The dreaded Guitar Acquisition Syndrome
Cliff Swanson
Player. I am certainly aflicted with Guitar Acquisition Syndrome - GAS, as
Becker calls it. It's a wonder to me how many of us guitar freaks just
can't resist buying another one. So I'm wondering what the average number
of guitars per owner actually is among the readers of r.m.m.g. Out of
shear curiosity (and also a wager with my wife) I'd like to know honestly
"how many do you own?"
So I'll start: I presently own 4 guitars. Carvin DC135, Ibanez - 15 year
old Strat clone, Ovation - 20 year old Custom Baladeer acoustic/electric,
and a McCurdy lap steel. I play all but the Ibanez in my band. I bought
the Carvin 2 years ago, and the lap steel a year ago. Now I'm building a
Tele (well it has been a whole year, and gee...I've got this money saved
up...).
So...how many do you own?
Cliff
Dan Weber
|> I just read the guest editorial by Walter Becker in the April Guitar
|> Player. I am certainly aflicted with Guitar Acquisition Syndrome - GAS, as
|> Becker calls it. It's a wonder to me how many of us guitar freaks just
|> can't resist buying another one. So I'm wondering what the average number
|> of guitars per owner actually is among the readers of r.m.m.g. Out of
|> shear curiosity (and also a wager with my wife) I'd like to know honestly
|> "how many do you own?"
I confess I've had it pretty bad, and still do! Here are some I used
to own:
Epiphone Acoustic
Hofner Bass
Unknown Strat Copy
Kramer fretless Bass
Fender Mustang
Rickenbacker 3001
Ibanez Roadstar II Bass
Aria Pro - Steinberger clone
Yamaha BB350 fretless
Kramer Fretted Bass
Yamaha RBX200 Bass
Memphis Bass
Fender Redondo Acoustic
Takamine Classical Acoustic
Cimar Acoustic
60's No-name electric
Mountain Acoustic
Telestar-double neck bass/guitar
Electra Les Paul Copy
`72 Gibson Melody Maker
Peavey T-40 Bass
Carvin DC200 Electric
Some Jap 335 Copy
Zolla P-Bass
Traded, sold, or gave away most of them! Here's what I presently have:
`64 Gibson EB-0
`84 Gibson Explorer III
Bill Lawrence Strat
Carvin LB-20 Bass
`63 Danelectro Pro-1
Hirade Classical Acoustic
Ibanez N600 acoustic/electric
No-name Jap P-Bass
I am one sick puppy! I need help!!!??!!! 8~} 8~}
They're coming to take me away, ha ha ho ho hee hee.....
Dano
Paolo Valladolid
>So...how many do you own?
PRS CE Bolt-On
Roland GR303 Guitar/Synth controller (just like Pat Metheny's)
Epiphone Classical
I'd like to acquire the following:
Dream Axe #1: Fretless, with line markings, Hipshot Trilogy
Bridge, Hex pickup with hex fuzz. Why? I'm fascinated by the sounds
of Indian violinists, sarod players, and just about anyone else into
microtonal expression. Also, I like the sound of hex fuzz. One more
special feature to this axe; Infinite Guitar circuitry designed and
installed by Michael Brook for controlled polyphonic sustain.
Dream Axe #2: A semihollowbody PRS also equiped with a Trilogy and a
hex pickup for mixing in fake-acoustic-guitar sounds, driving MIDI
equipment, and hex fuzz.
Dream Axe #3: A Chapman Grand (12-string)Stick
That's all I want. Really. BTW, Becker's editorial was hilarious. I
thought immediately of G.E. Smith (of Saturday Night Live Band) and
his policy of never playing the same guitar ever again for the rest
of the show after using it for one song.
Paolo
Andrew Rogers
>|> I just read the guest editorial by Walter Becker in the April Guitar
>|> like to know honestly "how many do you own?"
>
> I confess I've had it pretty bad, and still do! Here are some I used
Well, I've owned about 90 at one time or another - 38 at one time - although
I used to have a sideline buying and selling them (many of those 38 were
on consignment at the time), so that probably doesn't count.
This is what I currently (or recently) own:
1964 Epiphone Casino
1966 Fender Mustang (bought new, 2/67)
1969 Hohner acoustic (bought new, 10/69)
early 70's Yamaha FG-140 (6-string acoustic)
early 70's Yamaha FG-200 (12-string acoustic)
1974 Fender Stratocaster
1977 Ibanez 6/12 doubleneck (sold last month)
late 70's Elektra P-bass semi-knockoff
early 80's Hondo Chiquita
1986 Tokai AST-56 - probably my favorite
1989 Fender Strat XII
1990 Fender Strat Plus Deluxe (sold last week)
1993 Fender Standard Jazz Bass
Andrew
Ken Weeks
Katie Mae - Fender J.D. Telecaster
Rosalita - Fender Mexi-Tele (currently on indefinite loan...)
Helena Bucket - Ovation C157
Stella Blue - Harmony "Hollywood" archtop
Bertha - Kramer Ferrington acoustic bass
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"Listening for the secret, searching for the sound..."
Jonothan Green
>So...how many do you own?
Fender Telecaster Standard.
Gibson Firebird Tobacco sunburst, most beautiful guitar in the world
FX: Ducks to avoid objects thrown by '57 Les Paul Std cherry sunburst owners :-)
Cheap'n'nasty Japanese Gibson Hummingbird looking acoustic thing - Yuck.
Ibanez Les Paul Copy - Nicer than you probably think - 1st **REAL** guitar I ever
owned.
Truly horrible Electric thing which came from Woolworths - 1st guitar I ever
owned, totally useless but great sentimental value :-)
Kawai Strat-With-Points looking thing with Kahler trem & **THREE** coil
tapped humbuckers - Deadly at thirty feet (actually I just sold this one, but
what the hell...)
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Tim Michael
How's the tele project going, Cliff?
I currently own 5 guitars, 3 of which I use regularly in the band I'm in:
o 1972 Fender stratocaster (what a sweet guitar this is)
o 1976 Gibson SG
o 1979 Fender stratocaster (my main axe - even sweeter than the '72)
o 1994 Homemade stratocaster copy (could be my next main axe)
o 19?? Fender p-bass (used mainly for home recording projects)
BTW If the older (70s) Fender strats are as bad as many seem to think, why
are the ones I see for sale priced $600.00 - $800.00? (Chicago area, fall 1993)
Any opinions?
Any 70s strats for sale out there?
Tim
Dennis O'Neill
>swa...@sn1.cvm.ncsu.edu (Cliff Swanson) wrote:
>
> So...how many do you own?
>
Lessee...
1985 or 1986 Gibson ES335Dot Custom Shop Edition (Mr. Bazootiehead)
1988 Ovation Elite deep bowl, noncutaway (The S. S. Boatpaddle)
1975 Yairi DY77
1983 Music Man Stingray
In the past, I've owned:
Harmony OM-sized flattop (my first)
Segovia thin double-cutaway hollowbody (my first electric)
Gibson ES-340
Gibson L-12 Advanced (wish I still had this one)
Gretsch (sp?) Single Anniversary
Hagstrom Swede
Hagstrom hollowbody, like an ES-175
Gibson Les Paul Custom
mid-70's Fender Stratocaster
Gibson ES-175
Alvarez classical
Electra ES-335 knockoff with onboard exchangeable signal processors
late-80's Fender Strat Plus
Fender Jazz Bass
Fender Fretless Precision Bass
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Opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily reflect
the opinions of my employer.
Jim Collins
It's good to know that I'm not the only one out on the edge. My tastes
are a little less eclectic than some of the others in this thread. I end
up with several copies of the same guitar, mostly so I can mess around with
pickups. As of this writing,I have thirteen, including a lap steel. Of
the thirteen, only an acoustic, a bass, and my '56 Duo Sonic never see band
work. Actually, the acoustic went to one gig, but someone else played it.
(I joke that I belong to the Guitar-of-the-Month Club.)
Not much has been written about a related condition -- Amplifier
Acquisition Syndrome. This is an equally debilitating condition, made even
worse by the fact that amplifiers cannot normally be hidden under a bed, as
can a guitar or guitar case. As of this writing, I have five, including a
dinky little bass practice amp. Other than that amp, all others see band
work, except for one, and that is mostly because I just got it.
My living room is decorated in early Fender, Gibson and Marshall style.
Jimmy
Gary P R
|>
- '80's Fender Squire Strat w/Roland GK/2 & Duncan Hot Rails bridge PUs
- ''70's Yamaha SG2000 w/DiMarzio Dual-sound humbucker
- '60's Guild Strafire III Thin hollow body electric
- '80's Rickenbacker 4001 stereo bass
- ''70's Guild 212XL 12-String Acoustic
- '80's Guild D25M 6-string Acoustic
- ??? Vega guitar-banjo 6-guitar w/ludwig banjo head - given to me by my late
grandfather
- ??? Harmony acoustic rescued from my neighbor's trash
- '90's Saga Kentucky mandolin - ok, doesn't really count but may indicate the
beginning of MAS
---- Gary ----
gpri...@vnet.ibm.com
Paul S. August
>Subject: The dreaded Guitar Acquisition Syndrome
>Date: 16 Mar 1994 14:26:16 GMT
>I just read the guest editorial by Walter Becker in the April Guitar
>Player. I am certainly aflicted with Guitar Acquisition Syndrome - GAS, as
>Becker calls it. It's a wonder to me how many of us guitar freaks just
>can't resist buying another one. So I'm wondering what the average number
>of guitars per owner actually is among the readers of r.m.m.g. Out of
>shear curiosity (and also a wager with my wife) I'd like to know honestly
>"how many do you own?"
So there's a name for it! My Ex-wife would be glad to know that. Of course,
the guitars lasted longer than her, but that's a flame-war I don't want to get
into.
Presently own:
1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom - Black (my baby)
1989 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop reissue (My live axe)
1961 Gibson Melody Maker (Under construction)
1945 Gibson J-45 Acoustic (for songwriting)
(Yes, I prefer Gibsons, what about it?)
Have owned, partly owned, borrowed for extended periods, sold, traded or given
away:
1972 Strat
1972 Tele
1968 Red Fender Bronco w/trem
Late 60's Sears Silvertone Acoustic
1971 Epiphone 12 string acoustic
1986 Rickenbacker 360-6
1990 Rickenbacker 360-12
1990 Yamaha acoustic/electric
Early 70's Gibson Marauder
1978 Memphis Les Paul Copy (My first axe - YUK)
Late 60's Gibson Flying V
Unknown year - Ibanez Iceman
Washburn G-10V strat wannabe
Geez, must be a twelve step group for us GAS addicts.
"Hi, my name is Paul and I'm a guitaraholic"
Peace Out,
Paul
Steve M Hawkins
Cliff, this should get you in good with your wife. I currently own
10 guitars(I had 11 but sold an Ibanez Artist, I couldn't stand the
neck on it.) The list is as follows:
1963 Gibson Firebird III (reverse)
1970 Gibson 335
1974 Gibson Les Paul Standard
1980 Gibson Les Paul Custom
1993 Fender American Std. Strat
1977 Ovation Custom Legend
1978 Takamine F400S 12 String
1974 Fender Precision Bass
1971 Gibson EB3 Bass
???? Stella Acoustic(older than dirt)
I currently am trying to decide between a Gibson J200 or Dove and
would love to find an old ES175 for the right price. I defintely
have G.A.S. and do not want to be cured.
Keep On Playin
Steve Hawkins
Chien Chen
'79 Gibson GK-55 (rechristened "Da Bastard" Anybody else have one of these
things? I've seen only one other one in 15 years)
'89 Ovation Celebrity
guitar in progress, modified Explorer, Warmoth neck, Kahler Floyd/Petschulat
trem, blah, blah, blah..
'93 Ibanez SR500 basses, one fretted, one fretless, both in black
Other shit that's passed through my hands:
'83 KHS classical (bought new for 20$, sold for 30$ in '92)
some kind of Ibanez dual humbucker strat thingy
An as yet unidentified bass, possibly Washburn judging from the neck, which
promptly warped, traded in toward first Ibanez bass
Guess the old GAS ain't too severe yet...
Robert Paige
RA...@ufcc.ufl.edu
KENNETH P. KODAMA
ites:
>In article <swanson-16...@aprmc7.cvm.ncsu.edu>, swa...@sn1.cvm.ncsu.edu
(Cliff Swanson) writes:
>|> I just read the guest editorial by Walter Becker in the April Guitar
>|> Player. I am certainly aflicted with Guitar Acquisition Syndrome - GAS, as
>|> Becker calls it. It's a wonder to me how many of us guitar freaks just
>|> can't resist buying another one. So I'm wondering what the average number
>|> of guitars per owner actually is among the readers of r.m.m.g. Out of
>|> shear curiosity (and also a wager with my wife) I'd like to know honestly
>|> "how many do you own?"
>
>
> to own:
>
Yep, I've got it, too...Drives my wife crazy.
Currently own:
1962 Gibson ES-330TD
1990 American Standard Strat
Electric travel guitar (from Elderly Instruments)
1972 Martin 00018
1993 Sigma 12 string
pre-1972 Yamaha FG150
Gotez(?) classical guitar
I keep thinking I should get rid of some of them, but can't bring myself to do
it. My wife points out I can only play one at a time....
Must have GAS.
Ken Kodama
Clarke Woodfin
swa...@sn1.cvm.ncsu.edu (Cliff Swanson) writes:>>I just read the guest
editorial by Walter Becker in the April Guitar>>Player. I am certainly
aflicted with Guitar Acquisition Syndrome - GAS, as>>Becker calls it. It's a
wonder to me how many of us guitar freaks just>>can't resist buying another
one. So I'm wondering what the average number>>of guitars per owner actually
is among the readers of r.m.m.g. Out of>>shear curiosity (and also a wager
with my wife) I'd like to know honestly>>"how many do you own?"
This has been one of the best threads I've seen in awhile (lots of friendly
input, interesting comments, and no flaming). My turn:
"Hi, my name is Clarke and I'm a guitarholic. I learned to be a guitarholic
from my friends in high school. I guess you could say it was peer pressure. I
only wanted to fit in and be accepted. I had no idea it would lead to this.
I even pressured my very own brother into my addiction. Now he comes over to
my house and all we do is play guitar. I spend all my time at work on r.m.m.g
and putting myself on guitar listservs and searching ftp sites for tab.
Hopefully my boss won't find out. Sometimes I get home late because I stopped
off at a music store on the way home - then my wife wants to know why I smell
like warm vacuum tubes. "
I've owned:
A really cheap acoustic noname - my first guitar (sold)
A late '70s Yamaha acoustic - it got stolen (boy was I mad)
I now own:
'83 Fender Strat (US Standard) - My favorite
?? Cortez Les Paul copy (not too bad for a cheap imitation)
'93 Yamaha bass (inexpensive Pbass copy)
Guitar wish list:
Takamine acoustic/electric six string
PRS (someday)
Carvin 4string bass
Modulus Graphite 5 string bass
Gibson Nighthawk
Amp wish list:
Peavey Classic 50 (4x12)
vintage Fender Twin Reverb
Hartke 1415 bass combo amp
Mesa Boogie stack (Dual Rectifier Head)
Soldano stack
SWR bass amp stack
Eden bass amp stack
Trace Elliot acoustic amp
Maybe someday I'll be cured - but I hope not.
Clarke Woodfin (cwoo...@helix.nih.gov)
Dennis Miele
>|> So...how many do you own?
>|>
>|> Cliff
Currently:
- '93 Hamer Special FM (I love it!)
- American Showster Strat copy - I had it built in '85 EMG's, Floyd Rose II
- Vintage Barth Vader - Strange creature built by local luthier Tom Barth, it
has Dimarzio's, and a built-in 5-band eq
- '69 Gibson SJN acoustic
- Framus acoustic circa 1965 (my first - probably unplayable)
- Ibanez mandolin
Over the years:
'67 Harmony Rocket
- Late 60's sg
- Early 70's Strat
- Early 70's Les Paul Standard
- Renaissance electric (clear plexiglass body - a beauty, but wouldn't stay in
tune)
- Hamer Special (traded up to Special FM)
Richard W. Greenwalt
swa...@sn1.cvm.ncsu.edu writes:
>I just read the guest editorial by Walter Becker in the April Guitar
>Player. I am certainly aflicted with Guitar Acquisition Syndrome - GAS,
as
>Becker calls it. It's a wonder to me how many of us guitar freaks just
>can't resist buying another one. So I'm wondering what the average
number
>of guitars per owner actually is among the readers of r.m.m.g. Out of
>shear curiosity (and also a wager with my wife) I'd like to know honestly
>"how many do you own?"
Guitars:
Ibanez Korina Flying V Guitar
Ibanez Korina Flying V Bass
Tokai Les Paul - Cherry Flame Top
Tokai Les Paul - Gold Top w/P-90's
Tokal Exploer - Brown Flame Top
Peavey Vandenberg - Pink
Jackson Soloist - Solid Flame Maple Body
Gibson SG Special - 1962
Hondo Chiquita
Fender Jazz Bass - 1973
Amplifiers:
Mesa Boogie Mk111 Combo w/all options
2 - Marshall 1922 ext, spkr. cabs,
Hiwatt 50 watt half stack
Jay Vyas
>>In article <swanson-16...@aprmc7.cvm.ncsu.edu>
>swa...@sn1.cvm.ncsu.edu (Cliff Swanson) writes:>>I just read the guest
>editorial by Walter Becker in the April Guitar>>Player. I am certainly
>aflicted with Guitar Acquisition Syndrome - GAS, as>>Becker calls it. It's a
>wonder to me how many of us guitar freaks just>>can't resist buying another
>one. So I'm wondering what the average number>>of guitars per owner actually
>is among the readers of r.m.m.g. Out of>>shear curiosity (and also a wager
>with my wife) I'd like to know honestly>>"how many do you own?"
>
OK,
I'm totally lucky - my wife thinks electric guitars are cool! She
generally goes with me when I check them out and can identify various
models by Gibson, Fender, PRS. She has no problem with me accumulating
guitars.
What I currently have:
'89 Alvarez-Yairi DY62 acoustic/electric
'91 Fender Strat Ultra
'78 Gibson Les Paul Custom black 3 pickup
'80 Gibson '59 Les Paul Reissue
'81 Gibson '59 Les Paul Reissue
'81 Gibson ES335TD
'91 Gibson Les Paul Standard
'78 Ibanez Musician
'89 PRS Custom 10 top, birds (my main playing guitar)
homemade Strat (my laboratory!)
I just recently sold my Am Std Strat, and an ESP Mirage Deluxe.
As for the guited over the years, that's another story!
Jay
Jim Dunne
he/she *hoards* them! I've never been able to part with any real guitar
I've owned. I did give away a Tiesco Del Rey and a Kay or something like
that, one of which was recently used in a special effects photo for a
friend's basement tape cassette album. With pickups like that, eeesh...
why keep it...
So that leaves me with 10 guitars: most electric, a bass, and a few
acoustics including a classical. I love them all too much to part with,
except for an Alvarez acoustic that has pretty wood but sounds tragically
shitty. Makes a good party guitar though, you wouldn't mind if it got banged
around a little. Might give it to a nephew when he's old enough. An SRV
Strat is squirreled away for investment value, so I can't say I'll *never*
sell one... And if an axe gives you trouble or doesn't suit you I suppose
it can make way for one that's better. Or for some electronics.
*Don't forget* to will your guitars to a friend or loved one, so they'll
be in good hands when you head for that big gig in the sky!
t...@sol.rtsg.mot.com (Tim Michael) writes:
>
>BTW If the older (70s) Fender strats are as bad as many seem to think, why
>are the ones I see for sale priced $600.00 - $800.00? (Chicago area, fall 1993)
Like you Tim, my '79 natural colored Strat is my favorite guitar. The
sound is excellent, and its maple neck is very forgiving when I haven't
picked up an axe in weeks. Got it for US$600, but from a friend. Me and
Beavis think the bullet truss rod and large headstock are "probably, like,
pretty cool." This 'friend' is dangerous, he often has to liquidate
guitars and amps and I come running with cash in hand. Got all but a couple
through him.
I definitely have too many, especially for my hack abilities; but, it's
a disease that feels so good...
-- Jim Dunne du...@rtsg.mot.com Motorola Cellular Northern IL, USA --
All statements are merely opinions, yet are corroborated by a .357 magnum.
Thomas Ford Brown
Well, if I were a guitar thief, I'd know
whose houses to break into now.
Jay Nelson
when it comes to guitars.
Now:
EC Strat (wonderful)
Peavey T-60 (my first)
K. Yairi Acoustic (great value)
Past:
'68 Tele (stolen)
'62 Vintage reissue Strat (American) (stolen)
Custom Schecter Strat (stolen)
Vantage bass
Cheap Acoustic
Yamaha SG-2000
Wish List:
Custom assembled Tele
'54 reissue Custom Shop Strat
early-60's Gretsch Nashville
Small, vintage Fender amps
I clearly need Help! I guess admitting the problem is the first step...
Jay N.
P.S. Can anyone actually afford vintage prices anymore?
David Nye
>I have the syndrome real bad. last semester, i went through <bought and
>sold> 17 guitars. I have owned: [list deleted]
You sure do. I'm probably gonna get a PRS too for my next acquisition.
Have you seen the ones in their catalog with the dragon inlays? Woops,
I'm drooling on my keyboard. I guess I could take out a second
mortgage on the house. My birthday's coming up. Then I want a Strat,
an ES335 or maybe one of the newer ES's, and the Fender signature
series Robben Ford. I told my wife that I'm going through a mid-life
crisis. Some guys take mistresses and some buy sports cars, but I just
want to collect a few guitars. :)
My current "mistresses"
'93 Carvin DC200C, tung-oiled koa. My newest honey. Yep, she's a beaut.
'78 Les Paul Custom, tobacco sunburst. I don't play it as much as the
Carvin lately, but there's nothing like a Les Paul when you want
that sound.
'65 Telecaster Custom, blonde. I put a Gibson PAF humbucker in in place
of the neck pickup years ago. I've got a Quarter Pound Lead on
order for the bridge.
Peavey bass, white. Bought it and a silver-face Bassman for $200
about 5 years ago.
late '60s Guild D35 acoustic
Korean cheapo classical. I keep this one at the office to relax with
when I have a little down time.
ancient Dan Electro single pickup. My first guitar.
I've only sold two of the guitars I've had, a Fender Mustang and a
Framus ES335 copy.
Amps:
'63 Fender Bandmaster modified for 4 6L6GCs, sounds like a Twin.
silver-faced Fender Bassman -- not as nice as the Bandmaster but I use
it with the Bandmaster for stereo out of my RP-1.
Peavey backstage
Silvertone amp, still at my parent's house somewhere.
Had and sold (regretfully) blackface Fender Pro-Reverb and Bassman.
Other stuff: Rogers drum set, Roland D-50 synth, Emu Proformance II+
piano module, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Young Chang baby grand.
I've played out with everything except the grand.
So, I figure I have my habit under pretty good control. I can quit any
time. Really I can.
David Nye, MD * Neurology Dept., Midelfort Clinic, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joy,
despondency and lamentation,...wisdom and knowledge -- Hippocrates
Curtis Novak
>Subject: The dreaded Guitar Acquisition Syndrome
>Date: 16 Mar 1994 14:26:16 GMT
>I just read the guest editorial by Walter Becker in the April Guitar
I too suffer from GAS!
Guitars I own:
1945 Gibson ES300 ( Christmas present from my wife!)
1963 Fender Jaguar
1964 Fender Jaguar
1967 Fender Jaguar
1966 Fender Telecaster
1964 Femter Duo Sonic II
1967 Rickenbacker 360/12
1960's Framus Tele Copy
1980 Yahama Acoustic
and 2 strat copies that I have made into clocks
Guitars I had:
1966 Fender 12 string
1965 Fender Mustang
1965 Fender Music Master
1980's Gretsch Electric
Amps I own:
1945 Gretsch Tweed
1960's Gibson Skylark
1964 Fender Band Master
1980's Super Champ
Mike Ferencak
>
>>|> So...how many do you own?
>>|>
>>|> Cliff
I confess that some of my guitars were not bought with the guitar's best
interest in mind. If this offends you, I apologize. My GAS is mixed with
an occasional flair up of GDS---Guitar Destruction Syndrome
So now is the time to stand up and confess, eh?
I have:
'67 Tele with factory Bigsby (thanks to all who helped confirm it is legit)
'85 Schecter Strat single,single,humbucker w/coil tap (factory made--no kit)
'61 Les Paul Jr. SG body--1st year!
'73 Fender Musicmaster Bass
Two old, most likely cheap archtop acoustics (look great on a wall)
I had:
Yamaha 6 and 12 strings
Cortez Les Paul copy (first axe--horrible)
Epiphone Riviera Beautiful 335 copy--played lousy
Here comes the offensive part:
some kind of green sunburst hollow body with the name Blackjack on a plastic
nameplate nailed to the headstock
smashed on stage at a gig one night. It was hanging out in my
basement and it occured to me that instead of being ignored it
might want to go out with a bang.
Then I realized that this could be habit forming when:
A guy brings a '65 Harmony Rocket (hollow body, 3 pickups) to a job,
(he knew what I needed), and I gave him $25 bucks for it although it
only just played and only one pickup worked. It lasted exactly 15 mins.
(That was the shortest time I ever owned a guitar)
I feel terrible. I have abused innocent, working musical intruments.
I am evil.
If you are going to do this, I advise against it.
It is an awful waste.
I also recommend hollow and semi-hollow bodied guitars since they break
easier and with a better....display (?) for lack of a better word.
(Perhaps "impact" would be a better word--no pun intended)
I feel better having confessed. Thank you.
--
Mike Ferencak "Dancing, screaming, itching,
WVU Dept. of Mathematics squealing, fevered-feeling
445 Armstrong Hall hot, hot, hot...."
Morgantown, WV 26506
David Nye
>I'm totally lucky - my wife thinks electric guitars are cool! She
>generally goes with me when I check them out and can identify various
>models by Gibson, Fender, PRS. She has no problem with me accumulating
>guitars.
encourage me). Whenever I practice through my amp instead of headphones
she asks me to "please stop that banging". Like I was playing drums or
something. You are one lucky guy!
David Nye, MD * Neurology Dept., Midelfort Clinic, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
must learn not to be frightened by absurdities. -- Bertrand Russell
Andrew Jerrim
I'm limited to a Washburn MG-74 and a lovely 1967 Maton steel string
acoustic (which is really Dad's anyway).
What you really have to watch out for is the bank draining cancer of
PA acquisition. To my horror I have calculated that 82% of my salary
this year has been saved and spent on a smallish PA.
- AJ
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Pat Neil
>I just read the guest editorial by Walter Becker in the April Guitar
>Player. I am certainly aflicted with Guitar Acquisition Syndrome - GAS, as
>Becker calls it. It's a wonder to me how many of us guitar freaks just
>can't resist buying another one. So I'm wondering what the average number
>of guitars per owner actually is among the readers of r.m.m.g. Out of
>shear curiosity (and also a wager with my wife) I'd like to know honestly
>"how many do you own?"
>
>So I'll start: I presently own 4 guitars. Carvin DC135, Ibanez - 15 year
>old Strat clone, Ovation - 20 year old Custom Baladeer acoustic/electric,
>and a McCurdy lap steel. I play all but the Ibanez in my band. I bought
>the Carvin 2 years ago, and the lap steel a year ago. Now I'm building a
>Tele (well it has been a whole year, and gee...I've got this money saved
>up...).
>
>So...how many do you own?
>
>Cliff
I had 5 until two weeks ago. I sold a '70 Dan Armstrong and a '59
Melody Maker at the GSWGS (Greater SW Guitar Show). I still have an
'87 Frankenstein Strat(heavily modified but no rasp Brent!) an '81
Fender gold Strat and an Ibanez RG760. I almost bought another guitar
at the show but decided I really wasn't playing any more than those
3 guitars anyway. But there was this new Hamer that I saw ....
Pat Neil (pa...@gilbert.mo.ti.com)
Charles F. Kramer
some years ago (cover story), Chet Atkins was asked what he thought
about guitar smashing. His reply: "Some of them deserve to be
smashed."
Charlie
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Jack A. Zucker
Well, I met my wife when she started taking jazz guitar lessons with
me. (She got home from her first lesson at 2:00am but that's another
story). She is a pretty good folk guitarist in the Joni Mitchell/
Dan Fogelburg style. She comes to hear me play fairly often is is
my biggest fan. (She never did learn to play jazz solos but she
can play rhythm parts to many of my originals)
-Jaz
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Victor Mala
>60's Custom Shop Mary Kay Strat w/American 50's Pickups
>America Classic Custom Shop Strat
>PRS Custom 10top/Birds
>EC Strat
>SRV Strat
>J Beck Strat
>Gibson Lucille
>Es 335
>Les Paul Classic
>Les Paul Special
Swine. 8-)
Dave Johansen
Do like I did, trade the spousal unit for that beloved '59
Les Paul.... Never a minute of grief or regret... ;-) ;-)
Dave Johansen
(tongue very firmly planted in cheek)
jstem...@pomona.claremont.edu
> BTW If the older (70s) Fender strats are as bad as many seem to think, why
> are the ones I see for sale priced $600.00 - $800.00? (Chicago area, fall 1993)
> Any opinions?
> Any 70s strats for sale out there?
I have never come across a 70's Strat that I liked. AllI have tried have felt
hideous and sounded mediocre at best. I have heard that CBS occasionly fucked
up and made a good one, tho. They aren't horrible, but I think a new American
Standard sounds, feels and plays better for less than what people are asking
for 70's strats. The notion that I should pay more because its old doesn't
grab me. Pre-CBS strats have somewhat of a reasonable explanation for the high
prices--there was more attention paid to the guitars and the standards of
quality were higher.
Ah, the ravings of a strat fiend.
j.p.
Steve Vetter
been playing for a year and this is what I have accumulated:
Yamaha FG-400 acoustic (My first guitar, Got it at a pawn shop and can't
put it down)
Ibanez 12-string (cost me less than the above and it still have the
pickguard plastic on it)
Ibanez EX-170 Electric (bought this last summer and don't often play
it since I don't have a band)
Sears ? bass guitar - I stole it from my brother because it had a nice case
he got it from a friend. It is a lovely handpainted puke yellow with
a pitted black pickguard and a screw (flat head wood) as the top
strap support
This one isn't really mine but I bought it:
? Can't remember Classical Guitar - I bought this for my girlfriend last
month since my Yamaha was "too big" for her to get her arm around. It
doesn't see much action. I don't know how many times I've been to the
store to drool over the stuff they have there. Maybe if I spent more time
playing I'd be worth a damn. Oh well....
Steve
repa...@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
Blonde Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster, serial # A33898 (June 1960)
3 Gibson PAFs, sharp Florentine cutaway, Bigsby tailpiece. Original case
and pickup adjustment instructions....
do you even have to ask how it sounds? I thought not.
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Dan Stuart
: So...how many do you own?
Currently:
1979 Les Paul Custom (I love this guitar)
1989 Charvel M5 (Inexpensive; Plays nice; Hate the electronics)
1989 Takamine Acoustic/electric (Sounds awesome w/wo amp)
1991 Epiphone Classical (Will be replaced by an Alvarez or Takamine
For $200 though you can't beat it)
Past:
1976 Gibson Maurauder(sp?) (Yes, I actually owned one of these beasts)
1982 Takamine Acoustic (Low end didn't play very well)
Wish List:
Some sort of semi-hollow body electric probably Gibson or Gretch
Dan Stuart
Alan K. Wong
: So...how many do you own?
Currently:
1991 Fender Strat Plus - my "Lucy" -- I love this guitar.
Has Wilkinson Nut, Sprezel tuners, Lace Sensors
19?? Orlando Tele copy - my thrash guitar - great deal for
$100. I hope to replace the cheesoid bridge piece
(it's a "homemade" one) with the cheapest,more
authentic bridge piece I can find.
1986 Nashtone acoustic/electric -> LR Baggs P/U & Preamp.
Grover tuners. My first guitar. I've put a lot of work
into fixing this one up.
Past:
1993 Ibanez EX350FM --> Heavy metal monstrosity. The frets
were too scalloped for my tastes, and the p/u didn't
sound sweet enough.
Wish List:
Some sort of semi-hollow body electric probably
Gibson or Gretch or Rickenbacker
A National steel-body
A PRS glue-on neck
A Les Paul
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repa...@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
1973 Fender Strat -- almost totally replaced everything:
Warmoth neck (unfinished)
Floyd Rose
3 SD Hot Rails with 3 position
toggle switches (humbucking, off, single coil)
Special 2 position "lead switch" that
shorts out the pickup switch configuration and
hardwires the back pickup (in humbucking mode)
directly to the output jack. Great for instant
jumps from rhythm to lead!
1960 Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster...3 PAFs, sharp Florentine
cutaway, blonde...original case and papers
Identical to the one in the Guitar Gallery
magazine except it has a really ugly Bigsby
tailpiece. Sounds and plays great!
I'd love a new Ovation 1994 Artist steel string, a Gibson Chet Atkins nylon and
a late 50s/early 60s L-5CES...or maybe a Benedetto custom...yeah right!
Pasi Korhonen
C.F. Martin J-40MC custom
- Sitka spruce/Indian rosewood
- aging toner finish
- big frets
- ebony tuner buttons
- headstock: pearl logo on rosewood overlay
Dobro 60D squareneck (early 80's)
ESP Telecaster
- woods are about the only original parts left
- Duncan Alnico II Pro Tele pickups
- Schaller tuners + strap locks
- CTS pots, CRL 3-way switch, bone nut
Yamaha CS-525E electric nylonstring
- slim, cutaway, 14-fret neck
- onboard preamp w/bass, treble, volume controls
what I'd like to have:
a long list, this one :^) a good OM and dreadnought would be nice,
then again, I watched this Norman Blake video last night and Nancy had
this 00-45...*sigh*
An archtop of course, Collings, Benedetto, Cruz ?? Semihollowbody PRS,
style O National, Scheerhorn resophonic for those Jerry Douglas-licks,
better Telecaster...now this could go on and on and on...I'm hooked..
Pasi
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Ken Wronkiewicz
Gee.. How are those of us who don't have enough money to buy new guitars
suposed to satisfy our guitar acquisition syndrom?
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Stephen White
: Okay, how about this:
: Blonde Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster, serial # A33898 (June 1960)
: 3 Gibson PAFs, sharp Florentine cutaway, Bigsby tailpiece. Original case
: and pickup adjustment instructions....
: do you even have to ask how it sounds? I thought not.
I started with a Cort thing that would go out of tune if you breathed on it.
Since I'm sensitive to mistunings, this annoyed me so much I splurged out on
a custom guitar built to my specs.
Completely hand made, neck and all.
Blackwood body, with American Maple and Queensland Maple core.
Rock Maple neck with 2-octave Rosewood fretboard.
Hard tail, with Sperzel locking nuts and zero fret.
Three EMG 89s (active single/humbucker pickups).
DIN plug for direct pickup outputs.
The DIN plug lets me mix volume, eq, and effects on each pickup separately.
A bit of a wank, but why not? :)
All I want is that Ensoniq DP-4. Though some of the new boxes out now look
pretty good. I've been on an effect box hunt for the last 3 years, and still
haven't found anything I like except the DP-4. Pity it costs $2500.
Chris Losinger
>
after reading this thread for a while, i decided my perfectly
decent guitar was no longer any good and traded it, with a
few hundred dollars, for a new tele plus. this is the
sweetest tele i've ever seen...transparent black finish a double
pickup on the neck, etc.. $440 with a 150 trade... sweetest guitar
i've ever played... damn all of you ...:)
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Pasi Korhonen
Gee.. How are those of us who don't have enough money to buy new guitars
suposed to satisfy our guitar acquisition syndrom?
Exactly what I was wondering too. :^) I don't have $$$ to buy new
guitars but I listed 'what I'd like to have' because somebody else had
done it too. Ahhh, daydreams...
Peter Simko
We've got to kill this thread!! Not because it's boring or anything,
quite the opposite. The problem is I'm a dirt poor grad student who can't afford
anything more than new pickups for my rapidly aging Ibanez, and all these
posts make me drool all over the keyboard!!!
I really want an SG, but I'm trying to hold off until I can (almost)
afford it and until I get substantially better as a player.
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Go N.Y. Giants! some blocking or I'll staple you to an electric fence!
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Mike Porter
2 extremely odd Strats
1 Hamer, 1 Gibson S-1, Teisco Del Ray, Goya Rangemaster, all very buggered
1 Ibanez, the only really stock electric (Hmmm....?)
2 Yamaha acoustics (1 steel, 1 classical; the steel string is probably
the first attempt ever at an amplified acoustic [FG160E])
A.A.S.:
1 Pearce G-1. I sold all other amps when I got this one (except a Gorilla
practice amp). What TONE!!! Wow. Maybe it's the cure for AAS...
And now, the fave:
Which, of your GAS afflictions, will you pick up and play the most?
For me, it is, without a doubt, the Yamaha classical. Not that the Yamaha
is so great, but if I were to have to give them all up but one, even though
I'm a die-hard screamin' rocker, it would be a classical. It, to me, is
the purest essence of guitar.
How about y'all (sorry, that's the Kentucky sneakin' in)? If you had to have
only one, WHICH one would it be?
---Michael...