Let's see your guitars (not steel), here's mine.........

Jerry Hayes R.I.P. · Post by **Jerry Hayes R.I.P.** » 7 Jul 2007 7:10 pm

There's another thread about pedal steels so how 'bout everyone who plays lead guitar showing us their favorite or non favorite guitars. I have others but here's my favorite. It's an '83 Tele top loader with two Gibson mini humbuckers and a Duncan Hot Rails in the bridge position. The hot rails is tapped. You can see the mini toggle between the volume and tone controls. Also if you pull out the volume knob it'll put it out of phase. It also has Keith/Scruggs tuners on the 1st & 5th strings and a HipShot D-tuner on the low E. Last but not least, it has a Parsons/White B-Bender (short throw version)......JH in Va.

Geoff Barnes · Post by **Geoff Barnes** » 7 Jul 2007 7:57 pm

My Favourite topic!...that sure is a nice Tele... pimped to the max!...heres a few of my "gals"

Anniversary Gretsch... like a big ol' green milkshake!

A front view of the guitar in my avatar.

Takamine Accoustic

The wife... '68 strat... had her forevever. Every bad teenage decision there to remind me of the impetuousness of youth... first guitar I grab if there is a fire.

Ric 360/12 had toasters installed since this pic was taken... also been "pleked"... as will all my axes be when I get some dollars.

Line6 ... with Roland MIDI pickup.

Kramutant... fitted with vintage Fender PUPs.

Gibson Les Paul Standard... fitted with Axon MkII MIDI pickup

Epi Casino... (it's a John Lennon thing)

Danelectro Hodad Baritone ... as much fun as a man can have with his pants on!

The mighty P-Bass.

I have a few others, but no pics at hand... lucky forumites!

I did say it was my favourite topic!

Alvin Blaine · Post by **Alvin Blaine** » 7 Jul 2007 9:13 pm

I have about 20 some 6-string guitars, but these are the three that get used the most.

Tele and '56 Tweed Deluxe

'58 Martin D-18

and my snake-skin Tele

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 8 Jul 2007 12:12 am

richard burton · Post by **richard burton** » 8 Jul 2007 12:35 am

My strat, with my external trem-setter

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It stops it detuning during string bends, but still allows me to use the trem if I want to.

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Per Berner · Post by **Per Berner** » 8 Jul 2007 3:58 am

OK, some of mine:

Self-built birdseye Tele, still my favorite:

Big-sounding 100th anniversary J200:

Self-built OM-size, custom built for hi-strung "Nashville" tuning:

Rare Daion Headhunter, much cooler than an ES-335:

Self-built semi-hollowbody:

and my main acoustic

(actually playable, with reasonable intonation!)

Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 8 Jul 2007 4:40 am

05 Teles

Collins (custom) Tut Taylor "Virginian"
98 Guild DV-52

06 Weber STE series mandolin

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 8 Jul 2007 6:25 am

How about one that is a "combination"? I call it my Lap Strat.

Jack Francis · Post by **Jack Francis** » 8 Jul 2007 8:21 am

Here's a couple of 'em.

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 8 Jul 2007 9:40 am

Left to Right:

Red Fender Nashville Telecaster
Orange quilt Peavey Generations Custom EXP
Amber Nylon Acoustic/Electric
Peavey Millennium AC BXP
Washburn 46SCE Acoustic/Electric
G&L Tribute ASAT Special Custom
Rigel A4 Deluxe Mandolin Acoustic/Electric
Fender Squier SSH
(Missing) Washburn 10S

Greg

Mike Shefrin · Post by **Mike Shefrin** » 8 Jul 2007 10:07 am

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 8 Jul 2007 11:23 am

I won't bother posting pics of my Epiphone Les Paul or other "off the shelf" guitars, we all know what they look like, but this one is something really special, I love this guitar:

It's a small bodied 'no-name' archtop I bought on eBay for approx $150, the seller in England believed it may be from the mid 50s and most probably made in Germany.
It's got tons of personality and more 'mojo' than any other guitar I own. The fat baseball bat neck is straight as an arrow and a pleasure to play...

Steinar

Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 8 Jul 2007 5:29 pm

My current squeeze.
An Oscar Schmidt from Musicians Friend.

This is an amazing guitar: Plays well, sounds good.
Amazing? $119.

Stephanie Carta · Post by **Stephanie Carta** » 8 Jul 2007 5:35 pm

There are my toys: Martin DX Series; 1976 Telecaster Custom; Telecaster Custom reissue; H/S/S Strat (traded); cheap OLP 12-string; Carvin California Carved Top; 1983 Deering Maple Blossom

60s Classic Telecaster (replaced the Strat)

Jack Francis · Post by **Jack Francis** » 8 Jul 2007 6:21 pm

Stephany..What's the funny looking round thing that appears to be made of metal??

Jack Francis · Post by **Jack Francis** » 8 Jul 2007 6:22 pm

Stephanie..What's the funny looking round thing that appears to be made of metal??

Terry VunCannon · Post by **Terry VunCannon** » 9 Jul 2007 5:41 am

My SRV Signature Strat relic...

...Fender Tele-Redneck.

Stephanie Carta · Post by **Stephanie Carta** » 9 Jul 2007 6:22 am

Jack Francis wrote:Stephanie..What's the funny looking round thing that appears to be made of metal??

The cats must have dragged it in!

Jerry Hayes R.I.P. · Post by **Jerry Hayes R.I.P.** » 9 Jul 2007 9:42 am

Here's some more of my girls (and boys). The first is an old 1969 LP with a Bigsby Palm Pedals & 6 Keith/Scruggs tuners. (Note, all my guitars which have 2 volumes & tone controls have been rewired with only one volume & tone control, the other unused controls are now pull pots for coil tapping & phase switches.....
Next is a LP Junior which I'm in the process of trying to construct a B-Bender ala Frank Reckard's guitar........
Next is an old Schecter Mercury Strat with Duncan 1/4 pounders & a HipShot B/G bender & a HipShot peghead D tuner........
Next is an older Epi Sheraton with a Bigsby Palm Pedal & HipShot D tuner. It's also rewired the same as all my Les Pauls......
Next is an old Gibson F-Style mandolin with a Fishman ebony bridge pickup unit.........
Next is an Epi "Elvis" tribute acoustic/electric which is a great guitar and fairly rare.......
Next is an Epi Zephyr Blues Deluxe which I bought to do Scotty Moore stuff with an Elvis impersonator I work with.......
Next is an Ibanez Artcore which I also use with "Elvis". It's been upgraded with Duncan Phat Cat single coil pickups for a P-90 sound and a Bigsby Vibrato, and old style Gibson "tulip" tuning pegs.......
Next is a Gibson LP Studio which I got in a trade with a Forumite for a Dobro........
Lastly are two Epiphone Les Pauls. The silver metal flake model has been modified quite a bit and has an actual Gibson "PAF" pickup in the neck position and a "Dirty Fingers" humbucker in the bridge position. All the hardware has been changed to black and the plastic parts to mirror finish ones. It was done like this when I got it. I traded a MIM Nashville Tele for it..........JH in Va.

Marlin Smoot · Post by **Marlin Smoot** » 9 Jul 2007 6:40 pm

New Custom Shop Relic Tele - Dings, aged and rusty looking parts from the factory. Feather weight - killer tone.

Bill Dobkins · Post by **Bill Dobkins** » 10 Jul 2007 7:43 am

62 esquire converted to a TELE. use to belong to Dave Kirby

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 10 Jul 2007 9:54 am

I have too many to post, (especially since I became involved with Ravenwest and started geeing all the freebies) so I'll confine it to just this one.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 10 Jul 2007 7:38 pm

1968 Telecaster

Stephen Gambrell · Post by **Stephen Gambrell** » 11 Jul 2007 2:09 pm

Mike Shefrin, that L5-S is the prettiest guitar I've seen in a while! I've wanted one ever since they first came out, and I STILL want one. And I STILL can't afford one...

Marlin Smoot · Post by **Marlin Smoot** » 11 Jul 2007 5:41 pm

Ok, One more; Valley Arts (Gibson owned) USA Brent Mason Tele. Signed on the headstock by Brent. Several years old now and one of the first run made.

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