Let's see your favorite guitars

[RedVee]

Goths are cool. I've been tempted many times by them. The goth ThunderBird screams for me every time I see one.

Yes, I'm enjoying mine.

 

[Bob_Ross]

Here is my scalloped neck Music Man...the original idea was more from Blackmore and John McLaughlin

Thread drift: I loved the way McLaughlin played those scalloped fingerboard guitars in the late 70s! So incredibly expressive and almost vocal sounding... Makes me wonder why he stopped using them.

 

[BassOnTheSide]

The one I probably play the most, my trusty old 1992 Robin Medley:

 

[G-Dog]

I've seen one that looks like a LP with f holes labelled as "Les Paul Florentine" before.
Something like this : Gibson Custom Shop Limited Run Les Paul Florentine Figured Trans Amber

Epiphone does one also, or they did

My current go-to guitar is my Fender Modern Player Coronado II in vintage sunburst.. I've wanted a Coronado since the '66 or '67 Fender catalog came out with them. But the Modern Player is nno mere reissue. The Gretsch Fidelitron pickups have a great range from biting treble to honey-smooth jazz tones, with everything in between. When I added the Bigsby it achieved the semihollow perfection I've longed for all these decades.

I also really like my newer Epiphone Les Paul Florentine in Honeyburst. It's fun-sized and not as heavy as most LPs. Thinking about putting a Bigsby on it, too. But, I keep going back to the Coronado.

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[bassdude51]

This.............an early 50s Fender Esquire. One pickup, Baby!

 

[Jeff Scott]

This.............an early 50s Fender Esquire. One pickup, Baby!

Are either one, or both of those, yours?

 

[bassdude51]

Are either one, or both of those, yours?

No, these Teles are not mine. Images from a Google search. Still, the Esquire is my favorite guitar.

 

[Baird6869]

I used to own a lot more guitars including American Strats, A Gibson SG, a Gibson ES339 and a few Les Pauls.

All I have left that I play is a mid 90's Black Les Paul Studio and a Taylor 214 acoustic.

I have a few older crappy Squiers and a few other acoustics as well.

 

[BurnOut]

There's a reason

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V 2 I'll remember this time, I promise. I am gonna Google and see if there's any stories about winding them pickups. Remembered the guy buying it new in 1983. He had a HS graduation party at his house and showed us his new purchase. He then proceeded to pound a major portion of a fifth of Monte Alban Mezcal. Followed by the traditional eating of the worm, acting the fool, getting violently ill, and passing out early at his own party.
Any particular era of Mr Mysterious German Vee Player you enjoy most?

I just took a no name unassembled Flying Vee to my friends music store. Along with various other guitar necks & bodies & whatnot. We were doing some bartering. So far on my end I got a nice laptop and Line 6 UX2 interface & a large store credit. He didn't have much by way of bass inventory. A bootleg Les Paul bass was ok, I might get a sweet white Epi Les Paul Custom. Not sure what to get yet. And I've babbled enough for this reply.

 

[BurnOut]

Thread drift: I loved the way McLaughlin played those scalloped fingerboard guitars in the late 70s! So incredibly expressive and almost vocal sounding... Makes me wonder why he stopped using them.

Probably because of neck wood stability issues. Got to examine one up close, almost bought it. The amount of wood left was pretty crazy. Plus my playing wouldn't really benefit from it as I don't have the skills to need such a neck.
With today's carbon fiber and computer aided design, you would think someone would take another look at putting a modern one out.
Refretting one would be a frightening task I feel.

 

[BurnOut]

The one I probably play the most, my trusty old 1992 Robin Medley:
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Very nice, I like the fact you're not gonna see many people playing Robins out there. I wonder if Texas has more seeing how they're from there in all.

 

[Tom Bomb]

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[BurnOut]

Lineage

• Ellery
• Dec 25, 2016
• ibanez schecter spector

Right to left: '84 MIJ Ibanez Destroyer, '04 MIK Schecter Omen XXX-4, '16 MIA Spector Forte 4

The guitar to the far right is my first electric guitar, a 1984 Ibanez Destroyer X-series, MIJ. I brought it back to life just last month, changing it from broken and forgotten to my first grab. After some necessary repairs I installed a Seymour Duncan Nazgul/Sentient pickup set, Graphtech saddles, and a tremolo stop; solving all of it's shortcomings in one fell swoop and now it is a fantastic playing guitar! It is built quite solid and the action is very good. I got it around '94 and it was turquoise with yellow zebra stripes. That of course had to go, so I coated it with flat black spray paint and adorned it with death metal stickers. To this day I do not regret destroying the factory finish, I think it looks wicked like this, and I'm glad I did it when I was a teenager cuz I probably wouldn't have the balls to do it now!

That is a killer Destroyer, you did an awesome job making it yours. There's a Destroyer bass in our CL I been drooling over for a little over a month now. If life conditions were a little better I'd make an offer an bring it home.
Like to do what you did with an Iceman. Always thought they oozed cool. Nice Spector you have there by the way.

 

[BurnOut]

No, these Teles are not mine. Images from a Google search. Still, the Esquire is my favorite guitar.

Jeff Beck like em too.

 

[eldorado2001]

@RedVee
Gotcha
The ES137 is about the same size body as an ES175 but thinner. Bigger than a Les Paul.

 

[squarepeg]

I don't really guitar, but if I did really guitar, I would this guitar.

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Or something similarly blue, hollow, and shameless.

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Here are some of my guitars:

 

[Zoobiedood]

Thread drift: I loved the way McLaughlin played those scalloped fingerboard guitars in the late 70s! So incredibly expressive and almost vocal sounding... Makes me wonder why he stopped using them.

His playing got more straight-ahead over time, so maybe that was the reason. He did have some scalloped acoustics in Shakti, a 335 in Mahavishnu, as well as his famous double-necks.

 

[Chicory Blue]

Here are some of my guitars:

Yasss

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[squarepeg]

Yasss

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In action:
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[Sixgunn]

V 2 I'll remember this time, I promise. I am gonna Google and see if there's any stories about winding them pickups. Remembered the guy buying it new in 1983. He had a HS graduation party at his house and showed us his new purchase. He then proceeded to pound a major portion of a fifth of Monte Alban Mezcal. Followed by the traditional eating of the worm, acting the fool, getting violently ill, and passing out early at his own party.
Any particular era of Mr Mysterious German Vee Player you enjoy most?

I just took a no name unassembled Flying Vee to my friends music store. Along with various other guitar necks & bodies & whatnot. We were doing some bartering. So far on my end I got a nice laptop and Line 6 UX2 interface & a large store credit. He didn't have much by way of bass inventory. A bootleg Les Paul bass was ok, I might get a sweet white Epi Les Paul Custom. Not sure what to get yet. And I've babbled enough for this reply.

Definitely the UFO era but there's been plenty of great stuff since.

Here's one that I got as just a body and neck off Fleabay. BEAUTIFUL, very light korina body with chevroned halfs just like the 1958/9s. It's a mystery guitar actually. It had the Gibson logo and a serial number but Gibson never (other than the 58/9s) produced one like this. There was some speculation that it could have been an employee "project". Those logos are very hard to get, from what I've been told. I put the whole thing together and it is absolutely awesome!!