You guys asked to see my collection so here they are.
1995 Squier Strat as purchased (red)
1997 Squier Strat with Iron Gear pick ups and Earvana compesating nut (Sunburst with chrome)
2004 Squier Strat with Iron gear humbuckers, Gotoh bridge (Sunburst with black)
Strat clone with Tele neck and squier electrics (Blue)
Stagg M350 with Axesrus neck and Squier electrics
Jocko Trucaster custom built with Iron gear pick ups Gotoh bridge and Stienberger machine heads
Aria TA50 as purchased
Epiphone Les Paul Custom as purchased
Peavey Milestone IV bass as purchased
Epiphone PR350-S with new Grover machine heads
Perez 640 classical guitar
Tanglewood TW28/12 12 string
The amps in the picture are a Vox AD30 VT and a Stagg 20 BA bass amp.
The keyboard and drum pad are both Yamaha and the cordless headphones are Sony!!
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Be interesting to know how long it's taken to build the collection and have many guitars been let go in the process?
There's good upgrades I see on there too. I've been tempted a few times by Iron Gear pups and for some reason never quite ended up getting any - last time they lost out to Tonerider as IronGear didn't have quite the flavour of vintage alnico II P90 I was after. I'd still like to give some a go when the opportunity arises. I assume you'd rate IronGear highly as an upgrade option.
Makes my little collection of 6 guitars seem quite inadequate.
And that's probably one bass too many.
Dave
L to R
Yamaha RGX211 (modified)
Ellis Series 2 with Skatterbrane pups
H&S 12 string
Cort EVL-K6
I like the sound of the Iron gear pick ups but I only play guitar at home these days and I do not have a great deal to judge against. I like the price and availability of the Iron Gear pups. They have a fair range.
Here's a picture of some of my guitars. I see Jocko's gone down the mainly fendery route while my collection is mainly gibsony. I really need to get a strat at some point!
From left to right:
Fender roadworn 50s tele (currently with texas specials)
Gibson SG Standard (standard)
Gibson 335
Gibson Les Paul double cut faded with p90s and Roland GK-3 synth pickup
Epiphone Les Paul Standard with SD '59 and Pearly Gates
Stonebridge GS40CM (bought from Richard)
Pete
Top left is a custom which I won, top right is my Cort Earth Grand. Bottom left to right Variax 600, Custom Built 'LP Style', Vester Stage Series Strat and Kimbara Strat copy.
Richard.
I would also like to comment on the superb photography. Looks like quite a few of you guys are pretty skilled with a camera as well.
L-R:
G&L S500
Fender 80s MIJ strat 62RI (the guitar I've owned the longest - probably 20 yrs or so)
G&L Rampage tribute (kind of a guilty secret)
G&L bluesboy semi-hollow
Fender std tele
Danelectro Pro
Burny LP
Gordon Smith G60 (early 90s as I recall)
Early japanese Squier p-bass
Yamaha electro-acoustic
I have the bluesboy & Danelectro tuned to open G, and surprisingly I think the Danelectro gets most use at the moment - really easy to play and has something special in its tone.
Most were purchased used - I've been giving into GAS lately so long as they are likely to roughly hold their value.
Had to get in on this...took some quick snaps. Not sure I'd call them "my Girls" tho, I find that kind of anthropomorphism...odd. They're just beautiful guitars
Got a burns marquee also (green), but it's in local guitar shop waiting to be sold (one had to go ). [img][/img]
So, Tokai Silver star 1984 (no mods)
Mustang home custom build, Tonerider p90s, strat trem
? (Jagtelestang)home custom build, tele bridge, fender bridge pup, mini bucker (warman) at the neck
SG standard (2000) natural finish
Tele MIM 1997, Artec hotrails at bridge
Crafter lite-D acoustic
Squier P bass standard (although has the jazz neck and pup)
Must say tho, I'm getting jealous seeing some of the other pics here. Esp want a semi again (er semi-hollow ).
I feel much better too, as I thought I still had way too many guitars...not compared to some of you guys!!!
Keep up the good work.
I would also love to do an arty paint job...I've got some cool ideas.
Just need money, time, space, energy...excuse.
Continuing in the order I got them, we have my pride and joy, an Ibanez JP20 Joe Pass archtop jazz guitar - according to the serial number it was made in 1980, but I got it somewhat later (1986 I think) from Ivor Mairants in London. It was sold as new, maybe they'd had it for a few years! I've since added a Kent Armstrong floating humbucker at the end of the fingerboard, there is a mini-switch hidden under the pickguard to select either or both pickups. No holes or anything were drilled to modify this guitar - it could be put back to original condition quite easily, in case anyone is worried!
Followed by a 1993 Starfield Altair model - I got it second hand from Mansons shop in Plymouth (not sure if it is still there) in probably 1995. The pickups have been changed... a Lace Sensor blue in the neck (good for jazz), an old Seymour Duncan classic strat stack in the middle, and a cheap, but seemingly quite good, rails type pickup (not too hot output) in the bridge.
Carrying on we have a Burguet Cedar top classical guitar - this is a bit nice also if I do say so myself. Burguet guitars are handmade by a team of 3 luthiers in Valencia Spain. I got it in 2005 from Forsyths in Manchester.
And bringing up the rear, a Blueridge BR60 model Dreadnought style acoustic - not the most expensive acoustic in the world but decent, sounds pretty good to me, and has a good solid spruce top. I have it strung with D'Addario Flat-tops, which are good for reducing finger squeak if it bothers you (I can't stand it personally!)...
I feel like one of those people who bore everyone with an interminable slideshow. It's over now, honest... I'm currently making my 6th guitar, a telecaster, as some of you know from my thread in the guitar building section. Cheers folks!
Thanks Jocko, I do see you have several strats in your collection, so maybe you could give a couple to me to make room for the archtop? (I'm just trying to help... ).
The one thing I would like to add to my collection now is a nice semi-acoustic. Actually I rather like the look of the Epiphone Casino in Stickyfiddle's collection (would make a good jazz axe) but he has already sold it...
(And found the right thread for the family portrait, eventually..!)
Family Photo, aka "The Herd"
We need more guitars! Anything under 8 seems a poor show.
But I guess it's quality.
How long have you had the SG sticky?
Megi, love that arch-top (plus the ibanez is really interesting).
And the other 3:
On the left is a mid-price Blueridge BR-60 acoustic, not the best acoustic in the world, but servicable. In the middle an Ibanez JP20 jazz guitar from 1980 which has been fitted with an additional Kent Armstrong pickup and different finger plate - my favourite guitar. On the right a very nice Burguet Classical bought in 2005 from Forsyths in Manchester - cedar top, Indian rosewood back and sides, which I really need to play more!
I also have an acoustic, a bass, a mandolin, plus one more strat in bits, and a cabronita custom build on order...
Gig-wise I've used the Gibson 336 and the Tele most, but that's largely because the SG is new and the strat was unplayable until a couple of years ago.
My last gig was the 336 and the strat, but for tomorrow's I'm going to try the SG and Tele. I've just got some Tonerider PAFs for the SG, so I'm hoping to turn it into a real do-anything workhorse
Wow, I'm missing out.
Megi, the Shine looks interesting (not heard of those).
Sticky, let me know how the toneriders work out for your SG...as you know I'm on the market for some pups to do a phase mod or split.
I've aquired a 12string E-ros acoustic. Bit obsessed with the J Mascis squier sig Jazzmaster...but only if I sell the burns marquee (that is still on the wall in the local guitar shop).
We still need more than 7!?
We've seen them grow up over the weeks, feel like a proud dodgy uncle
Megi, you big tease, showing us just 7 of your guitars!
We've seen them grow up over the weeks, feel like a proud dodgy uncle
tele
strat
I keep looking at Sticky's lovely 335, envy is a terrible thing...