damian Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Many of us have collections of guitars. Most of us have at least one Gibby in our collection. A collection may include between three and one hundred plus guitars; From a genuine 1959 LP Original to an unknown hack job useless slab electric; in our collections, we all keep at least one prized 'loser' guitar, and often more than one in our collection: We treasure them, and sometimes compare them to our best and most expensive guitars, and yet, for one reason or another, we will never part with them. Lets share our stories and memories of these ' lesser ' guitars we keep forever, and stories of our ' lesser ' guitars which we let go of; why, and / or / and how it happened.....Lets have fun, explore the memories, and lets go !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 The body is homemade. The John Deere from Hell. Oh and this home painted one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted November 19, 2010 Author Share Posted November 19, 2010 The body is homemade. The John Deere from Hell. Oh and this home painted one. Yeah !!!! I love them both !!!! Sweeet !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Yeah !!!! I love them both !!!! Sweeet !!!!! The first one was made out of the ugiliest V guitar, and the pickups in it sound really nice, the body is poplar btw (cheap and has a good paint grade.) but it sounds really nice. The latter of the two was an ugly purple first act we got for 50 bucks. Believe me, the purple was much uglier in person. It was like a "sparkle" kind of paintjob OH and this was only $100 I have two of them, one currrently I'm painted, they were on sale, its a set neck with a mahogany body, the pickups were replaced with Kent armstrongs Well the picture doesn't have the new ones but you can see why I swapped them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 OK.... Cheap guitars.... I haz them! Ibanez Exotic Wood- less than $240 It simply sprang to life in my hands. Sam Ash had it mislabled as an acoustic electric, I pointed out that it was not, so the dude gave me a nice discount for catching the error. Keeping with the acoustic theme.... Hondo 12 string--$50 and a Yamaha FG 75 I've not yet found a 12 string that beats it in playability or sound.... But the REAL cheap axe I'll likely never part with.... 1983 Fender Elite Strat---$75 complete with HS case: A guy I knew was rear ended by someone who's Dad owned a music store. He gave him a LP, this Strat and a Gretsch. Needless to say, he sold the LP, which paid for the damage to his car and left him the other 2 free and clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Bottom feeder, ESP/LTD EC50 modded with GFS Mean 90 pups and a Big D Varitone. It's a gem and I often gig with it. The neck is super fast, the action is as low as I want (can get it lower if I want to), and with the GFS pups the sound is terrific. Notes ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 This. My first guitar. 1975 Grant LPGT. The DiMarzio Dual Sounds were swapped-in as soon as I found out how bad the stock pups were. They cost more than the guitar did. It actually plays really nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I think I bought this Squier Affinity around 2001 or 2002 for $60. I added Gotoh tuners, a bone nut, and the decal. I hate to admit it but the neck and fretwork are perfect. The pickups don't really sound like a typical glassy piercing Strat, they're thicker and fuller (not necessarily a plus for a Strat purist I guess). The only dumb things that I've griped about are 'iffy' controls that I can't keep clean or that actually loosen up. I despise the color and the thinner Affinity body. I would be tempted to put the neck and pickups in a MIM Fender body, it just hasn't been a priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 My first guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I paid $60 for a 65 Melody Maker (my first Gibson) and it came with a Gibson 64 Explorer GT18 amp. Now that's cheap, even in 1974. I modded it with about $100 worth of mostly Gibson parts. Still have it - plays great, sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Here is mine, (behind the SG). It was my first classical guitar and a c.1986 Admira Desiree. It was only about £80 and I loved it. I didn't play it for years then came to do my guitar Licentiate in 2000 and used it for Barrios' piece 'The Cathedral'. It's tone just suited that piece. So I have a sub £200 guitar to not only thank for doing my first two grade exams on, but also for helping me pass my Licentiate all those years later; when 'better' gear couldn't give me 'that sound' I was seeking for Barrios! Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Here is mine ... It was my first classical guitar and a c.1986 Admira Desiree. It was only about £80 and I loved it. ... Nice keeper. Matt, you reminded me - Back in the 70s, my inlaws gave me a 1973 Yamaha G-55A Classical cheapie with laminate b/s and cedar top back. It's a parlor size, so I've kept it around all these years because anytime I'm working on something at the desk, I use the Yamaha - it's small and I don't mind if it gets bumped. Funny thing is, the old this thing gets, the better it sounds. It's got quite the mellow tone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Late nineties Korean-made Danelectro 56DC in PINK. Top THAT for a cheap guitar. Plastic galore . . . (Pic in signature.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I don't belong here. My lesser guitars are a US Strat and SG Classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowdiddley Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I don't belong here. My lesser guitars are a US Strat and SG Classic. Did you get lost? Mine would be a 07 MIM Fender Strat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 All my guitars are cheap you can say, well mabye minus the B.C. Rich! My Washburn My half ESP/Washburn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr newhaven Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 MY Favorite ACOUSTIC EVER!! A Yamaha FG-130 Green Label (1972) Couple hundred bucks...plays better than any other acoustic I have ever played *minus the Gibson L-00 I FOOLISHLY got rid of a few years back! You live and learn I suppose...all I did to this was swap the saddle out for one made of bone and got new endpins made of ebony... KILLER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartanbeastie Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Oh and this is where it hurts... In the late 90's I bought an epiphone del rey in a very unusual pinkish colour, OBL pickups etc etc. I kept it a few years then traded it in. Its the only guitar I have ever owned that I have regretted getting rid of. Especially now when its hard to find one of the first ones like mine was. This guitar wasnt overly expensive but had a fantastic sound and you may not believe it but it was the best of the del rey colours and not common. It had people pay attention as soon as it came out of the case. I played a couple gigs with it and recorded with it and like i said, FOOLISHLY got rid. Its the one guitar i want epiphone to bring back, i would love to see it with gibson on the headstock but i dread to think how much more expensive it would be.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky scott 29 Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 No picture, as it is buried, I mean buried.. It is a old Checkmate model # 115.. Not that is a cheapo..... I got it around 69-70 somewhere in there, ain't worth nothing, bit it WAS my first though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego the guy Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 My yamaha classical, it was the guitar i grabbed from my dads closet and sat down to start playing with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikko18 Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I'm poor, so my "cheap" guitar is also one of my two main guitars. I use it at every show and record with it. It kicks a$!!!!! It's a 1998 Korean made Epiphone Les Paul Custom Plus Top. There is not one part on it that hasn't been replaced. Some of you who have been here a really long time might remember when I was refinishing it. It used to be a tobacco burst. I also have added a Bigsby, a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge and two custom made pickups made by a friend. They both sound amazing! In the picture the P90 is in the middle put it's actually traded position with the neck humbucker and is there now. But other then that this is it's current condition. P.S. When I first got it from craigslist it was 99 bucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikko18 Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Why are my pictures so small? *edit Never mind, I figured it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I don't have many really cheap guitars anymore I guess the loser in my collection would be a Yamaha AES820 they were in the $400-$500 range when they sold them 8-10 years ago, and it's also a ugly matte blue color but it's actually a very good guitar has custom wound Dimarzio pickups a three way selector rotary switch and a great growl. I also have a Washburn Idol I guess it would count it's only a $700 dollar guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I'm not sure any of my guitars would be considered beyond "cheap," depending on one's definition and whatever the market might be for 35-y-o guitars of various brands and styles. Then ... is a new Epi Dot "cheap?" I certainly plays very well... I guess the bottom line on that is that I think if a given player considers a guitar has good playability for him/her, it's something to be valued regardless what it might have cost "new" or in a current used guitar marketplace. OTOH, when I started playing my first guitar was a very low quality classical guitar that didn't even play all that well, but still was sufficiently playable for me to keep working at it. I'm sure it's been trashed for well over 45 years. The second guitar was a Harmony classical that actually played quite well but was typically overengineered and sounded clunky. Soon after that one came a Stella 12-string that similarly was overengineered but looked decent if you refinished it and played decently too - at least if it were capoed up a cupla frets. I won't even get into the "how stupid I was for trading this and that" game, but I'll add that with a little work, I've gotten some very decent playability out of some technically horrid instruments in the 1968-75 era by putting some time into them. Given how some folks actually like some of the old Danelectros and such, I guess that reinforces my concept that playability rules. Well, that and fad looks. The truly important thing to me is how it plays. I'll add that I have some skill, but no talent. I've heard people with real talent make some marvelous music on instruments that technically are cruddy... m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I have some skill, but no talent. That's a good way of putting it Milo. Hafta remember that one for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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