My Guitars

[DaveK]

I've been through many guitars in my career, generally trying to end up with higher quality ones so they were great for studio work as well as live.

I have Taylor and Takamine semis and the trusty Les Paul '78 Custom when things need to get dirty

However, I also keep a piece of cr*p which I picked up for £37 about 24 years ago and I can't seem to part with it!

Give it to me? Please?

[nuphoria]

It was a 21st birthday present, and like you, it's the last thing I's ever part with! 

[DaveK]

Ah well, worth a try

I had to settle for a Studio - which remains one of the most expensive "toys" I've ever bought. I paid 4000 French Francs for it, from a dodgy looking shop in a red light district in Paris. Just round the corner from the Moulin Rouge

[nuphoria]

Ah well, worth a try

I had to settle for a Studio - which remains one of the most expensive "toys" I've ever bought. I paid 4000 French Francs for it, from a dodgy looking shop in a red light district in Paris. Just round the corner from the Moulin Rouge

So, somewhere in the region of £400 then? That's not a bad price at all. You can't go wrong with a Paul really. Mine is a black one, really beat up and worn. It belonged to a guy who used to tour with Suzi Quatro so it's seen some fun times I'm sure. I've dragged it around some, and it's even had a seat to itself on a plane before

[DaveK]

Quite right too!

Yeah about £400 with original case, no scratches or damage, but missing the scratch plate. I did get a replacement but have got used to playing it without and I like it the way it is now Mine's a 1980 I believe (checked the serial number on the Gibson website a few years back).

I've been playing it since Magic Bus started this thread, so it's his fault my fingers are sore right now

[Gareth]

Well I can barely manage more than three cords on a cheap as chips acoustic, but this thread has also managed to give me sore finger-tips.    Thanks Chris.

 

[DaveK]

This site has that power of suggestion. Tools, Guitars, Bags, anything really....

[nuphoria]

Here's to sore fingers everywhere 

[Hedge Kid]

 

[DaveK]

[Magic Bus]

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So, somewhere in the region of £400 then? That's not a bad price at all. You can't go wrong with a Paul really. Mine is a black one, really beat up and worn. It belonged to a guy who used to tour with Suzi Quatro so it's seen some fun times I'm sure. I've dragged it around some, and it's even had a seat to itself on a plane before
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How cool is that 

[Magic Bus]

Here's to sore fingers everywhere 

Play till they bleed 

[Magic Bus]

 

[Hedge Kid]

Whoah! You have freakishly large fingers...or is the swelling. Scary 


 

[Magic Bus]

Whoah! You have freakishly large fingers...or is the swelling. Scary 


 

That's the nicest thing anybody has said to me in a long time. Thanks HK!! 

[nuphoria]

She keeps trying to get me to play again too... hmm... 

[Magic Bus]

She keeps trying to get me to play again too... hmm... 

Why not, you too can have fingers like mine 

[DaveK]

It takes all sorts, as they say 

[Grant Lamontagne]

Lucky bugger!



It's always been a dream of mine to play in a band with Batman! 

In keeping with the thread, here's a few of mine:





The Gibson and Dean Z are long gone, the Hofner Strat and white cheapie have been in storage at my parent's place for years.  The Hofner is a '64 and the white one is a cheapie- in fact, it's so cheap that I think folks playing cheap guitars from Sears looked down on me!  Still, it sounded good, and the more abuse it got, the better it sounded.  It spent about a week outside in the rain once, and some of the fret wires aren't exactly attached to the fretboard anymore- they were sticking out and I used to occasionally cut my hands on them if I wasn't careful!  Still, it always played nice, and always seemed to improve no matter how badly it was beaten.

Best $5 guitar I ever saw!

Def