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Here's my list if I can remember correctly. The order of acquisition may not be entirely correct.
- Cimar classical guitar
- cheap purple Ibanez strat copy 80's
- 60's fender mustang
- '79 fender strat (bought it for 150$ CDN)
- Kramer Ferrington
- '63 Gretsch Tennessean
- Aria L-5 copy
- Gibson J-45
- '76 Gibson Byrdland
- Traveler Speedster
- '53 Gibson ES-150
- '91 Gibson L5-CES
- 2006 Sadowsky Jim Hall
I sold a few of the above but I still have all the really nice ones.Last edited by AlainJazz; 03-25-2014 at 08:58 AM.
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1970 something 3/4 acoustic. First guitar. No idea of the brand name
1978 Yamaha 345
1979 Degas Stratocaster
a long period of nothing happens during the 80s and 90s....
2005 Gibson ES 335
2007 Martin D28
2009 Custom Shop 51 Nocaster
2010 Gene Parsons Custom b-bender telecaster
2010 Northfield F5 mandolin
2000 Campellone Deluxe
2012 Campellone Standard (18" non cut)
1937 Epiphone Triumph
1937 Gibson L7
1934 Gibson L5
2014 Gibson Les Paul Custom 57 VOS RI (BB)
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Well this thread is timely because after some recent re-jigging and some longer-term planning (I really didn't NEED jump on Steve Andersen's current Streamline 16 build...but one day I would surely regret not doing so...), I have concluded that I have everything I need gearwise and, mark my words, I am DONE at least for several years. So the chronological history is as follows:
GUITARS
1.Yamaha nylon-string. >still got it, but haven't played it since I needed it for a classical guitar ensemble 5 years ago
2. Epiphone stratocaster! >sold
3. Seagull acoustic >sold
4. Larrivee acoustic >sold
5. ditto with cutaway >sold
6. Heritage H-150 >sold
7. Martin acoustic >sold
8. Gibson 339 >sold
9. McKerrihan acoustic archtop 15” >still got it
10. Buscarino archtop >sold
11. Jazztele >sold
12. Holst lam archtop >sold
13. Holst 5-string semi >still got it - mostly as wall art
14. vintage Soloette nylon-string >still got it
15. Andersen lam Vanguard 16” >still got it >>> This is my no 1.
16. Gibson Les Paul chambered >still got it (recent)
17. Andersen Streamline 16” >on order, a few months away
I'm really done. I found everything I like and nothing I dislike in Steve Andersen's 16" x 3", 24.9" scale, 1.75" nut archtops, so those two are/will be my primary axes for any reasonable jazzy situation.
Everything else is some sort of backup for situations where I might not want to or be able to use one of those guitars, such as very cramped big band stages, house jams or blues things (Les Paul), for travel (Soloette) or for the office/girlfriend’s place/road-trips (McKerrihan).
AMPS
1. some POS amp of unknown name - sold
2. Fender Pro-Junior - sold
3. Songworks Little Lanilei powering Traynor 2 x 10" cab - sold
4. Goodsell Super 7 - sold
5. ZT Lunchbox - still got it
6. Mambo 8" - still got it
7. RE/JG 10" cab - still got it
8. Sequel Ravine - still got it
I have all possible amp bases covered..so, yeah, I really am done gear-wise!
My advice for anyone getting into jazz is not make any big purchases before they start playing with other people in big bands, combos, or better yet...both. It's when you start playing with other people that your needs will become more clear.
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Let's see...dates are approximate...
1992: my pops' Hohner drednaught.
1993: Washburn start copy
1995: "kansas" 335 copy
1996: seagull s6 and fender am. St telecaster (finally had a real job)
1999: danelectro dc reissue
2002: la patrie classical
2003-2007 various telecasters, I end up taking parts of all and making my super tele.
2005: epiphone emperor regent
2007: Kay "master cutaway"
2008: godin kingpin
2010: Hofner Very thin, Gitane dg320
2011: Taylor 414ce
2012: Loar 600, heritage 575
2013: godin grand concert
2014: Time to play the damn things. Enough gear already
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Originally Posted by Klatu
Mostly though, I had no idea what other collectors owned in aggregate, jsut as for the most part, they had no idea what I had, except for the guitars we were selling.
As for your other question, most of those guitars were pretty nice, and there are a couple I wish I had not sold, but the ones I liked most are the ones I kept.
Oddly enough I just noticed that there is one guitar missing--an L-5CES with fern inlay.
Danny W.
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I would venture to say a few of you people here have a guitar problem...
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I agree. Too much horsetrading over the years with little regard for future trends or future values on guitars many of us took for granted.
I traded guitars for plane tickets. What was I thinking!
In the early 90s I sat down at my computer and typed up a 25 or 30 page document with all the instruments that I could remember trading off and little vignettes about each one, where I got it, what it was like, why I got rid of it and what I traded for it. It was a good time to do that because I still had a pretty clear idea of some of the hardware that passed through my hands. Man was I stupid, I kick myself in the butt sometimes for some of those instruments that I just let go without any Rhyme or Reason other than I had to try something else rather than just apply myself with what I had.
Lots of Fender's and lots of Fender basses a few Les Paul's, 335 s, a couple of old Gibson acoustic Arch tops which probably weren't great players but aesthetically I think I would have been happy just to still have some of those things.
It all started in high school, with running around the DC Metro area and the pawn shops, and buying telecasters and P bases for 50 bucks, trade them off or selling them off. There was some absolute gold in those pawn shops back then. I bought an early 60s double cutaway Les Paul which is now called an SG, for $75 off a guy who for whatever reason sold it to me. It was incredible and I was foolishly horse-trading off lots of guitars... amps too!
Lessons learned I guess. Perhaps some of that stuff wasn't as good as I imagine it to be nowadays, at least that's what I tell myself to make me feel better about being a fool with equipment. But I did get to try out a lot of stuff sort of ...
My oh my...
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1965: Musima cheap acoustic
1968: 1958 Höfner 456
1973: 1961 Gibson 175D
1978: Ibanez dreadnaught
1981: Levin classical
1993: 1961 Gretsch New Yorker
1995: 1934 Gibson L37 (with retrofitted Gibson CC 1938 PU)
1997: Benedetto Fratello
2008: Fender Highway 1 Strat
2010: Jim Triggs 19" "Stromberg hommage"
2011: Warmoth partscaster (home assembled, strat shape)
2013: Tom Painter P-350T
I'm not a guitar flipper. I still have all of those except the Musima and the Höfner. The Musima was sold when I bought the Höfner. Technically, I still own the Höfner but it has been on loan to a friend for 40 years.
Apart from the guitars, I have a Selmer 10S clarinet lying around but I don't play it anymore due to health reasons.Last edited by oldane; 06-02-2019 at 10:05 AM.
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~ 1964 Sears electric guitar.
~ 1965 I paid some Burmese guy $60 to steal me a Kappa Strat clone from the Kappa factory.
~ 1967 Small Gibson acoustic, don't remember model, left it in California with some girl named Nikki I met at a half-way house.
~ 1970 Fender Telecaster, never liked it, eventually sold it.
~ Many Yamaha acoustic guitars, loved 'em all.
~ 1990 Moridira Hurricane Strat clone, great, cheap, guitar. Still have it.
~ 2010 Martin "Little Martin". Terrible piece of junk that's impossible to tune.
~ 2013 Gibson LPJ, still have it. Finish is wearing off the neck. I don't care.
Next guitar will be a home-assembled" Stangocaster" made from Mustang neck/body and Strat hardware.
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It would be impossible to list - I've been playing since 1960 and I used to own a retail music store, plus, I've been building since the late 70's/early 80's. First was a '36 Martin 0-17 inherited in 1960 - now it's homemade Teles, a MIM Strat (for sale), a Martin 000-18 and a Brook Torridge. Hard to list one I haven't owned at some point.
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OK, I will give this a try.
Fender Mustang
Gibson ES335
Martin D18
Gibson Johnny Smith
Alvarez Yairi CY140
Santa Cruz Guitar Co OM
Eastman AR805CE
Eastman Archback
Eastman E10OM
Eastman AR371CE
Eastman AR503CE
Benedetto Bravo
Michael Kelly Rick Turner N6
G&L Tribute Fallout
Eastman Frank Vignola
Still have the ones in bold. The AR503CE and MK Rick Turner N6 are the ones that I find I use the most.
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This will be enlightening and probably a bit depressing:
No name steel string flat-top
Kent electric
Guild Slim Jim electric
Guild D-40 acoustic
Gibson ES-175
Martin D-35
Ibanez copy ES-175
Martin D-28
Martin D-41
Fender Strat
Gurian SR5
Collings OM 3
Eastman 810 non electric
Of these the most memorable are: Gurian. I could play in a room full of other guitars and cut right through. Phenomenal guitar and only guitar I ever damaged. Dropped the case late one night in a Cleveland winter and the headstock broke off.
The Ibanez Gibson copy was the best electric I ever used. Gigged across Northern Ohio many times with that one. Traded that one for what I hopped would be a great guitar, the Gibson ES which was never to the level of the Ibanez.
The Martin D-41 was almost magical in tone and playability. Figured Walnut back and sides. Problem with that one was it disappeared in a combo setting; very difficult to mic effectively. On the couch in a quiet setting it was golden but endlessly frustrating to gig with.
The Collings is top notch in all aspects except the case it came in weighs a ton.
The Eastman is probably the one I gravitate to most readily. Incredible neck and after a long stretch of getting used to the whole acoustic arch top conundrum, a hands down favorite. Of all these I still have possession of the Collings, Eastman and Strat. I also play mandolin and fiddle.
In fairness this list covers my guitar playing life from 1963 to present
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tiger guitar 1965
lindell flat top
harmony rocket
fender telecaster
gibson sg pro (very horrible instrument -- the neck flexed)
gibson les paul deluxe (had to relocate bridge so the tune o matic would tune true) 1973
gibson es 125tc (top caved in)
yamaha fg 75
yamaha fg200
martin d 28
fender telecaster (some pervert at the factory wrote "eat me" on the inside of the neck)
gibson rd artist (immaculate) the neck wasn't to my liking
gibson les paul custom
gibson johnny smith 1977
ibanez am-205av 1983
gibson es 125
heritage h-575 mahag/spruce 4pt. HRW 2003
gibson howard roberts fusion 3 (toward the end --- very horribly made but the pickups were nice) 2010
benedetto bravo (immaculate construction in every measurable sense EXCEPT a horrible rattle that would never completely go away)
comins gcs 1 2018
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Interesting to read this zombie thread and see all the users who have left the forum. I wonder why they leave? Old age? Death? Boredom?
I would get cramps typing all of the guitars and amps that I have had, so here is a summary:
Since starting the guitar in the summer of 1968 (at the age of 10), I have owned exactly 100 guitars and exactly 39 amps. Of those, I still own 13 guitars and 6 amps. The Internet and increased mid life disposable income has made buying, selling and keeping gear easier and more prolific, but at 61 (soon to be 62), I think I am over GAS. I have all that I need and then some. The handwriting is on the wall, aging means less playing moving forward, so it has been a fun ride and I have no regrets worth mentioning. That is easy for me to say, among the 13 guitars that I own are Three genuine D'Angelicos, a Super 400 and an L-5. I think I am set .
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A short stroll down memory lane on a quiet Sunday aft sounds good. It'll be short since the first 20 or so years I was making most of my money playing and teaching, so dispose-able income wasn't something I knew. Never owned more than 1 or 2 at a time until recently. Almost all bought used.
'66 or so, started with a no-name nylon that was kicking around the house
'68 (?) Framus flat top (with arched back though!)
'69 Casino, which I soon traded for:
'61 Les Paul Deluxe (SG style) stolen in about '76 which led to:
early 70's Les Paul Custom
Epiphone solid body of some sort w/ mini humbucks
early 70's Rickenbacker 6...20? (after LP custom I was digging lightness)
'91 Ovation thinline acoustic electric (harking back to Mahavishnu & Gabor)
2007 Eastman Pisano 880
2013 Lehman Session 16
Godin Kingpin, for going places the carved tops don't like
The amp story:
Sears Silvertone
Brown face Super (restoration project)
+/- '76 Mesa Boogie - before Mark numbers, so... Mark1 I guess
'91 Mesa Studio 22+
Quilter Aviator 8 & Mach2 HD12 extension
At 65 I'm playing more in the last 3 years than in previous 15. You got a few good years yet with those Angies String!
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Originally Posted by mwcarr
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Over the years that I can remember since 1973 the ones that I bought to play for myself. Note I still have my first guitar I ever owned and it is great, still plays well, good for some things if feedback is an issue. In doing repairs and such over the years I have taken guitars in on trade for varies things and such but not really to use for myself. This is truly a zombie thread but might have a go over it. I probably have forgot guitars but these stand out.
5 Barkers ( still have 2 )
1 Albanus
1 L5 C
2 Guild Artist Awards
2 Gibson Johnny Smiths
6 D'angelico s 3 New Yorkers, 1 Excel, 1 Style B and I Style A (Still have 2 NY)
I Campellone current
1 Hollenbeck Current
1 Lyle Copy of L5 my first guitar, still have it.
1 D'angelico Vestax New Yorker NY 4 current
1 Dangelico Excel copy the first of the blow out prices from about 2008
1 Elferink
1 Epiphone Deluxe 1938ish
1 Epiphone non cut cannot remember the model.
1 Heritage Super Eagle Acoustic
I have never personally owned a solidbody guitar that I bought for myself or even a 335 ish type guitar. I am pretty much a one trick pony.
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My sister took classical lessons in DC all through the 60s and is for the most part classically trained. She went to nursing school, and when she graduated she bought herself a high-dollar Yamaha classical guitar and she's had the same high-dollar classical guitar for 50 years probably by now. I kind of envy her lack of guitar acquisition syndrome. She still plays and she plays very well and it's delightful when she brings it out and starts playing for hours on end.
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A resurrected thread that somehow I missed the first time around. Tossing my hat into the ring, the guitars I have owned/her own include:
1978 Takamine F340 S, purchased in November 1979 and I still have it.
1984 or 84 Yamaha classical, maybe a G-245II or something like that; swapped for an amp.
1981 Ibanez GB10, purchased 1986. I still have that one.
19?? G&L F-100, bought/swapped for in 1984 and sold in 1989 stupidly.
1989 Warmoth Partscaster, the first guitar I put together. Still have it, been through many iterations.
1990 Dobro square neck, sold.
19?? Rick Turner Renaissance RN-6, still have it.
19?? Saga gypsy jazz guitar, traded for an amp.
2006 Matt Cushman archtop, the guitar I play most- as much as all the others together.
2012 (?) Squier Affinity Tele, surprisingly useful, lives at the rehearsal space of my old band.
2015 or so Tele Partcaster, body from Skip Ellis.
Amps include:
1983 Crate 2x12 amp for which I swapped the Yamaha, then swapped in part for the G&L F-100.
1971 or 72 Fender Pro Reverb (with two JBLs, ouch). Still have it, needs repairs.
198? Polytone MB II, sold.
20?? Roland Cube 60 (COSM version), still have it- lives with the Squier Tele.
20?? Egnater Rebel 30 combo, sits in basement unused and should be sold.
2012 Mission Amps 5E3 kit put together by me, still my main amp.
199? Polytone Baby Taurus, bought from Lawson Stone; great archtop amp.
Jeez, how the heck did someone who doesn't like to gig pile up all this stuff? I have no actual use for an amp, really, and should get rid of most of them. And the guitar herd could be thinned to about 3 instruments.
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Circa 1969 Kent Strat-oid not-working. Installed dog ear P-90, plugged into a Boss Tone (my first gear aquisition, before I could play or even owned a guitar) and a friend' s Dual Showman Reverb and started learning to play (still working on that part ). Little Egypt I is born.
1971 Toredo nylon string
1974 Fender Mustang picked up at pawn shop, did homemade fret job, plugged into Spiegel FET 8" spk amp "Godzilla I." Joined a local country band. Played parties and dances for audiences sometimes numbering in the double digits and occasionally containing non-relatives. Saturdays we would pool our change and buy a 6-pack of Olde Pub. Good times.
1975 Toredo 000-18 copy. Stalked the town's Martin owners for jams. MOs don't jam .
1976 '69 Les Paul Custom basket case (headstock break, inexplicable gouges and dents, fretless wonder (as in I wonder why these exist) frets shot to nubs; Bigsby. So, a fixer-upper. Little Egypt III. A Traynor Bass Mate is Godzilla III.
1977 Bass Mate replaced with Sunn Concert Lead. Sunn CL sold to get money for Fender Brownface VibroVerb. Thirty years later, I get a check in the mail for the VV. I was so jazzed about the amp, I had forgotten to collect the dough! The money came at a good time. Godzilla V. The Golden Child of amps.
1978 Score gig with dance/wedding band. First time since college I'm not the "old guy." And I'm making $ on the reg.
1979 Strat
1980 Busted headstock Gibson Les Paul Jr. 55/78 reissue becomes mine. Busted headstock, I do my thing; P-somethings on all-mahogany guitar really sing. LE IV.
1981 Under-the bed mint mid-sixties Gibson ES-345 with gold pups bought on time from original owner. Little Egypt Red becomes #1.
1982 Buy first ES-175. Start looking for Joe Pass records.
1983 Gibson ES-325 with mini hums. Maple neck. Funk-a-licious!
1985 Yairi nylon string. Cedar top. Cocobolo sides & back.
1986 Meet Paul Reed Smith. July 11 Little Egypt "the Golden Child" is shipped. Little Egypt Red (ES-345) goes out to stud.
1989 Another PRS Custom 24, in Emerald Green.
1990 Third and last PRS C24 in Whale Blue, chosen by Paul for me. The end of history, so to speak.
1991 Guild Jumbo 12 string.
1992 '66Telecaster Custom
1993-2006 Several Ibanezes, mostly archtops. A couple of Epiphones, including a '48 Zenith sorely in need of restoration, which we provided at no little cost; a Gibson L-48, also a left-handed ES-335. Dobro 33H reissue. Gleaming. LOUD.
2006 Bought my second ES-175, at the insistence of Mrs k. She's a keeper!
2011 A couple Martins, including a "1934" Golden Era D-18. (Ma)Hog(ony) heaven!
2012-present. A Tele knock-off. Cigar box. Other stuff.
2018 Feder Mustang in Fiesta Red. Full circle! P-100s, MOTS. Sweet!
Scattered throughout a whole lotta amps. The '72 50 watt plexi is a standout.
I keep remembering guitars & amps. Must stop. Stuff to do.Last edited by citizenk74; 06-20-2019 at 05:23 PM. Reason: Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation
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I have a long list too (mostly lefties), but instead of listing them off, I'd like to tell you about one of my guitars -- a 61 lefty Strat.
Back in 1968 I was in high school and my drummer friend came up and said, "Hey they have one of those guitars you like strung up left-handed at a downtown pawn shop." I knew he meant a Strat and I had to go look. Well it was strung up lefty because it was a lefty -- a well worn, fiesta red 61 Strat. This was before Guitar Center, Musicians Friend and the internet. A lefty guitar was a true treasure to find!
I asked the owner of the pawn shop, an old fella named Leo, what he wanted for the guitar and he said $80. I was in high school, I had no money. But I NEEDED that guitar! I scrounged and borrowed from everyone I knew, and by the end of the next day I had $80 in crumpled bills and loose change. I took the guitar home that night and it was like a dream owning it. I was afraid I'd wake up and it would be gone.
A few weeks later I read in the local newspaper that someone shot and killed Leo while robbing his store. I'd look at my guitar and think about him and how lucky I was to have found it. Over the years the guitar went from fiesta red to a vintage yellowed white. Yes, I painted it and devalued its worth. But that aged white finish, worn and dented was one my Dad helped me paint on the guitar 48 years ago. He's now gone. So is my drummer friend (died after serving in Vietnam), and so is Leo. But I still have that guitar and that white paint job is worth more to me than any fiesta red finish. For 50 years I've had this guitar. Many others have come and gone but this remains MY guitar, living my history, my memories and breathing my life with me. I believe I will have this guitar to my last heartbeat.Last edited by archtopeddy; 06-02-2019 at 10:44 PM.
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I've gotten rid of a lot of things over the last 10 years trying to Pare down my stuff to a manageable quiver, and this is what I have left and I'm still thinking about some changes but first the Les Pauls are gone the 335 is gone the strats are gone, two hand-built telecasters that I put together are gone , several electric basses are gone, a couple of trombones are gone .
But the working stock is nicely reduced to
3 trombones
A drawer full.of harmonicas
A nice Yamaha shepherds crook cornet
2 mandolins
2 tenor banjos
A flattop Ibanez Artist from the 70s
A Tama TC-8 from the 70s
A Cort P-bass that I upgraded (1.75 in at the nut)
A Godin Classic 4
A Schecter 6 string bass that has been gutted and refit with an EMG system
A Carvin Holdsworth Fatboy (one of the best trades I have ever made) I kept the H22 pickups however I had to take out the pots and the switch cuz they were complete junk and I was actually shocked when I opened up the cavity and saw the crap that they had put in there from the factory, very displeased with Carvin for chinsing out where they really didn't need have to nor should have.
Aria FA-71 2004
A MIM Tele classic 50s that I have seriously dialed in.
A newish Fender Rumble 500
An 80s Tech21 Trademark 60
Hartke kickback 30
ROLAND Cube 30 with a Jenson (really made a difference).
A Shen 3/4 upright bass that is very enjoyable to play.
The old gear gleening found my older tools new homes and went to people who really appreciated either the gift or the sale.
I have a drum kit of Keller shells that I built. Old 60s 3 dot Zildjian cymbals congas, djembes , and percussion stuff, several ukuleles of pretty good quality and that's about it.Last edited by geogio; 08-04-2019 at 07:12 AM.
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Hi there,
Dates are approx.
1978: unbranded classical guitar, gone
1978: Grand Suzuki flattop, gone
1979: Ovation Legend, gone
1984: Ibanez FG100, gone
1989: Gibson 175 Charlie Christian 1980
1993: Fender Stratocaster 30th anniversary, gone
1996: Ibanez AS200*
2001: Gretsch Tennessee Rose (Japan)
2004: Martin D35, gone
2006: Takamine classical guitar, gone
2007: Taylor NS64 (nylon strings)
2008: Tune Technology bass
2008: Guild F50 (jumbo)*
2008: Fender Dobro F50
2009: Yairi GF50
2010: Martin D41*
2012: Yairi, OM model, gone
2012: Grestch White Falcon (Japan)*
2013: Gibson ES-300 1946 equipped Charlie Christian
2014 : Gibson ES-150 1938*
2015 : Slaman DS-250, Charlie Christian commemorative series*
2015 : Gibson L5C 1953 equipped Kent Armstrong humbucker then Charlie Christian floater
2016 : Gibson ES-350 1955
2016 : Slaman Jazz Verde Milonga
2017 : Gibson L50 Black Special #4 1937 converted ES-150 (Slaman)
2018 : Gibson L5N 1940
2018 : Gibson L4 CES 1989*
Plus a couple of amps: Fender Deluxe RI, Fender Super Sonic 60W, Polytone Baby Brute, a drumkit (jazz maple), and a keyboard.
Main gigging guitars are marked *
End (for now).
Cheers.
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1996 Fender Stratocaster, MIM.
1997 Gibson L6-S.
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Asterisks on guitars I currently own - list starts in 1969, when I made my first guitar purchase, but I'd already played a few years by then, on guitars owned by my elder brother, on a gifted MOF guitar (mail order firm) and for a year or so, on a guitar I had on loan from a friend.
Yamaha classical
Laredo Flat Top
Gibson parlour acoustic
Ovation Nylon acoustic
Yoshima Maya classical
Gretsch Double Anniversary
Gerald Scott classical
Gretsch Rally
Tokai 335 style guitar
Guild Archtop
Gretsch Blackhawk
Washburn Electro-acoustic *
Gretsch Rally (same one I had earlier, bought back from it's owner)
La Patrie Classical*
El Cheapo bass guitar*
Gretsch White Falcon
Epiphone Casino
Yamaha Nylon Electric*
Washburn 125 type archtop*
Gretsch 5122* - heavily modded, great range of tones, lightweight - far from being the priciest guitar I've ever owned, but my favourite of them all. Pickups changed to TV Jones, Bigsby removed, great for jazz and various other things too.
Gretsch Double Anniversary* - plans already made to sell it, to finance a flat top acoustic.
Fender Telecaster*
Godin 5th Avenue acoustic archtop*Last edited by reventlov; 06-04-2019 at 05:34 AM.
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