OT: What Do Cyclist's Have For Guitars?

[Tabl10s]

http://https://www.flickr.com/gp/30953224@N07/o576fSElectric? Acoustic? Brand?

[cribbit]

Electric? Acoustic? Brand?

I thought the point of all this was either avoiding or because of not being able to get laid. Being able to play the guitar would run directly contrary to that.

[mflaherty37]

1988 Charvel Model 4 shark tooth inlay and Floyd rose original Jackson active pickups
2006 Gibson Flying V mat red finish and the hot 498 pickups 🤪my favorite guitar ever
Acoustic is a full plywood Yamaha equipped with a twist in the neck

[GScot]

Just started learning at the end of last year with a Squier Telecaster. My wife bought me a Seagull S6 Concert for my birthday and I have barely touched the Tele since. I enjoy both but I love this Seagull.

[Steve in SLO]

Martins and Yairis.
And Strats and Teles.
I might have a problem.

[Louis]

There's some relevant discussion of this topic here:

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=122383

[flydhest]

Guild acoustic and American Standard Strat.

[jasonification]

Japanese built takamine EAN10C

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[paredown]

Martins and Yairis.
And Strats and Teles.
I might have a problem.

Not a problem, just good taste! I have a Yairis that has survived forty years of moving around that needs a little TLC--and then my lovely wife surprised me with a new Ibanez acoustic with a cutaway and a pickup for my last road sign birthday.

Haven't played it much--I have forgotten so much, and I find it much harder to hold a tune without sounding like a dying frog...

The best thing though--a musician friend who plays a lot went with my wife to the gee-tar store, and started at one end of the rack and played his way down and picked the one that sounded the best and had good action--so for a new guitar it has a lovely sound.

The guitar I always lusted after though was a Gibson ES 335...

[Spaghetti Legs]

A mid level Fender acoustic from around 2002 and a 1985 Gibson SG.

[berserk87]

The last guitar that I can recall having was a 67 Gibson ES 330. That's been awhile. Switched all of my disposable income from guitars to bikes since then.

[Alaska Mike]

1982 Fender ‘62 Telecaster Custom Reissue I‘ve had since it was new. I let go of most of the other stuff and haven’t played in years, but it’s something I hang onto. Majoring in music 30 years ago killed my passion for it, and I still haven’t recovered.

[OtayBW]

Guitars and related:
1936 Gibson EH-150 Lap Steel
1941 Kalamazoo KG-14 acoustic
1954 Richenbacher Model B Bakelite Lap Steel
1966 Emmons D-10 ‘Bolt-On’ Push-Pull Pedal Steel
1998 Franklin D-10 Pedal Steel
1988 Goose Acres Banjo, open back
2000 Maui Music Uke, Concert
2019 Maui Music Uke, Tenor
2016 Martin Uke, Style 2K Tenor
Misc Fiddles
2004 Fender Custom Shop 1959 Strat
2006 Heritage H-535

Amps:
1965 Fender Vibrolux Reverb, Black Face
Webb Model 6-14E Steel Guitar Amp
Victoria 5112 Amp, Tweed (reproduction of 5F1 circuit)
Stereo rack system with dual 15” JBL E150 Speakers, VHT, Lexicon, Mesa, etc.

Formerly:
Too many to list...
:help:

[nooneline]

I have a whatever epiphone acoustic, but mostly I play my diy Tele/Mustang hybrid.

[texbike]

For electrics I have a '69 ES-335 that I've had for 25 years and a Fender Lead III (my parents bought it for me when I was 14) that I've had for 35 years.

For acoustics I have an old Alvarez (actually, not sure if I still have it - it's been out on loan for 5 years or more) and a Seagull S6.

For amps I have an old silverface Super Reverb and a Princeton Reverb that just sit in a closet.

Only the Seagull really gets used these days.

Texbike

[jtbadge]

Never had a bike stolen, but my Paul Reed Smith DGT Goldtop has been at large for seven years.

[enr1co]

Guitars:

97' Olson SJ
51' Fender Broadcaster
52' Fender Telecaster
60' Gibson ES-335
60' Gibson Les Paul Standard
42' Martin D-45
52' Gibson Les Paul Goldtop
55' Gretsch 6120
58' Fender Stratocaster

Amps

59' Fender Bandmaster
60' Vox AC 30
68' Marshall Super Lead
95' Matchless DC 30
58' Fender Bassman

I wish :p

[572cv]

Just one these days. A pre-CBS (‘66 or so) Fender Jazz Bass. I break out an old Ampeg B-22 tube amp from time to time to see if it still works, but usually mess around with a little Orange practice amp.

It doesn’t get played much these days since my trigger finger flared up, sadly.




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[Blown Reek]

I see Di2, EPS and eTap as the equivalent as solid state amps, whereas mechanical shifting is tube. Change my mind, because no self respecting guitarist would ever use a solid state amp, except for Dimebag Darrell.

[OtayBW]

Guitars:

97' Olson SJ
51' Fender Broadcaster
52' Fender Telecaster
60' Gibson ES-335
60' Gibson Les Paul Standard
42' Martin D-45
52' Gibson Les Paul Goldtop
55' Gretsch 6120
58' Fender Stratocaster

Amps

59' Fender Bandmaster
60' Vox AC 30
68' Marshall Super Lead
95' Matchless DC 30
58' Fender Bassman

I wish :pNice. Any of these original/vintage? If so, I'd say you're sitting pretty good for retirement! :hello:

[enr1co]

Nice. Any of these original/vintage? If so, I'd say you're sitting pretty good for retirement! :hello:

Naahhh- just a wish/dream list :)

Actually, went through a period of buying and selling dozens of high end and or vintage guitars/amps. After realizing all the $ tied up, guitar cases taking up way too much room, and feeling unworthy after watching the thousands of amazing players all over YouTube :D, finally got the GAS (gear acquisiton system) out of my system and have thinned the herd down to a couple of basic Taylors for acoustic and a Tom Anderson Cobra (tele style) and a Rivera 30 amp.

Hey, sounds like a similar pattern with bikes - LOL! :D:o

[toytech]

62 Fender stack knob Jazz bass. USA reissue, sunburst with tort guard:banana:

[DarkStar]

Crap, my GAS surpasses my bike issues.
1965 Guild mark11 Classical
1976 Gibson Explorer
1976 Yamaha SG-2000
1976 Kramer 450 bass
1977 Hagstrom Jimmy D’Aquisto
2004 Larrivée OM-3R
2005 Larrivée SD-50
2008 Fender Mex Strat, Tele, JazzMaster
1977 HIWATT DR-103 amp
70s Acoustic 450 amp head and bottom
Fender Blues Junior amp
Also an insane amount of vintage pedals.

[Duende]

Umm...

Guitars

'53 Gibson LG1 Acoustic
'62 Fender Jazzmaster
'65 Fender Jaguar
'67 Fender Jaguar
'68 Gibson non-reverse Firebird
'70 Gretsch Country Gentleman
'13 Telemaster
'14 Gretsch Custom Shop Duo Jet
'16 Handmade Gibson Firebird copy (gifted to me)
3-4 firewood guitars laying around

Amps

59' Danelectro Centurion
61' Valco Gretsch Amp
66' Princeton Reverb
66' Vibrolux Reverb
68' Twin Reverb

Don't get me started on pedals, keyboards, or studio gear...

[Duende]

Just one these days. A pre-CBS (‘66 or so) Fender Jazz Bass. I break out an old Ampeg B-22 tube amp from time to time to see if it still works, but usually mess around with a little Orange practice amp.

It doesn’t get played much these days since my trigger finger flared up, sadly.




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That's a killer rig! Sorry about the trigger finger!

[enr1co]

Umm...

Guitars

'53 Gibson LG1 Acoustic
'62 Fender Jazzmaster
'65 Fender Jaguar
'67 Fender Jaguar
'68 Gibson non-reverse Firebird
'70 Gretsch Country Gentleman
'13 Telemaster
'14 Gretsch Custom Shop Duo Jet
'16 Handmade Gibson Firebird copy (gifted to me)
3-4 firewood guitars laying around

Amps

59' Danelectro Centurion
61' Valco Gretsch Amp
66' Princeton Reverb
66' Vibrolux Reverb
68' Twin Reverb

Don't get me started on pedals, keyboards, or studio gear...

Five banana salute fer sure! :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

[Duende]

Five banana salute fer sure! :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Well I was a full time working musician for many years. Now I'm just a part time mix/mastering engineer who plays sessions and gigs once in awhile.

Can't pay the bills when music is free. Thank you internet!

[buddybikes]

trigger finger easy surgery, been through 5 of them- both hands completely done. Steroid shot effective, but they actually want you "triggering" at surgery time

Good hand or plastic surgeon...

[flydhest]

Well I was a full time working musician for many years. Now I'm just a part time mix/mastering engineer who plays sessions and gigs once in awhile.



Can't pay the bills when music is free. Thank you internet!



I happily pay for and differentiate live music from what is available on the internet.

That said, would love to hear more from someone in the industry about the transformation from the web.

[gibbo]

Paul Reed Smith, not a fancy made in the USA one but it still plays pretty nice. :-)

[earlfoss]

1998 Fender 52 reissue Telecaster w/ neck respray (way nicer than stock), butterscotch blonde
2004 Martin DM w/ custom pickguard, main show guitar.
1963 Gibson ES-125T
Fender P-Bass all beat up
Fender Telecaster all beat up
Amps: Fender Champ, Fender Blues Jr. tweed (many, many shows played through this one).

[bthornt]

Gave up on it for a while, had an early 1970's Gibson SG

Now, a thinline telecaster (parallel universe model, designed to be like a rockabilly Gretsch), a jazzmaster with a bigsby tremolo/vibrato, now looking to buy some pedals. Fender Blues Junior IV tube amp, too.

[Peter B]

Goodall Kona hog/adi TROM
John Kinnaird Ziricote/Italian OM short 12-fret
Casper Walnut/Italian OM
Kragenbrink Cocobolo/TB Redwood 0 12-fret slot
MJ Franks 00 Old Brazilian/Adi 12-fret slot
Larrivee OM-03R
Iseman Weissenborn full Koa
Fender American Strat w/ Fralins
Heartfield Elan w/ Joe Bardens
Clark Amplification Tweed Deluxe w/ reverb
Kendrick Beaumont w/ NOS 5881
Kendrick 6G15 reverb
Emery Sound Microbaby w/ 1x10" Mohagany cab
Klon Centaur

[chuckroast]

Just one, a Taylor acoustic.

[Dino Suegiù]

If you're gonna talk the talk you gotta walk the walk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD8mBMn5F5k

[Peter B]

If you're gonna talk the talk you gotta walk the walk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD8mBMn5F5k

Touche

[rounder]

Martin HD-28. Also have a Fairbanks Whyte Ladie banjo.

Bought my wife a Martin 00-DBM guitar for our anniversary, but it never gets played.

[Duende]

I happily pay for and differentiate live music from what is available on the internet.

That said, would love to hear more from someone in the industry about the transformation from the web.

Pretty simple really... The majority of bands can’t make a living anymore off of selling records. Advances went from being in the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands... to just getting some swag to sell on the road.

Sure there are folks still selling records, but it’s no where near the market it once was. This fall off in turn bankrupt the majority of recording studios and all those revenues streams such as pro audio equipment manufacturers. Add to that the advent of digital audio and now many hit records are made using pre-recorded samples in some artist’s living room.

Most folks I know are just breaking even making their money off of playing out. But the industry is nothing what it once was. End of rant.

[parco]

I see Di2, EPS and eTap as the equivalent as solid state amps, whereas mechanical shifting is tube. Change my mind, because no self respecting guitarist would ever use a solid state amp, except for Dimebag Darrell.

Actually Albert King used Acoustic 150 amps quite frequently.

[martl]

Fulfilled a childhood desire a few years back and started learning the Guitar. (progress is - ehm, a bit slow...)

Made my way up from a Squier Affinity Strat ("Fender SQ" now) to a nice Epiphone LP Standard Pro and a Harley Benton PRS copy, and i added a Gretsch Electromatic centerblock (think its a 5622) for good measure. Also got a Warwick short scale bass on a sale, its a nice piece!

No nice amp yet, i use the computer as of now.

https://fotos.rennrad-news.de/f3/4/481/481308-s0ojew00z7bw-dsc_0018-medium.jpg (https://fotos.rennrad-news.de/p/481308)

[Tabl10s]

http://https://www.flickr.com/gp/30953224@N07/o576fSGoodall Kona hog/adi TROM
John Kinnaird Ziricote/Italian OM short 12-fret
Casper Walnut/Italian OM
Kragenbrink Cocobolo/TB Redwood 0 12-fret slot
MJ Franks 00 Old Brazilian/Adi 12-fret slot
Larrivee OM-03R
Iseman Weissenborn full Koa
Fender American Strat w/ Fralins
Heartfield Elan w/ Joe Bardens
Clark Amplification Tweed Deluxe w/ reverb
Kendrick Beaumont w/ NOS 5881
Kendrick 6G15 reverb
Emery Sound Microbaby w/ 1x10" Mohagany cab
Klon Centaur

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[Bob Ross]

I'm a bass player by trade, but I play enough guitar to be dangerous

...mostly to my own reputation.

These are mine:

https://i.postimg.cc/KcVxhDkN/guitars32om3-zpseramrqif.jpg

- 1985 Yamaha SE200 (upgraded with Schaller bridge, Seymour Duncan Vintage Rails pickups, and LSR tuning machines)
- 1967 Vox Phantom
- 1998 Paul Reed Smith CE24MT
- 1985 Roland G-303 (upgraded with Bill Lawrence pickup and Kahler whammy...and yes, I have the blue GR-300 synth module for it)
- 2006 Ibanez ArtCore AF75

[Bob Ross]

Actually Albert King used Acoustic 150 amps quite frequently.

And Joe Pass used Polytone MiniBrutes
Adrian Belew used Roland JC120s
BB King used Lab (I forget the model #)
Frank Zappa used a Pignose
Steve Howe uses Line6 currently
...

[Repack Rider]

My main instruments are my Les Paul and my 50th anniversary (1997) American made Stratocaster. For acoustics I have the Martin D-18 and a Hofner classical guitar. I have an Ibanez Les Paul clone that is about 10# lighter than the real one.

A few months ago I set up the Les Paul a very heavy set of strings (the package says "Not Even Slinky"), .012 E up to .056 at the other end. I normally play the Strat with a regular slinky set when I play with my friends.

So a couple of months of practice, scales, scales, scales on the heavy set of strings, and the regular slinky set feels like it's not there. When I bend a string, it wraps all the way around the neck.

The effect of this practice has been amazing. My fingertip callouses are like leather. Now the heavy set of strings feels "normal," and of course you get more tone from them, so I will probably start playing the Gibson with the heavier string set as my regular guitar.

[Duende]

And Joe Pass used Polytone MiniBrutes
Adrian Belew used Roland JC120s
BB King used Lab (I forget the model #)
Frank Zappa used a Pignose
Steve Howe uses Line6 currently
...

Jeff Beck played thru a solid state amped sometimes
Rolling Stones used solid state voxes on a record or two.

I think the majority would prefer tube amps given the choice. But there are some great solid state amps. The polytone mini brute for example is a killer workhorse amp!

[Red Tornado]

I don't play (anymore) but my oldest son has:
-Agile 8 string elec guitar
-Home built Strat-style elec guitar (I call it the Frankenstrat)
-Ibanez bass
-Amps/heads are Ibanez, Marshall & Panama
-Plus a plethora of effects pedals, Boss & Electro-Harmonix brands (one pedal board for each guitar/bass)

Pic doesn't show the pedal boards
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[MilanoTom]

'74 Les Paul Deluxe
'67 Gretsch Monkees

Status Groove Bass

Had too many others pass through my hands, however...

[MattTuck]

Anyone ever try a Suhr?

[cmbicycles]

Guild Mark III classical -64'

Alvarez Yairi DY74c - 92': was my first nice guitar, though probably moving to greener pastures soon as I rarely play it.

Breedlove C5- 95': still my favorite acoustic out of anything I've tried.

Yamaha- cheap acoustic to teach with at school and not worry about.


I've had a few other instruments over the years but this is what remains. Doesn't include the various violins, violas, flute, clarinet, trumpet, ukuleles, and scores of hand drums (djembes, cajon, conga, etc) and percussion instruments as well. The Yairi will likely get replaced with a Michael Kelly Hybrid electric sometime in the near future.

[AJosiahK]

I used to play a lot more than I do now. Much more before I got into cycling. Ive had several guitars over the years and have kept the more sentimental
ones that hang on various walls. I guess the following were the most prevalent in my life to say the least. I dont really remember model numbers or years for any of these so heres a general list.

Fender Strat
Ibanez Bass
Martin Jumbo Acoustic
Alvarez acoustic
Aria Pro2 Hollow body electric
Hondo Electric

[BobO]

I'm a bass player by trade,

Bass is a form of guitar. :banana:

With that collection of guitars I'm curious what you have for basses?

My notable piece is a 1979 Rickenbacker 4001 in Autumnglo. My daily player is a surprisingly great sounding Ibanez SR800 BIF.

[OtayBW]

Jeff Beck played thru a solid state amped sometimes
Rolling Stones used solid state voxes on a record or two.

I think the majority would prefer tube amps given the choice. But there are some great solid state amps. The polytone mini brute for example is a killer workhorse amp!
Legend has it that Layla was at least partially recorded through a miked, 5W Tweed 5F1 (Champ) with an Alnico Blue. I prefer tube amps myself with the exception (but not always...) of pedal steel which typically requires a lot or clean headroom.

[Bob Ross]

With that collection of guitars I'm curious what you have for basses?

Sadly I don't have any Family Photos of the bass collection, but since you asked (all strung up with stainless steel roundwounds except where noted)

- 1988 Modulus Graphite Quantum-6 SPX ...fretted six-string tuned BEADGC with a bolt-on carbon fiber neck, two EMG J-type pickups, ACG/East EQ-02 active filter preamp, Kahler bridge, alder body w/ cocobola top

- 1996 Modulus Graphite Quantum-6 TBX ...fretted six-string tuned BEADGC with a thru-body carbon fiber neck, two EMG soapbar pickups, EMG BTQC preamp, ABM bridge, unknown body wing woods

- 1982 Steinberger L-2 ...monocoque neck-thru carbon fiber four-string with two EMG humbuckers and the whole proprietary double-ballend bridge/tuning contraption

- 2007 Rob Allen MB-2 ...fretless five-string tuned BEADG w/ chambered swamp ash body, figured maple top, bolt-on maple neck w/ ebony fingerboard, no magnetic pickups (!) just a Fishman piezo pickup, nylon tapewound strings

- 2010 Schecter Stiletto Studio 8 ...fretted eight-string tuned eEaAdDgG (octave courses), maple & walnut neck-thru, mahogany body wings w/ bubinga top, two EMG Hz soapbars, cheezy 3-band EQ preamp

- 1983 Schecter Venus ...fretted four-string Jazz Bass clone w/ bolt-on bird's-eye maple neck, ebony fingerboard, two passive Monstertone pickups and Schaller bridge

- 2009 Lakland Skyline 55-02D ...fretted five-string tuned BEADG with bolt-on maple-on-maple neck, swamp ash body with figured maple top, two or three Lakland LH-3 pickups depending on how you think of them, LH-3 3-band preamp, and that hideously ugly stock Lakland oval bridge

- 2019 Warmoth P Bass ...fretted four-string with bolt-on Brazilian Ebony neck/fingerboard, swamp ash body, one Lindy Fralen split-P pickup, Gotoh bridge, strung up with flatwounds for that classic old skool Precision Bass thump

- impossible-to-date Warmoth Frankenbass (<1996 neck on a ~2014 body) ...fretless five-string tuned EADGC with bolt-on maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, alder body with figured maple top, one Bartolini quad-coil soapbar pickup, Bartolini 3-band preamp, Hipshot Type A bridge, strung up with groundwound strings

[Louis]

Random but related post, since I love MK and think this is a cool tribute:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2zvskhQcx4

http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/2015/03/mark-knopfler-objects-of-beauty-and-n1.html

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zJ9SVqB8ZwY/VRlEcgqRCII/AAAAAAAATqE/C9BzzMyNKDk/s1600/Mark-Knopfler-121.jpg

[Irishgirl]

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[Plum Hill]

Ovation Custom Legend
Ovation Legend Limited
Les Paul 25/50 Anniversary
Fender Vibro Champ (good name for a sex toy)

[enr1co]

Anyone ever try a Suhr?

Yes, fine guitars in the hand built, custom spec, super strat, tele style boutique category.

Also, offshore, off the shelf offerings at lower price points.

If you are exploring in this guitar space, would be worth your while to shop and check out Tom Anderson guitars.

Note: John Suhr and Tom Anderson are good friends and don't mind promoting each other :)

[marciero]

2012 Otto D'Ambrosio custom 17" archtop. My main gigging guitar these days. Easily the nicest instrument I've ever owned. Unbelievable action, fit and finish.

2004 Michael Collins custom copy of Django Reinhardt's Selmer #503. Acoustic jazz guitar. Has the gypsy growl and bark but also incredible sweetness. Awesome living, breathing instrument. Loaded with character and touch-dependent range of tones. Has some quirks.

Dell'Arte Homage; a very nice American made copy of a Favino, which is a larger bodied gypsy jazz guitar. More vanilla sounding acoustic jazz guitar; more American-sounding. Very even.

Castillo negra (nylon string negra flamenco). Don't play really at all.

1968 Fender Stratocaster I got in 10th grade. Had it's place in my rock and roll days. Would sell but not original enough to make it worth it.

1980's Taylor 810. A battle axe for sure. Very nice sounding. I think were the first production scallop-braced guitars.

Yamaha APX 10. Electric acoustic. Used in my solo/duo/trio bar gig days. Would sell but not worth it.

Other notables I've owned
Collings herringnone D28 clone; Brazillian b/s Adirondack spruce top. Was my "grail" bluegrass guitar. Sold but did not regret despite it being probably the only Braz Martin/Martin clone I'll ever own.

G and L Tele. Les Paul or Tele sounds. Awesome and versatile.

McIlroy; a Lowden-type guitar. Ostensibly for Celtic but sold.

1970's Martin D28. My first Martin. Totally unremarkable in every way.
70's or 80's Martin D35. Had nice bass but otherwise meh.

[djg]

Santa Cruz OM (about 25 years old -- I'm the original owner, and way more than 25 years old myself)
Martin CEO7 (one of the earlier ones, with Honduran mahogany b&S, not that there's a darn thing wrong with Sipo)
Contreras II — a student guitar, although a good one
Epiphone Sheraton II

The most valuable guitar in the house belongs to my kid -- his grandfather (my father-in-law), now unable to play, handed the kid his '54 D-28 last summer.

[redir]

Since I build guitars most of the ones in my arsenal I have built myself. I have a few vintage guitars including a Regal made SS Stewart BRW parlor guitar and a Manuel Contreras classical guitar. I also very recently bought a Drednaught from Luthier Don Sharp with BRW back and sides and Bear claw Sitka top and it's by far the best sounding Dred I've ever played.

A wall of acoustics:

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Blondie, my favorite Strat type electric guitar made from the white oak planks of an old barn with her sister and my '72 Twin.
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[MattTuck]

Blondie, my favorite Strat type electric guitar made from the white oak planks of an old barn with her sister and my '72 Twin.
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What bridge is that on the "Strat"?

Looks like a fixed bridge, or just have the tremelo bar off?

[Duende]

Looks like a standard Gibson Tune-o-matic

[redir]

Looks like a standard Gibson Tune-o-matic

That's exactly what it is.

[MattTuck]

Looks like a standard Gibson Tune-o-matic

That's exactly what it is.

Thanks. Electrics are still something foreign to me. Just have my entry level breedlove acoustic that I'm learning on.

The strat type electric could be my foray into electrics, as I like the sound and the options for selecting different pick-up combinations. But the floating bridge is one thing that (as a novice) seems like it could be annoying and not worth the hassle as far as keeping it in tune (if the stories I hear are true). So, fixed bridge stats seem like a good option.

[Duende]

A good set up and string gauge will remove tuning issues. Strats are a solid workhorse.

[OtayBW]

But the floating bridge is one thing that (as a novice) seems like it could be annoying and not worth the hassle as far as keeping it in tune (if the stories I hear are true). So, fixed bridge stats seem like a good option.I don't use the trem and have my Strat set up with 5 springs to keep the bridge flush on the body. My preference. Think about type and output of the PUs also. That can vary a lot, depending on what kind of tone you're looking for.

[BobO]

Sadly I don't have any Family Photos of the bass collection, but since you asked (all strung up with stainless steel roundwounds except where noted)

- 1988 Modulus Graphite Quantum-6 SPX ...fretted six-string tuned BEADGC with a bolt-on carbon fiber neck, two EMG J-type pickups, ACG/East EQ-02 active filter preamp, Kahler bridge, alder body w/ cocobola top

- 1996 Modulus Graphite Quantum-6 TBX ...fretted six-string tuned BEADGC with a thru-body carbon fiber neck, two EMG soapbar pickups, EMG BTQC preamp, ABM bridge, unknown body wing woods

- 1982 Steinberger L-2 ...monocoque neck-thru carbon fiber four-string with two EMG humbuckers and the whole proprietary double-ballend bridge/tuning contraption

- 2007 Rob Allen MB-2 ...fretless five-string tuned BEADG w/ chambered swamp ash body, figured maple top, bolt-on maple neck w/ ebony fingerboard, no magnetic pickups (!) just a Fishman piezo pickup, nylon tapewound strings

- 2010 Schecter Stiletto Studio 8 ...fretted eight-string tuned eEaAdDgG (octave courses), maple & walnut neck-thru, mahogany body wings w/ bubinga top, two EMG Hz soapbars, cheezy 3-band EQ preamp

- 1983 Schecter Venus ...fretted four-string Jazz Bass clone w/ bolt-on bird's-eye maple neck, ebony fingerboard, two passive Monstertone pickups and Schaller bridge

- 2009 Lakland Skyline 55-02D ...fretted five-string tuned BEADG with bolt-on maple-on-maple neck, swamp ash body with figured maple top, two or three Lakland LH-3 pickups depending on how you think of them, LH-3 3-band preamp, and that hideously ugly stock Lakland oval bridge

- 2019 Warmoth P Bass ...fretted four-string with bolt-on Brazilian Ebony neck/fingerboard, swamp ash body, one Lindy Fralen split-P pickup, Gotoh bridge, strung up with flatwounds for that classic old skool Precision Bass thump

- impossible-to-date Warmoth Frankenbass (<1996 neck on a ~2014 body) ...fretless five-string tuned EADGC with bolt-on maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, alder body with figured maple top, one Bartolini quad-coil soapbar pickup, Bartolini 3-band preamp, Hipshot Type A bridge, strung up with groundwound strings

That is a great collection. I have always wanted to try a Modulus, but sadly haven't had the chance to yet.

[redir]

I don't use the trem and have my Strat set up with 5 springs to keep the bridge flush on the body. My preference. Think about type and output of the PUs also. That can vary a lot, depending on what kind of tone you're looking for.

Yes using more springs is a good way to tighten up the trem. But if you really don't like it you can block it off too. Just get a small block of wood and shave it till it fits in between the rocker arm and the body cavity and install it with a couple dots of CA (super) glue. Just enough so you can remove it one day if you want.

[nooneline]

Thanks. Electrics are still something foreign to me. Just have my entry level breedlove acoustic that I'm learning on.

The strat type electric could be my foray into electrics, as I like the sound and the options for selecting different pick-up combinations. But the floating bridge is one thing that (as a novice) seems like it could be annoying and not worth the hassle as far as keeping it in tune (if the stories I hear are true). So, fixed bridge stats seem like a good option.

there are string-through strat bodies out there.

[redir]

Thanks. Electrics are still something foreign to me. Just have my entry level breedlove acoustic that I'm learning on.

The strat type electric could be my foray into electrics, as I like the sound and the options for selecting different pick-up combinations. But the floating bridge is one thing that (as a novice) seems like it could be annoying and not worth the hassle as far as keeping it in tune (if the stories I hear are true). So, fixed bridge stats seem like a good option.

On the 'Strat' I built there are humbuckers in the neck and bridge position with a single coil in the middle. The three knobs are push pull pots. One coil tpas both humbuckers to single coil, another put's the bridge pickup out of phase and the other one puts the neck pickup in parallel. Then there is a master tone and master volume and the third knob is a blender so I can blend the bridge and neck pickups into the mix. WHen in position #1 for example, the bridge pickup, I can blend in the neck and have a Tele mid position sound. Then with all the series/parallel and phase switching there are all kinds of crazy combinations.

Having said that, 99% of the time I use either the bridge or the neck position :D

[nooneline]

On the 'Strat' I built there are humbuckers in the neck and bridge position with a single coil in the middle. The three knobs are push pull pots. One coil tpas both humbuckers to single coil, another put's the bridge pickup out of phase and the other one puts the neck pickup in parallel. Then there is a master tone and master volume and the third knob is a blender so I can blend the bridge and neck pickups into the mix. WHen in position #1 for example, the bridge pickup, I can blend in the neck and have a Tele mid position sound. Then with all the series/parallel and phase switching there are all kinds of crazy combinations.

Having said that, 99% of the time I use either the bridge or the neck position :D

For a long time I thought I wanted an "endless combinations" guitar, like that. Turns out I've never really played a humbucker that I liked when coiltapped to a single coil; at some point I put decent pickups in a Tele and that's good enough for nearly everything I wanna do.

[OtayBW]

Yes using more springs is a good way to tighten up the trem. But if you really don't like it you can block it off too. Just get a small block of wood and shave it till it fits in between the rocker arm and the body cavity and install it with a couple dots of CA (super) glue. Just enough so you can remove it one day if you want.Yep! Thanks! :)

[ojingoh]

Down to four, but have been thinking about another bass recently.

I'm actually a bass player - my #1 is a 1998 Fender Relic Jazz Bass done by Vince Cunetto. Pups by my old friend Jason Lollar. Sadly I wanted to use the paint, what's left of it, as a template for a Ciavete Responsorium from Dario. I emailed him about it, he never replied. RIP.

80's mutt strat, my #1 guitar, in Daphne Blue with some Alnico V pups from Jason, Rosewood neck. Nails the Nowhere Man/Manic Depression chime through my old AC30. A bunch of fuzzes and a Analogman Bicomp. Recommended.

52 Fender re-ish Tele,butterscotch, from 88. Never played the same after i put jumbo frets on it and added active EMGs and a Roland guitar synth pup. Regrettable. My main amp in the 90s was a JCM 800 4x10 combo, called the Country Club, which was a rocking rig in the 90s in Seattle. I should probably sell the guitar, haven't played it in a decade. I wish I still had the amp.

* GF's 70s Yamaha student nylon string. It's my Youtube guitar. Has a very strong resonant frequency at C#, like twice as loud as the other notes. Nylon is fun, especially if you're a fingerstyle bass player.

[redir]

For a long time I thought I wanted an "endless combinations" guitar, like that. Turns out I've never really played a humbucker that I liked when coiltapped to a single coil; at some point I put decent pickups in a Tele and that's good enough for nearly everything I wanna do.

Yeah coil splitting will never sound like a true single coil. The Lindy Fralin Unbucker is about the best one out there for this purpose. The way they do it is they wind one of the coils real hot so that when you split it goes to that one and sounds more like a single.

[wpod]

acoustic--->
'98 Alvarez Yairi WY-1
electrics--->
'59 Gibson Les Paul double cut Junior
'62 Fender Esquire Custom
'04 Heritage H-535
amps--->
'68 Fender drip edge Princeton Reverb w/ Weber 12F150
'02 Clark Lil' Bit LTD tweed w/ 12 Weber Blue Dog

[djg]

My main instruments are my Les Paul and my 50th anniversary (1997) American made Stratocaster. For acoustics I have the Martin D-18 and a Hofner classical guitar. I have an Ibanez Les Paul clone that is about 10# lighter than the real one.

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What's the vintage on the Martin?

[verbs4us]

Froggy Bottom H-12. Something magical about the short scale. Had to go to Nashville to discover my holy grail was made on a mountain top in Vermont, despite being named after the Delta bottom land. Managed to get in a double-gap traverse (Brandon + Middlebury) on the way home. The shot is Michael Millard, luthier, after tweaking the truss rod following an especially humid summer.