Foo - OK, now it's super cereal! The foo "POST YOUR FREAKING GUITAR ALREADY" thread

I'm going to start.

Fender Starcaster (cheapo Target Fender, it's really a Squier Affinity Strat), that I modded the hell out of. It's got 12k bridge, 10k middle/neck rail pickups, 500k pots, upgraded switch...I modified the stock jack for better contact, resoldered everything, loctited the nuts on the tuners, Installed Straplocks, roller bearing string trees. It's got Fender 250L strings (set of 9s). Oh, and it's got chromed knobs with simulated mother of pearl inlay (I HAD to pimp it out, the voices wouldn't accept no for an answer). Whammy bar is not installed since I was doing some cosmetic work on it that day.

Pignose Portable and Squier SA-10 amps. The pignose is an awesome amp....I love that thing (but amusingly I need the other one for a proper metal sound)!

Danelectro FAB effect pedals (OD and Distortion).

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/catatonic_cyclist/DSCN0130.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/wahoolee/CIMG0051.jpg

The Hag

http://wow.osu.edu/experiments/sound/images/guitar.jpg

http://wow.osu.edu/experiments/sound/images/guitar.jpg


lol

I messed around with my buddies Ibanez for a few months. From that experience I gained the knowledge that I love guitar music but hate playing guitars.

Here are some of mine. Carvin ,Gibson, Fender, G&L, Tacoma, Warmoth and some hand made Tube amps. Wife thinks I got 2 guitars and 2 amps. Then again she thinks, I think she has only 10 pair of shoes:rolleyes:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/glenngertz/hemlocknfuji041.jpg

Easiest way for me:
Greensleeves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pG0z-hwV9c
Let It Be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBvgvE72CUE
House of the Rising Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMGsdZPGS2w

http://myspace-303.vo.llnwd.net/00599/30/35/599725303_l.jpg

I don't have any pics of my 1989 PRS. Here are pics of my Les Paul Studio (which I find sounds sweeter possibly than even the PRS), and my value-conscious Martin DX1 acoustic. I don't think any acoustic in its price range can touch it.

http://a397.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/46/l_6dd88dc29c7ddcad9920876d4a7396c4.jpg

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2531/img0050ri4.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/922/img0051wz6.jpg

Oh, and here's a picture of my patented guitar string stretcher, which I have yet to commercialize:

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/8995/brysonguitarstringstretke5.jpg

Catatonic, why on Earth would you invest that kinda money in modding the department store strat? I am sure it was fun though. I can bet cost was not an issue, or else you could have had a nice American Standard or a suped-up Asian model for that $.

Catatonic, why on Earth would you invest that kinda money in modding the department store strat? I am sure it was fun though. I can bet cost was not an issue, or else you could have had a nice American Standard or a suped-up Asian model for that $.
I have to +1 this. From an economic stand point you have to sell the beater and trade up. Modding a guitar is always a lose-lose situation.

The one exception would be upgrading the Volume pots on a Les Paul Studio or Standard to real 500k pots. Thats normalizing a "de-engineered" guitar.

http://www.gamersgizmos.org/images/guitar-hero-ii_51.jpg

I also have a Squier Stratocaster and a Roderich Paesold P90 that was found in my attic.

http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media/quality,85/brand,zzounds/fit,400by400/RD8-5f75642389f7512d3421966bbbc3da38.jpg
Alvarez Regent. Got it second hand a while back. I didn't think it would last that long but it has.

Used to have a Gibson Vee that I dabbled with. It was in the worst condition ever, and I ended up frying it and selling it. Now I want one of these:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/wethepeople101/other%20stuff/138-3846_IMG.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/wethepeople101/other%20stuff/body2.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r19/Serendipper/Gibson.jpg

I messed around with my buddies Ibanez for a few months. From that experience I gained the knowledge that I love guitar music but hate playing guitars.

If it was an Ibanez Strat, those are not like my Fender...those are "Super Strats", the neck is thinner, the fingerboard is flatter, and the differnces go on and on.....normal Strats are far easier to play.

I don't have any pics of my 1989 PRS. Here are pics of my Les Paul Studio (which I find sounds sweeter possibly than even the PRS),

i was playing a live opeth cd for a buddy. my friend was like, "man that prs sounds great!" half way through the show, the guitarist swtiched to his les paul, it sounded even sweeter.

Catatonic, why on Earth would you invest that kinda money in modding the department store strat? I am sure it was fun though. I can bet cost was not an issue, or else you could have had a nice American Standard or a suped-up Asian model for that $.

It still costs less than a Mexi-strat by over a hundred bucks.

I have around $150 in parts tied up in it (decent parts are cheap if you know where to look)...plus you can't get rail pickups stock in any Strat to my knowledge, and Fender insists on 250k pots...that is unless I want to go to their custom shop and drop huge bucks.

Plus learning how to do all that work myself was worth the cash. In the end I now have a strat that's suitable for blues, hard rock and metal (oh, and no 60hz hum at all). Very nice tone to it, and the bridge pickup...wow, it quacks in a seriously mean way.

Two of my acoustics. First is a Stratocoustic, custom made by luthier John Calkin (http://www.jcalkinguitars.com/). Second is a sweet National flat top, non-resonator. Both scored at local auctions.

same as this guys:

http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/air_guitar.jpg

Here are sone of mine. When I lived in RI I had a finished basement and could play as LOUD as I wanted. Now I'm in an apartment, which sucks for rocking!
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a81/lastcall12/guitarpic.jpg

http://img3.guitarcenter.com/dbase/pics/products/0/5/8/276058.jpg

Basic Ibanez acoustic model, that I can barely two chords on. I really need to take some lessons.

Here are sone of mine. When I lived in RI I had a finished basement and could play as LOUD as I wanted. Now I'm in an apartment, which sucks for rocking!
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a81/lastcall12/guitarpic.jpg


Holy hell!

AAAHHHH SG's!!!

*Skeet*

http://mysite.verizon.net/vzerv1nn/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/guitar.jpg

Simple stuff......
'95 Mex-o-caster, Great guitar. Better than the '59 I had.
My first and best guitar, a '77 Tele purchased in '77.
A generic Jackson Strat for playing Poison and Warrant cover toonz.
A '70 Hagstrom for ???????

A few more too, but they wouldnt fit in the pic

ohh ohh....i wanna play....i'll post up when i get home....

Here's mine

http://www.almostlame.com/gallery/d/1726-1/IMG_1964.jpg

Yay, fun.

And here's me playing my old one with a broken arm

http://is0.okcupid.com/users/542/102/5431035753553297451/p1177091223.jpg

ouch.

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/318/guitarkx2.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s4/SGinCYQX/pics8022.jpg

L to R
On the Floor in front: Traynor TVM10 battery-powered amp
On the Floor: Epiphone SG Limited Edition, Yamaha Junior acoustic-soon to become a lap steel, Washburn WA20 acoustic guitar amplifier, Profile music stand
On the Stools: Digitech RP300 multi-effects/modeler, medium bottleneck slide, Ibanez SM7 Smash Box distortion, Dunlop acoustic capo
In the Back: Yamaha Digital drumset-my sister's and fun to play around with
On the Wall: Oscar-Schmidt by Washburn acoustic-my dad's guitar, has a great unplugged sound, Oscar-Schmidt by Washburn Acoustic-Electric w/cutaway
Not Shown: Hobart M. Cable Upright piano

Enough instruments for everybody?

ESP Viper-301

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/Cypress818/esp1.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/Cypress818/esp2.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/Cypress818/esp3.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/Cypress818/esp4.jpg

I have EMG's 81 & 85 (reversed) in my Les Paul.

Bloody brilliant.

AAaaaAAAaRRrrrrrGGGGGgggg ......EMG's http://www.bobfreemanboard.com/images/smilies/trout2.gif

AAaaaAAAaRRrrrrrGGGGGgggg ......EMG's http://www.bobfreemanboard.com/images/smilies/trout2.gif


Man, have we seen some disagreements this week, brother....:o


No worries, you're still the coolest in my book...I just have some catching up to do before I'm on your level. Your axes say it all.

Whas wrong with EMG's?

"Man, have we seen some disagreements this week, brother.... "



ha ha ...its all good !
It a 'Me' problem.....
I bought a Flying V that they were already installed in
and made a mistake. My favorite tone is 70's AC/DC so
the EMG's overamped a little. If I was going Man-0-war / Ross the Boss
Its all Id have :D
Catching up ?? Nah.....You passed me in 1980, Im sure :roflmao:

Whas wrong with EMG's?


My *personal* experience with EMGs from many years ago was that they were very hot (active circuitry), but they lacked tone. At least to my ear. Things may have changed. But, they are still high end (or they were then), so it's kinda like debating that Mercedes suck in comparison to BM'rs...all relative.


However, this reminds me of one of my favorite axes of all time, which is now long gone. A white Gibson Wayne Charvel model with Floyd Rose tremolo and EMG pickups -- only 200 made. Here's my story, sad but true. I had just jammed with some guys that nite. They were friends of a friend, but nobody I had personally developed a trust for. They were actually joking that nite about staging a break-in at their apartment to collect some insurance. Well, later that nite I went roller blading and broke my wrist. If that wasn't bad enough, I had put this limited edition Gibson in the trunk of my sister's car, after she had rescued me and taken me to the ER that nite. Well, next morning someone had busted into the car and stole that guitar. I don't know WHO it was, but it seemed those guys were at least suspects.

Arghhhhh! :fight: Remembering this story just now has really pissed me off. I gotta find that guitar, even though it's about 15+ years later. I didn't even realize only 200 made until I just looked it up online. The Internet hadn't been "invented" yet when it was stolen, but now I am sure it's probably been thru ebay once or twice...), it can't be that hard to find now. Posted: $500 reward.

^^^Towlie, they only "lack tone" when you try to roll of the vol pots to change your sound.

No prob for me, I use a vol. pedal anyway. My style of metal is in the Zakk Wylde/Ozzy/Black Label school, and my pickups are reversed, just like Zakk's are.

Sounds like a train. A crazy train at that.

When I want a vintage tone, I whip out my Ibanez 335 copy....oh wait, sold that to my cousin. Damn.


Lem, in the 80's I was an teenage autistic ******* skater nerd that could barely play the solo to Shout. No contest.

A partial photo collection of my kids' and my guitars- left to right:

1984 Ibanez Roadstar II series RS-530
1970s Morris acoustic rip-off of Martin D28
1976 Guild D-25M (mahogany)
1972 or so Mann "custom telecaster" (basically a rebadged Ibanez "lawsuit" guitar).
2005 Epiphone Les Paul standard
1970s junky Japanese guitar, maybe Teisco.

We also have a Mann "stratocaster" tobacco sunburst 1970s guitar (another "lawsuit" model*), an un-named bass styled like a Fender precision bass, and a $5 dumpster-level parlor guitar.

* in the 1970s Ibanez was sued for producing exact visual replicas of Fender, Gibson and other American guitars ("lawsuit" guitars) in Japan, and had to redesign their models. Mann was an alternate brand name produced in that era in the Ibanez factory for import to Canada, so Mann guitars are essentially the same as the Ibanez "lawsuit" guitars in looking exactly like their better quality Fender or Gibson counterparts. My Ibanez Roadstar II (far left) is a post-lawsuit guitar, so it looks a little different from the big-name models.

Me playing Millicent, my parlor-sized acoustic:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/67/239453599_b6a91f8fdd.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilfein/239453599/)

I retrofitted her with an internal preamp, pickup and mic. Yes, Towlie, I probably spent nearly as much as I paid for the gutar on the pickup system. :)

Peavey T-40, heavy and has a great sustain:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/58/165075414_9b8b9ca55e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilfein/165075414/)

My main geetar, Kate, a Cort MR750:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/77/165081469_6486d84030.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilfein/165081469/)

Peavey Falcon with humbucking pickups added. (Millicent on the right.)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/165040426_a20d19724b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilfein/165040426/)

Unnamed 12-String, "Bluebird" guitar with a Fishman Rare Earth pickup.
http://www.neilfein.com/guitars/12string/12string.jpg (http://neilfein.com/guitars/12string/)

Yamaha bass guitar. It has surprisingly good sound for a one-pickup base model guitar.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/89/216404712_9c6b1a300e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilfein/216404712/)

My 1980 Sigma DR7:
http://home.comcast.net/~olebiker/Sigma.JPG

Sigma is Martin's answer to foreign knockoffs. The DR-7 compared, if I am not mistaken, to the Martin D35.

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa305/Daz-o-matic/DSC_0369.jpgFrom L to R: DeArmond Starfire Special, SX Jazz bass clone, Fury BBM, Fender F-15, Hofner archtop.
I build the amps as a self-supporting hobby; on the left is an empty Tweed Bandmaster cabinet that I plan on building a modified Vox AC15 chassis for, the middle is a blackface Deluxe-Reverb-based head running through a 1x15 open-back cabinet. The little tweed on the right is the first amp i ever built; it started life as a Tweed Deluxe clone, but it's been tweaked and modded from the original 5E3 circuit, to other things and back again.
Some of the amps I've built that I really miss: Marhsall 18 watt clone, Marshall JTM45 circuits, Tweed Bandmaster.

Plan to add an AC30/AC15/Matchless build to the arsenal soon.:D

www.avalancheamps.com (Avalanche Amplification) Website's pretty sad right now...:p

Ok here are a few of mine:

http://ww2.hereweare.us:8080/images/guitars/PB190044.JPG

http://ww2.hereweare.us:8080/images/guitars/P1010013.JPG

http://ww2.hereweare.us:8080/images/guitars/PB190057.JPG

http://ww2.hereweare.us:8080/images/guitars/P1010042.JPG

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/318/guitarkx2.jpg

I think you should wear the pink tie with that one ;)

Ok here are a few of mine:


Great Stuff JFM ~~
You build them, right ??

Also, Ive seen drummers use rags and stuff to dampen
the big basser but never a cat....Ill have to see how that
works next time I play with friends ! Any suggestion for a
breed that works well ? :D

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o144/HugeHammer/Guitars/DSC00001.jpg
The Front

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o144/HugeHammer/Guitars/DSC00003.jpg
The Back

I don't play very well at all, however.

I think you should wear the pink tie with that one ;)
What about the Lavender one? I think Lavender might be almost as awesome as pink. :D

I looked for the POST YOUR BASSES thread...but didn't find one...actually, I didn't look...at all...

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r104/Mo_Phat/YamahaAd_BBB.jpg

Yamaha BB2000

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r104/Mo_Phat/Paul3.jpg

Rickenbacker 4001

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r104/Mo_Phat/paulat4thandb3.jpg

Musicman Stingray (Hey, that's Norwood Fisher from Fishbone's rig in the background!)

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r104/Mo_Phat/Bbb23.jpg

Warwick Dolphin Pro2 retro'd with 18V EMG's

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r104/Mo_Phat/BBCLOSE.jpg

Carvin BB-76P - 6 string with Piezo bridge.

I have zero pictures of my baby: a built-from-parts Geddy Lee Fender Jazz with a Warmoth Wenge neck. Love it.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r104/Mo_Phat/BBCLOSE.jpg




My hand = Too small to play that.

I've got small hands too...you get used to it.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r104/Mo_Phat/Paul3.jpg
Rickenbacker 4001

Sweet! Those are amazing instruments. I've been drooling over the rick Laguna for years.

Speaking of drool... someone post a pic of a Chapman Stick!