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that's all very interesting, indeed. forgot about the ebony board. guess it depends how you set it up and string it up. only saw one in a store and i sat with it unplugged for a few minutes. they had installed the fixed bigsby handle on it so it was super annoying to play. i remember noticing the extra width, but didn't have enough time to decide for or against it. the orange ones are much more common (relative to the red ones, both are still rare) if you seek out another. not a lot out there on you tube about it, either.
Originally Posted by GoergeBenson
feel free to share.
have you tried a gretsch g6122-1959? i was a butt hair away from owning one, but it was sold out from under me. maybe that's just different enough to warrant a purchase; they are all from the same factory, anyway.
the idea of extra dials and weight doesn't sit well with me, and most of the settings aren't usable to me. this is all second hand info, of course. i would be curious to play with one. Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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07-06-2014 10:41 PM
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My '65 Starfire has some limitations but it's so comfortable to play it's usually first grab and it sounds good to me. If it were my only electric it could cover most of my electric needs pretty well.
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ES 175, for lots of reasons!
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My 72 Les Paul. With thje right amp can get any sound you like. Other than a single coil tone. Easy to play, well built, and after 40+ years it just feels right, which it did pretty much from the git-go.
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I used to play a red Guild Starfire like the black one shown above--in high school stage band. It was a sweet guitar. Freshman year in college, I played a friend's '72 Les Paul (copy of a '54 with cream P90s) regularly. It, too, was a really sweet guitar, for jazz or anything else. He offered it to me for $275, but I was happy with my Stratocaster, at the time.
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I do only have one guitar
Washburn J6. If people want me to play with them, they can deal with my sound. I had a rock guy complain that my sound was too sophisticated for his band, once, but I laughed and took it as a compliment.
If I could only have one guitar, it'd be an L5.
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My Ibanez AF75. Beautiful to look at, beautiful to hear with or without an amp.
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That's easy, my ASAT. I'm through wrestling with big archtops. I'm also fine, after years of Gibson HBs, to go single coil.
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That is a beauty! Originally Posted by ES125er
My heritage H530 is my favourite "does-it-all" guitar. A great and reliable workhorse.
For me it'd need to be a versatile semi hollow, like a 335 or a 330. So my Eastman t386.
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i've found that, to my surprise, the casino/es330/h530/t386 format is both unique and versatile, depending on what you do with it. like that guitar a lot and it wouldn't be a horrible guitar to be stuck with. and es125er's has a beautiful finish, indeed. Originally Posted by hallpass
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I'd have Paul McCartney's Hofner violin bass, the one with the Beatles set list sellotaped to the side, so I could skip off down to Sotheby's Auctioneers, and retire on the proceeds.
Either that or Slash's Les Paul so I could hit him over the head with it.
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Do take Slash's Derrig Les Paul so that you can hit him over the head with it. He won't feel a thing. Originally Posted by pubylakeg
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Great thread.
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Very fortunate to have this...it sounds and plays like a dream.
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This will never happen to me...so it is difficult to say. It would have to be a large archtop that sounds great acoustically as well as when plugged in.
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Originally Posted by Eric Rowland
Very fortunate to have this...it sounds and plays like a dream.
DAMN!!! That's really pretty. Is that one of the new reissues? Or, is it an original vintage? Also, that's not a stock 175 bridge assy either . . is it? Is that even a Gibson? It looks like it is . . and then, it looks like it isn't.
Damn!!! That's really pretty. (it was worth repeating)
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My Gibson ES-355. I play it every day for hours. It's in desperate need to a fret job and other work, but I can't leave it alone that long.
And it's not because it's necessarily just a great instrument. It's just that it's my axe.
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Hi Patrick...Thank you very much for the compliment. Yes, it is the Gibson 2013 '59 reissue. And yes it came with this bridge instead of the tom. Usually I don't like the relic thing, but it's pretty tasteful on this one. I guess I just had to have a 175 (no toothbrush) like Pat's old 175 since he's my biggest influence, and this instrument has that sound...big time. Disregarding all the delay and effects, the round, warm sound is unbelievable thru a tube amp or even my Kemper. I haven't had to make any adjustments to the factory setup except to put on some TI flat .011's...it plays fast and smooth. A quick story...I bought the original from Wildwood and the wood split in the cutaway after about 4 weeks. Gibson sent this one as a replacement as soon as it came out of the oven about six weeks later. (They were kind enough to send a 2 pickup 175 in the meantime to tide me over). As you can imagine I enjoy looking at it as much as playing it. It really inspires me to play more than ever. I am really proud to own it. Originally Posted by Patrick2
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Congrats Eric, that's a beautiful guitar. Pretty crazy story about the split . You're lucky to have the USA warranty conditions which we in Europe aren't fortunate enough to benefit from. Doesn't stop us from buying 'em though.
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Not a good idea, Henry . . and I'm pretty sure you already know that. If the guitar needs attention, you really should get it some. Think for a moment if you had a son, or a daughter that needed to go into the hospital for a week or so. You'd put your feelings of not wanting to leave them in a hospital for that length of time on the side . . and you'd do what's right and best for them. You really should check your guitar into a hospital for a wekk or so . . let it get the attention it needs. When you get it back in your hands and it's playing like it did when it was brany spankin' new . . . you'll know it was worth it. And, I'm sure the guitar will love you for it. ;-) Originally Posted by henryrobinett
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I've always been nervous about those "new without a warranty because I'm not a dealer" guitars on eBay. This story feeds my fear. I had a twisted neck a few years back on a blues king electro. Gibson sent me a new guitar without so much as a question because I had the original warranty. Sometimes the extra $$$ pay off when shopping for new gear.
And I've been eyeing those 175 VOS models myself. Glad to hear you are digging it.
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When I was shopping for the '75, I saw one for sale on ebay "new without a warranty" and was tempted...the one I bought from Wildwood was much more expensive. I counted some lucky stars after the defect appeared 'cause I would have been in deep doodoo. Originally Posted by yebdox
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most versatile guitar, playable, and durable I have owned was a mid sixties Gibson SG cherry red.
would be nice to have that one back.
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Eric, great avatar!
This thread got me to thinking (uh-oh) and while the Starfire I posted earlier can cover any and all things electric, it's worthless for playing acoustically which I often do. If I really REALLY could only have one I'd have to go with the Triumph.
Last edited by AlohaJoe; 07-13-2014 at 05:29 PM.
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What a choice! Triumphs are my favorite guitars. Let me guess the year . . . yours is a '46? Originally Posted by AlohaJoe
Eric, great avatar!
This thread got me to thinking (uh-oh) and while the Starfire I posted earlier can cover any and all things electric, it's worthless for playing acoustically which I often do. If I really REALLY could only have one I'd have to go with the Triumph.
Where did you get the pickup, where do plug the cable into, and how much acoustic character does the tone retain?
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