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First is my old flat-pickin'guitar. She's an L SeriesYamaha with mahogany back and sides and a Sitka spruce top. We've been together since 1985 and I keep her at my office.
This second guitar is a Taylor NS32. Nylon strings and beautiful tone. Also solid wood: Tropical mahogany with a Sitka spruce top.
My final offering is an Ovation VXT. Like her sisters, she's mahogany to the back and sides with a Sitka spruce top. 2 Seymour Duncan '59 Humbuckers and a Fishman under the saddle. The chambered construction allows for any style of playing, from mellow acoustic to Hendrix dirty. I use this one at church.
This second guitar is a Taylor NS32. Nylon strings and beautiful tone. Also solid wood: Tropical mahogany with a Sitka spruce top.
My final offering is an Ovation VXT. Like her sisters, she's mahogany to the back and sides with a Sitka spruce top. 2 Seymour Duncan '59 Humbuckers and a Fishman under the saddle. The chambered construction allows for any style of playing, from mellow acoustic to Hendrix dirty. I use this one at church.
Okay this is my last - and it's a beauty. I got it a few years ago and I'll never let go. It needed some TLC and I took it to the right people to do so. Built a bridge, cleaned the frets real good, and I think they found some chicken bones and napkins inside. It was a mess.
1966 Southern Jumbo, with as many "been there done that" marks as its current owner. That's why I love it.
This guitar sounds amazing - deep and bluesy and noticeable. I've never played anything like it
1966 Southern Jumbo, with as many "been there done that" marks as its current owner. That's why I love it.
This guitar sounds amazing - deep and bluesy and noticeable. I've never played anything like it
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Totally. I think the coolest thing about owning a vintage guitar with all those cool marks and dings and scrapes is, it give it character. I mean, imagine who owned that guitar years ago. It was made in 1966, so it could have been all kinds of people, I could totally see some long haired kid learning to play "Dust In the Wind" or some James Taylor song on it by a campsite, or maybe some church dude at a youth camp in like 1969 playing Whats The Buzz Tell Me Whats a Happening, or some old crusty sailor took it on a boat - ANYTHING. It has so much soul in it, and I wouldn't fix the scrapes or nicks for anything, that's what gives it the story.
As promised, some better pix of the Gretsch and a pix of my modest rig. Not much to it. A VOX amp and a Wah pedal. Not much else needed.
A lot has changed with the Gretsch guitars over the past 10 years. I bought my Tennesseean in 1969 and at that time, at least, the F holes were painted on. I think it morphed into the Tennessee Rose or something like that later on.
It's actually a newer model, the G5120. The dark walnut stain is similar to the stain on the Chet, but I don't think the body is quite as thin. It is one of the least expensive Gretches you can buy, but they have learned from their previous issues with the Electromatics and gave it a sturdy construction and better electronics than in the old days. The walnut stain is a "limited" edition, but I got it at Guitar Center. I was actually looking for a used PRS or a new Schecter Hellraiser, but the color caught my eye and after I took it to the acoustic room and played it, it was all over. The VOX is OK. It is the VT120+ which is an amp-modeling type and has some good sounds. It will need a couple of mods before it's where I really want it, though. I'm going to change it to an open-back cab, put some acoustic foam on the inside and swap the stock VOX speakers with a Weber Blue Dog and a Weber Silver Bell 12". It will be closer to that classic VOX sound then.
Some nice lumber on this thread. Re amps- I've been usinf a Line 6 Flextone for a long time. It gives me everything I need without having to haul a pedalboard around. It also has the nicest wah pedal I ever used. The Kustom 100, Fenders and Peavy just collect dust now. I do use a Marshall 50 watt acoustic for my Godin nylon string. It is so quiet I don't even know when it is on.
Yeah, I've sort of gotten over the need for stomp boxes and just use what's on the amp. I do have a footswitch for the amp and a wah. The Vox has a built in wah effect, but I like to control the wah myself. There are something like 33 amp models on this thing, but I only really use one clean and one dirty channel. I just now got a custom engraved truss rod cover for the guitar, which makes it look cool, but I'm always doing some mod or another to my gear. I forsee a tru-arc bridge, locking tuners and Amalfitano pickups in my guitar's future as well as a true bypass mod on the Wah pedal. The amp I paid only $400 for so I don't feel bad dropping $200 in it to get it up to speed.
The custom truss rod cover is a nice touch. My Carvin Holdsworth H2T has Allan Holdsworth's name on it. I figure its more valuable with his name there than mine.
Here are a couple of mine...First, my workhorse guitar for recording. BC Rich Chuck Schuldiner Tribute Stealth. DiMarzio X2N pickup, mahogany body and ebony fretboard.
...and my first build, albeit from a kit. Not ready to record with this one yet. The neck is maple, and I put in some Duncans as you can see.
I prefer Duncans, :worship: but the Stealth came stock with the X2N and it sounds pretty good so I haven't swapped it out yet.
...and my first build, albeit from a kit. Not ready to record with this one yet. The neck is maple, and I put in some Duncans as you can see.
I prefer Duncans, :worship: but the Stealth came stock with the X2N and it sounds pretty good so I haven't swapped it out yet.
We got hooked up with some free Washburn guitars in this vid so the "prop rain" could ruin them. But, my main strings are Schecters.
http://youtu.be/x5NgiaUIli4
http://youtu.be/x5NgiaUIli4
Schecter makes a good axe. I played a Scorpion in my blackmetal days and it was a tough, versatile instrument. Deans are great too. I recorded our CD with a Dean 5-string and a Fender P-Lyte that was converted to half-fretless.
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