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Re: Show Us You Guitar, Bass Collection!

Post by laurie » Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:50 pm

This was the first guitar for me. Actual instrument is long gone... (40 years ago...)

Tiesco Strat copy in blonde.

Pic of a similar one... mine had a maple neck.
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We all seem to have had a strat copy or similar from the 1970's.

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Re: Show Us You Guitar, Bass Collection!

Post by Pepe » Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:55 pm

Yes, my Aria was a good guitar to check out if I want to follow the guitar route (I already played bass at that time). But man, my used MIJ Fender Stratocaster was such an improvement! I don't regret that I have given the Aria away - and the cool thing is that I can still play it here and then if I want.
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Re: Show Us You Guitar, Bass Collection!

Post by sclitheroe » Sat Nov 30, 2019 1:58 am

I don't think I contributed to this post. I love them all, and I lust only for a flying-V at this point, even though I know I don't need one :D

My MIJ Japanese floral kimono tele (it's real kimono silk under the poly finish, and it looks amazing up close) - in this pic, it's getting upgraded with unpotted Curtis Novak Alnico 2 pickups and better pots/caps/wiring, because the MIJ electrics suck.
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A 60th anniversary (has a little button on the back of the headstock commemorating it) US made Highway-1 strat. Nitro finish (love it), and the best part? I scored it for 300 bucks at a garage sale down the street. My kids came in the door and told me there was a guitar at the neighbors garage sale, and you know what that usually means - crap! I was shocked when I saw what it was, and ran to the bank machine, leaving one of my kids there as a deposit :D
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My Gretsch G5420. It's a toss-up with the tele, but I think I love this one the most, even though I find it hardest to play - the Fender scale length suits me better, and I find the neck shape tougher too, but it's a fully hollow body, and it's a Gretsch, enough said. I've since upgraded the bridge to a one of Tim Harman's stainless steel tru-arc bridges, which sounds and looks great. Super resonant guitar, as one would expect, but the best part is it seems to be at Eb - find an Eb anywhere on the neck, little hammer on, and with a touch of gain off she goes indefinitely, with the vibrations swelling up in the body.
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Re: Show Us You Guitar, Bass Collection!

Post by laurie » Sat Nov 30, 2019 4:58 am

Some nice pieces... I like the Highway One story :-)

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Re: Show Us You Guitar, Bass Collection!

Post by fernieite » Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:29 am

My 59 slab board Tele.
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Post by fernieite » Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:34 am

My 63 Les Paul junior.
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Post by fernieite » Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:38 am

My '58 Les Paul standard.
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Re: Show Us You Guitar, Bass Collection!

Post by Pepe » Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:43 am

Very cool guitars!
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Re: Show Us You Guitar, Bass Collection!

Post by fernieite » Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:45 am

My 58 Harmony Sovereign H1203.
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Re: Show Us You Guitar, Bass Collection!

Post by fernieite » Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:53 am

Pepe wrote:
Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:43 am
Very cool guitars!
Thanks man. Sorry about the crap photos. I always have to reduced the size to post on this forum. I don't do 3rd party photo sharing, or any social media sites; so... I know, I'm a dinosaur! :roll:

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