Guitars

[djui5]

Guitar collecting can be expensive!!! You all have some nice one's for sure Keep up the good work.

 

[rockhound]

I too, collect musical instruments. I have several guitars, mandolins,dulcimers,harmonicas,
and keyboards.
1963 Epiphone acoustic/electric guitar
Neely(handmade locally) mandolin
Morgan Monroe DLX guitar
twelve string guitar and others
Mountain dulcimer(handmade)
I play them all,whenever I get the chance

 

[Wetgreenie]

I play them all,whenever I get the chance

All at the same time?!....Geez, and I was just happy to have two peckers.

 

[MichaelB]

I worked for Peavey for 12 years where I ran the Guitar, Drum, Speaker and Amp plants. Below are just some of the models where I picked the wood and got to see it born into a great instrument. I spent many an hour playing guitar as PART OF MY JOB! Oh the life.....

http://www.rocknrollweekend.com/custom.html

Enjoy

MichaelB

 

[coolbeans]

great link michaelb! some nice looking peaveys! i was in the band thing for 20+ years, seen a bunch of nice axes come and go. now i paint them for others....so i still get to enjoy them!

 

[Digger]

I never collected guitars, although I wish I had, but I've had some nice ones over the years.

Gibson Melody Maker
Gibson SG I played in the late 60's early 70's. No idea what year it was.
Fender Startcaster simi-hollow body electric
Bought a brand new Cherry Sunburst Les Paul Deluxe in 1985.
Played my 1981 Kramer Pacer Carrera(all black) for 8 years before I sold it.

Now I play a Silvertone strat copy. But ya know, after a bit of work, it's sounds really good for what it is.

 

[coolbeans]

i know what your talking about digger, i bought one of those silvertone stratcopies in 2000. i glued the neck, replaced the pick ups and tuners and i swear it sounded better than the usa strat i had!

 

[Gator-Flea]

Here is a guitar I build when I was in high school I think in 1963.

Gator-Flea


P.S. Too bad I never learn how to play!!!!!!!!!

 

[Wetgreenie]

Hey that's cool. I'm not sure what it is but it looks like a silvertone. Just like my Harmony Rocket the silvertones were sold in JCPenny or Montgomery wards I think.

 

[Steel Pan]

Nope, Silvertone was Sears.
At least that's where I got mine in,.....'65.
Still have it, worn out an retired.
I replaced it with,.....

CW, R&B, R&R
'77 Gibson ES 335 TD W/Bigsby Tail
Sunburst w/Rosewood neck

Surfs up!
'06 Fender "American Delux" Telecaster
Sunburst w/Rosewood neck and Bigsby Tail

For Blue Grass
'57 Martin D-0018
Blonde w/Rosewood neck

 

[Martingeetars]

Hope this works, here my 1944 Gibson J-45 that is a new addition to my gaggle of guitars,also have two martins one a 1972 D-18 and a newer DM model and a 80s Les Paul. This 45 is all original maple back with lots of figure....Birds eye maple.

 

[Digger]

I just bought this 1982 Ibanez Studio Blazer(SB70) from the pawn shop for $125. I looked at it many times but couldn't find any information in the catalogs that matched it. I did finally find out why. It was only made 1 year(1982) and was a hybrid custom. They took some leftover Studio model guitar bodies and the neck from the Blazer model. Hence the name SB70, or Studio Blazer. Very few were made, and even fewer seemed to have survived. I've found picture of 2 others on the Internet, but both have been modified or beaten bad. This one is in very good shape.

The reason I bought it in the first place was the action. It was apparently owned by a southpaw because it was strung for a left hander, but I could tell the action was very good. Even though I at first found no information about it, I figured for $125 a guitar with that good of action was worth it. It is the best playing guitar I have ever owned by far. Sounds pretty sweet on my Peavy Vypyr.

 

[suprdave]

i have a fender villaer 12 string been in the closet for the last 40 plus years and was thinking about selling it womder what its worth. where would i look to see .

 

[Theakiki]

I've often fancied myself as a guitar player .

The axes at the ol' wood pile!

 

[ECS]

i have a fender villaer 12 string been in the closet for the last 40 plus years and was thinking about selling it womder what its worth. where would i look to see .

FENDER Villager 12string,acoustic flat top,mahogany sides and back,made between 1965-1971:$500.00-$750.00,depending on year & condition.

 

[Joe1944]

My small collection:
1986 Takamine F-349
60th Anniversary Fender Stratocaster
Angelica (cheap Chinese 3/4 size) classical guitar
Late 60's-early 70's hollow body violin bass (made in Japan is the only marking on it)
Late 50's "The Third Man" Zither

 

[reddirtwillie]

I miss my Harmony Rocket - stolen

 

[MickeyMaguire]

I have gone through so many guitars, I don't know that I can name them all.

These days, I publish Ukulele Player Magazine, among others, so, I have had a very large number of ukuleles, too. I have Hawaiian-built ukes, imports, luthier builds, and everything in between. The sweetest are the KoAloha Pineapple Sunday (yes, that is the right spelling) and the KoAloha Super Concert. I just wrote a review of the Ohana CK-28 (concert scale reproduction of a Dias vintage "peanut-shaped" uke). It is solid mahogany and had Gotoh friction tuners. I have a Tiple (ten steel strings in "D" tuning). I have an Ohana 1920s copy of a Martin #2 also. I've gone through more ukes than I can count.

 

[MickeyMaguire]

Hope this works, here my 1944 Gibson J-45 that is a new addition to my gaggle of guitars,also have two martins one a 1972 D-18 and a newer DM model and a 80s Les Paul. This 45 is all original maple back with lots of figure....Birds eye maple.

That's when the 45s were really great. Now, they are hit and miss.

 

[Flipperfla]

Some of my gear through the years:
1st guitar Harmony Rocket/ Gibson Ga12 and Silvertone amps
2nd 66 Fender Strat. Fire engine red w rosewood neck Fender Bandmaster amp both bought new.
73 100W Marshall stack 1959 Head w/ 1960 A and B cabinets /Bought new $1600
70 50W Marshall small box head, really a sweet amp
59 Les Paul Jr found used in Newberrytown Pa. $100
60 SG Jr found used in Carlisle Pa $50
1st reissue Gibson V gold badge
61 Gibson GA6 tweed amp, Free the guy said I If I could fix it I could have it, no rectifier tube, duh! Still have it.
60 Gibson Melody maker Tobacco Sunburst
? Gibson SG 200.....POS!
78 Gibson Les Paul Special Tobacco Sunburst, double cutaway sn: xxxxx020, mint, still have it.
91 Epi Les Paul sunburst, customized, my fav player. still have it
86 Kramer Ferrington acoustic/ electric still have it
? Jackson Dinky, Orange sunburst still have it
86 Marshall Artist 30w head / Musicman Cab. Loaded with 2 Celestion G12s still have it
86 Fender Deluxe 85 still have it
Marshall G10 practice amp still have it