13yguitarman Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Wow this poll is biased to fender. but lets see if you can subsidize you G.A.S. or feed your inhibitions and buy the vintage course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I'd have to go with the Gibson Melody Maker. Not that I want one. It's just that I allready got all the others. Alltho admittedly I have a "smashed Epi LP which is peed on"-model so I'll count that as two, ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosoybay Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Wait, doesn't everyone pee on they're guitars? Supposed to protect the finish... Tele for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Wait' date=' doesn't everyone pee on they're guitars?[/quote'] Nah...that's just the Goldtops... any other model and it's called a relic. All kidding aside...I'd pick the tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheX Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Strat for me, I play my Clapton Artist Series more than any other guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotcanX Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Of course I assume that a 'really great Strat' would have to include a G&L S-500... a truly great guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyelcrrt1281733995 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I've been gassing for the Melody Maker. Nothing here gets that tone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Which Melody Maker are we talking about? Some of them were just Les Paul Juniors without a pickguard. But let's consider... I already have a really great Strat. Vintage SGs and Les Pauls would be nice, but if they're beyond repair, they don't do much good. An Epiphone Les Paul "that's been smashed to bits" wouldn't really sound the greatest. An SG that's been peed on is tempting. Or a Melody Maker... For me it's a tie between the Telecaster and the Melody Maker. I'm leaning towards the "really great Tele," because in my mind that's the American Deluxe Telecaster that I play every time I go to Guitar Center. Aged cherry sunburst, maple fretboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Garyelcrrt, I hope those guitars are photographed in your "house's" back yard, and not in an apartment complex, as would seem to be indicated, (in one photo, anyway)? The reason I mention that, is...that I had some bad experiences, with people (neighbors) watching me cart my photographic equipment, to and from my car, in my apartment complex (when living in Glendale, CA.), going back and forth to work (free-lanced), and one day, I was "relieved" of it all! So, I hope your "neighbors" are a lot more trustworthy/neighborly, than mine turned out to be. (I couldn't prove (didn't see the actual theft), who did it, but I KNOW, who's responsible...just the same)! Also, I hope you're insured!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyelcrrt1281733995 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Thanks for your concern, Charlie! It is a VERY small apartment complex built in the 50's on a hollow-square, so we all look at our neighbor's doors. And, secure entry front and rear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Well, didn't want to seem "paranoid," (at least anymore, than we probably all are, a bit, these days?), but... With what happened to me, and the way it was done, it could have only been the "neighbor" in question. There's no doubt, in my mind! But, of course, "proving it," when I didn't see the actual theft, was impossible, unfortunately. Just didn't want you to have to go through something similar. Anyway, some nice "Axes" you have! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I don't personally care much about strats and although I know a competent luthier who I'd trust with the SG neck business with, I still value a good playable instrument over an old POS. Hence, the tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlagJones Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Which Melody Maker are we talking about? Some of them were just Les Paul Juniors without a pickguard. But let's consider... I already have a really great Strat. Vintage SGs and Les Pauls would be nice' date=' but if they're beyond repair, they don't do much good. An Epiphone Les Paul "that's been smashed to bits" wouldn't really sound the greatest. [b']An SG that's been peed on is tempting.[/b] Or a Melody Maker... For me it's a tie between the Telecaster and the Melody Maker. I'm leaning towards the "really great Tele," because in my mind that's the American Deluxe Telecaster that I play every time I go to Guitar Center. Aged cherry sunburst, maple fretboard. What if Angus Young peed on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 What if Angus Young peed on it? It would, probably, disintegrate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmidnight Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Everyone needs a Tele of some sort, nothing else can give you that sound. It's love or hate tho...you either love that "twang" or hate it. Voted Tele Capt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larkin38 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I would rather have the Melody Maker. I used to have a 1965 double pick up one. But the sound is terrible. I traded that for a 12 string Fender whatever ya call it. But I still have a 1965 Epiphone Olympic which is old Epi`s version of a Melody Maker. Only one pick up maybe that`s why I kept it all these years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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