what guitar do you OWN and play poll ? also post some pics if you want

Keira-WitherKay · 2010-12-24T07:12:26+00:00

yes this poll is inspired by Bob's post on the photo's of gfsa members ........... so lets see what everyone owns and is is using :D yeah also post some pics lets see the proof ........ (old forum) Poll Results: so what type of guitar do you play ... but you must own it .not your friends or dads... classical/flamenco nylon acoustic: 25 steel string acoustic: 34 fender stratocastor or copy thereof: 33 fender telecaster or copy thereof: 13 Gibson les paul or copy thereof: 24 shred machines including Ibanez/washburn /and all others: 14 jazz box's: 10 dobro's: 0 resonators: 2 oil can "township" guitars: 0 lap steel: 0 PRS or copy thereof: 6 custom made guitars (handmade luthier guitar build ) acoustic: 2 electric custom made guitars (handmade luthier guitar build ) electric: 6 electric bass: 18 electric acoustic bass ( like ibanez AEB10): 1 double bass electric or acoustic(upright bass): 0 other just in case i missed something : 17

racman

Morgan OM:

singemonkey

My main guitar. A 2009 Tokai LS150. This is a very sweet sounding Les Paul. Since I'm playing mostly blues at the moment, it gets most of my attention.

My no.2. A Yamaha Pacifica 904. Ash top, alder back. Wilkinson 2 screw trem. Locking tuners. Double single-coil pickups at bridge that can "split." Wonderful sounding, playing guitar. Amazingly versatile. Currently in open E for slide.

The guitar I'd run in to a burning building to save, my 1983 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe that I've owned since 1995. Heavy as an anvil, Lollar P90 pickups, it waits on new tuners and a Bigsby. It's been on the side-bench for way too long now.

The one I can't make up my mind about. My 2008 Gibson Angus Young Signature SG. Maestro (that stays in tune as long as you don't use it - like all maestros), '57 Classic pickup in the neck, Angus Young pickup in the bridge. A one piece mahogany body - unlike modern SG standards. I was going to advertise it for Christmas. Since I haven't, maybe I should accept that I don't want to sell it. The mistake was taking it out of the case the other day.

This is the one I put under "other."

I've got an Alhambra 2c Nylon String which I don't have a pic of. Cedar top though. Rather yummy for a student guitar.

Squonk

Great guitars Singe.

The Les Paul deluxe looks incredible

BMU

A category for extended range electrics would've been interesting. But 'shred machines' is close enough.

Not that I care, I'm a vintage jazz box guy exclusively.

Har har.

(Oh and I have an electric bass.)

Bob-Dubery

racman wrote Morgan OM:

Nicer pic than mine. You can see the trademark blue stripe that David Iannone puts in the bindings and in the rosette. It's the visual signature of the Morgans and very distinctive and effective.

Looks like you still got the original tusq saddle. Get a piece of ivory in there. Mine now has a warthog tusk saddle and nut and that made an already very good guitar even better. I owe the guy who gave me that tusk a big smooch.

singemonkey

Warthog tusk? That's a great idea. There's a mini industry in SA for that. There must be thousands of tusks collected a year through hunting. What do people do with them?

Although, I'll admit that my favourite use for them is as a decoration for live warthogs ?

giggsy

My current family:

AlanRatcliffe

PeteM wrote But I foregot to tick the electric bass box and can't change it, so the poll is now going to be skewed. ?

You can change your choices now.

I added my electric 12-string under "other" and didn't include my steel string (which I don't play). I'll post a group shot later - need a new one.

rikus

racman wrote

Oh my... that is heartachingly beautiful...

Seventhson

My baby. Love it to bits. Soz for the poor photo. It is a phone cam lol ?

IceCreamMan

My go to is the strat mostly but sometimes the V ...the ibby hardly gets played these days ,,,sad ...will take it on holiday with me to make it up

Bob-Dubery

singemonkey wrote Warthog tusk? That's a great idea. There's a mini industry in SA for that. There must be thousands of tusks collected a year through hunting. What do people do with them?

A lot of it goes to the knife industry. Since McGibbon's did the work on my Morgan I have noticed that they keep some warthog tusk in their workshop for cutting saddles and nuts (it stinks to high heaven when you saw it BTW). Andy tells me that if you go to the right trade fairs the material is not expensive - though the labour cost bumps things up a bit.

singemonkey

X-rated Bob wrote
singemonkey wrote Warthog tusk? That's a great idea. There's a mini industry in SA for that. There must be thousands of tusks collected a year through hunting. What do people do with them?
A lot of it goes to the knife industry. Since McGibbon's did the work on my Morgan I have noticed that they keep some warthog tusk in their workshop for cutting saddles and nuts (it stinks to high heaven when you saw it BTW). Andy tells me that if you go to the right trade fairs the material is not expensive - though the labour cost bumps things up a bit.

Innerestin'. I like that it's proudly Safrican without being environmentally unsustainable. I'm not convince about hunting, but since I eat meat I don't really have a leg to stand on there.

makepeace

singemonkey wrote Warthog tusk? That's a great idea. There's a mini industry in SA for that. There must be thousands of tusks collected a year through hunting. What do people do with them?

Although, I'll admit that my favourite use for them is as a decoration for live warthogs ?

ostrich is the way of the future i tell you.. ?

a tuskless warthog? i can just imagine the inferiority complexes that will develop in warthog communities countrywide..

Squonk

I am sure Bob's Warthog ended up as a piece of Cabanossi. The dead dont really have inferiority complexes...they just stumble around in threes(Brian Eno's Dead finks...) ?

dee

Photos my Ibanez and Taylor. The Peavey is still in dozen or so different pieces awaiting reassembly. ? Currently trying to save up money for a PRS though.

makepeace

Squonk wrote I am sure Bob's Warthog ended up as a piece of Cabanossi. The dead dont really have inferiority complexes...they just stumble around in threes(Brian Eno's Dead finks...) ?

haha. i thought that the said warthog was tusked alive, and left to go on its merry way :-[

racman

X-rated Bob wrote
Looks like you still got the original tusq saddle. Get a piece of ivory in there. Mine now has a warthog tusk saddle and nut and that made an already very good guitar even better. I owe the guy who gave me that tusk a big smooch.

If you tell me where I can get a warthog tusk saddle and nut I would also be more than happy for you to smooch the guy for me as well ? ?

Ok, seriously now - where can I get ?

rikus

My Strat and Tele copy. The strat is a MIM and the Tele is my Cash Converters special (which I'm loving more and more!)

My Steelstring acoustic. Cort sf5-x. Nothing special, but after 10 years it sounds lovely and plays really nice!

and my "other". Epiphone Les Paul Peewee. My dad saw it in the states on special at a shop and bought it for me as a gift. It's a fun little guitar, but doesn't get played really due to being tuned higher.

pic for size reference.

Bob-Dubery

racman wrote If you tell me whee I can get a warthog tusk saddle and nut I would also be more than happy for you to smooch the guy for me as well ? ?

Ok, seriously now - where can I get ?

See my earlier post. It is not, as it turns out, that rare a material. Andy McGibbon can source it for you or you can get pally with a knife maker. Remember that there are non-trivial labour costs as well, and that sometimes you may not get nearly as much as you expect out of a tusk because parts of it may be rotted or hollow. The appearance may not be consistent either. With mine the saddle is pretty consistent in colour, but there is a very noticeable flaw in the nut - this is visible but in no way compromises strength or tone.

You can also source fossilized ivory from the USA. This is legal and in all ways above board. I don't know the cost, but it can be obtained.

I was surprised, pleasantly surprised, at the difference the warthog tusk made to that guitar. I still have the original bits so I can always revert if I want or provide those parts as a template if I want parts cut again.

Maybe you want to PM me and then when the festivities are over we can get together and you can try mine out and see how it sounds.

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