Show Us Your Instrument

flatsixes · 04-20-11, 10:10 PM

No! Not that one, the instrument that you play music on.

I've got guitars (because I'm too inept for anything more complicated).
What instrument(s) have you got lying around waiting for you to get off the computer? What the instrument that you wish you had lying around?

I'll start with my clutch. (Sorry for the lousy picture.)

On the left is my old girl, a 1958 Gretsch Corsair. I've had her since high school (Nixon was president), and I'll never let her go. Very nice action, and the tone from her maple just gets better every year. Surprisingly loud, too.

On the right is my 1971 Gibson SG Deluxe (minus whammy bar). I picked this up brand new for about $400 (big money for a kid making $1.50/hour). It was going to make me a rock star, but it failed. A lot of fun to play, though, and there's something oh-so-satisfying about plugging it in to the old tube-fired Fender Deluxe Reverb-Amp and cranking out some power chords to annoy the children.

In the middle, that's the daily driver. A Fender 210 from the early eighties. It was a fairly crappy guitar when I bought it, and I supposed it still is. But it's also the one that's never in a case, gets tossed around, goes to the beach, and still sounds just as good with five strings as six. It's a beater, and it's held up it's end of the bargain pretty damned well.

Other guitars have come and gone, and some days I curse having let some of them go. But as for these three, I plan on taking them with me. Even the Fender (just in case).

Let's see yours.

04-20-11, 10:10 PM	#1
flatsixes Weps Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 362 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Show Us Your Instrument No! Not that one, the instrument that you play music on. I've got guitars (because I'm too inept for anything more complicated). What instrument(s) have you got lying around waiting for you to get off the computer? What the instrument that you wish you had lying around? I'll start with my clutch. (Sorry for the lousy picture.) On the left is my old girl, a 1958 Gretsch Corsair. I've had her since high school (Nixon was president), and I'll never let her go. Very nice action, and the tone from her maple just gets better every year. Surprisingly loud, too. On the right is my 1971 Gibson SG Deluxe (minus whammy bar). I picked this up brand new for about $400 (big money for a kid making $1.50/hour). It was going to make me a rock star, but it failed. A lot of fun to play, though, and there's something oh-so-satisfying about plugging it in to the old tube-fired Fender Deluxe Reverb-Amp and cranking out some power chords to annoy the children. In the middle, that's the daily driver. A Fender 210 from the early eighties. It was a fairly crappy guitar when I bought it, and I supposed it still is. But it's also the one that's never in a case, gets tossed around, goes to the beach, and still sounds just as good with five strings as six. It's a beater, and it's held up it's end of the bargain pretty damned well. Other guitars have come and gone, and some days I curse having let some of them go. But as for these three, I plan on taking them with me. Even the Fender (just in case). Let's see yours.