Guitar players! Tell me which ones you play! As for me:

[quip]

1. Taylor 855 (12 string jumbo, rosewood back and sides) with ES electronics

2. Martin HD-28 (no electronics)

3. Fender Strat Plus (Lace sensors)

(Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Amp that goes up to 12) :P

[KitchenWitch]

1. I don't play but my son does.

He has my old cheapo classical guitar. Plus he has a medium low end Taylor dreadknought and a Gibson SG Special Faded.

[quip]

3. "dreadnaught":-) Ah, a Taylor; local builder for you! Hope he has headphones for the

electric! :D :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

7. He is in Minnesota finishing high school

I can't hear it. He has a HUGH!!!!111 amp.

:rofl:

[quip]

13. so THAT'S that buzzing noise I've been hearing up from the south!

:rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

17. Probably

Especially if it has a prog rock vibe to it.

[madeline_con]

2. Guitar Player, novice model

:P

[DarkTirade]

4. All I've got is an acoustic right now.

I've been wanting to get into making my own (electric, not acoustic. I know my woodworking skills aren't up to acoustic.), but haven't had the time or money to try it yet.

[quip]

6. I wanted to try that once upon a time. I even went so far as to get some catalogs

Martin used to partially build some guitars for sale; don't know about that anymore. There was another great place for parts for electrics; Stew-Mac. That was 15 years ago, before I was on the internets....

[DarkTirade]

9. Yeah, Stew-Mac has a website now, and I've found a few others.

My main problem is that I don't trust my woodworking and general luthier skills to make the neck, but pre-made necks ain't cheap.

So I think as soon as I can find a job, my first paycheck'll go towards getting some parts. :)

[quip]

16. If you do, I'd like to hear about your progress, so I can enjoy the process, if only vicariously

:D

[Bake]

53. I think Martin still sells the kits

They have basically all the parts - top, back, sides, bracing, neck, fretboard, etc. and you get to assemble it and finish as desired.

Bake

[johnnie]

5. An ESP Telecaster from the mid 80's. Serial #00087

Epiphone Sheraton II
Hybrid Fender Tele that I put together but still working on
Yamaha acoustic that I've had forever that I love
Ephiphone EJ 200 and EJ-200CE
I have a bunch of others that I don't play as much. 12 string, resonator, lap steel..things like that.

[quip]

12. You are well-armed!

[Crabby Appleton]

21. beautiful Tele!

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. My main axe is a Hofner 500/1 violin bass (like McCartney's), but for guitar,

I can select from:

Rickenbacker Jetglo 350
Epiphone Casino
Gretsch Tennessee Rose (Tennessean reissue)
Rickenbacker 360/12v64 (electric 12 string)

Can you guess what kind of music I like to play? :)

[quip]

10. I like Rics!

[Crabby Appleton]

20. I guess you have VOX amps also,

I'm stuck in the 60s too, I used to have a Hofner '63 when I played bass in a '60s era band.

[Lasher]

34. I almost bought a Hofner in the '70s.

But I didn't like the way the pickup would feed back if you got close to the amp. So I bought a Fender. Wish I would have gone for the Hofner anyway, think I could have lived with the feedback.

[Fiendish Thingy]

65. you guessed right! I have 2 Voxes and a Fender. n/t

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Takamine F-385 12-string

and a Blueridge six that has no discernable model number. :shrug:

My electric's an el cheapo Les Paul knockoff that my girlfriend gave me for Christmas in 1979.

[quip]

15. A Takman, eh Oedi! Dude, my 12 is my bread and butter guitar!

Nice girlfriend; or at least, she sure knew what a good gift was! :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Wish I could ID the Blueridge

Never occurred to me before, but now you've got me thinkin' about it.

It looks sorta like a BR-40 or BR-60, but it doesn't have the detail on the headstock or even a pick guard, and the headstock itself is tapered. Spruce top, rosewood sides and back, thin neck.

:shrug:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

14. Primarily a Les Paul & Fender "Heavy Metal Strat"

The "HM" or "Heavy Metal Strat" was Fender's 1989 - 1992 journey into the world of guitars featuring 2 single coils, one humbucker w/ coil tap switch, and locking Floyd Rose.

I also have an Ovation acoustic/electric and a Seagull acoustic (http://www.seagullguitars.com/intro.htm).

:toast:

[quip]

18. Nice axes! My first 12 was an Ovation Legend (10 fret). Someone knocked it over and the

neck snapped off :( That was a great guitar for campfires and cooler evening gigs.

[Crabby Appleton]

22. I have a bunch of guitars, very bad case of GAS

The Tele's, Strats, and a Ric 360/12


The Epi & Gibson Lesters


some Fender basses, Martin BM acoustic bass, miscellaneous others acoustics


plus a few others, Old '73 Ovation, EPI Hummingbird 12, play mostly Blues and 60s Beatles & Byrds

[quip]

23. LOL "Guitar Acquisition Syndrome", I assume (hope!)

Dang, Crabby! Great collection! You are a regular Nigel!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AhVWJgIzftE

[KatyMan]

30. Would you mind

if I officially dislike you? :) You have every guitar I've ever wanted! I'd be happy with just the Rick, the Tele, and a Les Paul. Beautiful batch of guitars, congrats!

[guitar man]

48. sweet!!

that's a damn fine collection of axes you goot there :thumbsup:

[Bake]

54. Holy crap, man! That's a lotta lotta guitars!!

I'd love to have that many, but my wife would divorce me! There is no cure for GAS, only treatment for the cravings.

Bake

[pokerfan]

24. I'm not sure. It's white but I need help with make & model

My ax:

[quip]

25. That's a POS Les Balls with a fum ducker pickup

When you could be spending your time on the real thing..... :shrug:

[LeftyMom]

26. Hohner HW640

http://www.hohnerusa.com/index.php?290

It sounds much nicer than the other guitars in that price range I looked at, and visually it's just a lovely looking thing (you can't really tell from the picture- it's this beautiful pale spruce all over and has a really nice warm quality to the finish.) I really like it, though at times I wish it were a hair smaller- when I have to watch what I'm doing it changes the angle just enough that the body digs into my errr... chestal area... something fierce.

[democracyindanger]

27. Stratocaster, natch.

Got a Fender dreadnought when I'm feeling acoustic, and a little Taylor travel guitar when I'm feeling acoustic and slouchy.

Don't usually use an amp, ever since I got this: http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2007/02/tascam_mpgt1_for_guitar_heroes.html

[yorgatron]

28. main axe right now is a doubleneck Danelectro.

i put a Bigsby tremelo on the bottom neck and converted the top neck to 6-string bass,and had it pinstriped.
i play through a 1963 Fender Princeton which is connected to a Leslie model 16 speaker.
pedals are a Nick Nitro fuzz/octave,Vox (Thomas Organ Company) wah,and a Maestro Fuzz-Tone circa 1971.

[KatyMan]

29. Only an acoustic now

Something called a Fleetwood, made in the UK (well, by a UK company, mass produced in Korea). Very nice guitar, beautifully built, great tone. In the past I've mainly played Tele's, had a Strat briefly (didn't like the neck), and for a long time had an Epiphone Emperor Joe Pass model, which I unfortunately had to sell to get some quick cash :( That was a great guitar.

[KG]

31. in 1963 my momma wouldn't buy me a new red Harmony

i settled for a Sunburst with a crack
i'm still trying to break my mommas back. :hi:

[6000eliot]

32. Fender Telecaster Deluxe

and an Alvarez 12-String acoustic.

[Lasher]

33. Fender Nashville Strat

Fender Precision Bass

Amp: Vintage Kustom 100 Head with twin 12" speaker cabinet

Goya classical guitar

[BeachBaby]

35. I tickle the ivorys, but my boyfriend plays a mean guitar.....

1. Agile AL3000 (Modded) (LP)
2. Ovation Celebrity Deluxe (Acoustic/Electric)
3. 80's vintage Aria Pro II RS Knight Warrior (Super Strat)
4. Fender CG-5 Classical
5. Guild S-100 Polara (70's vintage SG clone)
6. Epiphone Elitist Les Paul Custom

Sorry - his amp only goes up to 10, not ELEVEN!!!!! :P

[quip]

37. Ivory tickler, eh? Those come in ivory?

:rofl:

In fact, if he had a Marshall Amp, it would actually go up to 11. My Fender Amp, in a sort of musicians' arms race, goes up to 12!

You seem to know a lot about your BF's instrument(s) though! :think: :hi:

[BeachBaby]

42. OMG - Leave it to you

to find something pevvish in playing the piano! Although I did find the "pev factor" in your "NOT" thread - ah, bird of a feather.....:rofl:

And while I would like to take credit for all the knowledge about my BF's guitars, I willfully admit that I asked him to describe his collection to me as I posted to you. :hi:

[Coyote_Bandit]

36. Ummmm

Guitars:

1. American made Fender Strat - it is made from ash and is heavy - late 80's build

2. Custom semi hollow body tele style made from tiger eye maple with a sunburst finish and black hardware - full size humbucker on the back and stacked humbucker on the front - push pull pots enable me to play one or both of the humbuckers as single coil pickups

3. Takamine accoustic electric - black with cutaway - probably about four years old

4. Alvarez accoustic red sunburst made in the early to mid 70's

5. Yamaha solid spruce top classical guitar


Amps:

1. A little Crate 20 amp solid state practice amp

2. Fender concert

3. Blues Pearl RV50210 Custom - mid 90's vintage - sounds alot like a Fender Blackface

4. Crate bass amp that I use to run the drum machine and the digital piano through

[quip]

38. Looks like you've got your, er bases, covered!

:thumbsup: :headbang:

[Coyote_Bandit]

41. Sad thing is

I rarely play much these days.

About ten years ago I work up one morning to discover that while I slept I had experienced a sudden hearing loss. All my normal voice range hearing did eventually return - but I also developed a mild case of tinnitus and had some high frequency hearing loss. Things don't sound the same - without hearing those overtones the music loses alot of its richness and sounds a bit flat. I do miss playing though.

Some of the equipment I got when I was a kid. Most of the rest I got when I worked in a studio - nice equipment available at studio rates. The Takamine I got just a few years ago when I was trying to get back into my music and play more.

I keep thinking I should sell some of my equipment but truth is the only thing I would find easy to part with is the classical guitar. Sometimes I wonder what the heck I was thinking when I bought it.....

[Iggo]

39. I gots 4.

1. Epiphone Les Paul Custom Silverburst.

2. Cort strat-copy.

3. Harmony dreadnought.

4. Hohner classical.

Most of the time I play thru a Kustom 10 watt amp. Blows my bedroom away...lol.
When I need real power, I hook up to my bro's Matchless 2x12. Bothers the neighbors, that one does.
My next purchase will be either a Martin or a Marshall.

[Rob H.]

40. Fender American Ash Strat,

Rickenbacker 360/6 FG, Fender AVRI 62' Jaguar, '87 Mosrite 'The Ventures' Model, and a Hallmark Swept-Wing Vintage Reissue. Can you tell I love surf music? :P

The Ric is by far my favorite, FTR, and the Mosrite is a case queen because prices on them have skyrocketed since I got mine.

You'd think with all those guitars I'd be really good, but sadly, no. I don't play as much as I used to and really need to get back into it.

[driver8]

52. I love the sound of Rickenbackers...

I would love to get one but I think my wife would divorce me.

[Rob H.]

56. I really got lucky with the Ric

I was in a shop back in 2001 looking at the Carl Wilson Tribute 360, which was just beautiful but out of my reach financially so I ordered a regular ol' 360, instead. I think I only paid $125 more than a 330 would've cost, iirc. The hilarious thing is, the owner of the shop was a huge Ric fan and I think he was just as excited that I decided to get a Ric as I was!

I had to order it and it took four months for Rickenbacker to build it and get it to the shop, but if I had it to do over again I most definitely would. :)

[Fiendish Thingy]

64. If you had it to do all over again, you would wait 1-2 years...

that's how long Ric's backlog is now- and they just raised they're prices 20-40% depending on the model.

We're both fortunate to have gotten our Ric's before the ridiculous delays (I bought my 360/12 off the shelf, and waited 10 months for my 4001v63 bass in 2001).

[Rob H.]

68. You got that right!

I hate to think about how long I'd have to wait now and taking a look at prices on used '01 models on eBay and Gbase, they're often going for more than I paid for mine brand new. I thought about trying to pick up a 330 with toasters a couple of years ago and now I wish I had. :(

[WannaBeGrumpy]

43. Plastic red Guitar Hero guitar...

that's right I am a rockstar!

[av8rdave]

44. A basic Strat and an old Yamaha student acoustic

[mitchum]

45. 69 Epiphone through a 72 Twin or blackface Vibrochamp...

and a TON of delay pedals

[guitar man]

46. St Blues by S&T workshop

1987 St Blues Blues King. It's basically a very high quality "Strat" that was made by Strings and Things for a couple years in the '80s. I bought it new, loaded it with EMG SA pickups and have been playing it ever since. Other guitars have come and gone over the last 20 years, but I've never found another one that fits me like this one.

[PVnRT]

47. Epiphone Les Paul Special

How you people afford real Les Pauls is beyond me.

[Bake]

49. This beats the hell out of GD/P!!

My arsenal:

Martin HD-28 LSV (no electronics but I'm tempted to drop an I-Beam in there!)
Dobro resophonic (f-holes, model unknown)
Fender Precision bass
GoldStar HF-100 banjo, ca. 1975
Kentucky KM-700 mandolin, ca. 1990
Crappy fiddle collecting dust in the closet ...

Plus my son's Gibbie SG

Bake

[SteppingRazor]

50. My acoustic is a Seagull. My electric is a Gibson Les Paul clone that I cobbled together.

my amp is a Peavey Bandit -- puts out an amazing amount of sound for a single-speaker amp of its size.


Hmm... what other gear can I get into ... I use Ernie Ball strings for the electric, Martin for the acoustic. Prefer medium-thickness Fender picks.

I guess that about covers it. :)

[driver8]

51. Gibson ES-137 and a 1967 Gibson ES-330.

I inherited the ES-330 from my father, who recently passed away.

[triguy46]

55. American made fender bullet, the 3 pick up model with tele neck...

mint condition. I also just got this little toy:

[GOPisEvil]

62. I had a US-made Fender buller H-2.

Man, that thing sounded great. I should have stuck with the guitar and kept that thing. x(

[Taverner]

57. Black Fender Strat, 12-String acoustic, Natural wood Telecaster

[lukasahero]

58. Let's see....

A few nothing guitars:
Gibson classical
Alvarez classical
Epiphone steel string

And a few sweets:
Ovation 1861 Standard Balladeer Acoustic-Electric
Alvarez Yairi Masterworks 12-string acoustic
Epiphone electric "Professional"

And sweetest of all:
1968 Ramirez classical

[lukasahero]

59. Thread killer me - NO one is going to comment on the 1968 Ramirez?

And you call yourselves guitarists? :shrug:









;)

[Metta]

60. '00 Martin 00-18V and '97 Bourgeois D-28 herringbone.

Both very sensitive. Great players. They both channel the voices of angels. Sometimes, I wish I had a vintage 0-18.

A friend of mine owns a high end guitar shop and I think it's partly due to my pestering him that Collings is now building 0 size guitars. :~~>

[Lorien]

61. I don't play, but my pop does and has quite a collection

I can't remember much about most of them. There's one or two called "Johnny Smith", there's the Ramirez, which is mounted in a case on the wall, there's a few that I think are called Les Pauls...but that's all that I can recall. :shrug:

[Ava]

63. i'm selling the two i have

i barely play them because piano is my main instrument plus i just don't have a lot of time

[Throd]

66. Aria Pro II with a Seymour Duncan Invader pickup

It is a beat-to-shit relic from the SoCal metal scene circa 1988, but it has never failed me and still sounds great!

[freethought]

67. Well just about everything is Fender or Fender style

The list goes like this at present.
1. Fender Telecaster American Series (Mexican made)

2. 72 Reissue Telecaster Deluxe-modified with PhatCat pickups(P90 pickups but in regular humbucker size, not the the "soapbars", GREAT TONE!)

3. Fender Stratocaster-mounted with Seymour Duncan SL-5s

4. Strat Style guitar-Warmoth body, neck from other outfit and Kinman single coil pickups

5. Stratocaster Style guitar-just finished putting this one together. Tobacco burst body, Seymour Duncan pickups, and neck from other outfit. I have put the title of "The Hot Rod" on this guitar. Most of the pickups are the mini-humbucker type. Not a true Fender but looks like one.

6. Telecaster style guitar-don't know who made the body or neck but it actually played very well. I am in the process of putting some new stuff on it. New GFS mini-humbucker rail-type pickups, new bridge, and a new neck. Trying my hand at reconditioning the instrument.

7. Yamaha FG730S 6-string acoustic guitar. Cost me $260 at a sale at Guitar Center. One of my pride and joys

8. Carvin Belair amplifier-All tube! A really good vintage sound! I think the speakers are just about had it though.

9. Randall Hybrid Amp-Uses a tube preamp in combination with electronics. Actually a decent amp.

10. A whole slew of pedals and effects.

I used to have:
A Carvin California Carved Top- pretty similar to PRS guitars. A fine instrument. Gave it to a longtime friend as a gift.
An Epiphone Les Paul Classic. I was actually quite surprised with the quality of this instrument. Surprisingly good! I gave the bridge a little tweek and replaced the stock pickups with a set of Rio Grande Humbuckers. Went from a "good" instrument to a "great" instrument.
Robin Stratocaster-Robin is an outfit in Texas, I think, that makes high quality guitars. Bought this years ago when I was in high school. Two really hot humbuckers, Kahler tremolo, and cool gold metal flake finish. Sold it years ago. I wish I new where it was now, it was a great instrument.

[leftofthedial]

69. a few

Martin 0-15 (1955)

Breedlove custom (cedar, walnut)

Takamine Santa Fe New Yorker (1996?)

Takamine black dreadnought (don't remember the model, has a Fishman system instead of Tak electronics)

Fender Telecaster

Martin Backpacker

1973 Ovation 6 string

I've managed not to have to sell these for grocery money yet, but I'm getting real close. :-( I did sell a Strat and a Hamer a couple of years ago.

[timtom]

70. 1969 Yamaha FG-180

Bought it new at Lundberg's in Berkeley thereabouts

[SacredCow]

71. My list...

1. Early 70's Yamaha FG-185S Acoustic (beautiful cherry burst finish... she's essentially retired, though)
2. Ovation 1778T Elite (the black textured finish)
3. Fender Tex-Mex Stratocaster (sonic blue)
4. Dean Avalanche HS (deep red, cheapie guitar that I bought as a prop for a Mardi Gras Ball. I covered the pickguard and headstock with irridescent rhinestones, but kept it playable- it is something to behold)
5. Epiphone Les Paul Junior- 57 replica (recently replaced the P100 with a P90 and she screams now!)
6. Squier P-Bass (because you've got to have at least 1 bass, right?)

Amps:
1966 Fender Bassman and 2 by 12 small cabinet (near mint, with the stock Jensens in the cabinet)
Fender Pro Junior
Cheap Dean Amp that came with the Avalanche mentioned above



Nice children, temeah! Especially the Taylor- I was considering a Taylor when I got the Ovation, but couldn't justify the cost at the time...

[Redstone]

72. I still have my handmade (by Yairi) D-53. I can't play anymore, but I just cannot

bring myself to part with it.

Redstone