We have acoustic instruments strewn around the house but here are our favs:
Janice's 1943 D-18 Martin. The stories that guitar could tell during the years before I bought it for her in 1989. It's nearly all original and is a cannon! One of the loudest and best balanced acoustic boxes I've heard.
And Bud's 1953 Swingmaster bass that resides in the corner where it has spent most of its time over the past decade....
I always loved the look of basses! I saw someone playing one once outside in Centennial Square a couple months ago. I imagine it didn't like the cold weather much.
Can't wait to see what else gets posted! I'm really curious to see.
A custom, built to my specifications, 12-string acoustic with a Gibson looking headstock. Built in 1972 in a Taiwan family owned and run guitar factory. The guitar and hard shell case cost $88 US. I also had an electric bass (Fender Jazz copy) and a six string acoustic (Martin D-28 copy). I sold the six string and electric bass but still have the 12 string.
The one on the left is a 1974 Hardtail Strat. I am the original owner and it is the first good guitar I ever owned. I played many, many gigs with this guitar. It's actually considered a vintage instrument at this point. I use it on some songs, sounds quite a bit different than my other guitars.
In the middle is a 2004 50th anniversary Strat deluxe. I also turned 50 in 2004, and my wife bought it for me for my birthday, total surprise. Very versatile guitar, it has the S1 switching system that doubles the amount of tonal possibilities, and this is the strat used on most of my songs.
On the right is a strat I built myself a year ago mostly using parts I got from Warmoth. It is also a hardtail (no vibrato bridge) and has high output lace sensor pickups. I use it on the blues/rock songs we do.
I feel your pain. I owned an original ‘58 Flying V (in pink plush tweed case), bought it from a newspaper ad for “old electric guitar” in ‘73 for $350, sold it a few years later for $5000 and thought I made out like a bandit. Current price is $200,000. A dealer once told me Stephen Stills ended up with it. Could’ve been our cabin in the mountains.
I feel your pain. I've regretted selling a 1963 Fender Jaguar, a 1969 Gretsch Country Gentleman and a 1968 Gretsch White Falcon. I will admit that I am not the brightest crayon in the box!
Me, it's not about how many times you fail, it's about how many times you get back up. Cop, that's not how field sobriety tests work.
64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware
I don't own any interesting instruments, but one of my favourite all-time instruments in the hurdy-gurdy. I posted a link to someone playing it below. It just sounds so unique to me! And it's really cool how it's played.
Willie Nelson / Lady Nelson Ventura 500. Classical. 70s', Japanese made. Supposedly was some business venture of musician Willie Nelson. Not sure. Parlor style. Sounds pretty big and tone is very nice for a small size guitar.
Here are my babies a Tele I've had for almost 50 years and a Maton CW80 from about the same era. I Also had a Precision Bass and a Rickenbaker 12 String Electric plus a Bolero Banjo but these I left with my daughter when I moved into a retirement unit.
HP i7-4770 16GB 1TB SSD, Win 10 Home, Focusrite 2i2 3rd Gen, Launchkey 61, Maton CW80, Telecaster, Ovation Elite TX, Yamaha Pacifica 612 BB 2022(912) RB 2022(2), CakeWalk, Reaper 6, Audacity, Melodyne 5 Editor, Izotope Music Production Suite 4.1
My favorite guitar is my 1957 Gibson ES 125T. Note the photo. Someone took a belt sander to it. Binding is not present on parts of the guitar. Still is a pretty guitar to play.
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