Show us your favorite guitar

[BigonaBianchi]

Here is my Classic 70's Mexican strat.




I bought it because it was cheaper than a USA made strat, then I modified it to my specification. I sanded the neck, then scalloped out the wood between each fret, like a lute. Then I re fretted it with Jim Dunlop 6100 fret wire (thick), added a brass nut instead of a plastic one, re finished the neck in nitro cellulose instead of poly laquer, took out the middle pick up, took out the tone controls, added a custom made scratchplate, added a Kinman avn 56 pick up in the neck position and a kinman avn 60 pick up in the bridge position.

It sounds and plays better than all my other guitars including USA built strats.

 

[MontyVeda]

nice looking axe. I've heard a few people raving about Mex strats over the US ones.

out of the five, i have two favourites...

this is Bentley, an Admira Sevilla... currently lacking an A string

nice sounding solid cedar topped nylon strung classical
modified it to my own spec by stringing it left hand.

and this has no name, an old Ibanez (610)...

modified by putting a set of electric strings on it, stringing it left hand and tuning to open D.

needs additional modification of re-routing the saddle slot for a lefty as the intonation is... interesting.

 

[SimonJKH]

I'll play...

I've had this old Yamaha for maybe 20 years now. It's nothing special, but no guitar is going to sound great in my inept fists. My wife suspects I only play it to torture her!
But it's my only guitar and so is, by default, my favourite!

 

[Peteaud]

This







(if you cant see it then you need to load Windows Air Guitar Viewer V1.3 )

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I have to get a simple nylon strung classical guitar...that side of my playing isn't strong...

 

[Cycleops]

This thread might be more interesting and relevant if somebody can show a guitar strapped to their bike! Or indeed any kind of musical instrument.

 

[jowwy]

thought this was a cycling forum - post your guitar pics else were - it will be pets next or snakes etc

 

[MontyVeda]

it is a cycling forum... but in case you hadn't noticed, we talk about other things too, because there is more to life than bikes alone.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I used to have a nice Hofner semi-acoustic, in Birds Eye Maple, with a Bigsby tremeloe


Now, & even back then, I drool & lust over Gretsch 6120s, particularly the signature range of this man

http://www.gretschguitars.com/artists/BrianSetzer

 

[BigonaBianchi]

if you don't like the thread bugger orf...nobody is forcing you to come in here...
right...now where did I put that picture of my python

 

[jags]

great thread i have a yamaha LL16 beauti full guitar but gathering dust these days i'm afraid.
sorry no idea how to post pic's.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

http://www.guitarandampshop.co.uk/a...ge_Orange_Electric_Guitar__240-0110-822_.html

 

[MontyVeda]

a favourite guitar I'd love to own...

...I'm sure some purists might demand my head on a stick for that

 

[BigonaBianchi]

those headless ones are pretty cool...my old bass player used a similar one

 

[BigonaBianchi]

here is another fav of mine....its an Ibanez rg570 circa mid 80's ...the forerunner of steve vai's jemm range....I changed the pickups from the ibz's to dimarzios and added a purple pickguard for fun...its a very reliable guitar...never goes out of tune...a real workhorse shredder