Thanks for the blast from the past, I remember listing to Runaway and other classics back in LI NY. My Sister had the LP's and WABC radio!
Hat's off to Larry!
Hat's off to Larry!
Anybody a guitar collector?
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357larry
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If that Tele is a Fender you did great, regardless of whether it was made in Mexico. I don't know what value the signatures would add to it, depends on how bad someone wanted it.
There is a clown out in Vegas that buys cheap Fender Squires and has various bands autograph them. He seems to do a pretty good business although I don't understand why. He prices these things from $1200 and up.
There is a clown out in Vegas that buys cheap Fender Squires and has various bands autograph them. He seems to do a pretty good business although I don't understand why. He prices these things from $1200 and up.
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Well, the geetar came today, and it looks really nice. It is a MIM Fender Telecaster (I had a slight fear that it would be a Squire). Doesn't look like it was played much. The strings are old and rusty like they might be the original 1993 strings. I think it will clean up nicely. I'll have my son put new strings on it and play it.
I think the signatures are legitimate. It's the correct names for the members that made up the group in 1995. We found some pictures of other signed items on the internet and the signatures look the same. Who knows?
Anyway, a nice 1993 Telecaster has to be worth $250 with or without signatures. I'll let my son play it if he takes care of it.
I think the signatures are legitimate. It's the correct names for the members that made up the group in 1995. We found some pictures of other signed items on the internet and the signatures look the same. Who knows?
Anyway, a nice 1993 Telecaster has to be worth $250 with or without signatures. I'll let my son play it if he takes care of it.
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My wife found a seller on Amazon (I think) that is selling pickguards signed by Collective Soul with a cheapie Strat replica. He wants almost $500 and it's probably a $50 guitar. He offers to put the pickguard on more expensive guitars.
Murphy2000
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Starting playing when I was in the 6th grade (I'm 58 now).
I've always played acoustic due to my style and not wanting to need an amp anytime I wanted to play.
In 1979, I picked up a Guild import from Japan. The name the guitar was sold under was the Maderia line of cheaper guitars, adjusted, distrubuted and sold by Guild. I had hot dots (electric coversion you can't see) put in mine when I picked it up. The model is a A-30M, a gorgeous blonde maple. That old guitar and I have been many miles together. I found another 2 years ago and bought it as well, it was like NIB. And, last but not least...I had to have an electric for the fun of it. I picked up an American Standard Telecaster in natural finish with a maple neck. Yeah, I love em'.
Sixgun's & Six Strings have been a way of life for me for over 45 years now.
Murphy2000
I've always played acoustic due to my style and not wanting to need an amp anytime I wanted to play.
In 1979, I picked up a Guild import from Japan. The name the guitar was sold under was the Maderia line of cheaper guitars, adjusted, distrubuted and sold by Guild. I had hot dots (electric coversion you can't see) put in mine when I picked it up. The model is a A-30M, a gorgeous blonde maple. That old guitar and I have been many miles together. I found another 2 years ago and bought it as well, it was like NIB. And, last but not least...I had to have an electric for the fun of it. I picked up an American Standard Telecaster in natural finish with a maple neck. Yeah, I love em'.
Sixgun's & Six Strings have been a way of life for me for over 45 years now.
Murphy2000
ogilvyspecial
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Earlier this week I was hangin' out at a friend's Drum Shop where we were discussing a "fake" Ludwig floor tom that a customer had brought in. There was a drummer in there who heard us and mentioned that his guitar player had recently purchased a chinese made "Gibson." I can't remember the model but know it was a hollow body.
He said that the guitar player wanted to re-finish it to a color he preferred and when sanding it down he found that the body was made of partical board. He added that everything thing else on that guitar was a cheap knock-off and that the most "valuable" part was probably the Gibson nameplate, which looked exactly like the real thing.
We pretty much said, and he agreed, "What did the guitar player expect from a guitar made in China?"
He said that the guitar player wanted to re-finish it to a color he preferred and when sanding it down he found that the body was made of partical board. He added that everything thing else on that guitar was a cheap knock-off and that the most "valuable" part was probably the Gibson nameplate, which looked exactly like the real thing.
We pretty much said, and he agreed, "What did the guitar player expect from a guitar made in China?"
papajohn428
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This new Deluxe Player Edition is apparently Mexican-made, with American parts, as far as we can tell. He's wanted this model since he first saw it, and two or three years later he finally got it. Now if I could just get him to sell off a few............no 19-year-old needs NINE guitars! I am betting most of the older ones don't get played much from now on.
Ain't it beeyooteefull? I like how you can see the wood grain through the transparent finish.
Ain't it beeyooteefull? I like how you can see the wood grain through the transparent finish.
Clinchmtn.hillbilly
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1950 D-18, Henderson, Huss & Dalton
Ratcliff, 1925 snakehead
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Very nice guitar. I also like the transparent finish.
My son just sold a guitar, so he is down to 8 guitars. He's to the point that he'll probably sell, or trade, some of the guitars that he doesn't play before acquiring anything new. His latest purchase is a bright yellow Ibanez from the mid 80's. I thinks it's an RG of some sort. Apparently, it's a desirable guitar amongst guys playing metal. I don't know much about them.
drfunk
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I didn't intend to be a collector, it just happened. I ended up with a bunch of basses and some acoustics. And a Les Paul!
Clinchmtnhillbilly...Is that a Wayne Henderson?!!
Clinchmtnhillbilly...Is that a Wayne Henderson?!!
guitar1580
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My guitar affliction is the main reason I don't have nicer guns.
I wondered who around here plays too. That is a good price for the Mex Tele. A new mex would be at least $400, and double or more for an American made one. The M in the serial # will verify if it's Mex. The weakest link is the pickups. If you replace the pickups & wiring harness with American ones found on ebay, it will sound as good an an American Tele. Most folks who grew up with vintage Fenders do not like the feel of the newer ones, because the necks are 1/16" wider, and have a flatter fingerboard radius.... has some benefits, but makes a Strat not feel like a Strat, to me.
I've been playing since 1975, and I guess collecting too, since I have approx 14 instruments, including the banjo, and bass.
I have a few Fender and Gibson electrics from the 60s and 70s, a few Martin acoustics, an Ibanez, Ovation, & Kramer aluminum necked bass. Have a couple of tube Marshall, Vox and Fender amps. Played in several rock bands, wedding bands, acoustic duo, etc. One of my bands did Gel, by Collective Soul during the 90s. Doing alot of fingerpicking around the house these days. Most recent tune I learned a few weeks ago was Emerald Eyes, an instrumental from the Jimmy Page Outrider album.
Josh P
1971 Fender Telecaster (American)
1975 Fender Stratocaster (American)
1977 Gibson Les Paul Standard
Fenders
Martins & others
Martin 000
I wondered who around here plays too. That is a good price for the Mex Tele. A new mex would be at least $400, and double or more for an American made one. The M in the serial # will verify if it's Mex. The weakest link is the pickups. If you replace the pickups & wiring harness with American ones found on ebay, it will sound as good an an American Tele. Most folks who grew up with vintage Fenders do not like the feel of the newer ones, because the necks are 1/16" wider, and have a flatter fingerboard radius.... has some benefits, but makes a Strat not feel like a Strat, to me.
I've been playing since 1975, and I guess collecting too, since I have approx 14 instruments, including the banjo, and bass.
I have a few Fender and Gibson electrics from the 60s and 70s, a few Martin acoustics, an Ibanez, Ovation, & Kramer aluminum necked bass. Have a couple of tube Marshall, Vox and Fender amps. Played in several rock bands, wedding bands, acoustic duo, etc. One of my bands did Gel, by Collective Soul during the 90s. Doing alot of fingerpicking around the house these days. Most recent tune I learned a few weeks ago was Emerald Eyes, an instrumental from the Jimmy Page Outrider album.
Josh P
1971 Fender Telecaster (American)
1975 Fender Stratocaster (American)
1977 Gibson Les Paul Standard
Fenders
Martins & others
Martin 000
DeathGrip
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You Tele guys would love my friends B Bender. I think he wants to sell. I played it once when he got it. I'm not a Tele player but it played real well. I'd buy it if I didn't have more guitars than I play. I've been thinning the herd and am down to a few that I couldn't part with.
My old Vox Hurricane is been through Hell and back. When i got it the bridge was ripped out of the wood so I routed somd hard wood in and installed a Leo Quan Badass. with Seymor Duncan pickups.
My Hagstrom Viking pictured in my previous post is worn out and was butchered long before I got it. Oddly,The Hagstrom played the best for so many years. Great necks on the old Hags!!! Nothing like them.
Acoustics? Wow, I see some nice ones posted here. I have a Takamine. It's a keeper.
My old Vox Hurricane is been through Hell and back. When i got it the bridge was ripped out of the wood so I routed somd hard wood in and installed a Leo Quan Badass. with Seymor Duncan pickups.
My Hagstrom Viking pictured in my previous post is worn out and was butchered long before I got it. Oddly,The Hagstrom played the best for so many years. Great necks on the old Hags!!! Nothing like them.
Acoustics? Wow, I see some nice ones posted here. I have a Takamine. It's a keeper.
With only one I'm not a collector, but I think I may carry the gene. I still can't play the one I got last July worth a damn, but already I'm thinking that maybe there is room for more than one in the music corner with the Victorian pump organ and the kit virginal that I don't play either, though I keep them in good repair in case unanticipated skill should break out. I bet a good instrument is embarrassed to be played by a mediocre or even poor performer; if there are others to share the misery, any one guitar won't bear the brunt of the humiliation.
I can bend a couple of notes on a Blues Harp, but not good enough that anyone would pay me to do it. Or even sit still while I tried, for that matter.
Here's July's axe, a Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman that I gave myself as a birthday present. It's sounding better when I pick it up, but under my control it still looks way better than it sounds.
I can bend a couple of notes on a Blues Harp, but not good enough that anyone would pay me to do it. Or even sit still while I tried, for that matter.
Here's July's axe, a Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman that I gave myself as a birthday present. It's sounding better when I pick it up, but under my control it still looks way better than it sounds.
galleta loco
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Here is my stable,Squier standard fat strat,martin D16T,Fender Highway OneHSS, Squier "51"And a heavily modded Squier Affinity Tele.
Clinchmtn.hillbilly
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Yes it is...1993 blk. walnut back, sides & neck, adi. top.
drfunk
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Wow. Did you get it from him? I'd love one of his mandolins. Of course, like both of your mandos, too. I guess for now I'll have to be content with my Santa Cruz.
I'm not a collector but I've owned a lot of guitars over the years. I currently have only one, a Taylor 814CE. Unfortunately, due to an arthritic condition, I can no longer play. Here she is.
My latest electric guitar purchase (last week) is a 1958 Gibson Flying "V" reissue. Korina wood. Between my son and I, we also have a Gibson SG Standard in Heritage Cherry, a few Strats including a Classic 60's Reissue, several Teles (two Standards, one Blacktop with dual humbuckers), a couple Les Pauls, a Peavey Raptor, Fender Jazz and Precision Basses, an Ibanez bass, and a Yamaha steel-string acoustic...
Amplifiers? Let's not even go there....
Amplifiers? Let's not even go there....
BlueLizard
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A guitar collector... yes, I guess you could say so 
I love 'em all, but the Music Man Axis is just such a sweet guitar - desert island pick would have to be the natural Axis...
Oh, missed the acoustics...
Takamine EAN10C pictured, also have a Tanglewood (something or other) as a backup.
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I love 'em all, but the Music Man Axis is just such a sweet guitar - desert island pick would have to be the natural Axis...
Oh, missed the acoustics...
Takamine EAN10C pictured, also have a Tanglewood (something or other) as a backup.
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teesur
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Glad to see this thread is still going strong. Some great guitars shown. I had posted a picture of my old Gibson Super 400 earlier and see the post is gone, but the very nice compliments are still here. Thank you both very much.
Here is my other old workhorse, Gibson ES 330 that I bought new in January, 1964. The fret bars are gettin kinda worn on this one.
teesur.
Here is my other old workhorse, Gibson ES 330 that I bought new in January, 1964. The fret bars are gettin kinda worn on this one.
teesur.
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