Posted on 06/09/2009 6:42:10 AM PDT by Terabitten
I'd like to hear from all the FReeper guitarists out there!
I have two Mexican made Fenders. The strat is one of those made on a really good day models. The same CNC programs make the Mex ones as others. Other than electronics, which are not as good, there is little difference in the Mex and Am Std models. Higher end models? Whole other game.
The Japanese models are very good and still reasonably priced.
We have 2 Taylors and Gibson classical.
Taylors are here -——> http://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/archive/older/gslj.html
http://www.taylorguitars.com/Guitars/Archive/Older/babyk.html
Lately I have been looking at nylons, I love the "jazzy" chords that just don't sound the same on steel acoustics
Also have been thinking of, some day, getting that Gibson Es-335 clone....
..but that is another story.
Let's talk about Freeper drummers next, OK?
EVERYbody plays guitar!
Including me.
Check out this guy's Gibson '57 Les Paul Junior reissue with a (non-Gibson) custom P-90 that sounds pretty darn close to the original. I'm thinking about getting one myself. Alas, vintage Juniors (from the '50s) are often selling for over $10K these days. It wasn't that long ago they were on the walls of vintage guitar shops for under a grand.
I had several Les Paul Stds, Les Paul Classics and a couple of Heritage Les Paul style guitars (made by Heritage that is). I’ve sold everything except for a Hamer Studio Custom. I have a Laney Supergroup Session 50 amp from the late 60s (think a 50 watt Marshall Plexi as far as sound).
I never had any really valuable guitars as far collector’s items, althought the Les Pauls were pretty expensive. I really regret selling my 1978 Hiwatt DR103 amp, my Harry Joyce halfstack - a Custom 100 head and HJ 4x12 cab. These were original 90s HJ gear. The amp was hand signed by Harry himself, with a hand lettered serial number as well. There were less than 100 of the orignal 100 watt HJ amps made, should have hung on to it.
The best sounding amps I’ve had (my opinion of course) are the Laney Supergroup Session 50s (had two of those), the Hiwatt DR103, and a Soldano Lucky 13.
1973. Rode hard and put up wet by my best friend back in the day in Cleveland. Poor thing.
I'd love an old (late '60s, early '70s) Martin N-20 nylon, but since Willie Nelson made them famous they're almost impossible to find.
Thanks I did not notice in his reply.
Great pickups in that beast courtesy of Seth Lover. But Heeeeeeeaaavvvyyy.
I also like the belly-cut of those Deluxes. ...especially now that my belly is a bit rounder. A contoured Tele is the most comfortable guitar in the world, imo.
As far as the Seth Lover pups go, the middle position rules. ...particularly for slide/blues.
Bump for later. I want to play!
Drool. That looks to be in great shape; both of them.
I got suckered into buying a Zager (Martin Sigma house brand from a guy named Denny Zager who recut the bridge and nut to set the action low). Beautiful axe, but getting it to tune down to harmonics was a pain, and it wouldn’t stay there. I finally took it to my local guy when I broke the plastic bridge. He recut the bridge, removed a shim under the bridge that should have been removed by Zager, and the thing plays like a dream now: I do a lot of Travis picking and no-pick strumming and it’s like a different guitar.
Also just got an Epiphone Dot Studio on ebay - 200 bucks for a really sweet jazz guitar. And my classical is an Ibanez acoustic-electric.
Jazz, praise & worship, songwriter (James Taylor, Jim Croce, etc) stuff, and we play around San Antonio once a month or so.
Colonel, USAFR
www.danajacobson.com - shameless plug, but I don’t have to feed my kids with the proceeds!
Colonel, USAFR
I got rid of the Ovation Celebrity Deluxe because, although it was nice and warm through my amp and pedals, it had no personality unplugged. That, and the rounded back made it want to slip off my knee when I was playing from a stool.
Colonel, USAFR
Very, very nice, Colonel. Great production and sound.
Thanks - believe it or not, everything except vocals, guitars and the B3 is synthetic. The producer, Brian Green, played it all, including percussion, from multiple keyboards. He’s amazing (and expensive)!
Colonel, USAFR
Why don’t you try to make this a continuing topic, not a list, a topic?
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