Coreyk

I too like Gibson 330 and Epiphone Casinos something fierce. Klang!

Here's a new-like-old guitar that just left the shop:





It's a 24.9" scale 00 size, with Cuban Mahogany back & sides and Adirondack spruce top and bracing.

Corey K

bigwooly

Here are pictures of my 1977 Takamine and Co.





It was a gift from one of my childhood friends' mother. It was always at their house and I loved to play it when I was over there.

I had always told her that if she ever was going to get rid of it I wanted 1st dibs. Fast forward 15 years. One afternoon my mom calls and said that friends mom had come by and asked for my phone number. She called me while I was on the phone with mom and she asked if I still wanted the guitar and I of course said yes.

Apparently after several people in their family had "borrowed" it over the years and each time it came back a little more damaged she decided to give it to me.

It has quite a few repaired battle scars but it's still my favorite guitar to pick up and play out of my collection.

thinktubes 

Picked up a early 70s vintage Zapp amp. Solid-state, 6" speaker, reverb and tremolo. Works, but need a recap and there a loose wire in the reverb tank. Sounds pretty decent and is good for about 10 watt. It will make a nice kitchen or bathroom amp. Price was only slightly above free.

auchencrow

You bought an amp for the bathroom?
I thought I was bad.
Be careful though - singing in the shower is one thing, but plugging-in can be hazardous to your health!

I recently came across what turned out to be a good deal on a Transistor amp - not quite vintage yet but one of my favorites.

I've had the teal-striped Peavey Bandit forever, but never "discovered" it until I started having issues with both my blackfaced Fenders and my new Tube amp - simultaneously.
In spite of being a much reviled "transistor amp", it soon became my favorite - so much so that I picked up the silver-striped Bandit in the middle to jam with my old pal. HE liked it so well that I went shopping for a 3rd one (as a gift). I found one locally on CL for $100 and bought it, but I soon found (to my dismay) that it did not work. (The seller was conveniently absent when I picked it up from his wife, so I didn't get to test it).

However - half a can of contact cleaner later and after soldering-in a couple of new pots to the PC board (total cost of $5 from Peavey including postage) it is now as good as new. A full 80 watts RMS of raging rock, blues and clean tones at a slightly below-market price.

redcaymatt 

I've had a ton of guitars come and go but this one will live with me forever.

not_jason

I like my basses like I like my bikes: Made in Japan in the 1980s, and fiercely under-appreciated.

20grit

Nice. I've wanted a supro/national/valco since I saw Derek Trucks play one live. The tone was just very unique. And, since I have this slight obsession with needing one guitar for every tone/sound, I decided I needed one. But, then all the Jack White fanbois also decided they needed one because that's what Jack White plays. So, a guitar that was once cheap and available for mail order suddenly sky rockets in price.

auchencrow

Cool one Matt! That's a genuine Jetsons Gumby-headed icon!

auchencrow

My transitional '31 Martin 00-18:
12-fret slot head, stamp on back, steel-stringed bar-fretted - first year for belly bridge. Small OM pickguard.

redcaymatt 

Thanks, It's true this guitar is really versatile tone wise. I didn't know Jack White played one of these. I know he played the Jetsons version. I always think of it as my Howlin Wolf Guitar. It's got a pretty crazy old home made case. Ill put a pic up later.

redcaymatt 

Thanks man, I love it!

justin10054

I've owned a few vintage guitars over the past few years. Unfortunately, I sold them all when I went back to college three years ago. My favorite was the Sherwood Green '66 Jaguar. If you put loctite on the bridge screws and flatwound 13s on, the tuning issues will mostly disappear.



The only guitar I currently own is this decidedly un-vintage Martin OOOC-16 circa 1994. I bought it sight unseen from a gentleman in New York about a year ago and it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. It's easily the best sounding and playing guitar I've ever owned. I can't imagine ever wanting another guitar. At least not until I can afford that pre-war Super 400.



And this is definitely not vintage, but it's a mandolin I made last year.

The Golden Boy 

My issue with Jags and Jazzmasters is the strings popping out of the saddles. I didn't find out about the BuzzStop thing until long after I'd gotten rid of both my Jaguar and Jazzmaster. The Jaguar was a 64 and the Jazzmaster was a 65.

justin10054

I never really had that issue. I think using heavier strings can cure many ills, no matter the guitar. I have heard of people using Mustang saddles to fix that, though.

obrentharris 

If I lived closer to Detroit I'd be begging for the opportunity to play this one!
Brent

Lascauxcaveman 

Oh dear, I could play this game all day, I'm afraid. Here's just the ones I have at work right now: Mid-60s Finnish Landola 12-string that sounds like the Voice Of God and a couple of Mosrite basses.

I think I'm going to put the Mosrites up on the big auction site soon; I bought them both after I stopped playing in bands so I never really played them much. And Mosrites are like RB-1s on the 'bay, they always bring in silly money.





And since we're showing off our homemade non-vintage stuff; here's a Tele I just had to make after spotting the streaky pine in the scrap box at the lumber yard. It's a slab of chambered mahogany underneath the funky pine top. The sides are more of a putty color than they appear here, and the back is varnished mahogany. This one I made with a carved-down Samick 7-string neck to fit my big caveman bass player hands. 1 7/8" wide at the nut, it's nice and comfy up there

redcaymatt 

Nice work on the tele!

thinktubes 

Stopped at a thrift on the way home from work. Didn't leave empty handed - late 50s (best guess) Silvertone. 25% off too!

Surprising playability after a quick bridge swap.

auchencrow

Nice find - and in a Thrift store yet! - I didn't think that was possible anymore.
My best friend in grammar school had one just like it. I recall him playing the Beatle's "Rocky Raccoon" on it. Sounded OK.

auchencrow

I think this is the 1st Ovation pictured in this thread. A 1967 Balladeer "shiny bowl" - before they added the texture to the tool that molded the fiberglas/Lyrachord backs.
These early Balladeers were pretty nicely appointed guitars, and practically everyone who was anyone had one. This one has the 3-peice spruce top fab'd from helicopter blades.

These old Ov's don't sound like Martins or Gibsons - but IMO, they have a distinctive, pleasing sound all their own. They are also acoustically LOUD! (If I had to compete with banjos, this might be my 1st choice, even over my Bourgeois "banjo killer-Slope D").

holden west

This is my dad, circa 1962. He claims it was a costume party.



The guitar was a Goya, possibly Swedish-made.

The Golden Boy 

When I was a kid, learning how to play- the local music store had all these ancient Goya strings- I pretty much used up the stock of those strings. I remember they came in yellow packages.

David Newton

1920's Kumalae, Style-3. I restored this one in my shop, it is for sale.

okie1kenobi

1969 Gibson SG Standard:





1972 Gibson LP Deluxe with Shaw humbuckers:



1971 Guild F212XL:



1978 Gibson Explorer:

thinktubes 

^^^^^^^^^^^
Liking that Explorer! Nice collection overall.