Post your instruments... Again...

Every so often we have to do one of these. It is law.

Post up pictures of your noise-makers! Guitars, basses, amps, everything!



Left: My Gretsch 6129T Silver Jet. My dad gave me this guitar when I graduated high school. I will never sell it and it'll probably be buried alongside me. I love this guitar.

Middle: Ibanez AF75D. The deep-body Ibanez Artcore hollowbody. This is the guitar I dick around and write songs on. It was hand pinstriped by this 17-year-old kid named Chastin a few years back at the Re-animators Car Show in Atlanta.

Right: Epiphone Custom Shop 1957 Les Paul Jr. reissue. I wanted something similar to Mick Jones and Johnny Thunders. This is what I could afford. It sounded pretty great, but I sold it a couple months ago to a guy from Israel.


Here's 2 instruments that I wish I had back. I bought them for a fucking steal ($150 for both) and ended up selling them right after I moved to NYC and more than doubled my money. I just didn't have room for them, and I was buh-roke. I wish I had sold something else now in order to keep them.



Left: Danelectro U3.
Right: Danelectro DC Bass.


My shred guitar (not that I ever shred on it):



1987 Kramer Striker 300. It has a Floyd Rose vibrato on it. That means if you hit a pinch harmonic and yank on that whammy, it sounds like a goddamn Zero diving on a torpedo run. This guitar is currently in pieces because I'm refinishing the body.


My everyday bass:



Squier Vintage Modified 70's Precision Bass. Cheap, sounds good, looks good. I use it mainly to record with. I swapped out the black pickup cover to a white one. Looks like Paul Simonon's P-Bass now..


AAAAAND... The newest addition to the arsenal (got it on Sunday).. A mid-60's Farfisa Combo Compact organ.







It needs a lot of cosmetic work (new upper faceplate, new Tolex covering) but it sounds great and the spring reverb still works on it. I've seen these things go for a ridiculous amount of cash, but I found this one on Craigslist for mega cheap and couldn't pass it up. Sounds just like 96 Tears..


I've also got a no-name baritone ukulele and a Casio SK-1 Sampling Keyboard that I don't have photos of.

Gretsch 6129 green sparkle 2005.

http://www.ladda-upp.com/bilder/19386/gretsch-6129

sidelake bob wrote:

Gretsch 6129 green sparkle 2005.

http://www.ladda-upp.com/bilder/19386/gretsch-6129

Nice! I love the colored sparkle 6129s. I also been wanting one of them with the pearly drum material tops..

Yeah great thread!
Beautiful instruments you two!! Love the sparkle finishes, and radioclash, the pinstriping on your Ibanez rocks!


This is my little collection:


Nobody can tell me that Gretsches aren't sexy!


I modified it with TV-Jones Pickups, rocks like hell now, here's a closeup with the TV's:


Ashton Sl-29 EQ:


I found it on an insolvency sale, and fell in Love with that flamed Top, and for 90 Euros I just couldn't leave it standing there.

Ashton classical guitar:

got it as a gift from the same insolvency sale,because I showed the owner how I play Mr. Sandman (when it came to me, the bridge was ripped off) It's still waiting for some Hotrod-flame paintjob.


Stagg P-Bass and Carl Hellweg Nylon string (my first guitar ever!)



Peavey JF-1

I have it hangin' over my bed, because I often get Ideas for new Songs in the middle of the night, and so I need a guitar near my pillow!
If you ever have the chance to play one, check them out, there not expensive but they got a great tone!

My Ukulele:



And last but not least, a Pic of my '59 Bassman:

Here's my latest. Twangmaster made by Sparrow. Loooove the neck on this.




BTW, that's my Tophat combo with the tilt back legs installed. What a pain in the ass that was.

Nick

Here's my junk again...




I'm thinking of selling the 2002 Purple Hot Rod ($1,400), the Taylor 12-string acoustic ($1,000) & the '65 Fender Tremolux Amp ($1,200)... anyone interested, drop me a line!

Budge


*EDIT* Both geetars come with hard shell cases and the amp comes with a vinyl cover... Hey Taggy Jess:; VINYL!!!!

Is your silver jet a 90s model Radioclash?

sidelake bob wrote:

Is your silver jet a 90s model Radioclash?

Yep.. It's a 1999.. Pre-Fender..

Budgie wrote:

Here's my junk again...




I'm thinking of selling the 2002 Purple Hot Rod ($1,400), the Taylor 12-string acoustic ($1,000) & the '65 Fender Tremolux Amp ($1,200)... anyone interested, drop me a line!

Budge

Buuudgiieeee..... Gimme a bigger pic of that white Strat with the black guard and headstock!

radioclash wrote:

Buuudgiieeee..... Gimme a bigger pic of that white Strat with the black guard and headstock!

LOL!!! That about an '84 or '85 Japanese Fender Strat... I'll have to check to see if I have any close-ups of that one.

Budge E. Lee

Budgie wrote:

radioclash wrote:

Buuudgiieeee..... Gimme a bigger pic of that white Strat with the black guard and headstock!

LOL!!! That about an '84 or '85 Japanese Fender Strat... I'll have to check to see if I have any close-ups of that one.

Budge E. Lee

I love Fenders that have matching or contrasting color (read; not standard clearcoat over wood) headstocks! Especially Jaguars, Jazzmasters, etc...

DAMN Budgie!!!!

Andi wrote:

DAMN Budgie!!!!

Yeah, Damn Budgie! The purple hot rod look great with that Fender amp.

I love that tremelux man oh man!! I had to let my blonde one go! I'll take the purple hotrod, use to have one and it comforted me at night

here is my current mess of noise toyz(guarded by silent alarm and ammo:


and the practice room with the funky 60's torodor gretsch kit clone

Hey TV, how is that Wild West parlor guitar? Does it have good tone? How's the intonation? Budge - Jake E Lee was a mean guitar player! I loved the Bark at the Moon album, and got to see him play here when they came through town.

Twenty Flight Rick wrote:

Hey TV, how is that Wild West parlor guitar? Does it have good tone? How's the intonation? Budge - Jake E Lee was a mean guitar player! I loved the Bark at the Moon album, and got to see him play here when they came through town.

First off I love Ozzie and Bark at the moon, but rhandy rhoads is forever near and dear to my shredd!

the parlor guitar is cool, I gave it a heavier gauge coated phosphor bronze strings and a set of grover sta-tite tuners to replace the crappers it came with.
Its not on par with a baby taylor or Seagull parlor for rhythm but
flat picking is rad. I am going to record with it. Also fun with a slide
in drop D.

Some of mine
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Even more
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in the pics:
Gretsch Tennessean 1964 US

Gretsch 6120 Western 1993 japan

Yamaha ApPX4 el acoustic

Electromatic lap steel

Danelectro U2 RI

Fender Stratocaster 1989 US

Missus' nylon string guitar

Simon & Patrick el acoustic CAN

Martin Little Martin koa

CustomTelecaster, chinese woods, custom neck, GFS-pu's


I may have some pics fo my amps & effects at home,
mostly Fenders, nothing special.

tvthewiredturtle wrote:

Twenty Flight Rick wrote:

Hey TV, how is that Wild West parlor guitar? Does it have good tone? How's the intonation? Budge - Jake E Lee was a mean guitar player! I loved the Bark at the Moon album, and got to see him play here when they came through town.

First off I love Ozzie and Bark at the moon, but rhandy rhoads is forever near and dear to my shredd!

the parlor guitar is cool, I gave it a heavier gauge coated phosphor bronze strings and a set of grover sta-tite tuners to replace the crappers it came with.
Its not on par with a baby taylor or Seagull parlor for rhythm but
flat picking is rad. I am going to record with it. Also fun with a slide
in drop D.

The first time I saw the Oz man and band was 3 weeks after RR was killed (my first ever convert). The player for that band was a cat named Brad Gillis. He was also on the Speak of the Devil album. I think he also played with Night Ranger. Anyway I thought Jake was a real unique player. RR occupies near sainthood status within the guitar world.

Twenty Flight Rick wrote:

The player for that band was a cat named Brad Gillis. He was also on the Speak of the Devil album. I think he also played with Night Ranger.

Yes, Brad Gillis did play with Night Ranger... One thing about Ozzy; he never picked any slouches to play geetar for him after he got booted from Sabbath. Zakk Wylde is a mighty fine shredder hisself!

Don't ask me, I don't know.
John "Budgie" Osbourne

I remember being impressed with him in the videos from the early '90s, but by that point I had long moved past my metal phase.

Twenty Flight Rick wrote:

I remember being impressed with him in the videos from the early '90s, but by that point I had long moved past my metal phase.

Ahhh ha! You were sucked into the seattle scene! Tell me that
The Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots didnt crush the
grunge crap happening then.
( dont be mean now.. I worshipped the Corgan and STP, got all their signatures)

OK OK...

Here's the family... in the downstairs room I am refinishing as my "guitar bar" (yes it will have a bar in it!)

If you notice a lack of amps, it's because I just purged my amps & went guitar shopping. Besides, I've decided to stop "going thru amps", I'm just going to save up for what I really want: a Swart, and a Blonde Bassman. Maybe a little tweed princeton or something...

L to R:

1990 Ovation Custom Legend Deep Bowl (from my hair band days)
1988 Charvel/Jackson 3DR w/Floyd Rode (also from my hair band days)
2005 Gretsch Hot Rod in Candy Apple Red
1996 Fender American Standard Telecaster (modified) - MY #1
199? "beater"- Lone Star all-cedar steel string acoustic (for taking to the beach, etc)
2007 PRS SE Singlecut with McCarty switching & Lollar Imperial pups (smokes!)
[the yellow Les Paul in pic #2 is gone for the PRS]

Amps: (in pic #2)
Genz Benz Black Pearl 30 1x12
Fender Champion 600 "Reissue" (in the process of being modded)

Pedals: (in pic #2)
Radial PB-1 Power Booster/Buffer
Paul Cochrane Timmy
Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Custom Shop in Fiesta Red
Monster Effects Swamp Thang Tremolo
Maxon AD-999 Delay
Line 6 Echo Park Delay
Danelectro Dan-Echo (gone)
Digitech DigiVerb
ST-200 Turbo Tuner

Not pictured:
Lovepedal Echo Baby (OH BABY WHAT A COOL DELAY!)

9 - That's a nice collection/set up/basement. I can envision the Cave Dwellers hangin' out there, running through some tunes and consuming some cave beverages! TV - yeah, my musical tastes diversified quite a bit. I did dig the grunge stuff, but I was also into alternative before that. Hell I like a lot of stuff. As far as the Seattle scene, I was pretty deep into Pearl Jam for a while, maybe first three albums or so.

Spinnin' The Black Circle

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Seattel scene, STP? You are all closet hippies, heh heh!