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Post by Roadhog on Jun 3, 2010 13:05:36 GMT -5
I've had a lot of toys over the years, but the one thing that has stuck with me from the age of 12 is guitars. Some great ones I've sold, some were stolen, but I manage to always have a few beauties. There was a period of about 20 years where I very seldom played. Now it's been a year since I've played, because of shoulder surgery, and now illness. I'm aching to get back into it. '70 Harmony H165. This is very similar to the first guitar I bought in 1964, which was a '58 Harmony H165. This is a solid mohagany guitar...and back then they were book-matched and very fine quality tone wood. Harmony were cheaper guitars, but these were very well made. This '70 version has an adjustable truss rod... where as my '58 (back in the day) didn't have that. These Harmony H165 guitars have become very saught after today, and are called "The Delta Blues Guitar." My other acoustic is a classical guitar. It's another 1970...that was a good year for guitars. '70 Hofner classical 5120 Book-matched spruce top, and flamed maple back and sides.
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Post by Roadhog on Jun 3, 2010 13:18:03 GMT -5
I don't have one of these, but it's special to me as an example of the very first electric guitar I bought. I bought one just like this new in 1967...and I was so in love! It played like a dream, and wouldn't you know... today these are considered "The Holy Grail" of guitars! They are a Japanese made guitar, and actually this made me a lifelong fan of Japanese guitars... as today my favorite are no.1 Ibanez...no.2 Epiphone, and no.3 Jackson. (but only from certain Custom shops...I'm not talking the commercial crap) '67 Tiesco Spectrum 5. It was so "George Jetson" futuristic and had so many sounds, plus was capable of setting up stereo. Today these guitars are worth $17,000--$20,000 today, if you can find one.
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Post by Roadhog on Jun 3, 2010 13:49:06 GMT -5
My current rarest guitar is a Gibson L6-S. This guitar was specially designed for Carlos Santana. It gave both Gibson and Fender sounds from one guitar, and then some. '74 Gibson L6-S all original with Bill Lawrence pickups and rotory switch. She is 24.75 scale with 24 frets.(fixed neck is joined at the 18th fret) Has the LP shape, but thinner and wider, and all maple neck, fingerboard, and body. Nickel Grovers, and the Nashville bridge (called the "Harmonica bridge") and tailpiece. Master volume, Mid-range, Master Tone...and the 6-position VariTone switch for those Bill Lawerance pups. (best pickups ever invented) The action is like a Les Paul... measured with a red pubic hair at the 12th fret. ;D 6-position VariTone switch settings1. neck & bridge series in phase 2. neck alone 3. neck & bridge parallel in phase 4. neck & bridge parallel out of phase 5. bridge alone 6. neck & bridge series out of phase
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Post by Roadhog on Jun 3, 2010 13:58:34 GMT -5
I bought this one as a collectable in '07. It is an Ibanez RG 550xx reissue 29th Anniversary Limited Edition. There were only 1200 made for the USA. (400 in each of three colors) (I have the road flare red) Really sweet flame maple necks. Here is also a cool demo video by Paul Gilbert. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWLNPk2U1IoThey mounted the original Edge tremolo...which I like, and the neck is redesigned; The original RG550 models sometimes suffered from catastrophic neck warpage, owing to the ultra-slim carve of the neck - the very thing that made the RG550 such a unique instrument in the first place. Instead of recreating the 2- or 3-piece neck of the late 1980s, which usually had a head piece and a longer neck piece glued together obliquely just behind the nut, Ibanez have revised the entire neck construction with the 20th Anniversary model. The neck on the new RG550 is a 5-piece laminate, with three strips of hard rock maple and two thin strips of walnut. The maple strips are arranged so that the grain on the outer two pieces is parallel, while the grain of the center strip is perpendicular to the other two, thereby granting the neck far more resistance to warping than the originals had.
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Post by Roadhog on Jun 3, 2010 14:29:05 GMT -5
This was discontinued. Best of the best for Epiphone Elitist models. '04 Tak Matsumoto signature Les Paul Elitist, nice abalone inlay. Special pickups wound to Tak's spec's...(Burstbucker Pro zebra coils) these are not like the Gibson Burstbucker Pro's. Made in Japan at the Fuji-gen factory. (only shop where Epiphone Elite/Elitist are made) Book-matched curly maple top, and book-matched mahogany back and sides. Gotoh tuners, and all the parts are the very same as custom shop Gibsons. Matter of fact, some of these were made so well, they stopped...because they were actually made better than the Gibson, and that pissed off Gibson. 2004 is one of those... (grin) These are all given a Pro set-up from the factory.
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Post by Roadhog on Jun 3, 2010 14:39:31 GMT -5
Another one of my ultra sweet Epiphone guitars is this '61 Reissue SG... I play probably more than the others. This is another 2004 model which they stopped making fast!!! These SG's were/are far superior to the Gibson SG's... except for some Gibson Custom shop models. This also was made at the Fuji-gen factory. This is a Pro guitar...no doubt about it. Elite Series features: * Premium book-matched 2 piece mahogany body hand-selected for weight and tonal qualities, and kiln-dried to perfect moisture content * Solid mahogany 1 piece necks cut at 14° grain orientation for optimum strength 22 fret set through neck * Rosewood fingerboard 24.75" scale * American-made Gibson pickups with premium Gibson electronics 2 volume, 2 tone, 3 way switch * German silver pickup covers finished in vintage nickel * '57 Classic Gibson Humbucker 50SR 7.2k ohms rhythm pickup, 60ST 11.2k ohms lead pickup * First quality nickel hardware including precision Grover tuners * Real abalone and mother of pearl inlays * Bone nut, Nickel Tune-O-Matic bridge and Stop piece * Thin, evenly applied transparent Heritage cherry red polyurethane finish, hand-rubbed to a lustrous smoothness * Meticulously set bindings and inlays * Uncompromising quality in every detail * Individually and expertly adjusted and set-up for perfect action and intonation * strung with a set of .010's. This guitar weighs between 7 and 7.5 pounds * Premium Elite series custom fitted hard case (I have the rubber band on there to mute the strings for tapping practice)
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Post by Roadhog on Jun 3, 2010 14:52:42 GMT -5
This one I practice on allot. It's a long scale 26.5" which is a stretch, unless you have long fingers. It's a Schecter Blackjack C-1 EX Baritone. These are a cross between a guitar and a bass. They give you insane crunch and bottoms, for those crushing D-C-B lows. It makes chix knees weak, and they drop like a rock. Diamond Series Schecter's are manufactured in South Korea, and 100% set up in the USA, in Schecter's Burbank, CA facility. * Set-neck with ultra-access cutaway * 26-1/2" scale * Mahogany body * Maple neck * Rosewood fingerboard * 24 X-jumbo frets * Black pearl dots * Seymour Duncan JB and '59 pickups * Volume, tone, and 5-way switching controls * TonePros TOM string-thru-body bridge * Grover tuners * Black chrome hardware
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Post by Roadhog on Jun 3, 2010 15:00:57 GMT -5
This is the guitar I take with me in the truck. Jackson DK-2 in EerieDess finish. I really fell in love with this neck. The wild colors didn't mean that much to me at first, but now I really like it.
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Post by Roadhog on Jun 3, 2010 15:14:41 GMT -5
Best for last.... ;D My most favorite guitar by far, and what I do my shred work on, is a Joe Satriani signature guitar. This one is one of the best made in the Satch series. '04 Ibanez JS 1000 Black Pearl. I also consider these the best guitar ever made. Neck Material: Maple Neck Type: Multi-radius JS Prestige Body: Basswood body (very light, but still great sustain) Frets: Dunlop 6105 frets Fingerboard: Rosewood Inlay: Abalone dot inlay Bridge: Low-Pro Floyd Rose Tremolo NeckPU: DiMarzio® PAF-PRO® BridgePU: DiMarzio® FRED® Finishes: BP (Black Pearl) (doesn't show fingerprints like other black guitars) Black Chrome hardware. volume/tone control, three-way switch, hi-pass filter push/pull switch in volume control, coil tap push/pull switch in tone control. (that is what separates this guitar from the pack!)
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Post by Mev on Jun 15, 2010 10:07:04 GMT -5
I used to dream of a Gibson L6-s when I was little...I would gaze at a photo of it I had seen in a magazine thinking rock star thoughts
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