Guitars

It's got to be a sickness, and now I'm into Metal Detecting too.......
Where will the maddness end.

Thanks for looking.

and more....

SWEET STEEL!!!!!

ive got the bug too! ive been a semi pro musician for about 25 years and have a bunch myself.
1974 gibson sg standard
1978 fender strat
1980 gibson les paul standard
1981 jackson kelly
a frankenstien strat made from different parts of other guitars
a godin bass
an alverez yairi acoustic
a fender telecaster
an old charvel model 6
an ibanez sabre 540sltd
an ibanez rg550

they just seem to multiply!

In case anyone was curious, from Top to bottom.

71 Martin D-35
Harmony Rocket
National #1 Tricone
Teisco Dell Ray 12 string Elec.
Alembic Epic 4 Str Bass
Fender Strat 60's Re-issue (champaign)
Unknown Kit strat copy (blonde)
Hofner-Anno classical (germany)

WOW those are instruments to be proud of having  keep up the good work

Nice geetars!!!

I used to collect vintage guitars but due to financial reasons had to sell many of them. I still have a few.

1. Goldtop Les Paul
2 Fender Fat Strat...........Texas Teal with SD Pearly Gates at the bridge
3. Tom Anderson Cobra Droptop

The ones that got away...

1. '49 Gibby CF-100
2. '69 Gibby Hummingbird
3. '65 Strat
4. '74 Tele
5. '67 Cherry 335
6. '79 Strat
7. '78 Les Paul
8. Gary Moore Sig. Les Paul
9. Brian Moore MC-1

Amps..

1. '67 Fender Vibrolux Reverb
2. '99 Mesa Boogie Rectoverb 50 Watt........Hide the women and children......lol
3. Marshall JCM 20 watt all tube

Aslo play Chicago style blues harp w/ Shure Green Bullet thru vibrolux with TS-9 Ibanez Tube Screamer

HH and HAppy playing!!

root

OUCH!!!!!!! it must have hurt to let that 65 strat get away! they are quite valuble these days. what year is your gold top? i always wanted one,but never got one.

OUCH!!!!!!! it must have hurt to let that 65 strat get away! they are quite valuble these days. what year is your gold top? i always wanted one,but never got one.

The Goldtop is actually an '02 Classic. Fret markers are 'aged' pearloid(mother of plastic) which gives it an older look. I don't even play Les Pauls(too heavy) but couldn't pass this up for $200.
You're in Wilmington right Red??

OUCH!!!!!!! it must have hurt to let that 65 strat get away! they are quite valuble these days. what year is your gold top? i always wanted one,but never got one.

The Goldtop is actually an '02 Classic. Fret markers are 'aged' pearloid(mother of plastic) which gives it an older look. I don't even play Les Pauls(too heavy) but couldn't pass this up for $200.
You're in Wilmington right Red??

yup wilmington. for $200 i wouldnt be able to pass it up either! its got to be worth 5 or 6 times that! that was a steal.

Cool stuff there Root. I hope the separation anxeity wasnt too hard on you. sometimes I think of sellng most of my stuff so I can get more, More, more.......

But what I reall need is to upgrade my Bass amp....... WetGreenie needs some "HeadRoom"!!!

so I can get more, More, more.......<<Wetgreenie

I suffered from G.A.S. for many years Greenie. Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Those were the days when I thought that things would make me feel better. I loved things and used people. Now I love people and use things. Sorry if I'm getting too philosophical but recovery from addiction has taught me the the best things in life aren't things. Addiction stole most of those guitars and as my terminally ill wife used to say........."Ya can't play more than one guitar at a time anyways". I have little time these days to play due to being a primary caregiver for my wife,but I still pick it up a few times a week to keep my chops fresh.

"Shut up and play yer guitar".......FZ  Godwilling I'm gonna catch Johnny A. this sat. nite in Philly.

HH,

root

Hey Wetgreenie,
Nice Guitars!
I have a late 1940's L-4 Gibson Archtop. My mother gave it to my dad as a wedding gift.

what kind of shape is it in BK? can you post a pic? ........sorry, i cant help myself! i love old guitars almost as much as detecting!

what kind of shape is it in BK? can you post a pic? ........sorry, i cant help myself! i love old guitars almost as much as detecting!

It's not in too bad of shape. Maybe a few scratches. My sons got it at his house. I'll ask him to take a pic and post it. As I recall it is missing the pick guard. Still have the original case too.

75 gretsch solid body,through neck
03(?) gibson es 135 semi hollow body
fender strat
fender squire strat( actually a real nice playing guitar)
big fat loud mouth
   according to the ol the only thing im any good on, is the big fat loud mouth
lol,,,,hh   rex

75 gretsch solid body,through neck
03(?) gibson es 135 semi hollow body
fender strat
fender squire strat( actually a real nice playing guitar)
big fat loud mouth
   according to the ol the only thing im any good on, is the big fat loud mouth
lol,,,,hh   rex

Too cool, I wouldn't mind any of those either.....

I've got a 63 white gibson sg special.  Anyone know it's rarity?  All orignal, non-tremlo,
no swapped parts.  Picked it up for $400 from a lady so she could fund her son's commissary account in the big house.   Someone told me that there was an article recently in vintage guitar(?) that said Tom Petty recently purchased one.  I'm not a picker, but it was too cool a deal to pass up.

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reap, check out this SG site. you can find out any information on SG`s there and i do mean any info! its the most thourough SG site i have ever seen.


www.everythingsg.com

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

 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

  I play them all,whenever I get the chance

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

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

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!

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.

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!

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!!!!!!!!!

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.

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

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.

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.