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casemunro · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 140 Location: Pompano Beach, FL

I am bored at work.

I saw Tom Petty once refer to guitar collecting as a disease. I have it. I love 'em. I want more of them. Guitarists, tell me about your instruments. Steel string, nylon string, electric, acoustic, whatever, I wanna know. I'll start.

My main guitar is a 1989 Gibson Les Paul Standard. I'm the original owner, got it around 1991 when I worked in a small music store. It's a tobacco sunburst, chrome pickup covers, I took the pickguard off whilst inebriated one evening. I string it up with 10 gauge D'Addarios. Here's a blurry pic of it in action at the Hard Rock in Jan 06

http://www.friendlyfirenetwork.co...ve/images/stunner_singb012106.jpg

Second to the LP would be an American Deluxe Stratocaster that I picked up new in 2001 (serial number dates it as built in 2000). It's got a really nice translucent teal finish that shows the wood grain. Aged white pickguard, Vintage Noiseless pickups, Schaller locking tuners, abalone dot markers, maple neck. I string this one with 11 gauge D'Addarios. It's a fight to play compared to the Paul, but it's got tone for days. Here's a pic of short haired me with the strat at a local watering hole circa 2002 (emphasis on 'hole')-

http://www.theneerings.com/images/casey_guitar.jpg

My third favorite guitar would be a 1983 American Standard Telecaster. Gun metal blue, maple neck, jumbo frets, stock pickups but I did swap out the pickguard for a sparkly one. This one also gets the 11 gauge strings. It's a workhorse, I used to have a humbucker in the bridge position but I went back to the original one. This is an old shot of it from 1995 when I did a short stint in a punk outfit called The Abusers-

http://www.friendlyfirenetwork.co...hive/images/stunner95_abusers.jpg

A couple of years ago I picked up a used Dean V from a little shop down the road from me. It's really light, made in Korea, feels kind of cheap but looks terrific and plays surprisingly well. I never even bothered swapping out the pickups. 10s on this guitar. Fun for the stage. This pic is slightly embarassing, but we're all friends here, right? This is from St. Patrick's Day in 06, we were a fake version of our band, for one night only we called ourselves The Black Shamrocks, we did punked up Irish drinking songs and made fun of Friendly Fire-

http://www.friendlyfirenetwork.com/archive/images/blackshamrocks.jpg

In retirement is a black Hamer with a Kahler tremelo bar, year unknown, I got it in 1985. I don't even think I have a picture of it anywhere. It's a nice guitar but needs some attention. I have an old 1956 Gretch that I played a lot in punk and rockabilly bands throughout the 90s, it's not really usable on the gig any more but it's a cool guitar. I also have a steel string Norman acoustic that I fell in love with. I'm not much of an acoustic player, but that guitar spoke to me from the first chord. I am saving up my lindens for a Epiphone Sheraton semi-hollow body. I stare at the picture in my Musician's Friend catalog like it was a pin up model.
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BabbleGrabble · Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 589 Location: San Francisco

Really nice equipment, Case. One can never have too many guitars, and I certainly don't have enough.

Here's a snap:

Bottom left: I've been borrowing the Fender Squier Jazz Bass for a couple of years (I think).

Top left: the classical was probably the first guitar I ever bought, for $50 off a friend.

Red guitar: I bought the Gretsch back in college (also from a friend) - I think it's a 1978 Broadkaster, probably the last guitar they made before they just made drums for years (now, of course, they are in the guitar biz again).

Black guitar: A Fernandes Vertigo Elite that I bought online - it has this amazing "Sustainer" technology, like a built-in E-Bow.

Top right: Takamine acoustic - was a gift and I've been playing this one the most lately.

Bottom right: A mini Hohner classical - sounds horrible.

The next guitar I'd most like to acquire would be in the form of a Fender Telecaster.

Zak Claxton · Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 2008 Location: Podul/33/243/154/

While I have several guitars around of various levels of quality and condition, I have pared down to one... yes, one... guitar for all of my stuff in SL performances.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Martin D-18V. The very best acoustic guitar I have ever played in my life.

MODEL: D-18V
CONSTRUCTION: Mahogany Blocks/Dovetail Neck Joint
BODY SIZE: D-14 Fret
TOP: Solid Sitka Spruce
ROSETTE: Old Style 18
TOP BRACING PATTERN: Standard "X" Scalloped, Forward Shifted
TOP BRACES: Solid Sitka Spruce 5/16''
BACK MATERIAL: Solid Genuine Mahogany
BACK PURFLING: Style 18
SIDE MATERIAL: Solid Genuine Mahogany
ENDPIECE: Tortoise Color
ENDPIECE INLAY: none
BINDING: Tortise Color
TOP INLAY STYLE: Multiple Black/White Boltaron
SIDE INLAY: none
BACK INLAY: none
NECK MATERIAL: Select Hardwood
NECK SHAPE: Modified V
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
HEADSTOCK: Solid/Square Taper
HEADPLATE: Solid East Indian Rosewood /Large Old Style Logo
HEELCAP: Solid Black Ebony
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Solid Black Ebony
SCALE LENGTH: 25.4"
# OF FRETS CLEAR: 14
# OF FRETS TOTAL: 20
FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT: 1-11/16''
FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12TH FRET: 2-1/8''
FINGERBOARD POSITION INLAYS: Old Style 18
FINGERBOARD BINDING: none
FINISH BACK & SIDES: Polished Gloss
FINISH TOP: Polished Gloss w/ Aging Toner
FINISH NECK: Satin
BRIDGE MATERIAL: Solid Black Ebony
BRIDGE STYLE: Vintage Belly w/ Drop-in Long Saddle
BRIDGE STRING SPACING: 2-1/8''
SADDLE: 16'' Radius/Bone- Drop In Long Saddle
TUNING MACHINES: Gotoh Nickel Open Geared w/ Butterbean Knobs
RECOMMENDED STRINGS: Martin SP 4200 Medium Phosphor Bronze
BRIDGE & END PINS: Black w/ White Dots
PICKGUARD: Tortoise Color

Cool

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Tommy CUlt · Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 160

I have 4 guitars. My first acoustic that I still have is a Japanese made Yamaha I paid $350.00 for in 1980. I remember saving for a long time for that guitar - and I still have not found a steel string I like playing more. I have an old Washburn Electric that was old when I got it around 1981. A Japanese made Dia Classical Guitar that is also getting pretty long in the frets Razz

. The guitar I really love to play the most now is a Takamine EC135 SC. I have a new appreciation for nylon strings - and just learn new sounds all the time with very little effects.

Case - you have some wonderful guitars. I have always wanted and old Gibson SG - and still look at new ones every time I am in a store. I want a few more so I have an excuse to hang them on the wall Babble! Very cool !!

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Silas Scarborough · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 1184 Location: Rhode Island

I've got five guitars and I'll be selling the 6-string Strat pretty soon as it's not likely I'll ever play it again and that baby needs to be off singing somewhere.

Next is a 12-string Strat that's fun but pretty useless for lead. It's kind of cool to play lead lines on it but the "E" and "B" strings are tuned the same so it's not all that radical.

Next is an Ibanez bass that I use for the satanic back tracks for my tunes. Trying to play bass lines on a keyboard will work but no way does it have the same feeling.

On down the row, there's a Yamaha 12-string acoustic/electric box guitar. It has huge sentimental value but it gets very painful to play as the width of the body is just a wee bit too much for my broken shoulder to manage.

Finally, there's a Godin xtSA, the absolute finest guitar I have ever played. It's beautiful to behold, has an incredible fingerboard, dual humbuckers with a single pickup in-between, and it has a MIDI sending unit built into the bridge. The tone, sustain, action, etc are beyond anything I've ever played and this includes a Les Paul of unknown vintage, a Firebird, several Strats, blah, blah. Oh, and it has locking tuning keys. Absolutely fantastic guitar.

Before you get a stupid signature guitar (all they do is change the contour of the neck a little), take a look at Godin. It's a fundamental re-design of every aspect of an electric guitar. The amazing thing is they're not even a fraction as expensive as the signature stuff.
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ka-klick · Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 234 Location: Central Iowa (USA)

My main SL guitar at this point is my newest acquisition: a Martin DC16-GTE which ironically is pretty close to the pixel guitar I play in SL (and have been for a long time) a Martin D16 (non-cutaway). I was just going to pick something relatively cheap up to cover the time I knew I needed to have the Washburn (a 1993 WD-40s, single owner) in the shop - playing in SL over the last few years I've beat that poor thing up something awful - added a pickup to it in '06 - once I get it looked at it'll probably be mostly the "stunt" acoustic (used for alt-tunings, etc). My first acoustic died horribly in California in the late 80s (though I just finally tossed the body) it was an old Epiphone (pre-gibson buyout) Texan, but was made in the era they experimented w/ a bolt-on neck, it was kinda horrifying...

Basses, I have 3: 1 is made up of the neck/tuners and some of the electronics of my first ever bass (a cheap Kay) and DiMarzio P pickups, a "Badass" bridge and a maple and walnut body my dad and I made while I was in High school. I also have an old Ibanez Rick 4001 copy that had real Rick pickups put on it at some point before I bought it used. Probably the nicest is a G&L L2000 fretless I had custom ordered new back in 1984. Leo was still alive back then Smile

I have 1 electric at this point, a mid-80's Korean Made, but Fender Labeled Telecaster, which I was given a set of US pickups to put on when I bought it. Maple fingerboard.

richdesoto · Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 97 Location: Ohio

I'd love to tell you about some of the axes I've loved and lost, but it would hurt too much and I'd just write another sappy six-minute song.

Right now for SL gigs I'm either playing a 1977 Conn F27 (love this thing). Three piece rosewood back, spruce top, gold hardware. It's a shame that Conn just couldn't compete commercially with the Martin market. This guitar gives them a good run...

I also have (and I've been playing it more) a 1993 Valley Arts Pro Shop acoustic/electric cutaway. This guitar was built before the Samick acquisition, but carries the Samick name on the headstock. I believe it was "relabeled" when the factory stock was moved over the Samick factory. Regardless, this is a NICE guitar. It plays well, still has great frets that I've not needed to rewire and the electronics in it are great. Valley Arts made some fantastic instruments, but the Samick thing really tarnished their reputation.

Speaking of, I have an older Valley Arts Stat copy. This thing is solid as a rock, but lighter weight than the real thing. It is not a primary axe for me. Its simply the "tool" for using my Roland GR30 guitar-synth. The divided pickup is mounted on this one (I really need to get those strings changed.)

I have a great ES-335 copy made for the Sam Ash folks by Carlo Robelli. Man this thing sings. Pretty, too! Smile

Now, some folks are probably saying -- why does Rich buy these cheap knock-off guitars? Well, it's cuz Rich is a bass player that "pretends" to play guitar.

My basses:

'99 Warwick Corvette - bubinga wood, five piece neck
'83 Yamaha BB400S (before these new reissues!) rewired with quarter-pounder p-bass pickups.
'03 Hofner "Beatle" bass
'06 Line Six Variax (Man I dig this one)
'01 Warwick Corvette Classic RockBass (that is leaving my home tonight. I found a youngster that is itching to play bass and have offered to sell to him)

Processors right now:
Line 6 Pod X3 pedalboard -- All the amps and effects this bassist/guitarist could want in one pedal -- including acoustic stuff and mic preamps. Woohoo!
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Mambo · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 63 Location: London.

Mambo · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 63 Location: London.

ok hear goes

my man basses i use for VLB are by Status Graphite
firstly, the Streamline, 1 piece carbon graphite body with LEDs

and the King Bass Prototype #4 made for Mark King of Level 42, Walnut body Graphite neck with LEDs

then there is the Zoot

and the Manson Explorer (restoration project)

and the Ashbory Bass , 18" with rubber stings

and the rest of the basses are

1984 Roland G-77 Bass synth, comes with huge floor unit that has a JX8p synth in it!
Not very practical but good fun and turns heads!
1982 Wal Pro1 Fretless, the best fretless I have palyed.
1990 Warwick thumb Thru neck.
1982 Fender P, cherry sunburst. My first real Bass bought new in 1983, now sold to fund the king bass.

& the Guitars, I don't play guitars much there days,

1998 Fender Strat, with Roland synth pick up ( i got into guitars synths in the 80s!)
1985 Vox Teardrop reissue, I was told by Rose Morris that only 5 of these & 5 Phantoms were made in that reissue.
1983 Gibson Corvus, doubles as a tin oppener.
Norman Acoustic, hand made in Canada!

so i make that 8 basses and 4 guitars!! dam i want more!
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vonjohin · Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 458 Location: Nashville, TN

Its probably enough to call it an inventory, and its definitely a disease. I have thinned the herd down to 22 instruments, including a couple of favorite Ukes, 20 guitar/basses. In the last two years I've sold off about a dozen. It was just a little excessive. Smile

1994 Gibson J160E Acoustic Tobacco Sunburst (Beatles style model)
2003 Gibson SJ-200 Super Jumbo Acoustic Tobacco Sunburst
2002 Houng Dog Dobro in Ugly Brown Stain
1974 Les Paul Signature Gold Top signed by LP
1994 Les Paul Classic Cherry Sunburst signed by LP
2002 '59 Reissue Les Paul Cherry Sunburst signed by LP
1998 Les Paul Special Double Cutaway TV Yellow signed by LP
2003 Les Paul Custom Alpine White signed by LP
2004 Fender Stratocaster Anniversary 3-color sunburst
Year unknown, "Fan-Electro" by Ralph Novax (gift from Joe Louis Walker)
1998 Epiphone Riviera JA Jorma Kaukonen Model signed by Jorma
1996 Epiphone Jack Casady Bass signed by Jack
1999 Mex Rosewood Strat Neck on Cherry Sunburst Warmouth Strat body
1984 Electra Phoenix X-150
1998 Yamaha Classical Acoustic
2006 Switch Vibracell MIDI Guitar
Soprano Uke
Baritone Uke
1982 Alvarez Yairi Acoustic
2004 Mexican Stratocaster 3-color sunburst
2006 Gibson Faded Flying V
2005 Minarik Goddess Cherry Sunburst
1987 Jackson Charvel dimebomber thing