Could guitar collections be like Energizer batteries...
...except instead of "they keep going, and going," it's "they keep growing and growing." Since my last post, when my collection was at 9, I've added two acoustics to my collection. Rather than force anybody to wade through all the posts, I'll instead list my current collecion, in this reply. Of course my collection will continue to grow, so I'll also list what's on my current "to buy" list, which this time shouldn't stray as badly, as in previous posts, as I've recently hit upon a definite idea of what I want to do, sound wise, with my guitars.
Current collection (* = future mods to come):
- Squier Affinity P-bass*
- Squier Standard Fat Telecaster*
- Ibanez Artcore AG75TBS
- Johnson JG-622-E acoustic/electric bass
- Squier Bullet Special*
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Fender Standard Telecaster*
- Fender So Cal Speed Shop Strat
- Ibanez JTK2 Jet King
- Fender Standard Precision Bass
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Epiphone PR100
- Epiphone PR350-12E
Unlike in a previous reply, I've decided to keep the Squier bass...upgrade the p'ups and electronics a bit, and it'll be every bit as good as the Fender. Both of my Telecasters will get Custom Shop Hot Rod bridges and control plates and Fender 4-way Telecaster switches, with the Squier to get GFS Lipsticks (a Lipstick humbucker should sound cool), and I haven't yet decided what p'ups the Fender will get.
The Squier Bullet Special will get a TV Jones PowerTron, in order to bring it up to snuff with the Fender So Cal Speed Shop Strat. I can't really knock the Squier, but I found out that the Fender really comes alive when tuned to D (D, G, C, F, A, D), yet the standard E tuned Squier can't hold a candle to the standard E tuned Fender, which is how I came about getting the TV Jones PowerTron for the Squier.
Over the past year, I've really been getting into the possibilities to be had with guitar driven instrumentals, and particularly surf guitar instrumentals. While there are those that would consider a typical surf guitar to be 1 of 3 Fender models - Stratocaster, Jaguar, Jazzmaster - in my typically dare to be different thinking, which includes the two hybrid styles of surfabilly and surfadelic, I've decided that I'm going to "build" my original surf guitar sounds around another Ibanez Artcore, and more Telecasters. Thus, the guitars that are on my "to buy" list (along with proposed mods, if any)...in no particular order:
- Ibanez Artcore AFS75TDOBL [for surfabilly]
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Squier Tele Custom (baritone mods = Bigsby B5, p'ups, 28 5/8" scale neck)
- Squier Master Series Thinline Tele (12-string mods = bridge/tail piece, p'ups, neck/nut)
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Squier Tele Custom II w/P-90s (surf mods = Bigsby B5, series/parallel switching)
- Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster (surf/hot rod mods = Jaguar/Jazzmaster bridge and tail piece, Custom Shop Hot Rod control plate)
- Fender FS-52 Lap Steel [for some Hawaiian surf flavors]
- Fender Standard Jazz Bass [which I've heard is better for live playing, than the Precision Bass]
- Fender Standard Jazz Bass V [I've actually "ran out of" low notes, when jamming on my P-basses]
It may take me a bit, to collect what's in my second list, but I'll get there soon enough. Besides, I'm in a job that pays decent enough, and in the Army National Guard, and there's always tax refunds (potentially) to look forward to. With what I have in the first list, once I'm geared up for home recording, I'm not going to hold back for lack of anything from the second list. Besides, I also love hot rod rock instrumentals, so I'll have plenty of possibilities for that with my humbucker guitars.
Matt