Finally, here's some pics of my acoustic. It's a Babicz, which if you don't know, is an awesome guitar maker.
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Here they are:
1983 BC Rich handmade USA Warlock II
1990 Gibson Flying V
1992 Gibson Explorer
1985 Ibanez DT-250 (My first guitar)
I also have a couple of no-name acoustics that I don't have pics of.
Cheers!
1983 BC Rich handmade USA Warlock II
1990 Gibson Flying V
1992 Gibson Explorer
1985 Ibanez DT-250 (My first guitar)
I also have a couple of no-name acoustics that I don't have pics of.
Cheers!
I was going to start a new thread for these videos, but I might as well put them here.
Since this is a guitar thread, I thought all you guitar afficionados would like these.
My favorite guitar styles are Spanish-Classical and Jazz, two styles I can not play at all.
Can someone send me some sympathy in the mail?
OK, here we go.
A song you'll all remeber by Queen, but listen to how great it sounds in Spanish-Classical style.
Mmmm...Spanish-Classical music!
Enjoy. All videos are worth watching to the end.
Mike
Since this is a guitar thread, I thought all you guitar afficionados would like these.
My favorite guitar styles are Spanish-Classical and Jazz, two styles I can not play at all.
Can someone send me some sympathy in the mail?
OK, here we go.
A song you'll all remeber by Queen, but listen to how great it sounds in Spanish-Classical style.
Mmmm...Spanish-Classical music!
Enjoy. All videos are worth watching to the end.
Mike
ive acquired quite a few in 6 or 7 years. seems i can never pass up an interesting cheap guitar.
from left to right:
hand built custom acoustic "dunbar 08"
baby taylor
OLP mm4 bass
peavey grind 6 (RIP)
epiphone pierced SG (hard to find 90's model)
ibanez axs32 (discontinued)
ampeg heavy stud telecaster (yes, ampeg made guitars. early 70's)
squier strat (labeled epiphone on the headstock and "this guitar sucks" on the body)
epiphone evolution (also rare 90's e series, custom finish)
gibson es-175T (thinline. 1979 kalamazoo michigan)
sebring 335 knock off (stage replacement for my gibson. the f holes are covered to reduce feedback)
from left to right:
hand built custom acoustic "dunbar 08"
baby taylor
OLP mm4 bass
peavey grind 6 (RIP)
epiphone pierced SG (hard to find 90's model)
ibanez axs32 (discontinued)
ampeg heavy stud telecaster (yes, ampeg made guitars. early 70's)
squier strat (labeled epiphone on the headstock and "this guitar sucks" on the body)
epiphone evolution (also rare 90's e series, custom finish)
gibson es-175T (thinline. 1979 kalamazoo michigan)
sebring 335 knock off (stage replacement for my gibson. the f holes are covered to reduce feedback)
OK, I'll join in...
No pictures of just the skinny string things, but I have them grouped in families by who made them...
First, the Fenders, which includes a Burgundy Mist Classic Series '60s Strat (MIM)- simplly the best Strat neck I've ever touched, and I managed a guitar store for 11 years! I picked it up and noodled on it while preparing to try out an amp. Never did buy another guitar amp, but I had to have this Strat.
Next, the Guilds. I firmly believe that Guild makes some of the finest guitars ever. They have the most stable necks of any wooden guitar ever. Criminally undervalued because since Al Dronge passed away, they've had poor marketing by every owner ever- and FMIC has really dropped the ball! So, here's my Guilds...
First up is the F47CE. I bought it as a stage acoustic, but it's become one of my favorite instruments of all. Easy to play but sounds wonderful both unamplified and amped up.
Next is the Starfire IV I got in September 2001- it arrived on 09/10/01... Anyway, I'd wanted a thin-line like this since I was a snot-nosed 14 year old. All those pictures of Clapton jamming with Winwood on his ES-335, Alvin Lee, Larry Carlton, Elvin Bishop, B.B. and Freddie King, and Amos Garret with his Sheraton... And then when I managed the store I got to playing a LOT of stuff and the Starfires always were better sounding and better made than the Gibsons. But they're expensive and I couldn't justify the expense since I get paid for playing bass, not guitar. Then in 2001 the Fender Road show came into our local dealership, and I was talking to the sales rep (he'd been my Fender rep right before I quit retail in 1988) about the Guilds which had just started being made in Corona, California. He had three Bluesbirds which were exquisite, but I told him I wasn't buying a guitars, and jokingly said "Now, if you had a Starfire IV for a good price..." He said he did, it was his sample model, one made in Westerly, RI. My (now ex-) wife was with me, and her usual comment in guitar stores was "No!" just out of principle. She saw me talking to Richard, and started to say "No", when she saw the price he'd come up with- then she said "You've wanted one of those since you were 14, and that's too good a price to pass it up. Let's get it". I still have the guitar, but not the readhead...
The third one is an A-50 from 1995. Made just before FMIC bought Guild, and according to Guild's and FMIC's official records, the guitar doesn't exist. The serial number puts it as the 3rd A-50 made, and I bought it on December 15, 1995. They say the first one shipped is #5 in January 1996. I came into a one-time bonus at work and decided to spend it on an acoustic guitar for my own amusement. Fully acoustic, never to be played on stage, it's for me. And I'd been seeking the perfect small bodied rosewood guitar with a long neck for about 20 years. This was it...
jte
No pictures of just the skinny string things, but I have them grouped in families by who made them...
First, the Fenders, which includes a Burgundy Mist Classic Series '60s Strat (MIM)- simplly the best Strat neck I've ever touched, and I managed a guitar store for 11 years! I picked it up and noodled on it while preparing to try out an amp. Never did buy another guitar amp, but I had to have this Strat.
Next, the Guilds. I firmly believe that Guild makes some of the finest guitars ever. They have the most stable necks of any wooden guitar ever. Criminally undervalued because since Al Dronge passed away, they've had poor marketing by every owner ever- and FMIC has really dropped the ball! So, here's my Guilds...
First up is the F47CE. I bought it as a stage acoustic, but it's become one of my favorite instruments of all. Easy to play but sounds wonderful both unamplified and amped up.
Next is the Starfire IV I got in September 2001- it arrived on 09/10/01... Anyway, I'd wanted a thin-line like this since I was a snot-nosed 14 year old. All those pictures of Clapton jamming with Winwood on his ES-335, Alvin Lee, Larry Carlton, Elvin Bishop, B.B. and Freddie King, and Amos Garret with his Sheraton... And then when I managed the store I got to playing a LOT of stuff and the Starfires always were better sounding and better made than the Gibsons. But they're expensive and I couldn't justify the expense since I get paid for playing bass, not guitar. Then in 2001 the Fender Road show came into our local dealership, and I was talking to the sales rep (he'd been my Fender rep right before I quit retail in 1988) about the Guilds which had just started being made in Corona, California. He had three Bluesbirds which were exquisite, but I told him I wasn't buying a guitars, and jokingly said "Now, if you had a Starfire IV for a good price..." He said he did, it was his sample model, one made in Westerly, RI. My (now ex-) wife was with me, and her usual comment in guitar stores was "No!" just out of principle. She saw me talking to Richard, and started to say "No", when she saw the price he'd come up with- then she said "You've wanted one of those since you were 14, and that's too good a price to pass it up. Let's get it". I still have the guitar, but not the readhead...
The third one is an A-50 from 1995. Made just before FMIC bought Guild, and according to Guild's and FMIC's official records, the guitar doesn't exist. The serial number puts it as the 3rd A-50 made, and I bought it on December 15, 1995. They say the first one shipped is #5 in January 1996. I came into a one-time bonus at work and decided to spend it on an acoustic guitar for my own amusement. Fully acoustic, never to be played on stage, it's for me. And I'd been seeking the perfect small bodied rosewood guitar with a long neck for about 20 years. This was it...
jte
Here is my little collection so far
Left to Right...
Larrivee D-10 6-string
Samick B-3 5-string Banjo
Ibanez 6-string cut-a-way
Takamine G-Series 12-string Jumbo Cut-a-way
USA Fender P-Bass
USA Fender Special Order Strat with a Floyd Rose
Victor Bailey Signature Series Acoustic Bass (Made of Doa Wood)
The speakers are my drum set (Attached to a BOSS DDR-880)
Gulbranson Organ
Cheap arsed old Yamaha keyboard
Left to Right...
Larrivee D-10 6-string
Samick B-3 5-string Banjo
Ibanez 6-string cut-a-way
Takamine G-Series 12-string Jumbo Cut-a-way
USA Fender P-Bass
USA Fender Special Order Strat with a Floyd Rose
Victor Bailey Signature Series Acoustic Bass (Made of Doa Wood)
The speakers are my drum set (Attached to a BOSS DDR-880)
Gulbranson Organ
Cheap arsed old Yamaha keyboard
I take every chance I get to say how great my G&L Tribute sounds, and now you can hear for yourself. There's a photo of it in post #17.
An informal demo, but this is just what my Tribute sounds like. Very much like a Tele, yet different. This guitar has one of the nicest-sounding neck pickups I've heard on a solid body. Sweet and full.
I should play it more often.
Mike
An informal demo, but this is just what my Tribute sounds like. Very much like a Tele, yet different. This guitar has one of the nicest-sounding neck pickups I've heard on a solid body. Sweet and full.
I should play it more often.
Mike
No, I had it installed immediately after I first purchased the guitar. I actually bought the guitar with the intention of having a gold Bigsby put on it.
I did, however, recently change the vibrato arm myself from the standard Bigsby whammy bar to the one depicted in the photos. I also changed out the standard spring for the longer one to give it more of a pitch range. I also dropped on a roller bridge. Now I just need to replace the tuners (still has the crappy stock Epiphone ones) and fix the pickup selector switch (it malfunctions intermittently). I may also change out the bridge for a different roller bridge that's easier to intonate. The one on there is very stable, with allen screws to lock down the saddles, but intonating it is a major PITA.
My 2003 Gibson CS-356 as made in Memphis Custom Shop.
Playing through a Tech21 Trademark 60 w/ ext cab 2x12 Celestion Golds.
Regards to all--------
Playing through a Tech21 Trademark 60 w/ ext cab 2x12 Celestion Golds.
Regards to all--------
Left: Ibanez Artcore Custom, Right: Late 70's Takamine with a Junk yard pup.
For the Sole use of visiting Guitards
For the Sole use of visiting Guitards
Passinwind
I know nothing.
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Here's my Heritage H-204 and early 80s Fender 30 toOb amp:
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I have a pretty cool 40s vintage Gibson amp that I never seem to find time to restore as well.
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I have a pretty cool 40s vintage Gibson amp that I never seem to find time to restore as well.
A bump for a thread that's been asleep for six months.
This is the best video I've found showing what the G&L ASAT Special sounds like. I have a Tribute, but they both have the same pickups.
Some say it sounds more like a Telecaster than a Telecaster, some disagree. I think it sounds very Tele-ish on the bridge pickup, but a little smoother. The twang starts at 1:25.
Then listen to the neck pickup.
What do you think?
Mike
This is the best video I've found showing what the G&L ASAT Special sounds like. I have a Tribute, but they both have the same pickups.
Some say it sounds more like a Telecaster than a Telecaster, some disagree. I think it sounds very Tele-ish on the bridge pickup, but a little smoother. The twang starts at 1:25.
Then listen to the neck pickup.
What do you think?
Mike
