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Posted this in another thread, so this is the kick off of my harem.
Not the first, but def not the worst.
2018 PRS 594 soapbar...
Not the first, but def not the worst.
2018 PRS 594 soapbar...
Show your guitar, bass, acoustic, any stringed instrument harem!
Folkcafe
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Mine is a eclectic mix of stringed instruments. I had a larger collection of Tele's but have been downsizing. I gave one of my favorites to my son and a Squire and Alvarez Dana to my nephew. The instruments on the right are ones I built starting with the plain Tele.
Tele's
Tele's
Dave Matthews
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Nice!
Is that red Tele swamp ash? I like it!
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Here's my SE ONE. Won it at the first Dweezil Zappa band camp in NY.
famous beagle
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PorterhouseMusic
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These threads are always fun. But admiring people's guitar collections just is.
Come to think of it.... I have never done a full family shot like this. Until today.
Every guitar has a story. Probably the most interesting guitar here is the wine red '79 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. My first guitar, my dad bought that for me in 1981 when I was 12. He died just a few years later. That guitar has been uh..... well loved.
Come to think of it.... I have never done a full family shot like this. Until today.
Every guitar has a story. Probably the most interesting guitar here is the wine red '79 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. My first guitar, my dad bought that for me in 1981 when I was 12. He died just a few years later. That guitar has been uh..... well loved.
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famous beagle
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Wow, that's a beauty! That's pretty sweet to be rockin' an actual Gibson at 12 years old! ? When did you start playing?
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PorterhouseMusic
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I was very fortunate. I started playing about 6 months before and had been sharing a Les Paul copy with my older stepbrother. It wasn't an ideal arrangement as we both began to practice and play a lot more at that time. So yeah.... I begged my dad for my own guitar - and lucked out with this one. Which pretty much altered my course going forward. I still play that guitar almost everyday.
Ha! yes sir... the WA gear has been good to me. I own a bunch of their stuff - and have been fortunate to have acquired nearly every piece new but on sale or discounted. Even the WA67 (mic) that can be seen in the family shot above - Sweetwater had that priced *accidentally* at $599 a few months ago. It was a mistake which was corrected in less than 24 hrs - but I got lucky and snagged it at the accidental lower price.
I see youve got the 76 and 2A compressors. Nice! Good gear.
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Next up in order of acquisition is a 2009 PRS 305.
Anyone not seeing a pattern here soon will...
Anyone not seeing a pattern here soon will...
rob aylestone
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This bass was perfect for the tribute band - it has a higher action than any of my other basses, but it means you can twang and bash it a bit without any buzzes or odd rings. It also the only bass I have ever had where I changed strings when the old set were perfectly good - to stick on neon glowing ones! Under stage lights they're really great looking and ultra cheesy.
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PorterhouseMusic
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Oh man! That is a beaut, Dave!
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Cheers mate!
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Folkcafe
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It is Northern Ash and a bit heavy. I have some book matched Swamp Ash I got from a builder down in Florida but never got around to building anything with it. This was the very first guitar I built. I'd often go through the piles of rough sawn at a specialty lumber company near where I live. One of the guys that worked there was a bass player and knew I was looking for very specific boards picked for tone. I'd pull boards and thump them along their length and feel and listen to the wood resonate. I got all sorts of species from this place including Sitka Spruce and before all the existing stock dried up, Rosewood.
I started out winding pickups and eventually ran out of things to put them into. Wife was becoming concerned at how many guitars I was collecting and jokingly threatened to divorce me if I bought another one. So I started building them. There is always a way around the rules. The banjo influenced the other smaller instruments as I liked the scale length and width of the 4 string neck. Ended up making a ton of cigar box guitars and designed pickup particular to fit 3 and 4 string box guitars that wouldn't require deep routing to fit.
I eventually lost interest in building and sold off all the woodworking machines including the planes and re-saw.
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That's awesome. I suck at building things like guitars, so it's a wallet destroying thing for me.
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Super cool!