My blue guitar

[Spudman]

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/srspud/Guitars/aria002.jpg
I thought we could start a color grouping thread of our guitars. I'm going to start with a "blue guitar" thread. Not 'blues guitar', but blue guitar. All submissions to this thread should be blue(ish).

We can also have separate threads like 'my red guitar', 'my sunbursts', 'my white' and so on.

For this first submission I'd like to present the Aria STG8.
This was acquired from an importer that these had been mistakenly shipped to. They were blowing them out so I went through a pile of boxes and picked the best one. I can't find information on these anywhere. Very unique.

The pickups are coil tapped with mini switches, 3 way selector switch, solid alder, thick rosewood fretboard, Floyd tremolo, one piece maple neck and no name tuners. Metallic blue of course.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/srspud/Guitars/aria004.jpg

[duhvoodooman]

No fair! I don't have a blue guitar. But I do have a computer and a graphics editing program:

http://duhvoodooman.com/miscimages/musical/bluedot.jpg

[Spudman]

That is SOooo cool!:D

[warren0728]

i have two very different looking blue guitars....

Ibanez Artcore AFS75T - Transparent Blue

http://www.warrenworld.com/guitars/artcore-1.jpg

http://www.warrenworld.com/guitars/artcore-2.jpg

2005 Standard Telecaster - Agave Blue

http://www.warrenworld.com/guitars/tele-1.jpg

http://www.warrenworld.com/guitars/tele-2.jpg

[sunvalleylaw]

Warren, Spud and DVM, those are beautiful, and virtually beautiful respectively!

[kerc]

Reverend Warhawk HB. :D

http://cyberjammin.net/uploads/Images/S5030286.jpg

[duhvoodooman]

Reverend Warhawk HB.
Man, I love the look of those Reverends! Nice change from the usual Gibson/Fender/Ibanez shapes & layouts! :DR

[warren0728]

Man, I love the look of those Reverends! Nice change from the usual Gibson/Fender/Ibanez shapes & layouts! :DR
i agree....i wouldn't mind getting a reverend!

ww

[Tone2TheBone]

All I have in blue is a blue acoustic....for blues.... :)

Sigma Martin Auditorium. Venetian cutaway, Fishman electronics/eq, gold hardware, gold Grover tuners.

960 961

[warren0728]

nice tone.... :DR sweet acoustic

ww

[SuperSwede]

Nice blue guitars everyone!

Spud, I have played on a couple of Aria´s and they all have been well built. Must be a 80´s model?

[Plank_Spanker]

It's blue. It's green.....................it's somewhere in between......

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/axepilot/NLP7.jpg

[warren0728]

It's blue. It's green.....................it's somewhere in between......
whatever it is.....it's beautiful!! :DR

ww

[sunvalleylaw]

Hey Plank, just finally looked beyond the guitar there. Nice neighborhood! I like all the trees! Looks a little like my old hometown backyards.

[Plank_Spanker]

I basically live in a State Forest - it's right across my fence. My yard is full of trees and it's nice in the summer - lots of leaves to rake in the fall and winter, though.

Warren,

Thanks.

[Spudman]

Nice blue guitars everyone!

Spud, I have played on a couple of Aria´s and they all have been well built. Must be a 80´s model?

I actually got the Aria new 1 year ago. The only place that I have found anything on them is in Europe. I don't think they were ever released in the States.

[SuperSwede]

I actually got the Aria new 1 year ago. The only place that I have found anything on them is in Europe. I don't think they were ever released in the States.

I havent seen a new Aria for a long time (not here at least), are you sure it was factory new? Aria Pro II makes a lot of good guitars too, especially their strat knockoffs are good sounding.

[Spudman]

I love this guitar. It is the only guitar I own that while I was playing it someone came out of the audience to tell me that it was the best live guitar sound they had ever heard. Of course they didn't say anything about my playing.
Everything is completely stock.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/srspud/Guitars/s470007.jpg

[Plank_Spanker]

^^^^Sweet looking guitar, Spud! :D

[Spudman]

One more for grins, although it's a terrible picture. Still you can get a sense of the top on it.
Samick AV4
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/srspud/Guitars/koreansquier014.jpg

[Spudman]

Ibanez SCR220. Fun to play. The scale length is the same as a Les Paul. The neck radius feels like a Fender. All mahogany and light.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/srspud/SCR220001.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/srspud/SCR220003.jpg

[Plank_Spanker]

OK...........................Spud wins the blue guitar thread! :D

[Spudman]

OK...........................Spud wins the blue guitar thread! :D

Wait...there's more. But not just yet.:D

[kerc]

Spud painted all his guitars blue just for this thread. :D

[Tone2TheBone]

Spudster - oo la la on the Eee-bhan-nee-ez

[F_BSurfer]

here is one of my blue's

[duhvoodooman]

It's blue. It's green.....................it's somewhere in between......
Cool, Spanky--you can use it again when somebody starts the "Green Guitar" thread!

Spuds: No fair--you got more blue guitars than I have guitars, period. I love that S470; if I ever buy a "shredder" with a FR tailpiece, it'll probably be one like that. That Samick is an interesting shape & layout....LP meets Tele.

F_BSurfer: I like that dark shade of blue! Subtle & classy.

[warren0728]

ok....my son conner wants equal time....here is his blue squire bullet....he loves his custom pickguard btw.... :D

ww

[F_BSurfer]

couple more blue's my agile with gfs fats and daphine squire

[warren0728]

that agile really looks like nice...do you have a pic of it that's not quite so dark?

ww

[F_BSurfer]

little bit better pic of agile

[duhvoodooman]

little bit better pic of agile
O-o-o-o, I like that one! Purty!!

[warren0728]

little bit better pic of agile
thanks...man that is a beauty....

ww

[Plank_Spanker]

i have two very different looking blue guitars....

Ibanez Artcore AFS75T - Transparent Blue


http://www.warrenworld.com/guitars/artcore-2.jpg



Beautiful finish, Warren! Does it play and sound as good as it looks?

[warren0728]

Beautiful finish, Warren! Does it play and sound as good as it looks?
thanks plank...i am really happy with the guitar....the craftmanship on this thing is impeccable...i could not find any flaws. At first i had a hard time playing it (never having had a semihollow body guitar like this before but it didn't take long for us to start getting along!

The stock pickups are surprisingly good but i will probably eventually change them out for some classic 57s or something but for now they are great. I also like the acoustic qualities too....sounds really nice "unplugged!"

I would definately suggest anyone looking for a semihollow body guitar to give the ibanez artcore series a try...they really have their shite together when it comes to the artcores.

ww

[warren0728]

man i just went back through this entire thread and checked out all those blue beauties again....there is some seriously nice guitars here....if you haven't checked out the entire thread i suggest you do...i want one of everyone of them!!

ww

[Plank_Spanker]

Warren,

I've always heard good things about the Artcores. Yours is gorgeous! :D

[Spudman]

Thanks to advice from Voodoo I finally got the switch cleaned and a treble bleed circuit wired correctly on to this Strat. She sings very nicely. The red Lace sensor in the bridge position sounds more like a P90 than your standard too bright Strat bridge pickup. It's hot! I also wired the second tone to work only on the bridge pickup. The middle is without any tone wired to it and the neck is standard wired.

The other two pickups are gold Lace sensors that I've had since the second year they came out. Nice Strat sound without the hum. Mmmmm good.:)

This one has the Earvana nut on it. Killer.:AOK:
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/srspud/Guitars/koreansquier024.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/srspud/Guitars/koreansquier030.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/srspud/Guitars/koreansquier027.jpg

[t_ross33]

I'm in love... :drool:

Spud, ol' buddy ol' pal - if you ever take a dirt nap after running your bike off "the other side of the mountain" - puuuleeeze have them send her to me. I'll take good care of her, I promise! :Dude: That shade of blue with the white accents would stand out so well against the snowbanks in front of my house :AOK:

I'd even trade ya my '86 Toyota 4x4 (a.k.a. lil' rusty).

I'd give you my first born, but she's almost 13 and getting too much 'tude, so you'd wanna send her back anyway.

I'd lay down my life for ya brother Fretter, but then I wouldn't be able to enjoy that sweet Strat - THERE'S a twighlight zone episode for ya.

I'll stop babbling now. :drool: :drool:

Trev (a.k.a. the guy hanging around your doorstep...)

[LagrangeCalvert]

This is my baby...completely hot rodded...its setup is SHS Seymour Duncan 4 wire quarter pounders w/ "Coil cuts" installed since last pic (mini toggles) that drop the DC resistance from 14.2 to 7...thats wired on both, the SD JB in the middle position is also a 4 wire with a coil tap mini toggle wired up as well. The Volume pot is a Push/pull so that activates the neck pup so you can run all three pups or the neck/bridge combo...effectively turning the the 5 way into a 7 way. Now for other mods....full size CTS tone pots, Graphtech saddles/string tree, LSR roller nut, Sperzel tuners, and a 1/4 brass plate is under the neck pocket in a routed out cavity...sustain sustain sustain...

BTW..can someone do the math for me (I'm horrible at numbers) to see how many different tones I could get out...considering each pup has a tap, and its a 7 way selector........ BTW, non stock pickguard (GFS W/B/W put on since pic's were taken)...this started its life as a 50 series strat.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/plaidburybunny/070123135s.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/plaidburybunny/070123137.jpg

[just strum]

LaGrange and Spud,

As I noted before, I was never really a big Fender fan, but that certainly has changed since joining thefret and each of your posts only increase the GAS - very nice, very nice indeed.

[sunvalleylaw]

LGC and Spud, cool guitars! I might need to look into one of those Earvana nuts for my strat, not that I am having trouble with mine, but just because. LGC, good to hear from you! I have not seen many posts from you lately.

[Adrian30]

LaGrange and Spud,

all I can say is GAS!:drool:
They're both killers!

Spud, I like that blue but I'm keeping my first born. For now, anyway:D

BTW, my new avatar sort of fits well in this thread. It's Fender's color chart of custom finishes from 1960.

EDIT: I just run a search, I didn't find a Green Guitars thread. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[warren0728]

I just run a search, I didn't find a Green Guitars thread. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
i don't think there is....why don't you start one...i can offer up one greenie for the thread if one gets started! :beer:

ww

[Robert]

I'll sneak mine in here again... showing off the new neck.
http://www.dolphinstreet.com/uploads/fender-deluxe-playrs-maple2.jpg

http://www.dolphinstreet.com/uploads/fender-deluxe-players-maple.jpg

[Adrian30]

i don't think there is....why don't you start one...i can offer up one greenie for the thread if one gets started! :beer:

ww

sounds great, Warren. I'll start one:AOK:

[Brian Krashpad]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/BrianKrashpad/OlBlue.jpg

[warren0728]

very cool brian! :drool:

ww

[Spudman]

OLP Luke
This has really become a favorite of mine. At first I was ho hum about it. I had to get rid of fret sprout, change strings and shim the neck. Then I plugged it in (it has active pickups) and wasn't thrilled. For some reason I kept coming back to it and I'm sure glad I did. I love the sounds and the neck is a V shape that just fits my hands perfectly. It's fun and easy to play. The finish is a deep sparkly blue. Even the stock pickups are pretty well voiced. Different than what I was used to, but now I love them because they really do come clean in a mix.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/srspud/Guitars/OLP008.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/srspud/Guitars/OLP002.jpg

[Adrian30]

I was really close to getting a used MM Luke few months ago. It was in decent cosmetic shape, black body...I love active pickups.

Truly nice Spud. And we all know how nice it sounds in your sound clips.

[pes_laul]

warren what kinds of strings are you using on your ibanez the ones with the colored ends?

[mrmudcat]

washburn 88 rs8-v =only made 2 years, maple carve top ,mahog body and neck has a unique carbonite fretboard (which was coloring outside the box thinking) for the year...... pups=dream 180 gfs white pearl top,knobs and wilkerson tuners also from the fetish
:AOK:

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5479/picture182qr9.jpg

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4364/picture184kunk1.gif

[just strum]

mrmudcat,

Very nice. I don't remember seeing that one before, I guess that's because I didn't venture over to the electric side. Second pic reminds me too much of snow and I don't know about you, but I'm not ready for that!

[t_ross33]

mrmudcat,

Very nice. I don't remember seeing that one before, I guess that's because I didn't venture over to the electric side. Second pic reminds me too much of snow and I don't know about you, but I'm not ready for that!

Had to post this again for our Washouts :AOK: From New Year's Day 07, outside my old house. Yeah, I can wait... :messedup:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b60/t_ross33/PIC_0087.jpg

[Brian Krashpad]

Had to post this again for our Washouts :AOK: From New Year's Day 07, outside my old house. Yeah, I can wait... :messedup:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b60/t_ross33/PIC_0087.jpg

What is all that white stuff?

It appears to have fallen from the sky?

Is it something like sand? I don't understand?

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/834/cedarkeybeachp1010024iy4.jpg

[warren0728]

warren what kinds of strings are you using on your ibanez the ones with the colored ends?
actually those are the strings that came on the guitar so i'm not sure what they are....they need to be changed though....

ww

[marnold]

warren what kinds of strings are you using on your ibanez the ones with the colored ends?
The D'Addario EXL 140s that I have on my '51 have those colored ends on them.

[just strum]

actually those are the strings that came on the guitar so i'm not sure what they are....they need to be changed though....

ww

I'm not absolutely positive, but I believe Ibanez usually has D'Addario. I would guess they are EXL110, but again not positive. My ARC300 came with D'Addario.

[warren0728]

I'm not absolutely positive, but I believe Ibanez usually has D'Addario. I would guess they are EXL110, but again not positive. My ARC300 came with D'Addario.
that makes sense...i use d'addario's most of the time and they do have the colored ends...

ww

[wingsdad]

Blue's cool...

Fender American Vintage '62 Reissue Stratocaster, Ice Blue Metallic
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/wingsdad/TheFretNet%20Pix/FretNet%20Electrics/62RIStratfrnt.jpg

Ovation Celebrity Deluxe CS-257, Trans Blue
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/wingsdad/TheFretNet%20Pix/FretNet%20Acoustics/OvationCelebrityCS257-1.jpg

[just strum]

I've been waiting for you to post that new addition to the collection.

Very nice Wingsdad!!!

[wingsdad]

That's her in my avatar...for the past week or so... but that could change...depends on that mouse's mood...

[just strum]

That's her in my avatar...for the past week or so... but that could change...depends on that mouse's mood...

Or more precisely stated - a trip to the GAS station.

[Spudman]

Since we are doing colored guitar threads this needed a bump.

[hubberjub]

My 1991 American Standard Strat. There is nothing original on this guitar other than the body, neck, and pickguard. I have owned it since 1996 and modded the heck out of it but we've never bonded. It it blue though.
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd105/hubberjub/strat/DSCN0234.jpg

[sunvalleylaw]

Lots of nice gits here too. I like that '62 reissue, '62 being the year of my birth and all. Has kind of a Steve McQueen vintage race car vibe to it I think.

[Rx Tone]

Hi y'all. I'm late to the party, but here's mine.
20th Anniversary CU24


http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww244/guitartech92/100_1011.jpg


http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww244/guitartech92/100_0219.jpg

[duhvoodooman]

Hi y'all. I'm late to the party, but here's mine.
20th Anniversary CU24
GORGEOUS!! :AOK: :dude: :master:

[pes_laul]

Can't believe I never posted mine in here....

But: http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_10004a104b22030a5.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1105)http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/10004a42adc3f11a1.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1140)

[M29]

Beautiful guitars all, I am really GASSin now............

M

[Brian Krashpad]

Can't believe I never posted mine in here....

But: http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_10004a104b22030a5.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1105)http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/10004a42adc3f11a1.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1140)

I'm guessing it's the Ibby in your sig line?

Pics too small to be sure. Bigger can be better.

I love your bassist's Ric.

[pes_laul]

I'm guessing it's the Ibby in your sig line?

Pics too small to be sure. Bigger can be better.

I love your bassist's Ric.
yeah. I can't really get it much bigger due to the slowlyness of this computer.

THat is probably the nicest bass I've played to date

[FrankenFretter]

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XPC4nshUqKMhRamUKZVMQw?feat=directlink

When I saw this one on the Rondo site, I couldn't stop thinking about it. Yeah, GAS in the worst way. I love that Sonic Blue color, and the old Jazzmaster style bridge. It's not really called the Astro-matic, but that's my name for it. Probably my next modding project. I'd like to find some less noise P-90s, but not at Lindy Fralin prices.

[MichaelE]

That's a nice one Spud.