Pictures (Guitars)

[Barcode80]

This topic is for general guitar pictures, and not just guitars that you made, right?

Here's my strat. 1993 Am Std. A pickup broke before I moved south in 2001, and it sat disassembled in a box until 2008. I replaced the pickups with GFS '64 Stagger Vintage Grey-Bottoms, replaced all the electronics, shielded it with copper tape, put on a pearloid pickguard, and put on aged white knobs and pickup covers. It's wired for master volume/master tone/bridge blend, which I really like.

How are those GFS pickups, if you don't mind me asking? I've been looking at getting a set...

[.Mike]

I like them. They sound really good, although I admit that I haven't played any of the high-dollar "boutique" pickups.

I play through either a modified Valve Junior with a 1952 Jensen P12R, or through a Peavey Delta Blues, and it sounds good with both of them. I play mostly bluesy kind of stuff, and I wanted something that sounded traditional for a strat. I didn't want anything overwound because I thought they wouldn't be flexible enough. If I want a hot signal, I'll use a booster. I didn't want a "Texas" set since I don't really want to be pegged to one type of sound-- I'm not really looking to emulate SRV... heh.

The middle pickup isn't RW/RP, so there is no hum canceling. To me, this just adds to the charm. If I wanted a quiet guitar, I wouldn't have gotten a strat.

One thing I'm not so sure about is the staggered pole pieces. It is my understanding that they work really well with 7.5" radius necks, and most modern strats like mine have 9.5" necks. Still, the string-to-string volume balance is pretty even. It helps to have the string height set to the same radius as the fretboard. I use D'Addario EXL115 (.011-.049) strings.

The physical quality of the pickup seems comparable to the pickups that came in my guitar. They don't seem cheap by any means.

I can probably record some sound samples for you within the next few weeks. I've got a really nice recording setup, but I'm remodeling my office/studio room. Just a bit more plaster repair and a bit more paint...

Mike

[.Mike]

Just got a new one yesterday. And now that I've bought a guitar and a bass within the span of 3 weeks, I've officially burned through all the money I set aside for gear for the year.

Agile AL-2000 HSBF Wide. Very nice.

[pazuzu]

[Valoosj]

Finished since yesterday.

[Fishface]

Beautiful.

[markeebee]

That's just fantastic.  You are a real artist, and you should be extremely proud. 

Will you ever play it?  I'd be so scared of dropping it or dinging it.

[Mich P]

Superbe valoosj !!
Mich P.

[Valoosj]

Thanks guys. Off course I'll play with this guitar. She's now my main guitar.
Dinging it gives it character, aren't we all so fond of mojo I don't mind her becoming a relic guitar.

[G. Hoffman]

Thanks guys. Off course I'll play with this guitar. She's now my main guitar.
Dinging it gives it character, aren't we all so fond of mojo I don't mind her becoming a relic guitar.

Relic's are fake, yours will be a well-played guitar.  Much better.

The oddest question I've ever had from a customer was the guy who was worried about the ding he'd put in his relic, so he asked me about touching it up.  He was worried because it wasn't an "original" ding.


Gabriel

[Ben N]

The oddest question I've ever had from a customer was the guy who was worried about the ding he'd put in his relic, so he asked me about touching it up.  He was worried because it wasn't an "original" ding.


Gabriel

LOL. And to think we make fun of drummers!

BTW, beautiful axe, Valoosj. I hope she plays as sweet as she looks.

[T-Flex]

2010 BC Rich IronBird Std with dual EMG 81s, 18v mod and custom graphic (for metal  )


2005 Epihpone Les Paul Custom


198? Aria Pro II series/parallel pot, new hardware and paint

[rousejeremy]

My Electric Guitars

1964 Gretsch 6120


1977 Fender Stratocaster


2010 Eric Johnson Signature Stratocaster


1987 MIJ 1972 RI Stratocaster (my main guitar for 11 years, now retired)


1996 PRS Custom 22


1994 MIJ 57 RI Stratocaster

[deadastronaut]

dodgy phone pics ..but here are my babies..

my lovely 1990 les paul standard...what a babe!...



my workhorse ibanez rg470...great trem..



my jackson RDD1 for when i want to \m/  \m/  




yamaha 5 string bass...for the low rumble stuff...



my simon & patrick electric acoustic...for more mellow stuff...great clean sound



and this very old vox beast...its toatally unplayable, i found this in a garden of a house, where my band was playing..about 20 years ago...
it was left under a broken drainpipe..waterlogged, and warped..but i love it as an historical ornament...no idea how old it really is but looks cool...havent ever seen another one..

if anyone has any info on this model i'd love to hear about it..

[deadastronaut]

whoops double post..

[Fishface]

if anyone has any info on this model i'd love to hear about it..

Check out: http://www.voxguitar.net/gpage1.html

and: http://www.fetishguitars.com/html/crucianelli/335/index.html

to start with 

[wavley]

Thanks guys. Off course I'll play with this guitar. She's now my main guitar.
Dinging it gives it character, aren't we all so fond of mojo I don't mind her becoming a relic guitar.

How do you like that mastery bridge? I've been thinking about getting one for my Jag, but recently some Curtis Novak pickups set me back a bit so I'm waiting for approval from the wife.

[Valoosj]

It's a good bridge. Definitely worth the money.

[deadastronaut]

if anyone has any info on this model i'd love to hear about it..

Check out: http://www.voxguitar.net/gpage1.html

and: http://www.fetishguitars.com/html/crucianelli/335/index.html

to start with  

great cheers man...looks like it could be a 65 -66 model...

ive emailed one of them guys...see what he reckons...thanks fishface..

[artifus]

sorry a bit ot but loving this from that link:
http://www.fetishguitars.com/html/italiane/misc/godwin3.html

is that like a stylophone type circuit with insulated strings/wired frets as switches? (like so:http://www.openchord.org/building-developing/buliding-instructions/)