Back in the 80s I played what must have been a Kramer-produced Spector bass. It was like buttah. I wish I'd never picked the thing up.
An old friends 71 Les Paul was pretty nice. His twin reverb didn't hurt either!!: Mike the Blues Maniac
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Back in the 80s I played what must have been a Kramer-produced Spector bass. It was like buttah. I wish I'd never picked the thing up.
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
"I wish Imagine Dragons would be stuck in an Arcade Fire for an entire Vampire Weekend."--Brian Posehn
A friend's '58 Les Paul with a Bigsby............
Great playing, great sounding guitar.
Guitars: 2008 Gibson SG Classic, 2006 Gibson Les Paul Standard LE, 2002 Gibson SG Supreme, 2001 Gibson Les Paul Studio Plus, 1996 Les Paul Studio Gem, American Deluxe Double Fat Strat, Bluesville "Super" Strat Copy, MIK Fender "Limited Edition" Tele, JD Bluesville "Night Pilot", Yamaha AES 820, Steinberger Spirit GT Pro, Taylor 355CE, Ovation 1897 Adamas, Ovation CC057 Celebrity
Amps: Axe FX centered rack rig, Mesa 4x12 cab. Germino Club 40, Johnson JM150 Millennium, Johnson JM250 Millennium, Gibson Titan Medalist Frankenstein.
Effects: Tonebone Trimode, EH Holy Grail, Boss CH-1, Dunlop Crybaby Classic, Framptone Amp Switcher, THD Hot Plate, Yamaha AG Stomp Acoustic Processor, Boss BCB-60 Pedal Board.
a g&l asat...
2006 Washburn WD55SW Augusta, 2006 Washburn J28S12DL, Washburn EA20SDL,
2008 American Standard Fender Telecaster
2008 Rondo Limited Edition SST, G&L ASAT Semi-Hollow, Gibson LP Ultra
Originally Posted by Childbride
If I have to pick 1 that stands out from any I've ever played or owned, it's my G&L ASAT Classic Bluesboy Semi-Hollow (with no f-hole option) that I custom-ordered last April ...
... but in good conscience, I can't, so it's in a virtual 3-way tie with these 2 ... my prized '82 Rickenbacker 360/12BWB and '81 Fender STRAT:
The Rick 360/12BWB was part of the 'B Series', along with 320B and 4003SB models, a bastardized attempt to reissue the Beatles guitars in the wake of Lennon's murder, not like the current fanatically faithful vintage spec models. In fact, Rick's CEO, John Hall, has disavowed the legitimacy of the B-Series on the Ric Forum. All I can say is: "Frankly, my dear Scarlet, I don't give a dXXX!"
The STRAT is (was) the first factory hot-rodded production model variant of the Stratocaster to be offered, produced (from '80-'83) at the Fullerton, CA plant before it was closed for the eventual move to Corona. Designed by Gregg Wilson, it sports a hot bridge pickup (branded the 'X-1') and 9-position pickup switching, replacing one of the tone controls with a 2-way switch that adds 4 Series combos (including bridge/neck and all 3 at once) to the 5-way switch's parallel combos. The alder body makes it a freakin' boat anchor, weighing in at almost 11 lbs! Mine was made so early in the run, they didn't even have all the 22K gold-plated hardware yet (i.e. the tuners, trem bar and pg screws). Originally you had 3 finish options: Candy Apple Red over Gold (mine), Lake Placid Blue or Arctic White. By late '81 all the hardware was 22K gold plated and by '82 it was a more limited production model, offered in a slew of custom finishes, including a Walnut body model. They also put the STRAT on a diet and got it down to around 8 lbs.
Maybe I subconciously rank the ASAT 1st because thanks to 27 years of inflation, it cost me more than the other 2 did...combined.:
Last edited by wingsdad; February 22nd, 2009 at 01:12 PM.
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AXES: Fender '81 The STRAT, '12 Standard Tele, '78 Musicmaster Bass, '13 CN-240SCE Thinline; Rickenbacker '82 360-12BWB; Epiphone '05 Casino, '08 John Lennon EJ-160E; Guild '70 D-40NT; Ovation '99 Celebrity CS-257; Yamaha '96 FG411CE-12; Washburn '05 M6SW Mando, '08 Oscar Schmidt OU250Bell Uke; Johnson '96 JR-200-SB Squareneck Reso; Hofner '07 Icon B-Bass; Ibanez '12 AR-325. AMPS: Tech 21 Trademark 10; Peavey ValveKing Royal 8; Fender Acoustonic 90, Passport Mini, Mini Tonemaster; Marshall MS-2 Micro Stack; Behringer BX-108 Thunderbird; Tom Scholz Rockman. PEDALS/FX: Boss ME-50; Yamaha EMP100; Stage DE-1; Samson C-Com 16 L.R. Baggs ParaAcoustic D.I; MXR EQ-10.
My 2003 American Series Strat. The most comfortable guitar I've played ever. The neck on it just feels right..
Guitars: 2003 and 2004 American series strats, Squier Classic Vibe 50's Strat, Squier Deluxe Strat.
Amps: Line 6 Spider IV 120, Vox AD50VT 212, and Peavey Transtube Bandit 112.
Pedals: Digitech Bad Monkey.
I knew I should have bought a Rickenbacker :Originally Posted by wingsdad
Guitars: Epiphone SG-400 Custom; Epiphone Firebird V; 1996 Gibson LP Standard; Avion 4; Yamaha FG-301B acoustic
FX: TS-808; Big Muff (Triangle Version); Red Llama; Green Ringer Octave Up (Clones); Maxon Phaser; Maxon Compressor; Tremulus Lune Tremolo; Line 6 POD II
Amp: (Somewhere in another country) Hiwatt 100W head, Marshall 4x12 cab
My noise here
A 1962 Cherry Gibson ES-330. Was heavenly. Not only felt amazing, but it also sounded amazing, and was the prettiest thing ever. The curves on that guitar made the curves of a woman look childish.
Thanks for reminding me to regret:Originally Posted by Disraeli
That's a brand new ES-330TDC in my hands (worn up high, John Lennon wannabe-style) in the summer of '64. The only color pics I may still have of it are stored away, 35mm slides I have to figure out how to digitize someday.
I sold it, a '65 or 6 blonde Tele, a '64 Deluxe Reverb (got it with the Gibson), a '66 Tremolux w/ 2x10 cab and a '67 Bandmaster w/ 2x12 cab when I went off to college in '68, thinking I was done with all that stuff and had to get serious about my future; I got a bunch of textbooks and other more important stuff with the money:
C'est la vie.