What's your NEXT guitar?

[bigoldron]

Strum started a thread on guitars that haven't gotten your attention. I'm curious to see which guitar/model you're GASing for next. I'd like to say my collection is almost complete (yeah, right), as I've got a decent Strat copy, a humbucker model, a P90 model and a decent acoustic. I've even got a cheap bass that's fun to knock around with. The only one I don't have yet is a semi-acoustic, like a 335 or similar. That style is what I'm probably going to shoot for next. 'Course, I've got figure out 2 things: 1) how to pay for it and 2) how to get it by the wife. Oh well, it never hurts to dream...

[Robert]

Hagstrom Viking or Hagstrom Super Swede or Gibson Les Paul. Or some cool Reverend.

[just strum]

Boy, there are a few, but I have no plans to buy any at the moment. However, if I did:

My next guitar by price range:

$160 to $300 = a used ARC100 or ARC300

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=360096799368

$600 range

Used Epi Casino (Tot, here is you semi w/P90's) this is a gorgeous guitar

http://cgi.ebay.com/Epiphone-Casino-Korean-GROVER-S-2005-SKB-HSC-WOW_W0QQitemZ180295546019QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item1 %2080295546019&_trkparms=72%3A1205|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3%20A12|240%3 A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ebayphotohosti%20ng

$900 to $1,200 Used Casino Elitist

http://cgi.ebay.com/Epiphone-Elitist-1965-Casino-Excellent-Shape_W0QQitemZ160291273696QQcmdZViewItem?hash=ite m160291273696&_trkparms=72%3A1205|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A13 18&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

$1200 to $3000 range: Gibson 335

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230298437083&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

[evenkeel]

I'd love a Guild 12 Jumbo. But.... I'm a fairly small guy and every time I play a jumbo I feel overwhelmed.

A Martin 000 would also be a nice addition to the herd.

[marnold]

My next guitar probably won't be a guitar at all. It will most likely be a cheap bass, as overly detailed in this thread (http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=8755). To be totally honest, while there are plenty of guitars that I think are cool, there hasn't been one in a long time that I've gotten serious GAS over. Obviously I love the looks of a Jackson Rhoads, but I also know I'll never be able to justify owning one. I'm OK with that.

The only one I've really come close to GAS on recently is a Reverend Volcano (http://www.reverendguitars.com/reverend/guitars/set_neck_series/volcano.html) in honey. That's partially because I like Vs and partially because a Reverend ought to have a Reverend. The thing is that if I got another guitar, I know I'd have to get rid of one. I don't want to get rid of my Floyd now that I've modded it and because of the trem itself. I like my Fender too much to part with it. Plus I've never actually played a Volcano so I have no idea whether I'd even like it.

For as much as I've talked about fuzz pedals, basses, and tube ampfs, the reality is that my GAS levels are almost astonishingly low right now.

[Spudman]

In about 4 hours.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/srspud/Guitars/736e2a75c44a08355d6438df2b5c744f.jpg

[just strum]

In about 4 hours.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/srspud/Guitars/CV1.jpg


I knew it - I was going to post something earlier today asking if the avatar was a preview.

[wingsdad]

I had a chance 2 weeks ago to actually buy this guitar for the 2nd time:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/wingsdad/SA-12Frontcsm.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/wingsdad/SA-12Closecsm.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/wingsdad/SA-12Headcsm.jpg

Godin/Seagull came out with it as a Seagull SA12 (and its 6-string sister SA6) at Winter NAMM 2004, and finally made up their mind it was too 'un-Seagull' and more Godin, so they disco'd it. Now it's the Godin A12 going for about $200 more than this 'prototype' version and Godin now has the A6 Ultra piezo bridge, humbucker neck, stereo outs), but I'd gotten this one 2nd hand, then traded it in towards an EllifIcanRemember WTF, and it came back in to the same store. They were willing to let me have it for less than I got for it on the trade-back, but I just couldn't aford to pull the trigger. Somebody else scooped it up last week...and paid about $100 more than I would have.

I hope I'm in a position to grab it if it comes back again, because it's a terrific plug n' play semi-acoustic 12. Solid Cedar top, chambered maple body, great slim neck. Plays like an electric. Great acoustic sound with Godin's LR Baggs preamp.

[scgmhawk]

I'm thinking a Tele copy will be next -- probably for Christmas! Just not sure which one. :rockon:

[sunvalleylaw]

I knew it - I was going to post something earlier today asking if the avatar was a preview. I have been accusing him for weeks, since I first saw the avatar and he has been, well if not denying it directly, evasive at least. Until yesterday. Dog! :rotflmao:

[hubberjub]

Alembic Skylark. I was trying to hide it but I am a Deadhead.
http://www3.alembic.com/img/DET_L_cocoboloL.jpg
I had the opportunity to buy one of these when they first came out for $2k brand new. It seemed like a lot of money at the time but I can't find a used one that cheap now. I must have an Alembic.

[ShortBuSX]

Im thinking my next guitar will be another Telecaster, my walnut Standard is okay but it needs work to get it to where Id like it to be...so Im thinking a Squier Classic Vibe or a Fender Baja.
The Baja has a V-neck, different switching options and better pickups...but the Classic Vibe has a pine body and is less than half price! :thwap:

Id also like a Morgan Monroe MV-01 (http://www.guitarsandmore.com/?sec=product_details&product_id=524)

I dont really need another Strat...but I REALLY want a Jimmie Vaughan!!!(its still highly likely)

[sunvalleylaw]

If you are looking telecasters, in addition to the CV which looks great, check out the G&L ASATs. They are way cool in my opinion.

[Mr Grumpy]

I'd like a Gordon Smith Gypsy semi-solid single cut in honey burst. Or a nice 12 string acoustic.

Neither will be happening anytime soon due to the GAS crunch but the GS is vaguely pencilled in for my 50th Birthday (only 7 years to go!)

[just strum]

They keep saying that GAS prices are going down, you wouldn't know it by reading this thread.

[sunvalleylaw]

I did hear about a report from AAA that says gas prices are higher in Idaho and not coming down as much as the rest of the country. (Really! :-))

[sumitomo]

Alembic Skylark. I was trying to hide it but I am a Deadhead.
http://www3.alembic.com/img/DET_L_cocoboloL.jpg
I had the opportunity to buy one of these when they first came out for $2k brand new. It seemed like a lot of money at the time but I can't find a used one that cheap now. I must have an Alembic.

That is a beautiful guitar,I could not play something like that because I would be afraid of scratching ect..Me I am G.A.S.in for one of those Hag Vikings now(thanks SVL/Spud)I am trying to find one to check out the neck,I'm on that quest to find that neck that well fits.Sumi:D:rockon:

[Spudman]

I knew it - I was going to post something earlier today asking if the avatar was a preview.

OMG! As many of you know I have a few guitars. Many of them are Strats. This new Classic Vibe is not only just a great guitar but it puts just about everything in my 'Strat" category to shame. The figuring on the fretboard alone is amazing not to mention the tones are as authentic as any Stray I've ever played. The neck is a little wider than I had heard about but I have no problem with that. My chords and single note bends will just have a little more room to mojotate.

The action is pretty low without serious buzz. Sometimes hitting hard like I often tend to do with a Strat can bring out some rattle on the E and A strings but every bend on E, B, and G string doesn't fret out anywhere. It's well set up. The frets are smoothly polished with no drag.

The in between positions on the toggle switch are hum cancelling. That's great since I love to always take a Strat to a gig at least I can get it quiet when I need to.

This guitar really reminds me of when I was a kid and would check out Strats in the music stores. It has some serious vibe and good looks going for it.

[sunvalleylaw]

Yah, I would like the '60s version too I bet. Congrats!

[WackyT]

I'm thinking either building a Tele, or buying a Dot. Can't decide.

[just strum]

I'm thinking either building a Tele, or buying a Dot. Can't decide.

Hint: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . get the hint?

[hagarfreak33]

A new Fender Strat to replace my old one-I wish i never sold :(

[Perfect Stranger]

It should be here tomorrow....and I'm stoked!

http://www.rondomusic.net/photos/electric/dauntlesssbdspaltednat1.jpg http://www.rondomusic.net/photos/electric/dauntlesssbdspaltednat3.jpg

http://www.rondomusic.net/photos/electric/dauntlesssbdspaltednat4.jpg http://www.rondomusic.net/photos/electric/dauntlesssbdspaltednat5.jpg

# Real Spalted Flame Maple top and single cutaway solid Mahogany arch top body
# Seymour DuncanHB-102N and HB-101B pickups with Alnico 5 magnets
# Graph Tech Nut
# Full body and neck binding
# Set-in Maple neck with Rosewood fretboard and trapezodial inlays
# 22 Jumbo 2.7mm frets and a 13.7" (350mm) radius neck for fast play
# Grover Die Cast tuners
# Two volume & two tone controls and a 3-way pickup selector switch help you find your sound
# Stop-Bar tailpiece transfers string vibration to the body of the guitar and produces superior sustain
# Made in Korea
# Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 22st fret: 2 3/16"
# Neck Taper is 21.5 mm at the 1st fret and 23.5 mm at the 12th fret
# Thickness of neck at the first fret approx 11/16"
# Overall length, including the strap button: 40"; Scale length: 24.7"
# Bridge pole spacing is 3", and the Tail piece pole spacing is 3 1/4"
# Width at the widest point: 13"
# Body thickness 2" at edge

[bigoldron]

It should be here tomorrow....and I'm stoked!

http://www.rondomusic.net/photos/electric/dauntlesssbdspaltednat1.jpg http://www.rondomusic.net/photos/electric/dauntlesssbdspaltednat3.jpg

http://www.rondomusic.net/photos/electric/dauntlesssbdspaltednat4.jpg http://www.rondomusic.net/photos/electric/dauntlesssbdspaltednat5.jpg

# Real Spalted Flame Maple top and single cutaway solid Mahogany arch top body
# Seymour DuncanHB-102N and HB-101B pickups with Alnico 5 magnets
# Graph Tech Nut
# Full body and neck binding
# Set-in Maple neck with Rosewood fretboard and trapezodial inlays
# 22 Jumbo 2.7mm frets and a 13.7" (350mm) radius neck for fast play
# Grover Die Cast tuners
# Two volume & two tone controls and a 3-way pickup selector switch help you find your sound
# Stop-Bar tailpiece transfers string vibration to the body of the guitar and produces superior sustain
# Made in Korea
# Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 22st fret: 2 3/16"
# Neck Taper is 21.5 mm at the 1st fret and 23.5 mm at the 12th fret
# Thickness of neck at the first fret approx 11/16"
# Overall length, including the strap button: 40"; Scale length: 24.7"
# Bridge pole spacing is 3", and the Tail piece pole spacing is 3 1/4"
# Width at the widest point: 13"
# Body thickness 2" at edge

Sweeeeeeet!!! :AOK:

[Brian Krashpad]

Oddly, I don't have a next planned.

I don't have as many as Spud but still way more than I really need. I may even sell one.

I pretty much stopped looking for anything in particular quite awhile ago. I have a long mental list of "guitars of interest," and just keep an eye peeled for whatever best deals, if any, might be about when I have some free cash.

[warren0728]

I may even sell one.
the "rick"?! :poke: :drool:

ww

[Brian Krashpad]

the "rick"?! :poke: :drool:

ww

No, no, Rickie stays. Maybe Pearl, the cheapie P-90 Frankenstrat. Since I have 4 other P-90 guitars and I haven't played her enough to bond with her yet, for the time being I could manage the sale.

We have a church mini-ski trip at the end of the year whose downpayment is coming due, plus Scout re-up fees, so I'm kinda tapped out.

[kerc]

No guitars on my horizon. I want to improve on the equipment I already got (just one guitar, one amp). So in my list:

- Bigsby B5 tremolo with Vibramate baseplate
- Hellatone speaker for my amp
- Some sort of delay with tap tempo
- Maybe an RC Booster pedal
- Play the darned thing!

[cherokee747]

Sure would like a Les Paul Standard to fit in the mix.:AOK:

[marnold]

Well, this was quicker than I expected (http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=8902).

[gpower]

I think I played my next guitar today. A sunburst AMDlx Tele w/rosewood neck. It felt and played amazing.

[araT]

Probably a '60s Fender Jaguar, I'd like an original.. it'll be a while before I have it, first I have to save my little butt off, and then I have to find one for sale! (both rather challenging!)

I'm also looking for a nice 12 string electric, any suggestions? maybe a Rickenbacker?

[mechanic]

I haven't decided on the exact guitar yet but my next one will have P90's.
I am thinking about one of the SX's from Rondo.
Either one of the strat models or a LP clone.
I really don't "need" another guitar though.
I think I might pick up one of those Crate V18 or V33 amps instead?
Eric

[tot_Ou_tard]

Alembic Skylark. I was trying to hide it but I am a Deadhead.

I had the opportunity to buy one of these when they first came out for $2k brand new. It seemed like a lot of money at the time but I can't find a used one that cheap now. I must have an Alembic. That's OK, Hubberjub. I already knew that you were a Deadhead. ;)

I'm one too.

I've always found those Alembics beautiful & intriguing, but way too far out of my price range.


Here is what is in my basement & will be under the tree come xmas.

http://www.cbperkins.com/Merchant2/graphics/cbp/productimages/godin/g5thave_lollar_face_sm.jpg

It's a Godin 5th Avenue archtop that has a Lollar P90 in it.

http://www.godinguitars.com/godin5thaveseriesp.htm

Godin is coming out with their version of the 5th Avenue with a P90 called the Kingpin, but I just couldn't resist the Lollar version.

This tone is very resonant yet balanced. It has great acoustic properties & fits my current fingerstyle blues focus very well.

[araT]

Here is what is in my basement & will be under the tree come xmas.

http://www.cbperkins.com/Merchant2/graphics/cbp/productimages/godin/g5thave_lollar_face_sm.jpg


Wow, I bet you're counting the seconds!! She's a beauty! :D

[duhvoodooman]

Whoa, that looks sweet, Tot! :dude: :drool: :beer:

[warren0728]

that's a great looking guitar tot....and you know i love me some p90s!! :beer: :pancake:

ww

[wingsdad]

...I'm also looking for a nice 12 string electric, any suggestions? maybe a Rickenbacker?

IMHO, you can have other 12's, but nothing else can sound or play like a Rick. The trick with a Rick is (except for a couple of signature models like a McGuinn or Petty) it's narrow, tight (for a 12) fretboard...essentially a 6-string neck. I've had mine for 26 years, and unless you've got really thin yet strong fingertips, it takes some adapting, like abandoning or restructuring some open chord voicings. But with your small hands, that 'problem' is a plus for you.

Mine's a semi-hollow, 360-12 but if you're more comfortable with a smaller bodied ax, look to check out the solid-bodied 620-12. Another 'hassle' with mine, being an older vintage, is it has a 6-saddle bridge, next-to-impossible to get perfectly intonated :thwap: unless you figure out the trick, but you live with it. Newer (last 15 years or so) have a 12-saddle biridge, and they can also be had after-market from Rick.

If you can find one wired 'Rick-O-Sound', that's the way to go. Two output jacks so you can go Standard (mono), but in R-O-S, with a stereo-to-2-mono Y cable or signal splitter DI box (or the R-O-S 'kit', now disco'd) the stereo effect of this is to send each of the 2 pickups to different outputs for independent processing. As a sound engineer, imagine what you can do with that...:poke:

[Andy]

I've always had gas for a B.C. rich bich 10 string.:drool:

Right now I have a kitchen remodel in progress so all gas has to be held back for a while.

[tot_Ou_tard]

Wow, I bet you're counting the seconds!! She's a beauty! :D
Yeah, I really like this guitar. I plan on playing all types of material on it.

It's the closest that I've come to the light side. :)

[bigoldron]

I haven't decided on the exact guitar yet but my next one will have P90's.
I am thinking about one of the SX's from Rondo.
Either one of the strat models or a LP clone.
I really don't "need" another guitar though.
I think I might pick up one of those Crate V18 or V33 amps instead?
Eric

I might have a deal for you on a P90 guitar. Give me a few days and I'll get back with you.

[araT]

IMHO, you can have other 12's, but nothing else can sound or play like a Rick. The trick with a Rick is (except for a couple of signature models like a McGuinn or Petty) it's narrow, tight (for a 12) fretboard...essentially a 6-string neck. I've had mine for 26 years, and unless you've got really thin yet strong fingertips, it takes some adapting, like abandoning or restructuring some open chord voicings. But with your small hands, that 'problem' is a plus for you.

Mine's a semi-hollow, 360-12 but if you're more comfortable with a smaller bodied ax, look to check out the solid-bodied 620-12. Another 'hassle' with mine, being an older vintage, is it has a 6-saddle bridge, next-to-impossible to get perfectly intonated :thwap: unless you figure out the trick, but you live with it. Newer (last 15 years or so) have a 12-saddle biridge, and they can also be had after-market from Rick.

If you can find one wired 'Rick-O-Sound', that's the way to go. Two output jacks so you can go Standard (mono), but in R-O-S, with a stereo-to-2-mono Y cable or signal splitter DI box (or the R-O-S 'kit', now disco'd) the stereo effect of this is to send each of the 2 pickups to different outputs for independent processing. As a sound engineer, imagine what you can do with that...:poke:

Wow, wow wow wow, thank you so much for all this advice, you're right, with my small hands this seems to be the best option, I've played a couple of others and the necks on them were just way too big.. unfortunately I've yet to find a store around me who carries Ricks, but now that I have a reason I'll hunt one down :) Body size isn't so much an issue as neck size, and the fact that it's a semi-hollow also appeals to me, it'll be a world of firsts.

I'll definitely be buying new, especially with your suggestion that the older ones only have 6 saddles, I'm used to the fight with 3 saddle bridges on my '72RI custom Tele and it's not something I'm looking forward to having more of!

That's the first I'm hearing of this Rick-O-Sound but I've done a bit of reading up now and it's incredibly exciting, why has it taken me so damned long to discover & decide I want a Rick? I'm kicking myself!

Now you've given me MAJOR MAJOR GAS.. I think I'd better get saving & hunting, The Jaguar can wait.. heh! Thank you again so so much wingsdad! :master: :beer:

[wingsdad]

... Thank you again so so much wingsdad! :master: :beer:
You're quite wlecome, araT :beer:
Sounds like you've found your way to the Rick website?
Rickenbacker (http://www.rickenbacker.com/)
The 360-12's specs show you the narrow neck with a 10" radius, which helps to get on the fingertips as you must to get some open chords cleanly.
360-12 (http://www.rickenbacker.com/model.asp?model=360/12)
It still shows a 6-saddle bridge as stock, though. That's easy to change, though, if you find it impossible to deal with. If you do go new, you can order with options like that, body binding, etc. It's not with mine, really. The only string that gave me intonation fits is the 12th (low E), and at that, only from the 12th fret up, playing sharp. I learned the secret remedy, though. Sub to a heavier gauge, and turn the saddle around to let it 'go longer'.

If you haven't uncovered it in your research, the trick to the Rick 12's distinctive sound is how it's strung. While a 'conventional' 12's octave pairs are strung with the thin/high string 'on top', a Rick's is done the opposite way, so you lead into the pair striking the low note and finish with the sympathetic high octave, and that gives it a nice firm, strong bass with an 'afterglow chime' effect.

New Rick's are hard to find, period. They build them very slowly. Back orders of several months with dealers are fairly common. And they are 'up there' in price. You might do some searching for a good used one.

[araT]

Yep! exactly what I'll be doing, by "new" I meant non-vintage, especially with this financial crisis going right now there are a few sitting on eBay.. If worse comes to worse I have no problem coughing up for a new one as they seem to hold their value OK.. If I do have to go factory-new it'll wait till after I move so I can buy it in the US, which is much MUCH cheaper than here.

Thanks again for sharing your wealth of Ricky knowledge :D

[warren0728]

i think a les paul or sg type humbucker guitar would fit in nicely with the rest of my collection....gonna take my son to his trombone lesson tonight....maybe i'll play a couple of hagstrom's.... :R

ww

[sunvalleylaw]

i think a les paul or sg type humbucker guitar would fit in nicely with the rest of my collection....gonna take my son to his trombone lesson tonight....maybe i'll play a couple of hagstrom's.... :R

ww

There ya go! :AOK:

[warren0728]

There ya go! :AOK:
don't really need another guitar but since i'll be there already.... :thwap:

another friend of mine who works there is selling a beautiful les paul but it is around $2500.... :whatever:

ww

[ZMAN]

I have 16 now and all are electrics. I recently purchased a CV50s Strat (my 9th Strat), and a 1996 Gibson LP Standard. I now have the following Gibsons, SG,2 LPs, Es335. I went to a local shop and I can't believe it didn't see anything I really gassed for.
I guess the next one would be a Marshall tube combo amp. I might take a look at a big orange Gretsch but that is about it. I can't believe that I would ever feel this way but I do.

[Spudman]

I don't know if it is my next but it is definitely on my to do list - A Musicman JP6
http://www.music-man.com/instruments/jp_6.php

[AdamM]

just added a Jackson DK2S in amber sunburst.

I love my Deluxe Strat but for the heavier stuff my new band is playing, it just wasn't cutting it.

Decent acoustic next. What I have no idea.

[hubberjub]

I lied. I'll have to wait on the Alembic. I found a barely used 2008 Fender American Standard Stratocaster in sienna sunburst for $300. It's in the mail. That makes three Stratocasters for me. I couldn't pass it up at that price. I'll post pics when it arrives.

[hubberjub]

I don't know if it is my next but it is definitely on my to do list - A Musicman JP6
http://www.music-man.com/instruments/jp_6.php

Great guitar Spud. I bought one last year and it was a suprisingly versatile guitar. I thought the pickups would be too hot for what I play but they were fine. The piezo pickup gave me some cool tones to play with too. I shouldn't have sold it.

[Spudman]

I shouldn't have sold it.

You what????:eek: :thwap:

[WackyT]

I'm thinking either building a Tele, or buying a Dot. Can't decide.

Well, I split the difference. I bought a nice looking Fender Wine Red Maple Neck Mexican Tele with hardshell case off eBay for $280, after the Live.com 30% off on Buy It Now.

Fender Telecaster Left Handed Mexican Wine Red W/ Case (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150299333552)

http://i13.ebayimg.com/04/i/001/0f/a4/d09a_1.JPG

http://i1.ebayimg.com/08/i/001/0f/a4/eef4_1.JPG

[just strum]

I don't know if it is my next but it is definitely on my to do list - A Musicman JP6
http://www.music-man.com/instruments/jp_6.php

Spud,

I think you should consider Robert's approach and sell off your equipment. In fact, the two of you should get together, sell all of your equipment, and buy a guitar shop. With the money you have left over you can buy a set of drums or two.

[just strum]

Well, I split the difference. I bought a nice looking Fender Wine Red Maple Neck Mexican Tele with hardshell case off eBay for $280, after the Live.com 30% off on Buy It Now.

Fender Telecaster Left Handed Mexican Wine Red W/ Case (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150299333552)

http://i13.ebayimg.com/04/i/001/0f/a4/d09a_1.JPG

http://i1.ebayimg.com/08/i/001/0f/a4/eef4_1.JPG

Very nice, but it's one of those where they installed the strings upside down and the knobs are in the wrong place - must be B stock.

WT, those look nice, if I had a mirror I would play one.

[Algonquin]

Maybe something with P90's... I'm not suhr yet.

[just strum]

Maybe something with P90's... I'm not suhr yet.

stop it.

[WackyT]

Very nice, but it's one of those where they installed the strings upside down and the knobs are in the wrong place - must be B stock.

WT, those look nice, if I had a mirror I would play one.

Those upside down ones play just fine for me. :crazyguy:

[just strum]

Those upside down ones play just fine for me. :crazyguy:

Oh, you must be left handed:D

[WackyT]

Oh, you must be left handed:D

Good guess! :bravo:

Already modding her! Just bought a set of brass lefty compensated saddles (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200263062173) and a '52 3-hole lefty bridge (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270260868581) for her!:dude:

[hubberjub]

You what????:eek: :thwap:

I found it on Ebay. The guy selling it did not play guitar and had won the guitar from some event. It had been signed by John Petrucci. I bought it on Ebay for $600 and was able to sell it for $1800. It was strictly economics.

[warren0728]

well i played several les paul type hagstroms last night wile conner was taking his trombone lesson (btw conner moved up 2 seats in the band yesterday and his teacher said he was the most improved player in his class!)....none of them really spoke to me....the all needed a setup (lots of string buzz on all of them)....maybe it was the neck that was throwing me off....not really sure....if i was really serious about one of them i would have ron restring it and set it up correctly....they are very pretty guitars and the quality and finishing were top notch....

ww

[djmcconnell]

I plan to buy a PRS Mira next month -- pretty excited to have my first electric.

[fensonpaulcaster]

Hmm thats tough.....


At the moment i have a les paul (epiphone) a Fender strat (mim) And a classical guitar...

I'm in the market for a good acoustic (btw pick up a Mitchell next time your at a guitar Shop AMAZING for the price [quality! :D ])

I played an Ibanez the other day and I was AMazed at the tone it put out I loved it thats probabaly going to be my next electric

[Andy]

well .... I did it,,went and ordered an ESP m-1 standard.
ever since I sold my Jackson I have been gassin for annother shread machine. This is nothing but, and it has one pickup and a volume knob. simple enough.

[djmcconnell]

My new Mira is waiting for me at home -- just arrived this morning. Here are two pics:

http://www.sweetwater.com/images/guitars/MiraVCH/141691/141691-front-l.jpg

http://www.sweetwater.com/images/guitars/MiraVCH/141691/141691-body-l.jpg

I'm excited like a kid at Christmas.

Dave

[Robert]

My next guitar should be a Suhr, I'm hoping. Like you guys are surprised hearing that... :whatever:

[Tone2TheBone]

My next guitar should be a Suhr, I'm hoping. Like you guys are surprised hearing that... :whatever:


...you mean like we're tired of hearing. *ducks* Some people talk and some people do. Go get one already! :D

[Robert]

Tone, I'm just a smooth talker with no substance to what I'm saying! :D

[Tone2TheBone]

Tone, I'm just a smooth talker with no substance to what I'm saying! :D

BS I know you better than that. I know what you want and what your intentions are. You just like teasing us with these other guitars you keep talking about buying. :D

[sumitomo]

I'd watch it Robert that Tone guy looks armed and dangerous and sounds like he means business.Sumi:D

[zeusse]

Having a custom guitar built by a gent on my street that I didn't even know did this until my barber told me he was looking for me....I said jeesh man tell him to bang on my door....he said he tried but you always were working and your wife said she'd get the message to you. Needless to say since my wife was once again interfering in my G.A.S. that means price became no object, so I will get some pics as the construction goes..it will be a woody grain type guitar made from big chunk of Ash...and the neck is Birdseye Maple like my Wolfgang...pups haven't been decided yet but the Seymour Duncan's are a thought...keep you posted

[sunvalleylaw]

. . . is probably a long way off. When it does happen, it will likely be a tele of some denomination (ASAT Tribute, and CV are two top candidates) or a second strat (MIM, ProTone, CherryBurst Squire, or something like that, likely used). I would lean toward the tele.

The other possibility would be an upgrade in the acoustic department.

[Blaze]

I d like a 80 's SC-2 or Asat from G & L...

[markb]

I d like an 80' s SC-2 from G & L...

They've been reissued, you could have a new one.

http://www.glguitars.com/

[Duff]

My G&L Tribute ASAT classic semi hollow swamp ash top tele is incredible. A\B'd it to my Squire Standard Walnut stain tele and the G&L was just incredible in comparison. Two completely separate levels of instrument. Tonally the G&L was fabulous with a very, very traditional tele sound where the Squire Standard, both '07's, was not close when compared.

I like that Squire though. It feels good. A pickup change might do some good, even the GFS 'lil Puncher, hot set might be neat. Or some nice SD's or Fender Custom Shops or Noisless or something else good maybe for Christmas. It is a well buitl guitar, seemingly.

I would totally recommend the G&L Tribute ASAT semi hollow classic tele, with no hesitation. Super beautiful swamp ash top with a burlish looking grain pattern, dark and classy looking like a real expensive guitar. I traded a Hwy ! '07 sss strat for it. Kept my Hwy 1 '07 fat strat which I love.

Don't know why I traded off that blonde strat but the G&L is really nice and different than anything I have.

Duff

[Ch0jin]

Well as of last night I have a line on a delicious semi-hollow body guitar thats the size of a normal solid body, and has been upgraded with hand made "boutique" P90's. I don't usually go for trans red guitars unless they happen to be SG's but I will make an exception for this one.......

That's all I'm saying for now....

[warren0728]

Well as of last night I have a line on a delicious semi-hollow body guitar thats the size of a normal solid body, and has been upgraded with hand made "boutique" P90's. I don't usually go for trans red guitars unless they happen to be SG's but I will make an exception for this one.......

That's all I'm saying for now....

that sounds like a sweet combination.... :AOK: :pancake:

[Algonquin]

A Suhr Classic II. The new ones without all the fatal recalls **Ducks... and runs**

[Ch0jin]

Update!!

The "mystery" guitar is coming to see me after lunch so I can check it out in person. After talking to the current owner on the phone I'm super excited.

Imagine a top of the range guitar from a name brand that was then upgraded to suit a touring musician (straplocks, better jacks/switches and pots, Sperzel's (including the Drop D) )


Then imagine it at close to 1/3 retail as the owner has to go OS.

(This model is now discontinued from the maker too as apparently people wanted fretboard binding and trapezoid markers on a guitar this expensive, this one has neither)

[warren0728]

Update!!

The "mystery" guitar is coming to see me after lunch so I can check it out in person. After talking to the current owner on the phone I'm super excited.

Imagine a top of the range guitar from a name brand that was then upgraded to suit a touring musician (straplocks, better jacks/switches and pots, Sperzel's (including the Drop D) )


Then imagine it at close to 1/3 retail as the owner has to go OS.

(This model is now discontinued from the maker too as apparently people wanted fretboard binding and trapezoid markers on a guitar this expensive, this one has neither)

gibson nighthawk or blueshawk? :whatever:

[Ch0jin]

Good guess Warren, but I'm afraid you are wrong.

It's made here in Australia, so that narrows it down quite significantly :AOK:

(I guess when I said "Name Brand" I was being a little vague as this brand is not well known outside Aus and NZ)

I'll make it easy.

I've mentioned it before on here.
I have another guitar from the same maker that is the best guitar I've played to date.
Josh Homme from QOTSA has one.

Anyway. I should calm myself. The way I am now I'm liable to just throw the cash at the dude when he turns up and scream "gimme gimme gimme". That probably doesn't make for a strong bargaining position ;)

More after the 2:30 rendezvous :rockon:

[markb]

Good guess Warren, but I'm afraid you are wrong.

It's made here in Australia, so that narrows it down quite significantly :AOK:

(I guess when I said "Name Brand" I was being a little vague as this brand is not well known outside Aus and NZ)

I'll make it easy.

I've mentioned it before on here.
I have another guitar from the same maker that is the best guitar I've played to date.
Josh Homme from QOTSA has one.

Anyway. I should calm myself. The way I am now I'm liable to just throw the cash at the dude when he turns up and scream "gimme gimme gimme". That probably doesn't make for a strong bargaining position ;)

More after the 2:30 rendezvous :rockon:

Begins with "M", perhaps? ;)

[peachhead]

Begins with "M", perhaps? ;)

Sweeeeeeeet, and unfortunately way out of my price range. I'll tell my mother in law that's what I want for Christmas. :D

Lack of cash flow prohibits any guitars any time soon. I tapped myself out on pedals, kids birthdays, my wife's root canal, and property taxes. Next year sometime I'd like to finally get another acoustic, and some sort of LP or equivalent. And, maybe a nicer amp so I can annoy the dogs more.

[pes_laul]

maybe a shredder guitar (more so than my ibby) maybe a jackson or a FR strat

[Ch0jin]

I was hoping at least the Kiwi would get it and he did, Mark is spot on :)

It's a Maton BB1200 in Trans Cherry with Brierley B90 pickup's (Hand made humbucker size P90 style jobs made in Australia)

As you may know, new, these go for around the $3300 mark. This one as I mentioned has Spurzels with the drop D lever, strap locks, custom pots/switches and wiring and is in a Hiscox flight case.

But the fun doesn't end there.

I'm a fan of Maton guitars for the sound, and the fact that they are made right here, and frankly those two reasons are enough for me to snap this one up for the price I paid.

But then add to that the fact that I just bought it from one of the guitarists in Lee Kernaghan's band! I'm not a country fan, but I think having an Aussie guitar that just came off the stage from the last tour of one of Australia's most prominent Country artists certainly adds extra Aussie Cred.

Hate me yet?

If not I better also mention that this is the first version of BB1200 Maton made (So technically this is the model Josh Homme from QOTSA helped design, not the fancier looking new one). No neck binding and trapezoid inlays like the new ones, but let me think...H'mmm, what happens to the price of hand made guitars produced in limited runs and then discontinued....H'mmmm :) I can only hope anyway.

Well I better actually do -some- work today so I'll wrap it up for now.

This is the sellers Pic, but of course I will provide more when I clean her up.

If you know Maton's you'll see in this pic there's kind of an ugly hole between the fretboard and the PU, this is where the BB1200 nameplate goes. I have that plate in the case, but his tech told him to leave it off because thats where the truss rod adjustment is and it made it faster to do setups. I'll be putting it back on :)

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_50324924ebc7f1fa3.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=817)

This is the newer version. Mine looks the same (except red) minus neck binding.

http://www.maton.com.au/electrics/bb1200.html

It's pretty grubby and needs a bit of a clean and polish. There's a little buckle rash (it was used in a country band after all, those cats are notorious for belt buckles) and a few scratches here and there that will likely buff out The flight case is fully functional, if a little beat up, but this was a working guitarists main touring axe for a number of years so I wasn't expecting a bedroom show pony. Especially as I paid less than half the original price for a piece of Australian music history.

As and aside the guy I bought it from was great to deal with. He was unloading piles of gear as he's moving overseas long term, but he offered to put me in touch with everyone from amp builders he knows to his favourite string makers and pickup winders. Great guy. Lucky for my bank balance I only met him after he'd sold most of his stuff !!

Anyway, more when I get home

[Robert]

You lucky you! Congrats! That pic link not worky. Asks for a login.

[Ch0jin]

You lucky you! Congrats! That pic link not worky. Asks for a login.

Thanks mate. All fixed.

(Now pretend you never knew I was on another forum.........)

[markb]

I was hoping at least the Kiwi would get it and he did, Mark is spot on :)



Oi!! I'm not a kiwi, I'm a bloody pom :D Nice aussie guitar, of course made even better by having an english case :)

[Ch0jin]

Oi!! I'm not a kiwi, I'm a bloody pom :D Nice aussie guitar, of course made even better by having an english case :)

Woops Sorry!

[Ch0jin]

OK I'll do the full review on the weekend in a new thread, I'm too busy playing it to take more pics and so on :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:

As you can see in the pic both Maton's have basically the same body shape, except for the BB1200 being hollow of course, but they are remarkably different guitars to play and sound wise the compliment each other very nicely.

Anyway, this is supposed to be about what we r getting next, not what we just got so until I get a sec to take more pics and clips, here's my Matons hanging out. :beer:


http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_503249253af264ec2.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=818)

[ted s]

Maybe a good acoustic. Any suggestions in the 3-500 $ mark peeps ?

[sunvalleylaw]

OK I'll do the full review on the weekend in a new thread, I'm too busy playing it to take more pics and so on :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:

. . . here's my Matons hanging out. :beer:


http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_503249253af264ec2.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=818)

Congrats! :AOK:

[Algonquin]

Maybe a good acoustic. Any suggestions in the 3-500 $ mark peeps ?
Good idea Ted. Not really sure of what's good out there in that range though. I think I'd like to get a classical in that range as well.

[ShortBuSX]

My next guitar will be a "Brownie" Partscaster
Made of this MIM Classic Players Ash body(thanks DanP)
http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_6198490cca5fe56c0.jpghttp://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_6198490ccaa67779c.jpg

Plus this Jimmy Vaughan (soft V)neck with Fender Kluson tuners
http://www.tdpri.com/phpclassifieds/data/28/Fender_Strat_Neck_JV_4.JPGhttp://www.tdpri.com/phpclassifieds/data/28/Fender_Strat_Neck_JV_2.JPG

And a set of Keystones :pancake:

[ShortBuSX]

...and my neck JUST arrived!
Ahhhhh yeah!!!!

I cant wait to get this project started!

[warren0728]

...and my neck JUST arrived!
Ahhhhh yeah!!!!

I cant wait to get this project started!
cool...and of course it goes without sayin'....pics of the project progress please!! :AOK: :pancake:

[bigoldron]

Maybe a good acoustic. Any suggestions in the 3-500 $ mark peeps ?

Not versed enough to give specifics, but look at Washburn. I've been well pleased with their electrics (had 3 but traded 1) and I've got a low end acoustic which plays good enough for me. Washburn's been building acoustics a lot longer than they have electrics and they usually get good reviews for quality, playability and price.

(I know, I know, Washburn's died and been reborn at least once or twice, so technically it's not the same company. But, they do make really good acoustics at a nice price level.)

[sunvalleylaw]

My next guitar will be a "Brownie" Partscaster
Made of this MIM Classic Players Ash body(thanks DanP)


Plus this Jimmy Vaughan (soft V)neck with Fender Kluson tuners


And a set of Keystones :pancake:

Looks like a great project! I would enjoy doing one with a similar body and a C neck like off my MIM 60th with the satin honey maple finish. (of course there are lots of things I'd like to do. ;) ) That looks really great!