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Post by camerondavidsonmusic » Thu Apr 21, 2016 8:02 am

various useless Spanish Guitars and most of the acoustics not included:

1991 ish blue Japanese Squier Stratocaster - Taken to bits and sold

1998 Epiphone Thunderbird Bass - Stolen

2000 Crafter Black acoustic.. Headstock snapped at Reading

2001 Simon and Patrick acoustic - Rubbish. Given to a friend.

2000 PRS Custom 22 - Sold to pay for another

1982 Gibson Les Paul - Still have

2005 ish Takamine 12 String - Damaged. Sold for parts

1965 Fender Mustang - Sold to pay for another

1979 Fender Telecaster - Sold to pay council tax and rent after job loss..

1965 Fender Jaguar - still have

2013 Gibson Firebird - Sold to buy...

2012 Martin D15m - Still have

2011 Epiphone ej200 - Sold to fund....

2013 Gibson SG - Damaged from gigs, and unplayed so sold on to try and fund a Jazzmaster when I find one for sale

Gibson ES335 - Still Have

I think I have a problem......
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Post by blackbox » Thu Apr 21, 2016 6:19 pm

1992 - Fender Acoustic $100
1995 - Weird handmade electric $50
1996 - Gibson SG Standard $1k
1996 - 67' Fender Duo-Sonic $100 (traded for a 70s Twin Reverb shortly after)
1996 - Weird SG copy, forget brand $100
1997 - 60s Galanti Grand Prix $250
1997 - 60s Galanti Grand Prix $150
1997 - 60s Galanti Grand Prix $300
1997 - A bunch of different Teiscos for various prices
1998 - Kappa Continental $300
1998 - That Epiphone model Kurt Cobain played, can't remember...$200
1999 - 60s Hagstrom $150
2000 - 2012 - kept buying Galanti...four more I think. Mostly just played those, sold the rest of my guitars.
2005ish - Japanese Strat what a pos $300
2005ish - Peavey strat copy what a pos $150
2011 - Sold off Galanti collection for a solid price (roughly $800 per guitar)
2012 - MJT Telecaster $1k
2012 - 60s Hagstrom $350
2012 - Offset partscaster $300
2012 - 60s Sorrento $150
2012 - 60s Domino Spartan $500
2012 - 60s Domino Baron $250
2013 - 60s Supro $650
2013 - 80s Peavey Falcon
2014 - Galanti Grand Prix - $400
2015 - Gibson GGC-700 $550
2015 - Galanti Grand Prix - $600
2016 - American Vintage 65' Jaguar - $1200

So many that I can't remember, obviously. Some really cool ones that I can't remember the names of.

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Post by rat n' fuzz factory » Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:32 am

Can't help but join in on this,

1984, Tiesco Spectrum 2 1968 Mustang copy badged as Lynx (Still got it, unplayable always was, lost one of the cool pickups damn! I have
always loved the look of Mustangs, due to this guitar)

1985 Hohner acoustic NEW (still have it today, its a bog standard crap plywood mass produced acoustic steel string; its weird age does improve some
guitars with a new set of strings its really sweet)

!987 Wasburn A10 ( weird shape, first good guitar )

1989 Washburn 12 string acoustic, (panicked tuned it to D and sold it quickly because the neck would bend like mad in standard tuning)

1991 Westone Thunder NEW (can't remember model but it was the top of the range, quiet expensive for a Westone, but I got it cheap from a
bankrupt shop) traded for below

!991 Washburn A20v ( same shape as my A10 but glued in Les Paul style neck joint, much older than the A10 and retro fitted Floyd)
Both the Washburns I'm proud to say got really worn out with lots of gigging, amphetamine practice sessions and lack of repair knowledge,
still have the remains, practised fret leveling on the neck of the A10, very playable not used because crap headstock shape.

1992 Squier Strat Very nice for a Squier, Korean, first Strat flirtation, swapped after a year for a rack mount delay unit

!996 BC Rich Ironbird (Doing lots of gigs brought as spare; very disapointing, I had been out my head going to raves and not paying attention to
the guitar market, and didn't realise BC Rich had started making cheap guitars, I thought I had got a bargain until I got it home it was
plywood and pickups were dreadful. The shop had good sales technique they plugged me into expensive rack gear,so quite hard to hear the
sound of the actual guitar! My band hated it, always hurting them with sharp bits on smaller stages! Sold 99 band split.

!997 Kramer Focus (great guitar still got it today,1984 Japanese made, 1 Seymour Duncan JB pickup and a Schaller Floyd Rose 2. My go to stunt
guitar

2004 Epiphone Les Paul Studio Gothic. (start of my modding craze, Seymour Duncan Pickups and Gibson Tulip tuners.very playable guitar, i never
play it any more, the shape so different from Fenders not comfortable, must sell it.

2006 Squier Strat (1988 e series Japanese lovely guitar, Strat flirtation 2, got really into this guitar and Strats in general, then it passed, keeping it
the value is slowly going up)

2007 Built a mutant briefly, Tele body, Washburn A10 neck, Strat pickgard, Seymour Duncan and EMG ebay Strat pickups and a Floyd. It worked
great, routing for Floyd Such a mess done with a drlll and chisel, harvested for parts over the years

2010 Mexican fender Tele Nashvile, with a lovely thin paint job that the grain showed through, never bonded with it, although it made a good spare for
my E series Strat, very similar necks THAT’S AN EDIT FORGOT ONE!!

2010 Squier Jagmaster, with a Squier Showmaster neck, Jag pickguard and plates, Seymour Duncan JB and Dano lipstick neck. My baby, been my
number one ever since, these days slightly edged out by my home made Jazzstang

2011 Danoelctro U2, first run off reissues looks cool, sounds cool and cool to play, love it and still have it.

2012 Brought a router!!!!!! and started buiding bodies, won't document this period lots of guitars and experimentation. But what stuck are, solidbody
pine Jazzstang, thinline Jazzstang 1 Red Mustang, Mustang 12string and a Doubleneck Sitar Guitar,

2015 Squier Bass VI, NEW, had too what cool reissue! put a Seymour Duncan JB JNR in the bridge and use it as a baritone in G standard.

2015 I brought a box of bits off ebay, in it was a body and neck from a Chinese made Cort made Squier Showmaster. I was bored over Christmas and put it together not expecting to like it, 24 frets and pink! But its a good guitar, in the box was one of those upgrade brass blocks on a cheap Floyd Rose, really loud acoustic and great plugged in. I have tried to turn it into a Strat, a proper Fender Pickguard fits these bodies perfect, the bridge is furthur fowards on a 24 fret guitar so had to make a cut out for bridge, measured and mounted the middle pickup where it should be on the string, if you get me and routed right up to fingerboard jamming neck pick up there. Works great, now I have a bright pink, 24 Fret, reverse headstock Strat, for less than 50 pounds.

That was strangely therapeutic, I have just had a terrible day and emotional too. that was a cool escape, thanks.

EDIT Just realised I have only ever brought 3 brand new guitars since 1985, not bad!
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Post by camerondavidsonmusic » Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:45 am

Someone be brave and estimate how many total string changes you have done on all the guitars you have owned so far.... Think of all the money and life used on doing it!!
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Post by shinealight » Fri Apr 22, 2016 4:21 pm

camerondavidsonmusic wrote:Someone be brave and estimate how many total string changes you have done on all the guitars you have owned so far.... Think of all the money and life used on doing it!!
I'm too scared to even think how much that would be, let alone that plus all the setups and things I've had done.

But if we're talking bass, well, I've restrung my bass once in about ~7 years and I've used it semi-regularly for most of that time.

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Post by MrFingers » Sat Apr 23, 2016 2:12 am

camerondavidsonmusic wrote:Someone be brave and estimate how many total string changes you have done on all the guitars you have owned so far.... Think of all the money and life used on doing it!!
I still have all the packages of every set of string I bought... It's in a shoebox, and it's a lot...

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Post by AwesomeWelles » Sat Apr 23, 2016 4:00 am

I've had a lot that came and went. That way I could try out a lot and I came across some keepers in the process. The whole hunting and selling has always been part of the fun, so I guess it's some kind of hobby :D

Here we go:

2001 – J&D Les Paul copy – my first electric and what a p.o.s…but what did I know at the time? A Les Paul looked so cool! Sold circa 2003
2002 – Epiphone Les Paul Studio Lite – nice looking trans blue, don’t remember much else about it. Sold maybe 2004
2004 – Epiphone Les Paul Custom.Not that bad actually…sold 2005
2005 – 1987 EE Series Fender American Standard. Great build quality but dead sounding guitar. Sold 2007
2006 – Epiphone SG400. I don’t like SG’s. Sold the same year
2006 – Gibson Les Paul Studio. Never really bonded with it, I guess it was the neck. Sold 2009
2007 – Squier 51. I don’t remember much about it. Sold the same year, I think.
2008 – Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass. These were all the rage at the time, but I wasn’t a very good bass player back then. Sold 2009
2008 – Squier CV50’s Telecaster. GREAT guitar; I’ve played it at most of my shows and the album we recorded. Still have it.
2008 – Squier CV50’s Stratocaster. I’ve modded, disassembled and swapped parts so much that the guitar literally doesn’t exist anymore.
2008 – Squier Made in USA (yes, they exist) Stratocaster. Really not a good guitar. Sold 2009
2008 – Squier Vintage Modified Strat. Some Cherryburst, pretty ugly actually. Don’t know why I bought it. Sold 2009
2008 – Squier Vintage Modified HSS Strat. Not bad, but not good. Sold 2009
2009 – Fender MIM HH Strat. Well-made Strat, the HH config was interesting. Sold 2010
2009 - Fender CD60 CE Acoustic. I don’t like acoustics. Sold 2010
2009 – Squier CV Simon Neil Strat. Very good guitar, the CV line is amazing. Should’ve kept this, but then again I’m not into Strats anymore. Sold 2010
2010 – Gibson 50’s Tribute P90 Les Paul. Amazingly light LP, super great sounding. Sold due to neck profile eventually in 2011
2010 – Fender AVRI Stratocaster. I parted this one out, still have the body somewhere.
2010 – 1966 Fender Mustang. My first vintage guitar. Didn’t really bond with it. Sold 2011
2011 – Fender Modern Player HSS Strat. Good guitar, sold it eventually to the singer in my old band
2011 – Fender MIM Deluxe Jazz Bass. I didn‘t play it much. Sold in 2012.
2012 – Fender MIM Antigua Stratocaster. Super well made and great sounding. Sold it in 2014 but missed it so much I bought one like it last year again
2012 – Fender MIJ Bass VI. I really liked it, but the neck was too skinny. Sold in 2014.
2012 – 1983 Squier MIJ Precision. Awesome bass, wish I still had it. Sold in 2013 to fund something else
2012 – Fender Modern Player Tele Bass. Good bass, but not a keeper. Sold the same year
2012 – Fender MIJ Jazzmaster. Well made, started my offset craze. Sold 2013
2013 – Squier VM Jaguar. I really don’t understand the hype. At least mine was a total lemon. Sold the same year.
2013 – Fender MIJ Jaguar CAR. I really liked this one. Sold to my bandmate, it’s still his main guitar. I can play it if I want.
2013 – Fender Pawn Shop Bass VI. Sold 2014
2013 – Squier Vintage Modified Bass VI. Refinished and upgraded myself. Still have it!
2013 – Fender MIJ 57 Precision Bass. Another one that I wish I’d kept, it was great sounding and LIGHT. Sold 2014
2013 – Fender AVRI Jazzmaster Sherwood Green. Nice guitar, but too heavy. Traded for with a forum member
2013 – 1967 Fender Jazzmaster. Incredibly clean, bought from original owner. Really loved it, I shouldn’t have let this one go…
2013 – Gibson Les Paul Special. Again, the neck profile…sold the same year
2013 – Fender MIM Telecaster Custom. Heavily upgraded, has a vintage WRHB. Still have it.
2013 – 1965 Fender Jaguar LPB. Insanely good-looking Jag. Sold to forum member
2013 – Fender AV65 Jazzmaster. My main guitar and the one I’ll NEVER sell. If could choose only one, it would be this.
2014 – Fender MIM Antigua Telecaster. I LOVE Antigua. Didn’t need the guitar though. Sold 2014
2014 – Fender Modern Player Coronado. OK, but didn’t bond with it. Sold the same year
2014 – Fender AVRI Jaguar IBM. Nice guitar, but again too heavy. Sold on ebay to a guy who sold it to someone on OSG
2014 – Fender MIM Telecaster Deluxe Walnut. I liked this one, but found a Roadworn that is leagues better. Sold 2015
2014 - Fender Roadworn Telecaster Deluxe. Upgraded with Lollar Regals. Amazing guitar, great player, sounds incredible. Still have it.
2014 – 1973 Fender Precision Bass. Interesting A- neck. It looked great, it was light. Cool bass, dunno why I sold it.
2015 – Fender AV65 Stratocaster. Impulse buy because it was cheap. Sold it two months later at a loss still
2015 – 1970 Fender Telecaster Bass. I love Tele Basses, but this one was too heavy. I refinished it and sold it the same year
2015 – Partsmaster – bought from forum member. I parted it out and kept several parts
2015 – Telemaster – bought from forum member. Again, parted out and kept the body.
2015 – Telemaster – I took the body from the other Telemaster and built my own. Still have it
2015 – Fender MIJ Jaguar. I don’t ususally buy to flip, but this one was too good to pass on. Sold the same year.
2015 – Fender MIM Antigua Stratocaster. Had to buy one again after I sold one just like it and missed it badly. Don’t play it much, but it stays.
2015 – Fender AV64 Telecaster. Superb Tele, I love the AV series. Sold last year because I needed to fund something.
2015 – Fender Nate Mendel Precision Bass. I have a thing for early 70’s Precisions and this one nails it. Sold to fund a real ’71 Precision
2015 – Gibson Les Paul Classic. Why do I keep buying Gibsons? Ah, it was cheap…sold 3 months later
2016 – Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Goldtop. So THAT’s what I’ve been looking for all the time. I really like this one. Still have it
2016 – 1971 Fender Precision Bass Olympic White. My dream bass, hope I’ll never have to sell it. Still have it.
2016 – 1960 Fender Jazzmaster. Got it in a trade, traded it for my Starcaster
2016 – 1975 Fender Starcaster. My treasure! I refretted it and it’s now being played daily. Still have it.


I'm sure there's at least 5-10 missing still...

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Post by sears » Sat Apr 23, 2016 1:28 pm

I am not worthy of this thread. I don't know how old some of them are.

_1986 - Cort headless bass. Xmas gift. Just now found one on Reverb described as "highly sought [after?]" lol. Traded 1987 towards

*1987 - Fender P bass, 1972. Had luthier friend Rob^ remove frets. Sounds like an upright

*1992 - Fender Strat MIM 1992. I told Rob^ I wanna electric that sounds like this.. plays opening to September Gurls.. we head down to Chuck Levin's and play dozens of Strats. I love this guitar. I need to rewire it but the hot original pickups are STAYING

_1993 - Washburn Prairie Song, 1980. Bought it from a coworker. Boomy but not bad. Another luthier put a hole in the top in 1998.

*1997 - Fender Tele Plus, 1997. My first "nice" guitar. Shopping, I played a lot of teles. I liked this one as much as a 71 at Chicago Music Exchange and it's handsomer. I now have it wired like a normal tele.

*1998 - Gibson J-45, 1998. Nuff said

*1999 - Fernandes TE-2. Bought it at Cowtown in Vegas. I wrote a couple of songs on it in the 10 minutes I tried it in the store. It ended up being a bit of a money pit because I had to get it partially refretted.

_2000 - Ernie Ball Axis Sport, loved it. Light, playable, wonderful P90 style pickups. sold it. Had too many guitars

_2001 - Hamer Eclipse. Beautiful. Firebird pickups, ultra playable, loved it, sold it

_2002 - Gibson Les Paul Jr 57 RI, This thing was light with a thick neck. Great tone, great tone knob, loved it, sold it. Those last three guitars, I just had too many guitars. I can't even play a solo.

_2006 - Ernie Ball Stingray. This got me lots of gigs. At a certain point I stopped gigging my 72 Precision because it made me nervous to go to the bathroom between sets. Sold it in 2014.

*2010 - USACG/MJT Jazzmaster. Had Rob^ build it. Had to try one, unique, maple board.

*2011 - Danelectro U2 Coral 90s MIK. I have this one out in the living room and probably play it more than any other guitar. It's not as loud as an acoustic so if I wake up with a stomach cramp I can play it for a couple hours without bothering anyone. Like the Strat, a mid-level instrument that is almost impossible to get a bad recorded sound out of. For recording I could make do with just those two, the J-45 and a P. I would probably rather gig a tele but I wouldn't know.. I've never played a gig on electric guitar.

*2013 - Squier Bronco Bass. This thing is so fun to play. I put a Barden in it. Have not been able to get a great recorded sound with it. I think there's a reason 60s bass used to be hard panned.

*2014 - Aria CSB450 Bass, 1982, black and gold. Aggressive sounding and super playable. Requires a judicious right hand.

*2015 - Navigator P bass, 2011. So fine.

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Post by bdf83 » Thu May 05, 2016 2:48 am

bdf83 wrote:Im happy to admit that Im a hoarder and for various reasons have never liked the idea of getting rid of guitars as they all mean something to me.

1989/90ish first guitar was an old CBS nylon string acoustic that ended up in my parents loft. Begged them for it and they said only if I played it so dutifully played it to everyone elses distraction. Still got it.

1991ish complained that the neck was too big for my hands so my parents got a cheap 3/4 size nylon string and my dad came along to guitar lessons with me and played the other one. Split around the body at uni, still at my mum and dad's house.

1992 desperately wanted an electric so saved pocket money and bought a second-hand Mustang for about £100. Not a Fender Mustang, a Mustang Stratocaster that was apparently a forerunner to Squier's overseas production. I played that guitar more than any other despite it being rough as arseholes. Covered it in stickers at uni then took them off last year. Still play it, still love it. Won't ever sell it, not that anyone would buy it.

1995 ish. Grandparents got me a black Lorenzo ripoff of the Gibson Dove acoustic in black. Thought it looked rad but the action was so bad it almost cut my fingers off whenever I played it. The tuner snapped so it had one metal machinehead and 5 plastic. The bridge eventually lifted up and I ended up giving it to my cousin.

2003 ish found a Lorenzo 12 string on ebay for £50 opening bid. Always wanted one so bunged a bid on and won it. Drove and picked it up that night as it was weirdly two towns over. Still got it.

2004 got money for my 21st birthday so bought my first nice guitar. Epi SG. Still got it, dont play it a lot but wont get rid of it as it was a present.

2005 working a job, living at home so had more money than I knew what to do with so bought a nice single cutaway crafter acoustic, put a Shadow acoustic pickup in it and still play it every now and then. Still got it.

2006 went round the states so bought a 1/2 size acoustic in West Virginia so Id have something to play. Going to give it to my godson for his birthday most likely.

2007 my (now wife's but at the time) girlfriends best mate was dating a guy who was a total arsehole who leeched off her nonstop, she bought him a Joe Perry Boneyard and he was paying her back. He only had £150 left to pay off and she said she needed the money by the end of the day or she'd sell it to anyone. So thats how I got a 2 month old guitar for a fraction of what it was worth. Sounds good, looks awful, weighs a ton, will probably sell it if someone wants it but until then Ill hold onto it.

2009 always wanted an explorer. Saw an Epiphone Explorer with case in a pawn shop for £250. Haggled down to £200. Loved the look of it but couldnt get on with it. Tried ebaying it but noone wanted it so held onto it and sold it this year for what I paid for it.

2011 got a Tanglewood Tricome Resonator as a present for helping organise my brothers wedding. Play it more than any other acoustic. Will keep hold of it.

2012 got a job as a sales rep, was promised commission, stupidly spent almost all of it in one go on an Epiphone Dot Deluxe in natural and gold. Really pretty and really nice to play.

2014 built/building a Partscaster because I always wanted to make my own guitar. Single hand shaped cedar body finished with truoil. Temporary strat neck until I make one, mojo pickups and a nice red tortoiseshell guard. Stoked and amazed Ive seen it through, my first offset and first completed guitar should be done by christmas. Strung it up and played it to make sure everything was straight and kept it together for a few weeks because I couldnt put it down.

2014 bought a secondhand Squier Jazz bass for £60 from an antiques dealer whose son bought it and never played. First bass, plugged into Logic and spent hours making shitty drum loops and arsing about with bassline.

Woah. That was longer than I expected...
got a few more since then...

2014 made a superstrat partscaster with a floyd rose (that i got for free) and bits and pieces lying about. started putting it together before the JM build, cocked something up and then left it until I could be bothered to fix it. set it up with 9s and tinker around with it here and there, only properly finished it a few weeks ago.

2015 found a 1983 US Fullerton made strat from the year I was born. Genuinely road worn, its been pretty beat up but sounds and feels amazing. Not really an investment piece, but always wanted a guitar that was the same age as me.

2015 MIM Tele, bought in San Francisco on my honeymoon and brought home in my hand luggage because it was cheaper to buy it in the states and fly it home than it would be to drive to a store in the UK and get one there.

Also, making a parts Tele that should be finished in the next few weeks hopefully.

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Post by i love sharin foo » Thu May 05, 2016 10:21 am

I unfortunately have absolutely no way of being able to list everything here. I can't even remember all of them and the ones I can, the approximate times I owned them are lost to the annals of time. I think I am up to about 150 guitars through the last 23 years. I knew a guy that worked at a guitar shop when I was younger and I would always buy cheaper used stuff ($3-500 range) from him out of their "used room". I would then clean then up, fix anything wrong, set them up better, then flip them on eBay real fast. It seemed like I could make a few hundred on every one I sold and they all sold really quickly. I would then sell 3 or 4 and buy a vintage Jazzmaster mainly. It was around that time that I bought my first vintage Gretsch and some other older guitars. I did that for a few years until I had a pretty decent collection, then it got hard to make money and just kind of stalled out. About the same time, nice sunburst '65 Jazzmasters went from $15-1600 to double that, for an estimate of when that was. I still saved after that and bought a few more of my "grails" over the next few years and later after that it got to the point where I mostly had to sell something to buy something else. I never really thought Jazzmaster prices would hit where they do these days. It's pretty insane now. I bought a really nice late '62 that was 100% except for a refin for $1400. My favorite of all and the only one I kept is a mid '64 sunburst that is 100% and cost $1900. I wish I had kept notes of where everything went.
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Post by Pepe Silvia » Sat Sep 10, 2016 3:22 pm

Antares Acoustic - in my closet

2001 Fender MIM Strat. modded and modded again. A keeper

2002 Washburn WI64 Idol. A really sweet guitar but got no play as I prefer 25.5" scale, and single coils. Very early 00's design, went to my old coworker's son

G&L Tribute SB-2 MIK. Have it

Saga Telecaster Copy. built as a telephone then modded with humbuckers as a Tele version of Rivers Cuomo's blue strat. Traded for a MIM Strat on craigslist. new owner sold it on.

Agave Blue MIM Strat. Traded for pedals, I should have kept it, such a pretty guitar.

Warmoth Tele with EMG single coils. parted.

AVRI Jag. modded with G&L jumbo MFD pickups. Traded on here for a JM partscaster. I saw it for sale a few times on different forums. I think it's back in the Philly area. I never should have modded this guitar.

Aspen lawsuit era Martin D28 copy. have it.

JM Partscaster. body was crap, built it into a brown Thurston Moore guitar traded it on CL for a Highway 1 Tele. The guy stained it green and I just saw he listed it on CL.

Highway 1 Tele. Sold on CL

Fano Jm6. Sold on here twice then I lost track of it. I miss this one. it was a custom build for me.

Squier VMJM. sold on ebay or something.

25th Anniversary Strat partscaster. parted.

G&L ASAT Special Semi-hollow. have it. it's sweet

Mustang Partscaster from Fenderbob. have it.

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Post by mynameisjonas » Sun Sep 11, 2016 10:25 am

Not sure about the order, but I'll do my best (bold = still own):

1. Kingston Strat copy (white) with pointy headstock. My dad still owns it.
2. Harmony Les Paul Custom copy (brown). Sold it to my cousin a few years later.
3. Neville Telecaster copy (brown). The neck warped within months, and I traded it in for some pedals.
4. '74 Telecaster Deluxe (brown). My first proper guitar. I played the crap out of it for a year or two, but it needed a refret, and I couldn't afford it, so I traded it in for a Hagström HIIN + cash.
5. Arbiter Les Paul Jr copy (tobacco burst). Great guitar, don't really remember why or when I got rid of it.
6. '76 Hagström HIIN (wine red). The starting point of my Hag-period.
7. '75 Hagström HIIN (wine red)
8. '80 Hagström Partner (stripped body, I painted it black).
9. '73 Hagström HIIN OT (black).
10. '63-ish Epiphone Olympic (sunburst). Took it back to the shop a week later and got a...
11. '64 Epiphone Crestwood (faded cherry). Super cool guitar, I wish I would have kept it, but I just couldn't bond with the tiny neck. I eventually sold it and got...
12. '76 Hagström Swede

I did the Hagström thing for a few years, but then I started selling them off, starting with the Swede. The black HIIN OT was the last one to go. I sold it to Mieszko Talarczyk of Nasum (R.I.P)

13. '78 Telecaster Custom (banana pudding white). Sounded great, but it was insanely heavy. Didn't keep it more than a year for that reason.
14. Squier Standard Telecaster (some kind of blonde). Became my main guitar until I switched to Jazzmasters. It got smashed and rebuilt a few times, and currently has a Hosco neck, a Teisco Gold Foil in the bridge.
15. MIM 60s Classic Telecaster. Never really bonded with it, so I ended up trading it for my first JM.
16. CIJ Jazzmaster. Originally white with tort guard, but over the years it's been transformed many times. It's now black (nitro) with a Theworkoffire gold guard.
17. MIJ Jazzmaster (sunburst, tort). Fairly low E-serial, so probably '86. I held on to it many years, but since it was my least favorite JM sold it when I lost my job and needed money to pay the bills.
18. Parts-jazzmaster. '59 body, Allparts neck, mid 60s trem, Tone-guard gold guard.
19. Hagstrom F200. Sort of a mix between a Swede and HIIN. Good quality guitar, but it was pretty uninspiring. Got rid of it pretty quickly.
20. Gibson Faded SG Special. I put P90s in it, and I had plans to refinish it in Pelham Blue, but never got around to it. Great guitar, but at the time it couldn't compete with my JMs, so off it went after a year or so.
21. Warmoth/Hosco Cabronita parts build. It's gone through lots of pickup swaps, currently sporting s pair of Mojo Pickups Gold Foils.
22. Late 60s Yamaha SA-20. Fire damaged 12-string converted to 6-string.
23. Univox Hi-Flier phase III (70s) with Eastwood pickups.
24. Late 60s Guyatone LG250T.

I think that's it.

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Re: Your personal guitar timeline - what happened to them al

Post by fuzzjunkie » Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:21 pm

Mine is pretty limited. I don't know how some of you guys do it, let alone remember it all.

Late 70s: beginners acoustic, probably bought at Sear's for my 13th birthday or Christmas and it came with a Mel Bay book on chords. I wanted an electric, so I played it less than 10 times before giving it to a girlfriend that wanted to learn. I asked for it back a year later because I still wanted to learn, but an electric wasn't gonna happen. She had passed it on to someone in her church choir group, so I never saw it again.

1982: Fender Jazzmaster for $350. Sunburst, probably a '63-64, but nobody cared back then, it was a used electric guitar that I could afford purchased at a pawnshop on The Drag in Austin, TX. Traded it for a blackface Fender amp after getting a "real guitar."

1984: Fender Telecaster for $250 at a yard sale in Austin, TX. A 1961, beat to hell, stripped to natural and somebody had put a PAF humbucker in the neck. Probably modded by a fan of Buddy Guy or Keith Richards, but my friends considered it a "real guitar" while the Jazzmaster wasn't. Still have it. Needed a decent tube amp to replace the solidstate Yamaha I had, so traded that amp and the Jazzmaster.

1986: Rickenbacker 360 in Fireglow, ordered new from Strait Music in Austin. Waited about 6 weeks for it, cost $850. My main guitar for six years, traded it for a 1963 Jazzmaster in 2001 and it resurfaced with most of the hardware replaced at a Seattle Guitar Center in 2004. Haven't seen it since but it made me sad someone fucked it up.

1986: Rickenbacker 4001 in Fireglow, a 1973 model with checkerboard binding. I needed a bass and it matched the 360. Paid $350 at an Austin pawnshop, same one that sold the 1st Jazzmaster to me. Once owned by a locally famous punk rocker. Still have it.

1987: Gibson Explorer, a 1976 limited edition, cost $250 at an Austin pawnshop. I wanted a guitar with humbuckers, but not a Les Paul. The guy from U2 looked cool playing his, so why not? Still have it.

1990: Gretsch Country Club. c.1962-65. Had the snap on backpad protector and the Cadillac Green had faded a bit. Bought in London for £450. Sold it for a Vox AC-30.

1991: Fender Jaguar, a 1962 at a pawnshop in Dallas for $650. I had been missing an offset for a while, mostly the vibrato arm and thought Jags were cooler than Jazzmasters. Used it mostly for alternative tunings because Sonic Youth and shoegaze. Was my #1 for a decade. Still have it.

1993: Fender Jaguar, a 1963 in Surf Green, cost $1100 at Austin Vintage Guitars. I needed a back up for the '62 and always wanted one like Will Sargent sported, turns out the black and white photo was a faded Feista Red Jaguar, not the Surf Green or Sonic Blue I thought it was. Mostly kept in alternative tunings. Sold it after ending up broke in Seattle after the internet bubble burst in 2002. Saw it at Emerald City Music a few years later for triple what I sold it for.

2001: Fender Jazzmaster, a 1963 in Daphne Blue, cost my Rickenbacker 360 plus $1300 cash at Emerald City Music in Seattle. Replaced the '62 Jag as my #1. I prefer the 25.5" scale and JM pickups. Still have it.

2007: Fender Jaguar Bass, bought new at American Music in Seattle for $700 or so. Hot Rod Red because I like matching headstocks and needed a bass for recording that was more versatile than the 4001. Tried various Jazz and P-Bass, but went home with the Jag. Still have it.

2010: Fender Jazzmaster, a 2008 J Mascis for $650 on craigslist. I always wanted a sparkley guitar, but figured it would be a Gretsch Silver Jet or something, but this one was an impulse buy celebrating the purchase of my first home and purple is my favorite color. I wanted a backup for the '63, but the neck, bridge and pickups are too different. I never bonded with it, but haven't sold it because it's so damn pretty. Still have it, for now...

2016: Rickenbacker 360v64 in Fireglow from Thunder Road Guitars in Seattle for $2500 or so. Maybe a bit less, already forgot. I really missed the original 360, but it was never the double bound beauty with toaster pickups that I always wanted. It was as close as I could come at the time and I was okay trading it off thinking someday I would get the real thing. Trouble was the real thing was always more $$$ than I wanted to pay without playing it first. Finally found one close to home and bit the bullet on the cost. The J Mascis might be a victim and need to be sold on at some point, but not yet. Still have it. Some days it's #1, some days it's the '63 JM.

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Re: Your personal guitar timeline - what happened to them al

Post by Mad-Mike » Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:05 am

Updated Version.....includes guitars that spent an extended period of time with me but were not mine plus recent changes...plus I made it less as long by writing less, just the guitar and it's "fate"

1994 - 1982 Yamaha G245SII Classical - Still have, at mom's house in closet
1995 - 1985 Kramer Focus 3000 - Still have, just put back into commission
1997 - 1987 B.C. Rich Ironbird NJ Bass - Sold in 2014 to fund Bass VI
1997 - 1987 Casio DG-10 Digital Guitar - Still have, in closet at Mom's
1998 - 1998 Jacobsen Lynx (Home built Jazzmaster) - Broke after converting to a VI
1998 - 1989 Harmony H-80 Strat Copy - Parted out years later, first guitar I rebuilt
1999 - 1997 Harmony H-804 - Still have, parts at mom's house, had a LP Neck on it last time
2000 - 1995 Fender Jag-Stang w/ EMG - Still have, she's still my #1, til' death do us part
2000 - Parts Mutt Harmony H-802/Kramer thing - Parted out to multiple projects over the years
2000 - 1998 Squier Affinity Strat - Stolen from ex-Girlfriend by the crackhead she cheated on me with
2001 - 1984 Kramer Striker 100ST - Still have, it's back (mostly) original now and rockin'
2001 - 2001 Jacobsen Excalibur - there was a complicated reason I smashed it
2001 - 2001 Jacobsen "Trashmaster" - The parts for it are at mom's house, someday It'll live again
2001 - ???? DiMarzio Bodied Parts Strat - Parted out to other projects - See 2016 Robedeau Classic SSS
2003 - 2003 First Act Discovery Kids guitar - still have, main travel guitar, has stickers on the back and TSA vandalism
2004 - 199? Carlo-Robelli Superstrat - Still have, hanging on wall at Mom's house, was to be sold back to Zach
2005 - 1984 Arbor Strat Copy - The body is at mom's house, the neck is long gone, as are the electronics
2005 - 1986 Kramer Focus 3000 - White, was sold to a colleague in 2008 at a profit
2005 - 1999 Rogue/Harmony H-804 - Currently being rebuilt with a First Act neck as my dream Harmony H-80x
2005 - 2004 B.C. Rich Bronze Warlock - Smashed on Who Day and being Rebuilt
2005 - 1998 Fender Jaguar 62' Reissue - My other #1 Main I'll own till I die like her sis
2005 - 1987 Vester Concert II - Still Have, Currently being rebuilt
2005 - 1982 Aria ZZ Explorer w/ Kramer Neck & Ibanez Trem - Gifted to my Room Mate Kat within a month
2006 - 2004 Squier Affinity Strat - RW board version of the 98', sold in purge in 2014
2006 - 1982 Aria XX Flying Vee - Currently Being Rebuilt
2006 - 1984 Arbor Explorer (red) - Currently Being Rebuilt
2006 - 1984 Arbor Explorer (black) - Repainted Ford Oxford White, being rebuilt
2006 - 1986 Segovia Bass - Still have it, my only 4 stringer left
2006 - 2004 Squier Stagemaster-7 - Sold it in 2014 during the purge
2007 - 2007 Squier Jagmaster - Still have, has a warmoth neck on it now and a Floyd Rose
2007 - 2007 Squier Affinity Tele - Still Have, my favorite Telecaster
2007 - 2007 First Act ME-537 - sold during 2010 Purge
2008 - 1973 Sears Telecaster Copy - Sold it at a HUGE profit in 2014 during the purge
2008 - 2003 Epiphone AJ18SCE - Still Have, almost sold it, needs bridge work
2008 - 2008 Fender Jaguar HH Special - Traded with Line 6 AX2 for 1966 Fender Mustang months later
2008 - 2007 First Act Me-636 222 Series - Sold during 2010 Purge
2008 - 1966 Fender Mustang - Sold in 2014, the store who bought it parted it out to VintageCorrect on fleabay >:(
2008 - 2004 Hohner RP-150 Rockwood Pro Strat - Smashed during band fight, neck reused on First Act ME-636 #2
2008 - 2008 Dean ML-X - Later repainted gold and used at wedding, still have
2008 - 2008 Epiphone EB-0 Bass - Sold in 2014, never liked it much
2009 - 1983 Casio DG-1 Digital Guitar Still have
2009 - 2008 Daisy Rock Retro-H 12-String - Sold in 2014, I want an XII or a Ricky instead
2009 - 2003 J. Reynolds Left Handed Strat - Sold in 2010 Purge, I put a humbucker in the bridge (crudely)
2009 - 2009 First Act ME-636 - Still have, being rebuilt as "Decoupage #2"
2009 - 2004 Harmony 2183 - Still have, main Ricky Wilson tuning guitar
2009 - 2004 Kay KE-17 - Given to friend to build custom, has a Squier Jagmaster neck on it (24" Scale)
2009 - 2009 Fender Mustang Bass (MIJ) - Sold in 2014 Purge, it was my fave, but the VM Bass VI replaced it
2010 - 1971 Fender Music Master - Still have, it's the weird one with the orange pickguard and PC parts pickup
2010 - 2007 Yamaha Pacifica 112V - Sold during 2014 purge
2010 - 1983 Hondo Paul Dean II - Still have, another Favorite
2011 - 2008 Epiphone Special II Les Paul - Still Have, Main Sticker Guitar
2012 - 2004 Mahar Nylon String Acoustic - Repainted white, wedding guest list, still have
2012 - 2004 Mahar Flying V Copy - still have, it's my FNaF themed guitar
2012 - 2003 Crate Electra Strat Copy - still have
2013 - 1987 Memphis 302HB (Samick/Korea) - still have, #1 Strat
2013 - 2010 Fender Mustang Pro Mad Katz Midi Controller - Still Have, Roland Juno Di Controller
2014 - 2013 Squier VM Bass VI - Still have, my #1 bass/baritone/ERG
2016 - 2010 First Act PowerGig Guitar w/ Hex Pickup - still have, may cannibalize for P.U.
2016 - 2016 Robedeau Classic SSS - Built this a few months ago, still have, main vin style strat
2016 - 1985 Memphis A2-TR - Still Have, nifty 80's Shortscale superstrat-meets-Mustang thing
2016 - 2004 First Act ME-636 "Decoupage 1" - Built this out a few months ago, has a Lipstick humbucker

Honorable Mentions - Guitars I did not own but spent considerable time with or was seen using a lot....
1995 - 1995 Peavey Patriots - The SSS version, black and white, played em' a lot at the Shoppe as potential firsts
1995 - 1995 Hondo Strats - Blue/White SSS Strat beginners kit I wanted because they were only $150
1995 - 1975 Memphis Mustang Copy - First Shortscale I ever played, loved the feel ever since
1995 - 1994 Fender Jazzmaster 62' Reissue - had duncans, came in to buy it on Friday and it sold 5 min before I got there!
1998 - 1998 Takamine EF341C Bruce Springsteen - Did some setup work, friend wanted me to keep for a week to get my opinion on it
1999 - 1997 Fender Mexican Strat "OHS Class Strat" - Used at OHS Concert 99' and in class a lot
1999 - 1978? Peavey T-40 Bass "Old OHS Class Bass" - I fixed it up for the class in 99', got to take it home for a week
1999 - 1977 Aria SG Copy - Rebuilt for James White, no contact info, so I used it as my main for a year, proud work
1999 - 1983 Memphis 302HB (Matsamoku/JP) - Almost bought this one, but James gave it to his cousin, borrowed for 2 mos.
1999 - 199? Seagull Acoustic - Used at OHS guitar Class, used it to perform "Nothing Else Matters" at the 2001 concert
2000 - 1998 Fender Jag-Stang CIJ - Stock, I tried this one at the shop, it was sad compared to my 95' #1 with EMGs in it
2000 - 2000 Orr T-Sonic - Mr. Orr built this and brought it to Guitar class, I almost bought it from him at one point, cool Dano/LP/Tele hybrid
2000 - 1989 Kramer KS400 - Fixed up for Hawk for a month, had NES plastic for a Nut, neck warped so it's long gone now
2000 - 1997 Rok Axe Strat - Fixed up for Hawk for a month, I think he still had it the last time we talked 10 years ago
2000 - 2000 B.C. Rich Warlock Bronze - Lawn Dart! Fixed neck for Hawk, later neck was changed and guitar given to his sister
2001 - 1987 Fender HM Stratocaster - taken apart to make the warlock, then put back together by me
2001 - 1998 Gibson "The Hawk" - Replaced tuner in early 01', hawk bought it back after his Ex took it
2003 - 1963 Fender Jaguar - Estate sale kept in back of shoppe - First Jaguar I ever played, almost bought but wanted to move more
2009 - 2004 Gibson Les Paul Studio - Used sometimes when we rehearsed at Gary's House
2010 - 2008 Fender American Standard Strat (LPB) - Used to record at Gary's for D.I. Demos
2010 - 2009 Squier Hello Kitty Strat - Used to record at Gary's for D.I. Demos
2010 - 2008 Mike Kelley LP Copy - Used to record at Gary's for D.I. Demos
2013 - 1993 Washburn MG-43 - Kept for 2-3 years while I did some MAJOR repairs for Reverend Phantom, returned summer 2016
2016 - 2010 Ibanez GiO Series RG - Borrowed from The Rev during Reno Trip 2016, used to jam as well, also did full setup

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Re: Your personal guitar timeline - what happened to them al

Post by Scoot » Wed Sep 14, 2016 1:45 am

Wow some big lists! but this is fun
1981 Profile Silloutte Strat copy sold it approx 1993 after a divorce shouldn't have would love it now
1991 fender acoustic Cutaway black sold 1994 when travelling to America nice guitar
1992 Samick 12 string Accoustic awesome guitar still have it strung as a six sting since 1994 been in storage a mums house been in the camper an and travelled most of Australia fallen of roofs ,lived in sheds ,stays in tune sounds great now after 24 years never selling
1995 takamini John Williamson signature Accoustic was working for Toyota it was a prize for a salesman he didn't want it I bought it gave it to mum she gave to someone else ,we talk again now
2002 bought a approx 1999 Cort Source Es335 copy with a Bigsby great guitar still have it
Here u see the bug bit again
2014 Fender Ron Emery parlour style nice little player still have it
2015 2005 Squire m series MIJ HH still have very reliable
2015 Yamaha RGZ super Strat from approx 1995 with a Floydd Rose awesome shredder still have it
2015 Inherited Dads 1973 Terada Accoustic a Gibson Hummingbird Copy never selling
2016 2010ish epiphone bass given to me with a broken neck nursed back to health just for fun still have it
2016 1966 Guyatone Profile Mosrite copy love it still have it
2016 Mosrite Mark 1 1973 in love rebuilding at moment never selling
2016 Fender 1996 Californian series Telecaster with a Snake head neck building at moment
Also have 9 mandolins and ukuleles
Just got 2 more Teradas
And a 1972 tempo Accoustic out of a skip bin need love but will nurse them back
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