OT - Show Me Your Guit'

GrateEggspectations

Inspired by @pgprescott's Show Me Your Stick.

All you guit-players out there - Show me your guitars, amps and accessories.

I'll get the ball rolling.......

epcotisbest

I don't play, but over the years have acquired a few. My favorite is the '67 Fender hollow body bass.

epcotisbest

epcotisbest

pgprescott

Wish I had even an ounce of musical ability. Alas, none. Very jealous! Nice. 

GlennM

Here’s a few of mine

Eoin

pgprescott said:

Wish I had even an ounce of musical ability. Alas, none. Very jealous! Nice. 

Like any other skill, it's 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration (I'm from a family of professional and amateur musicians).

pgprescott

Eoin said:

pgprescott said:

Wish I had even an ounce of musical ability. Alas, none. Very jealous! Nice. 

Like any other skill, it's 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration (I'm from a family of professional and amateur musicians).

I’m sure you’re correct, but some people aren’t ever gonna make the varsity sports team regardless of their effort. I’m like that with the music. I’m sure I could learn to play, just not well. 

Eoin

pgprescott said:

Eoin said:

pgprescott said:

Wish I had even an ounce of musical ability. Alas, none. Very jealous! Nice. 

Like any other skill, it's 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration (I'm from a family of professional and amateur musicians).

I’m sure you’re correct, but some people aren’t ever gonna make the varsity sports team regardless of their effort. I’m like that with the music. I’m sure I could learn to play, just not well. 

I too have no natural gift in that direction, but did get up to a reasonable standard by working at it when young. Then I decided my time was better spent on cars and motorbikes, which is still the case today.

pgprescott

Eoin said:

pgprescott said:

Eoin said:

pgprescott said:

Wish I had even an ounce of musical ability. Alas, none. Very jealous! Nice. 

Like any other skill, it's 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration (I'm from a family of professional and amateur musicians).

I’m sure you’re correct, but some people aren’t ever gonna make the varsity sports team regardless of their effort. I’m like that with the music. I’m sure I could learn to play, just not well. 

I too have no natural gift in that direction, but did get up to a reasonable standard by working at it when young. Then I decided my time was better spent on cars and motorbikes, which is still the case today.

I’m in awe of those with the ability to play or sing at really high levels. They are truly blessed with the ability to move so many. Must be awesome. 

Wolfie51sb

My 16-year-old daughter last spring at a local winery/restaurant singing a few songs she wrote. I watched in amazement because being able to do something like that -- especially at that age -- is almost beyond my comprehension. I think she has three different guitars; I don't try to keep track.

gmac

I'm glad I checked before I posted. 
Thought it said Show me your gut

Hoosier_Smoker

Homebrew Tele I built a few years ago.  Have several other guitars, amps, pedals, etc.  Seems like the older I get the less I'm into them.

Boileregger

Gibson Jr. in white

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epcotisbest

Very nice. I really like the White Falcon. Good looking guitar. 

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epcotisbest said:

Very nice. I really like the White Falcon. Good looking guitar. 

Thanks brother. It's the lacquered version, which commands a bit of a premium, but was worth it in my mind.

The Gretsches have a very unique sound. 

chuckytheegghead

Black beauty. Sweet!

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chuckytheegghead said:

Black beauty. Sweet!

Thanks @chuckytheegghead. I was very lucky, in that I bought this guitar second hand in Montreal for a (relatively) decent price years ago. I was convinced I was a strat guy until I played it. Although I still love strats, the '57 is my workhorse. The sustain is unreal. 

chuckytheegghead

It’s really nice, I have the poor mans version. 

MaC122

My Taylor 810

GrateEggspectations

chuckytheegghead said:

It’s really nice, I have the poor mans version. 

Got the Epiphone? Still a decent guit by any stretch. What are you playing it through?

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MaC122 said:

My Taylor 810

Very nice. I've owned a few Taylors in my time. 

SamIAm2

BUMP 

In 2009 I had the opportunity to take a class from a local Luthier who had studied with Masaki Sakurai in Japan, learning the traditional methods of building Kohno guitars. I choose to build a Sapele Mahogany Dreadnaught steel string model during the class, held every Saturday. I was one of four students building guitars with the help of two other Luthers so we could ask questions and get help fixing or hiding our mistakes. As a novice, I made a lot of mistakes since I only had rudimentary wood working skills from time spent in shop in high school many, many years ago.

Each Saturday, class moved thru the construction phases where we made the parts required, sanded, joined parts using hide glue, added truss rod, bracing, neck and frets and finally added the Cashew varnish to our completed guitars. We did not make the rosette or the binding for the top but we did cut the top to fit the rosette and route the top to add the binding. Then sanding, adding varnish, and polishing multiple layers until the guitar was completed. I added an L. R. Baggs dual source system with Element pickup and dual source mic. These are some of the photos taken at the time of the build.

I have two other guitars, one of which I have started restoration on but have put is aside for a bit. 

Botch

Don't fret, I know its not a geetar.  
But, my moneymaker for many decades:
 

 
You can tell how long it's been since I've played, the bow is overdue for a rehair.  

GrateEggspectations

SamIAm2 said:

BUMP 

In 2009 I had the opportunity to take a class from a local Luthier who had studied with Masaki Sakurai in Japan, learning the traditional methods of building Kohno guitars. I choose to build a Sapele Mahogany Dreadnaught steel string model during the class, held every Saturday. I was one of four students building guitars with the help of two other Luthers so we could ask questions and get help fixing or hiding our mistakes. As a novice, I made a lot of mistakes since I only had rudimentary wood working skills from time spent in shop in high school many, many years ago.

Each Saturday, class moved thru the construction phases where we made the parts required, sanded, joined parts using hide glue, added truss rod, bracing, neck and frets and finally added the Cashew varnish to our completed guitars. We did not make the rosette or the binding for the top but we did cut the top to fit the rosette and route the top to add the binding. Then sanding, adding varnish, and polishing multiple layers until the guitar was completed. I added an L. R. Baggs dual source system with Element pickup and dual source mic. These are some of the photos taken at the time of the build.

I have two other guitars, one of which I have started restoration on but have put is aside for a bit. 

Beautiful guitar. I bet you learned a ton over the course of the build. 

Back when I was in university, I was in contact with a local guitarist who had, at that time, built three beautiful steel strings under the tutelage of Sergei de Jonge, who is now based in Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. http://www.dejongelutherie.com/course.html 

Something I’d always been interested in doing, should I ever have the extra time and money on hand.

GrateEggspectations

@Botch: How many instruments did you play and what styles of music?

While I’ve played enough gigs, I never made much money at it. Certainly not enough to fund all of my gear purchases!

Botch

GrateEggspectations said:

@Botch: How many instruments did you play and what styles of music?

While I’ve played enough gigs, I never made much money at it. Certainly not enough to fund all of my gear purchases!

First band, trombone & percussion (we did a lot of Chicago, etc)
 
I inherited my great-grandpa's fiddle in college, and learned to play along with my roommate, who played an Ovation acoustic.  That kinda sucked me into country, and I played fiddle, harmonica, and pedal steel (badly, but you don't have to be fancy to add a lot to the music with pedal steel).  
 
When I could finally afford a synth, I switched back to rock.  Still played harmonica and fiddle (Orange Blossom Special goes over with any crowd).  
 
My gigging paid for all my instruments, until the very end.  I bought a new, pro-level tenor sax, practiced at home with it 2 years, then surprised my bandmates in Puddlestone one night by dragging it out.  Sax part on Heart of Rock & Roll sounded SO much better on a real sax, rather than a synth patch!  Band leader's wife got transferred four gigs later, so that was that.  
 
With retirement, I'm starting to toy with the idea of showing up at jam sessions again, we'll see.  

SamIAm2

@GrateEggspectations - That school looks like something you need to do soon! I did learn a lot about other, more hands on techniques, used in some shops instead of the factory CNC, assembly line methods used in major companies. From joining the top pieces and back pieces together with hide glue, sticks, wedges, and twine to Go bars to hold glued bracing in place to dry, radius sanding of the top and bottom, bending and joining sides. 

This little detail was probably the best part of my build and I'm the only one who knows how much work this hidden bit required.
Keeping the edges sharp was a lot harder than I thought it should be.

GrateEggspectations

@SamIAm2: That’s gorgeous. I am jelly. 

Spent a little time pickin’ the carbon fiber piece today. Am really loving this guy. Needs a little cleaning....

SamIAm2

@GrateEggspectations -What were you pickin' for the family? I see someone in the reflection of that carbon fiber so it isn't that dirty!