Andrew Lamprecht
Minion of One
I love this sort of stuff. Gear that means a lot to people. Guitars or amps with stories behind them. Feel free to share if you have any. 
Sentimental Gear Thread
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Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
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My 80 Iceman was bought for me by my parents when I was 16. My Dad hated the guitar and tried desperately to talk me into a lawsuit Ibanez Les Paul. He said the Iceman looked like an inkblot with a neck on it. 35 years later I was at the Dangerous Curves Guitar Show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston with my Dad and out of the hundreds of guitars there they had 3 representing the 80's and there it was an Ibanez Iceman hanging on the wall of the MFA. It took 35 years but the debate was finally over.
My 80 Iceman was bought for me by my parents when I was 16. My Dad hated the guitar and tried desperately to talk me into a lawsuit Ibanez Les Paul. He said the Iceman looked like an inkblot with a neck on it. 35 years later I was at the Dangerous Curves Guitar Show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston with my Dad and out of the hundreds of guitars there they had 3 representing the 80's and there it was an Ibanez Iceman hanging on the wall of the MFA. It took 35 years but the debate was finally over.
DreX
New member
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My first amp and guitar are half way across the county at a relative's house. I haven't seen or heard that gear since the 90's. The guitar is a wildly impractical project Stratocopy, and I think I'm going to wince when I see it for the first time in a long time when it's returned to me a couple weeks. I'm very happy that I will get chance to get it out again, see how it sounds and plays.
My first amp and guitar are half way across the county at a relative's house. I haven't seen or heard that gear since the 90's. The guitar is a wildly impractical project Stratocopy, and I think I'm going to wince when I see it for the first time in a long time when it's returned to me a couple weeks. I'm very happy that I will get chance to get it out again, see how it sounds and plays.
kramersteen
PowerMetalRaph
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My first guitar mod/refinish. Its full of flaws but i am keeping it as it is because it marks the start of something.
My first guitar mod/refinish. Its full of flaws but i am keeping it as it is because it marks the start of something.
Dr. Vegetable
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I am sentimental about whichever one I'm playing at the moment. I am the Don Draper of guitarists.
I am sentimental about whichever one I'm playing at the moment. I am the Don Draper of guitarists.
Phantasmagoria
watch where you point that sabre
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I recently got the 1988 DT-250 (Ibby destroyer) back from the dude I sold it to years ago. It was my first guitar & I loved it. Great to have it back though it needed a whole lot of stuff done to it. Plays like a dream now..
Also, my Dod death metal pedal that I've had since they first came out...noisy as hell & a real one trick pony (that few can stand lol) , but every time I plug into it I'm amazed at it's raw, nasty, meaty growl & that huge chunky low end wallop it has...pure evil :saeek:
I recently got the 1988 DT-250 (Ibby destroyer) back from the dude I sold it to years ago. It was my first guitar & I loved it. Great to have it back though it needed a whole lot of stuff done to it. Plays like a dream now..
Also, my Dod death metal pedal that I've had since they first came out...noisy as hell & a real one trick pony (that few can stand lol) , but every time I plug into it I'm amazed at it's raw, nasty, meaty growl & that huge chunky low end wallop it has...pure evil :saeek:
PFDarkside
of the Forum
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I'll never get rid of my Epi Les Paul. I bought it from my friend in High School, rewired it many times and have played it as a number one for the better part of 17 years. (Woah, that's a trip) The frets are quite worn and the neck joint is becoming a bit questionable due to running it with thick strings and detuned, but like Ace said it feels like home. I'd love to replace it with a "real" Les Paul someday, but it'll have to be a 60's neck to replicate the feel.
Other than that I have sentimentality to a lot of my gear, but mostly because they were the results of long searches and I like the tones I get!
I'll never get rid of my Epi Les Paul. I bought it from my friend in High School, rewired it many times and have played it as a number one for the better part of 17 years. (Woah, that's a trip) The frets are quite worn and the neck joint is becoming a bit questionable due to running it with thick strings and detuned, but like Ace said it feels like home. I'd love to replace it with a "real" Les Paul someday, but it'll have to be a 60's neck to replicate the feel.
Other than that I have sentimentality to a lot of my gear, but mostly because they were the results of long searches and I like the tones I get!
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
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Then based on this week's episode you need to get a double neck
Then based on this week's episode you need to get a double neck
uOpt
Something Cool
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Oh, lots.
I think psychologically it is a form of giving you a feeling (the illusion) of control in your life, especially if you rescued something in some manner.
I still have my 1983 Blazer, although the body is kind of screwed up from too large electronics cavities. The neck is now nitro finished with excellent frets so it has that going for it. To this day I have difficulties getting excited about expensive Stratocasters because the Blazers have been with me all the time and are very good.
I want to re-buy the wine red 1975 LP Custom I had for no rational reason.
Oh, lots.
I think psychologically it is a form of giving you a feeling (the illusion) of control in your life, especially if you rescued something in some manner.
I still have my 1983 Blazer, although the body is kind of screwed up from too large electronics cavities. The neck is now nitro finished with excellent frets so it has that going for it. To this day I have difficulties getting excited about expensive Stratocasters because the Blazers have been with me all the time and are very good.
I want to re-buy the wine red 1975 LP Custom I had for no rational reason.
jon the art guy
Nerdy Nerd
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I was going to jump all over this with my Godin Radiator, but after repairing a problem, recapping and restringing and getting exactly one play in before the problem with the pot reemerged, I may be coming out of the honeymoon phase.
I was going to jump all over this with my Godin Radiator, but after repairing a problem, recapping and restringing and getting exactly one play in before the problem with the pot reemerged, I may be coming out of the honeymoon phase.
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97 Hamer Vector. First nice guitar I ever bought and it served me well through all the iterations of my first band from 2000-2002. Here we were in 2001 on the flight deck:
It was stolen in 04 and I missed it ever since. BTMN found it after 7 years and the new owner, who happened to be one hell of a guy and forumite TattooedCarrot gave it back to me:
I nearly lost my ****.
97 Hamer Vector. First nice guitar I ever bought and it served me well through all the iterations of my first band from 2000-2002. Here we were in 2001 on the flight deck:
It was stolen in 04 and I missed it ever since. BTMN found it after 7 years and the new owner, who happened to be one hell of a guy and forumite TattooedCarrot gave it back to me:
I nearly lost my ****.
Dr. Vegetable
New member
jon the art guy
Nerdy Nerd
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I was going to jump all over this with my Godin Radiator, but after repairing a problem
and probably not adding enough solder in
recapping and restringing and getting exactly one play in before the problem with the pot reemerged
which was probably caused by one of my kids doing exactly what they did before, which is crank the volume knob hard and break the hot wire off again
I may be coming out of the honeymoon phase.
Who am I kidding, I'll just continue playing it's broke a$$
I was going to jump all over this with my Godin Radiator, but after repairing a problem
and probably not adding enough solder in
recapping and restringing and getting exactly one play in before the problem with the pot reemerged
which was probably caused by one of my kids doing exactly what they did before, which is crank the volume knob hard and break the hot wire off again
I may be coming out of the honeymoon phase.
Who am I kidding, I'll just continue playing it's broke a$$
MatelotFripon
New member
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Here's the piece of gear I'm most attached to….
I call it " Pépère" …. it means "Old man" in French-Canadian.
I don't know anything about it…. what brand, what year, what model ….zero info !
But it sound like nothing I've heard before…. it saturates instantly but keeps an amazing tone and superb definition !
It's my favourite amp for everyday playing as well as recording ! If I had only one piece of gear to save from a fire, he'd be the one !
I've been given this amp about 20 years ago alongside a Teisco-like beat-up guitar. A friend of mine was manager of a liquor store and he found those in a dusty corner of the store's basement. He knew I was playing bass back then and wanted to go to the dark side and learn guitar…he tought it was a good idea to give those to me….. and keep in mind, vintage stuff was not what it is now…. people would throw away stuff like that.
A good friend of mine took it home for a good clean up and new tubes but unfortunately lost the only knob that was left…. so I just stuck the only thing that would fit in there…. an old thermostat dial !
Here's the piece of gear I'm most attached to….
I call it " Pépère" …. it means "Old man" in French-Canadian.
I don't know anything about it…. what brand, what year, what model ….zero info !
But it sound like nothing I've heard before…. it saturates instantly but keeps an amazing tone and superb definition !
It's my favourite amp for everyday playing as well as recording ! If I had only one piece of gear to save from a fire, he'd be the one !
I've been given this amp about 20 years ago alongside a Teisco-like beat-up guitar. A friend of mine was manager of a liquor store and he found those in a dusty corner of the store's basement. He knew I was playing bass back then and wanted to go to the dark side and learn guitar…he tought it was a good idea to give those to me….. and keep in mind, vintage stuff was not what it is now…. people would throw away stuff like that.
A good friend of mine took it home for a good clean up and new tubes but unfortunately lost the only knob that was left…. so I just stuck the only thing that would fit in there…. an old thermostat dial !
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Little Pigbacon
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I'd like to find some of the crap I used to have. Even if it's just the same model, color, etc. Funniest part would be realizing how much better it sounds than I remember. But I'd like to find out.
I'd like to find some of the crap I used to have. Even if it's just the same model, color, etc. Funniest part would be realizing how much better it sounds than I remember. But I'd like to find out.
Dr. Vegetable
New member
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Wow, you really know how to take the air out of a story!
Wow, you really know how to take the air out of a story!
beaubrummels
Well-known member
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I miss the Gretsch 6118HT Tennessee Rose I had to sell for cash.
I also miss my first guitar, a Sears Stratocaster I bought with paper route money. I still have the body, so I guess I just miss the neck. (Yeah, there's a story there. Being a Who fan has it's perils.)
I miss the Gretsch 6118HT Tennessee Rose I had to sell for cash.
I also miss my first guitar, a Sears Stratocaster I bought with paper route money. I still have the body, so I guess I just miss the neck. (Yeah, there's a story there. Being a Who fan has it's perils.)
MatelotFripon
New member
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I also miss my Epiphone Rivoli reissue bass I pawned for peanuts and came back a day late with the cash…. Poof… disappeared !
I'm currently moving heaven and hell , 15 years later, to get my hands on one again !!
I also miss my Epiphone Rivoli reissue bass I pawned for peanuts and came back a day late with the cash…. Poof… disappeared !
I'm currently moving heaven and hell , 15 years later, to get my hands on one again !!
