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Posted by: K1R Jun 9 2011, 06:50 PM
Hey guys! Guess who I found in my closet? It is old Musima Lead Star 1, given to me by my godfather 3 years ago. It is DDR (East Germany) strat copy. I almost forgot about it 
The reason I didn't play it is that it seemed broken and bad sounding. Today I changed the strings, tried to regulate the truss rod and cleaned all the dirt out of it Now I think that I really like it Here are some photos.
Has anyone heared something about Musima guitars? What do you think about them?
I will continue fixing my Lead Star because it has strange noice when touching Floyd Rose and volume and tone knobs are too old. But it still sounds good to me You will be able to hear it in my takes from Ben's and Gabriel's collaborations.
Posted by: Ben Higgins Jun 9 2011, 07:50 PM
What a cool thing to find in the closet ! 
I would imagine that the noise you get from the volume/tone knobs is just dirt and dust.. it makes a crackly sound when that happens.
Posted by: Azzaboi Jun 9 2011, 07:50 PM
Nice find! You just found that lieing around?
All I found was a evil monkey in my closet!
Posted by: Mudbone Jun 9 2011, 07:56 PM
Some East German equipment was made exceptionally well, you should hold on to this guitar, it might be a collectible.
Spray some contact cleaner in the pots to get rid of the scratchiness, and spray some into the input jack. Then work the cable in and out, but don't get too excited 
Posted by: Ben Higgins Jun 9 2011, 07:57 PM
Reminds me of the film 'Red Heat' with Schwarzenegger and James Belushi.. 'Soviet Model better..'
What was Mudbone doing in there ?
Posted by: K1R Jun 9 2011, 08:58 PM
I've recorded a video for Gabriel's collab so you can hear this guitar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Hu2pyWNaY.
I would imagine that the noise you get from the volume/tone knobs is just dirt and dust.. it makes a crackly sound when that happens.
Thank you, Ben. I will try to look inside of the guitar and see what is making that sound next week.
All I found was a evil monkey in my closet!
Thank you, Aaron. It was lying behind big amount of clothes so I couldn't see it
Spray some contact cleaner in the pots to get rid of the scratchiness, and spray some into the input jack. Then work the cable in and out, but don't get too excited
Thank you. I definately will!
Posted by: Stephane Lucarelli Jun 9 2011, 09:37 PM
That's a cool story
You should do a bit more storage in your closet, maybe you'll find an amp !
Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Jun 9 2011, 09:43 PM
I keep most of my guitars in the closet, regularly, at least 2,3 are there, somehow it's the safest place ,sssshhhhhhh ! 
Posted by: Gitarrero Jun 9 2011, 10:19 PM
Evil, evil Monkey! 
Nice find man, they sure made some good stuff in eastern germany...if only they wouldn't speak such a horrible dialect 
One info for Mr. Higgins: The eastern german girls are really pretty and know how to treat a man...gotta do 500 push-ups now.
Christian
Posted by: thefireball Jun 10 2011, 01:37 AM
What a nice surprise!
Posted by: Mudbone Jun 10 2011, 04:03 AM
What was I doing in there? You know, typical monkey shenanigans - pooping in my hand and getting ready to throw it at someone
Posted by: K1R Jun 12 2011, 07:17 PM
You can check out the clean sound of this guitar in my take for Ivan's Emotive Ballad Collab http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=39333&pid=527517&st=0&#entry527517.
You should do a bit more storage in your closet, maybe you'll find an amp !
Thank You, Stephane. Unfortunatelly there is no amp
But I think it I will find it there in few years Thank You, Sinisa. Yeah, I would keep all my stuff in the closet if it was not filled with my sister's clothes
Nice find man, they sure made some good stuff in eastern germany...if only they wouldn't speak such a horrible dialect
One info for Mr. Higgins: The eastern german girls are really pretty and know how to treat a man...gotta do 500 push-ups now.
Christian
Thank You, Christian. Yeah, the guitar is really good, I like it's sound
Thank you. I was thinking about getting the guitar with whammy bar, but now I've got it for free
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jun 12 2011, 08:00 PM
The reason I didn't play it is that it seemed broken and bad sounding. Today I changed the strings, tried to regulate the truss rod and cleaned all the dirt out of it Now I think that I really like it Here are some photos.Has anyone heared something about Musima guitars? What do you think about them?
I will continue fixing my Lead Star because it has strange noice when touching Floyd Rose and volume and tone knobs are too old. But it still sounds good to me
You will be able to hear it in my takes from Ben's and Gabriel's collaborations.Nice guitar!! Maybe updating its electronics it will work perfect!
All I found was a evil monkey in my closet!
oh no man! you have to be careful with it! those evil monkeys are usually the reason why the picks always disappear...
Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jun 12 2011, 08:31 PM
Wow, nice find. I've played couple of lead start guitars, they are comfortable! Not sure about the sound, but the wood is old, I guess it's OK
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