirstAct/InTheNews/09_28_2006_VW.aspx) -- buy or lease a new VW, and you get a free First Act electric guitar that plugs into your new car's sound system.

Hmmmm, I wonder what builder and car company should get together for a similar promo for the mandolin crowd?...

Jim MacDaniel

Oct-16-2006, 6:23pm

...perhaps Michael Kelly & Hyundai? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

kyblue

Oct-16-2006, 6:37pm

I hope it doesn't work while someone is driving!

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John Flynn

Oct-16-2006, 6:40pm

Well, First Act is sold at Wal Mart and they appear to be completely POS instuments. They also have mandos, banjos and acoustic guitars, BTW. I have to question the statement the ads are inadvertantly making about the car the promotional instrument plugs into. I would have definitely chosen a different promotional partner if I were VW.

JEStanek

Oct-16-2006, 7:55pm

Had it been a Fender that might have been cooler. VWs are kinda pricey for a less expensive e-guitar. With a German (at least designed) car shouldn't it be a Rickenbacker (at least that sounds German)...

Jamie

arbarnhart

Oct-16-2006, 8:13pm

I was watching a DIY Handmade Music special one night and they had "Los Lonely Boys" (I think that's the name; they are a popular band of late) and the story of a custom made electric guitar built for them. I was shocked to see that it was made in the custom shop of First Act. It looked like it is a US luthier shop that does some high end work that got into importing and mass marketing at the other end of the spectrum.

anchorman86

Oct-16-2006, 9:30pm

There is a First Act store in Boston on Boylston Street, popped in there a while back. Mostly guitars and basses, but they did have one mandolin. Simple sunburst A-style, nothing impressive.

Daniel Nestlerode

Oct-17-2006, 12:32am

Had it been a Fender that might have been cooler. #VWs are kinda pricey for a less expensive e-guitar. #With a German (at least designed) car shouldn't it be a Rickenbacker (at least that sounds German)...

Jamie
You mean like a Framus?

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Daniel

JEStanek

Oct-17-2006, 7:42am

Excellent, Daniel. I learned something new today! Those Framuses (Frami?) look pretty sweet.

Jamie

John Flynn

Oct-17-2006, 7:49am

How about a Steinberger? Now, that would be cool.

www.steinberger.com

Tom C

Oct-17-2006, 8:02am

I was at VW a couple of days ago for front and back brake pads and back rotors. Somehow I got 127,000 miles from original front pads. Everyother VW I owned it was pads and rotors every 30,000 miles.

Anyway...Guitar will work if car is moving. They do have warnings though http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif I asked for a mandolin instead if I traded my car in. I got weird look.

Keith Erickson

Oct-17-2006, 10:48am

You got to love it when Spinal Tap shows up. At least they didn't have a "Stone Hendge" moment. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

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glauber

Oct-17-2006, 10:53am

olgraypat

Oct-17-2006, 12:37pm

Saturn/Gibson -- both made in the Nshville area....Of course, that could work in reverse. Buy the new Master Model and we'll throw in a Saturn........ Or maybe the Bobby Knight special...buy a new car and he'll throw in a chair...

Ted Eschliman

Oct-17-2006, 12:41pm

Print Ad:

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Keith Erickson

Oct-17-2006, 1:22pm

Hey Ted,

Did you get a complimentary BRW oval hole when you purchased your VW? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Ted Eschliman

Oct-17-2006, 1:27pm

No, Keith.
I did get a matching purse, though...

JEStanek

Oct-17-2006, 3:15pm

LOL! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Ted. You kill me!

Jamie
99 Turbo Diesel Beetle

bjc

Oct-17-2006, 3:46pm

It would've been cooler if Nigel was playing his five pick-up electric that had all the gauges on it...and did anyone else notice that Slash's tone sucked in the ad....nothing beats a Les Paul and a Marshall!!!

jefflester

Oct-17-2006, 4:16pm

...did anyone else notice that Slash's tone sucked in the ad....nothing beats a Les Paul and a Marshall!!!
The pre-'74 Beetles had better tone.

ShaneJ

Oct-17-2006, 11:14pm

Why not get a '56 Chevy pickup - WITHOUT any amp to plug into - along with a really nice F5 mandolin - a Dude, Hilburn, Brentrup, Hamlett, etc...? Kinda the reverse of the new car w/cheap electric guitar. Get a new custom mando with a cheap truck, and go "unplugged". http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Professor PT

Oct-17-2006, 11:20pm

No, Keith.
I did get a matching purse, though...
Hee-hee! You mean "man-purse"! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif As for VW, I will never buy another again. I love my Passat wagon, but it's been nothing but high repair bills the last few years. Oddly enough, my wife's Bug has been fine--despite what Consumer Reports says about reliability. It's definitely going to be Honda or Toyota next time. Maybe they'll have a mando promo by then. Hey, there are plenty of Pac Rim mandos to include!

kww

Oct-17-2006, 11:37pm

Every once in a while, someone will ask me what kind of VW that is that I'm driving. I politely explain that no one should insult a Morris by calling it a VW.

Jim MacDaniel

Oct-17-2006, 11:41pm

Why not get a '56 Chevy pickup - WITHOUT any amp to plug into - along with a really nice F5 mandolin - a Dude, Hilburn, Brentrup, Hamlett, etc...? #Kinda the reverse of the new car w/cheap electric guitar. #Get a new custom mando with a cheap truck, and go "unplugged". #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Shouldn't it come with a distressed finish? #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif