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Man, that's a nice rig. The tele might be a good heirloom to pass on to your grand children. I'd just be concerned that they don't make a wall clock out of it not knowing what they have.

Wow, thanks for sharing Rob The only guitar that I ever sold to a pawn shop was a JB Player. An american made first year of production frankenstrat type model with a neck thru construction and a Kahler trem. Later the company's name was sold to a japanese investment firm and they started making cheap bolt on knock offs. Now I think they only make cheap acoustics. I'd moved to florida with a little bit of money saved but I wasn't surviving very well. The pay scale was beneath any level to actually live (at first) so I hocked it to cover rent (and got a dime on the dollar for what it was worth) While I've traded up for guitars that was the last one I simply sold. I also stopped trading guitars eventually. There is something magical when the right well made guitar reaches the hands of a player who can bring out the most in it. Ir'a like the guitar was made for them. Buying guitars at pawn shops is another matter. Once the money started flowing in I'd go to pawn shops once a week and sometimes buy up to two guitars at a time (I was living carefree with lots of spending loot) After a while I stopped buying "any" guitar because I thought it looked cool and could play it and started focusing on guitars I could love. I've backtracked through the years on that one. Which is the problem with online purchases. As much as you can read about guitars and watch videos it's not the same as playing them. Even under the best circumstances buying online is a crapshoot.

Hey folks, not to spam the thread. Tom's been gracious with his contribution to the Guitar Show. I want to see the rest of yours. http://forums.songstuff.com/topic/37223-the-guitar-show-show-yours

Here's my Samick Greg Bennet Fastback The fastback was the predecessor to the current Avion models. It is a very nice "LP" type guitar that I picked up for 300 new old stock. The story goes that Gibson approached Samick ant threatened suit because it was too much like a les paul. Honestly I think the newer Avion models look more like les pauls, It's a 24.4 scale length and with an ebony fretboard, The neck is smaller in height but there is enough thickness in the width of it to feel a comfortable wrap on ones hands. It has one volume and two tone controls and a simple three way toggle. It has a mahogany neck and body with a very nice thick maple cap. The action is extremely playable but some of the frets have crapped out above the 12th fret. I've had it for about 10 years now. And pull it out when I want to play a rock standard with a les paul tone. It's very playable especially for .those with smaller hands. It also looks right for those of shorter stature and in general just "feels" right. The back lower bout offsets the wieght nicely and while it's not a Les Paul in weight it doesn't feel like a flyweight guitar. I've played it out for friends (fellow guitarists) who loved the tone but chided me for the shape of the guitar. The soft lines have a feminine quality. Okay I'm sure we still have some guitarists who haven't posted. Don't let me steal the show.

Simon & Garfunkel - American Tune

Wow, I think it's the first time I've seen you in this thread Bea, If not I apologize. The more the merrier. Cool find I Robot - Alan Parsons Project

All good, Expecting Rudi and Rob might join in as well. Every Day I Write The Book - Elvis Costello https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhLztdvgpFY&feature=kp

300 WATT 6-CHANNEL P.A. w/SPEAKERS from $71 per month You can rent em by the week or day at lower rates. If it's a paying gig the rental will pay for itself. When I was in a working 4pc blues band our cheapest gigs were $400 a night (blues jams on weds and thrus) Weekend gigs we'd get 1200 (for the band) AA rated rock cover bands make anywhere between 1600 to 3k or more a night depending on the venue and their rep Singer/songwriter one man bands can make between 100 and 300 a night depending on the venue for weeknights and sunday's More if you are in a big folk town and well established like.. Ann Arbor MI. So if you rent it by the week and it costs hmm 20 a week and you only have one very small gig that pays you 100 you still have 80 to put in your pocket. And if you aren't gigging for the whole week or the next week you can return it until you do. My blues band we rented the PA played four nights a week and never thought twice about it. If the PA broke and it wasn't our fault they'd simply exchange it for another pa.

Check out local music retailers. Some rent PA equipment http://www.musiccastle.com/nurentals.htm A 300 watt pa is plenty loud for a singer songwriter They won't rent stands or cables, some places will or wont rent mic's. .

This is another one of my ...not really a guitar guitars. It's a Z6 circa 2000 It doesn't have half the features of later z6's. Unfortunately the prior owners did not treat it well. and I've done some dumb things to it that I regret. Note my complaints below do not reflect Starr Labs. I've played other z6's of the same vintage that were well kept and play well. It's a 24 fret "button" guitar with string triggers, ribbon controller and joystick. It has a 32 zone system (just like my babyz) which allows one to draw any rectangle on the fretboard and assign it up to 32 midi channels (left right) or assign different midi functions at the touch of a button. It has conventional midi out and midi in as well as ports for a sustain (midi) pedal and an expression (midi) pedal. The neck is considerably thicker (think rounded gibsons or gretsch) and wider then any guitar I own. Yet still surprising easy to play for me. The equal fret spacing was a little adjustment (a few days) to get used to but now I have no problems with it. It's Heavy (not like the new ones) There are plenty of things wrong with it but because I can still find some uses I keep it around. Prior owners unscrewed the back and they didn't put all the screws back in they messed with the wiring for the buttons that sit along the top horn (not visible) so my octave up/down buttons and various other cool buttons no longer work. (at least I can still adjust the internal programming) They prior owners also tore up the string sensitivity screws inside the unit. Which means I can't adjust the string sensitivity. Some of the strings don't work and others are too sensitive. The threads for the screws that hold the strings in place are shredded. which means I can't adjust the tension on the strings) Some of the buttons no longer work properly due to something getting in under the fretboard and blocking the contact points. Here's an older and somewhat embarrassing video of me playing the Z6

This is my Parker P44 It was made by Cort in Korea for Parker (which is now owned by washburn) It is not made like US versions (carbon glass fretboard, stainless steel frets, bonded graphite, neck thru) The neck is considerably thicker (though still highly playable and comfortable) then the american version. It is a one piece mahogany body with maple neck and ebony fretboard. With two "Duncan Designed" humbuckers. It features mono and stereo out with a switch on the back so you can choose either left piezo right electric or stereo piezo and electric. On the magnetic pickup side there is a standard three way switch as well as a volume and tone control. The tone control is a push/pull for the coil tap. The Piezo has a simple volume control. There is a three way switch for the piezo and magnetic pickups Piezo - both - magnetics. The tremolo system is not the same as on American parkers. Instead it features a standard 5 string trem with brass saddles. These were a great deal new and are a remarkable deal used yet becoming more rare. It has a very "classy/ritzy" tone about the thing yet misses some of the umph of it's American counter part (Supremes) or even later P44 "Pro" I bought it new "old stock" from a dealer on ebay. It arrived... Perfect!!. No neck adjustment no intonation no string height adjustment. The strings lay flat over the frets without fret buzz. It's stayed perfect. Usually when one gets a guitar new even set up at a store the neck has a tendency to bow within the first 6 months to a year. Not this baby. The trem is extremely stiff but maintains tuning without need for locking nut or locking tuners. I've thought about loosening the trem from time to time as I prefer the way my strat plays with only three springs. The comfort foam cover on the trem arm is also a nice feature.

Dig that crazy plush pink interior.

I've still got a bunch of cheapo's and a few others to go. Besides just because you may not have a guitar or another guitar to post doesn't mean you can't contribute in other ways.

Surprised you haven't contributed to "The Guitar Show" thread as of yet. Come one come all. Anyway Turn the Page - Bob Seger

That's the way I feel about my ztars. Unlimited tuning possibilities, unlimited midi instruments and once you get used to One handed playing it free's the other hand to mess about with different parameters (especially on the baby) with the other hand.using the buttons and knobs.

Man Gary, You sure have a wide selection of guitars there. The Bass VI must come in real handy for Glen Campbell tunes. I was thinking about that the other day as transcribing for soloist guitar (fingerstyle) is a hobby of mine (not one that I'm very good at it)

Tom, I used to have one guitar. A 335 that I saved months for while in high school. Bussing tables picking up odd jobs. I really really wanted that guitar. It was my only guitar. I developed a drug addiction later on. When I came clean I poured myself into the guitar. Friends left me, my family disowned me and getting by was a hand to mouth existence. But the guitar was always waiting for me. Eventually life got better. I got better paying jobs, I went back to school and I started gigging again with a fusion band and was even called in for session work at a local recording studio. One night I was setting up for a gig at a local bar. I grabbed my brand new fender stratocaster and princeton amp in from the car. When I got back to my car the Les Paul and 335 were gone. (Yes I locked the car) I was shattered. To this day I cannot own another 335. I've owned over 100 guitars in my life. I've had one car break in and two house break ins Currently I've got 10 guitars and four midi guitars. I can't love another guitar like I loved that 335. Even though I play much better now then way back when. She was my first, she was my rock.

This is one of my .... Not really a guitar guitars It's my baby z which gets more action then all my guitars combined

It's an Ibanez X series DT-380 The 380's came in a number of graphic finishes several different stripes and a japan rising sun one

Pictures of guitars don't scare me....(Well too much) Touching on Ibby's from our other discussion here are two guitars I no longer have. This is a guitar that I used to own,.,,, And this was another guitar I used to own Both Ibanez

Re JS,,,, They are expensive and honestly I don't think they are worth the money. If you are looking around for a js satriani first think about an S model it has the same slim profile. The S series was released at the same time as the original RG series. It has the same slim contoured body as a JS and the new ones have the new ball bearing trem system. Meaning longer life then the older knife edge system I've had ibby's in the past and they weren't my cup of tea. Granted that was many many years ago. Nonetheless a lot of my friends on other forums have returned new ones due to a myriad of reasons.

Dammit I'm going to have to get a new camera. My sanyo cam and my android phone are crap. No matter what I do I can't get the headstock in sharp focus it always wants to focus in on the background.... Anyway here's my Raven West Guitar 450 A funny thing about Raven West Guitars. It's really just one guitar tech out west. He sends the designs off to a Korean manufacturer and places an order. Then when they come back he does a basic setup and sells them. God awful website but actually rather nice guitars. The setup was perfect when I got it but the frets weren't polished so It had that scratchy feel until I broke it in. It's a solid maple top with mahogany back, sides and neck. The neck is super slim "D" profile with 24 frets (would have preferred 22) My only complaint is that the pickups are somewhat weak.

I'd get another before doing so. That way you have a sister act. Still cool idea.

I Get Around - The Beach Boys

Re Michael Kelly. I believe mine is a prototype that was never developed. No serial number or country of origin stamped on it anywhere MK is a new brand name mostly known for "modern" looking variations of Les Pauls Many Guitar makers will build a prototype take it to NAMM and see if it generates any interest. If it does then they'll go into production. If dealers don't bite the a maker won't build. Collector types will often show up at the last day of NAMM and buy the display guitars. Sometimes the guitar goes into production and the Collector has the first one ever built thus... Raising the value of what he bought. And sometimes they don't and the collector is stuck with a guitar that has no collector value. I bought my guitar used on ebay. The seller told me that he bought it from one of these collectors. Unfortunately the guitar took a dive outside of the box and the neck was seriously messed up. The neck was repaired by a luthier but there is some visible damage to the neck and the headstock. It plays "Okay" but the patchwork on the neck is visible along the top. I got it for cheap and still had to do some minor work to get it into playable condition (I'm finicky when it comes to action)