sparquelito Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I'm sure this has been done before, but if so, I can't find it in a search of the forum's archives. What's the background or back-story of your avatar image? Some of you have a photo there of your favorite guitar, or a screenshot from a memorable movie, and I get that. One or two of us use an image of ourselves from some past gig or performance. A handful of you though;Very interesting and thought-provoking images you have there. Do tell all. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 1947 L-5. Played a lot. Gigged hard, tons of scars and smells like an attic. I wish I knew the history of it. Not my go-to guitar by any stretch of the imagination but when I’m in the mood for an archtop.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelamvr6 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Mine is David Gilmour on tour with Pink Floyd in France in 1974. Tu be fair, he plays a Strat most of the time, so not entirely appropriate for a Gibson forum. But if he doesn't qualify as a Guitar God then no one does! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, nelamvr6 said: Mine is David Gilmour on tour with Pink Floyd in France in 1974. Tu be fair, he plays a Strat most of the time, so not entirely appropriate for a Gibson forum. But if he doesn't qualify as a Guitar God then no one does! Haha you think the most inappropriate thing here is talking about fenders. Welcome to the forum and a lot of us love guitars of all makes. Oh to be on topic, my avatar is the Nighthawk I had a heck of a search to locate it. The nicest NH I own... for now haha! Edited March 14, 2021 by NighthawkChris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01GT eibach Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Randy Rhoads was a major inspiration 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 ZARDOZ Contrary to some beliefs in some forums all over the place, it is not me. Looks like me, but is not me. It's just a movie I happen to like, it's fairly impersonal, flexible, and I use it everywhere that has an avatar since about the turn of the century. rct 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 The tone is in the plastic, of course. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I bought a lovely 336 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 My current one is me playing my favorite SG behind my head. Several of my guitars have achieved favorite status, so my Avatar gets changed from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I happen to love the Munsters, Watched them all, even reruns. One show had Herman playing this acoustic singing the shoulder bone is connected to the elbow bone right down to the foot bone. and became a hit on the radio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 past couple years was pic of J.Mascis' rig of three stacks that he stands right in front of - dude is loud (and awesome)....but this thread makes me think its probably time for a change so I'll go back to 'Lemmy has left the building' for a while... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 My LP Custom with P90s. If not that it is a photo of a partial solar eclipse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Most folk leave their Teddy behind them. I sent mine ahead to recce the monotone future. No. Really, I just found this pic somewhere and liked it. Its better than the 'Blown Out' Band logo I started with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JO'C Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Mine is the headstock of the coolest guitar I ever owned: 2000 Custom Shop Custom order one of two commissioned by the Peace Frog Clothing Co. I picked it up at a Collector Auction nearly 10 years ago. It took about 4 years for the owner (a collector in Italy) of the other one to find me and after a few months of back and forth I sold it to him. It has a 50's chunky baseball bat type neck that was too big for me to bond with. Otherwise a fabulous guitar and a work of art. I decided to keep the avatar since it is unique, even though I no longer own it or the other 5 LP's I had. Like Rabs I'm happy with a lovely CS-336 along with my 1969 ES-335, my only remaining Gibsons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) On 3/14/2021 at 11:18 AM, rct said: ZARDOZ Contrary to some beliefs in some forums all over the place, it is not me. Looks like me, but is not me. It's just a movie I happen to like, it's fairly impersonal, flexible, and I use it everywhere that has an avatar since about the turn of the century. rct You mean you don't have a drawn on mustache? The gun is good, the p-enis is evil. I like The Beatles. I used to have Zappa as mine. That was in a different life time. Edited March 15, 2021 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 On 3/14/2021 at 11:18 AM, rct said: ZARDOZ Contrary to some beliefs in some forums all over the place, it is not me. Looks like me, but is not me. It's just a movie I happen to like, it's fairly impersonal, flexible, and I use it everywhere that has an avatar since about the turn of the century. rct I thought it was Ed Wood ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 mine is from a gig last year. Summer of 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 It's me. End of story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Karloff said: I thought it was Ed Wood ... It a movie that has Sean Connery running around in thigh high boots, long hair, and an orange diaper. Think I'm kidding look it up. You can't make this stuff up. Well you can and someone did and they made a movie about it. Edited March 15, 2021 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 7 hours ago, JO'C said: Mine is the headstock of the coolest guitar I ever owned: 2000 Custom Shop Custom order one of two commissioned by the Peace Frog Clothing Co. I picked it up at a Collector Auction nearly 10 years ago. It took about 4 years for the owner (a collector in Italy) of the other one to find me and after a few months of back and forth I sold it to him. It has a 50's chunky baseball bat type neck that was too big for me to bond with. Otherwise a fabulous guitar and a work of art. I decided to keep the avatar since it is unique, even though I no longer own it or the other 5 LP's I had. Like Rabs I'm happy with a lovely CS-336 along with my 1969 ES-335, my only remaining Gibsons. That is very unusual with the finish. I like it. I had a couple wide neck guitars as a teen, takes awhile to get used to them but playing them a lot more helps a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: You mean you don't have a drawn on mustache? The gun is good, the p-enis is evil. I like The Beatles. I used to have Zappa as mine. That was in a different life time. I like yours, it's cool. I love the Beatles also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 mine is a bit self explanatory... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 It's my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 It's me on a gig. It was an outdoor gig on a deck by the waters of the Indian River Lagoon in Florida. Not very imaginative I guess. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhwildbill Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Family photo 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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