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[deadastronaut]

@Jeremy:  cheesey question, but whch is your favourte neck?....maple v's rosewood?

ive always fancied a  maple neck strat....(but with H S S)

[Mustachio]

I'm not Jeremy  but I wanna answer too! haha

I mainly only owned one main electric most of my life I've had a few random guitars float through my hands but for the most part my main player was a 1995-96 fender strat special opac blonde '62 reissue with all maple neck.

It was a low production guitar not many made from what I can tell. It was all '62 reissue american hardware except it had a humbucker in the bridge with a coil switch replacing the second tone control. that was factory.

I loved the maple neck very fast and smooth felt good overall and I played the heck out of it for years. About a year and a half ago I bought a custom made 1 piece cocobolo neck and I left it unfinished raw no nitro finish. I just lemon oil it up once in a while. Being raw and such a resonate wood It changed the sound of the guitar and the feel. I swear you can feel the notes vibrate under the finger in a much more pronounced way then my other guitars.

Its a much more raw feel and makes playing different but really nice for blues and feeling bends. Id like to try a V shape neck some time I hear the shape gives you nice extra thumb leverage on the back.

I can't say I prefer one over the other I'd say it depends on what I'm playing that day. I do like the look of exotic dark woods though and the feel of raw is a nice change. But overall maple is the fastest smoothest feeling neck I've played.

The humbucker in the bridge on the strat I thought I loved for years, but now I almost always keep it in single mode because it has way more high end and I want that high end to cut through a mix. The humbucker is maybe a db or 2 louder but its missing the high end a single coil has in that position, so the single cuts through the mix better for me.

I put my strat and my les paul copy up since I got my new (used) guitar a Schecter C-1 E/A . It has a similar scale neck to my selmer stype gypsy acoustic and it just makes playing 100x easier. I was always a strat person but I find myself wanting a tele lately.

[timd]

I'm not a fan of.....of wait, yes I am.

The blue one for the win!

[tiges_ tendres]

I have a strat with a V shaped maple neck, and it's really nice.  I find standard strat/tele necks a little too skinny, so the V is a nice inbetweener if a boat neck is too large.

I made this a few years ago and forgot to post it.

American tele body (Flat Black), Japanese tele neck.  Bridge is a Wilkinson, with the intonatable saddles.  It's a great bridge because you can go through body with the strings, or do a top loader. Pick up is a Duncan Broadcaster.

[Mustachio]

Shes a beauty! 

[rousejeremy]

@Jeremy:  cheesey question, but whch is your favourte neck?....maple v's rosewood?

ive always fancied a  maple neck strat....(but with H S S)

I like them both, I just happen to have owned more maple fretboards for some reason. It's all about looking the era to me. I don't hear or feel a difference even though some people swear they can.
My favorite strats are the Mary Kaye 62 RI and the Masterbuilt 54 RI's, but I think my next purchase might be a rosewood board Eric Johnson signature. I love his guitars but hate the pickups in them. I have no idea why they sound so bright and wimpy when his clean tone is so fat and midrangey on recordings.

[weasle76]

If I had the money for just a COUPLE of the beauties within these pages........

I don't though, so it's budget, budget, budget!



I bet the combined worth wouldn't even buy a second-hand USA strat.... lol

They do me fine though, and I'm more than happy with the way they play/sound, and that's all that matters at the end of the day!

[deadastronaut]

They do me fine though, and I'm more than happy with the way they play/sound, and that's all that matters at the end of the day!

^ exactly, if they play good, sound good, then great!!!.ive played plenty of copies that are really good...

[kurtlives]

My two favorite guitars.

Took this tonight after a restring and a setup, got to keep them looking and sounding sharp!

[bluebunny]

Looking back at some of these recent pictures featuring multiple axes, it reminds me of some of the pictures taken by our drummer at gigs...



Always reminds me of a music shop when we play live.   

(BTW, none of these are mine.  I travel "lite" these days - one bass is plenty.)

[Mustachio]

Kurt I love that Gibson acoustic ! What model and year is it ?

[G. Hoffman]

Kurt I love that Gibson acoustic ! What model and year is it ?

Fairly new J-45, from the looks of it.  Gotta watch out for J-45's.  The good ones will break your heart, `cause they wreak you for most other guitars; the bad ones will break your heart `cause they are so bad, and you know it could have been so much better.


Gabriel

[kurtlives]

Kurt I love that Gibson acoustic ! What model and year is it ?

I believe its a 2010 (I forget) J-45 True Vintage. It's a recreation of the Banner era Gibson guitars (1942-1945). Amazing guitar, I just love it.

[fuzzo]

please don't mind the sofa 

[wavley]

The Horses (blue 66, green 72)


The Cats(92 with Novak pickups, 05 Custom Baritone)


The SG-1

[deadastronaut]

cool collection there wavely...

[wavley]

cool collection there wavely...

Thanks man, those aren't all my axes but they're pretty much the only ones that I play other than my Blueridge BR-240 acoustic which I LOVE.

[Hexjibber]

My current weapon of choice, Reverend Double Agent II. Have bought guitars costing well over double what I paid for this (£550 new) but this one has trounced them all, really great quality and sound for the price!

[Resynthesis]

The SG-1

Nice collection but how's that pickup in the SG?

[wavley]

The SG-1

Nice collection but how's that pickup in the SG?

I like it a lot, but as you can see I'm not really a Gibson guy so your mileage may vary.  It's basically a Firebird mini-humbucker with a plastic cover.  It's a really great guitar for playing rock and roll.