The Owlficial Post Your Geetars Thread

[pixelpusher]

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sold the brian may in the 1st photo and replaced it with an SG...

 

[stevie_bees]

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How did you find the Brian May guitar??

 

[Letthesinbegin]

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[pixelpusher]

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How did you find the Brian May guitar??

I got it from musiciansFriend in like '02 i think .. it was a "limited edition" #39 of 40 made for the US market supposedly right when Burns was handing over the license to the Brian May Guitar Co. .

It was a cool-ish guitar but the weird radius and kind of muddy tones never floated my boat. It was finished nicely too but for some reason still felt kind of "cheap" for lack of a better word.

I took good care of it and unloaded it for 1.5x what i paid for it so that was cool (i ebayed it and i don't think the guys that were bidding had any idea .. i had done a little research and expected to MAYBE get 3/4 of what i paid so hooray ignorance!).

I think they are offering a standard production model in gold again.

 

[stevie_bees]

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I got it from musiciansFriend in like '02 i think .. it was a "limited edition" #39 of 40 made for the US market supposedly right when Burns was handing over the license to the Brian May Guitar Co. .

It was a cool-ish guitar but the weird radius and kind of muddy tones never floated my boat. It was finished nicely too but for some reason still felt kind of "cheap" for lack of a better word.

I took good care of it and unloaded it for 1.5x what i paid for it so that was cool (i ebayed it and i don't think the guys that were bidding had any idea .. i had done a little research and expected to MAYBE get 3/4 of what i paid so hooray ignorance!).

I think they are offering a standard production model in gold again.

I'd like to get one, but the neck radius and width puts me off. I think I'd run it through my Jekyll & Hyde to get rid of the muddiness, but I'm really not sure about it's playability...

 

[Jerry Madderra]

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What is that little switch hole on the top for?

Amazing guitar.

The hole was for a slider switch to mimic the inbetween setting on the pup selector. It was installed in about 1960. 5 way switches were not available then.
Jerry

 

[Guest]

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The hole was for a slider switch to mimic the inbetween setting on the pup selector. It was installed in about 1960. 5 way switches were not available then.
Jerry

Does it have one now or did you remove it for some reason?

Not criticizing, just curious, that thing is so cool it should be played till it can't be played no more than placed in a museum.

 

[Jerry Madderra]

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Does it have one now or did you remove it for some reason?

Not criticizing, just curious, that thing is so cool it should be played till it can't be played no more than placed in a museum.

Sometime later I put a newer P/G on the guitar and decided to remove the switch, I wasn't using it anyway. Thankfully I saved the old guard to be put back on. Some people see this guitar as just a collection of old parts and some see it as some sort of holy grail, anymore I don't know. Here is a copy of the pic Leo took in 1953

Jerry

 

[jerryjg]

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Sometime later I put a newer P/G on the guitar and decided to remove the switch, I wasn't using it anyway. Thankfully I saved the old guard to be put back on. Some people see this guitar as just a collection of old parts and some see it as some sort of holy grail, anymore I don't know. Here is a copy of the pic Leo took in 1953

Jerry

in the original picture the neck looks to new to be original.

 

[Jerry Madderra]

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in the original picture the neck looks to new to be original.

Yes I am sorry to say the original neck was removed years ago, put on another guitar that was later sold never to be seen again.

Jerry

 

[guitfiddle]

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You need a longer break. How much for the LPC?

Zillion$, man, zillion$$.

I got that guitar for around a third of it's worth today.

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

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Calvin Kewledge bump

 

[muttznmongrelz]

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[uOpt]

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My main Les Paul (Burny 1983). SD '78 and Antiquity.

My Strabro90 build, a 1981 Blazer with brass trem:

 

[Simon_F]

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1990 MIJ Fender '62 Reissue Strat
1996 Gibson Les Paul Standard
1991 Gibson Les Paul Classic
2003 Epiphone G-400 Custom


Oh, and then there's these two...

1984 Tokai Jazz Sound

1980 Aria LW-15

 

[Iron Horse]

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Tokai LS-85 F Les Paul copy (has now black Custom/Pearly Gates) and Fender CP 60s Strat.

 

[Ascension]

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1990's Washburn USA MG's. left to right 93 MG 104, Grover Jackson prototype one off, 95 MG 120, 95 MG 122, 95 MG 102, laying down in front 95 MG 100.

1999 Washbrn WM-4

1988 Carvin V220R

1990 Carvin X220C

Mutt parts caster with a Moses graphite neck

1982 Yairi DY-53 silver harp

Ibanez nylon string

 

[Jessie Sammler]

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[ibanezrocks]

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Wow I thought you were one of the younger people on here - that's quite the collection already.

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

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IIRC, Jessie is in his early 30s.