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This is a 1963 Fender Duo-Sonic II (pre-CBS). It use to be my
moms guitar when she was a kid. It was handed down to me and was my first guitar.
All the electronics in the guitar sound as old as they
are (made in `63). The switches don't work half the
time and the pots are scratchy. The wood is chipped
near the bottom E string tuner which does cause some
tuning issues on the occasion. Most of the hardware
has some oxidation. Basically, if I can find a GOOD
guitar restorer, I'll invest in getting this guitar
whipped back into shape. As far as playability goes,
this guitar is pretty good. It has a smaller scale
neck (thus smaller frets) which make bending the strings
rediculously simple.
COST: $0 (hand-me-down)
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If I remember correctly, I bought this guitar in 1993.
It is a Washburn N2 model guitar. It has two humbucker
pickups in it, a Seymour Duncan 'Dimebucker' in the
bridge position (replaced the stock Bill Lawrence) and stock Bill Lawrence in the neck
position. It is equiped with a Washburn licenced Floyd
Rose tremelo. I've never replaced the tremelo with an
original Floyd Rose because the one it has stays in tune
even after some wild use/abuse. This was the very first guitar
I payed money for. It plays quite nicely and is still one of
my favorites to jam on.
COST: $650 (approximate)
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I couldn't tell you what the brand of this guitar is, there's
no label anywhere on it. There's nothing special to tell about
this guitar. It is a mediocre classical acoustic. I tune it
way down to B using Segovia nylon strings. It's a total piece of crap
in reality.
COST: $0
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This is the first 7-string guitar I purchased. It was
originally an Ibanez RG 7421 BK. I got very tired of this guitar
so I sanded off the finish, painted it with a color shifting aerosol,
and scalloped the botton 4 frets...not to mention routed out the trem
trem cavity and a monkey grip.
HERE is what the guitar
originally looked like.
To see some of what I did to refit this guitar click here.
And some more pics of this guitar HERE.
COST: $550 (approximate)
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I built this 8 String from scratch. Took about 3 months. The
The pickups are Lundgren M8's ($410). The neck is made from Tiger Maple with
a Macassar Bbony fretboard. The back of the body is made of Alder, the front
is made from Cocobolo, Wenge. Quilted Maple, and Bloodwood.
More pictures of my eight string monster
here
COST: roughly $1000 not including tools
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This is an Ibanez dreadnaught-style acoustic that I've had
for a few years now. It is in excellent condition. The model number
is PF5-BK-14-02. A sweet sounding guitar considering the cheap price.
The neck is nice and easy to play on, the strings sit low to the fret
board. Probably the best acoustic I've ever owned.
COST: $275 (approximate)
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OK, so it's not a guitar, it's a ukalele. I wanted something
different to play on. It was cheap and fulfilled its purpose: something
other than a guitar to play. There's absolutely nothing special about
this instrument...it is what it is. The brand is Hilo (never heard of them),
model number is 2655 (not that that means shit to me). It has 'slipage' on
one of the tuners, which is aggrivating. You get what you pay for, I guess.
COST: $50
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You may have already guessed, but this is also not a guitar.
It's a banjo. Yeehaw! I really wanted this because I tend to have
cravings to learn how to play other instruments. The tuning of a banjo
is drastically different than a guitars tuning which presented a learning
curve. I don't consider myself a serious banjo player by any stretch of
the imagination. This is a Dean banjo (I forget the model). It is a 5
string banjo (5th string starts at the 5th fret). The head on it is a
Remo head. It rarely gets played and currently has a layer of dust on it.
COST: $250
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This is an Ibanez Universe UV777BK. It is by far the most
expensive guitar I have. This model was made in 1998, the first year
of production for this model of Universe. It's a 7 string. I can't say
enough about this machine. It is well worth the price I payed for it.
The neck is ultra-smooth with incredible action. It almost makes playing
it effortless. The neck features the 'dissapearing pyramid' inlays, the
headstock has beautiful binding around the edges. The entire body has the
same binding around all the edges. The pickguard is mirrored. The tremelo
is a Lo Pro Edge 7, which is the most comfortable trem I've ever had the
pleasure of playing on. The pickups are all stock Dimarzio Blaze 7's.
Personally, I consider this guitar to be the flagship of my collection. If
it were ever broken or stolen, I'de probably cry...and then go buy myself
another. This isn't the Cadillac of guitars, it's the fuckin' Ferrari!
COST: $1100 (used, new cost: $1800)
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A mean, black & green, thrashin' machine.
COST: $950
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My most recent Universe.
COST: $1100
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Supersized pics of the front and back
COST: $650
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Gibson Les Paul
Studio. BLACK!
COST: $999
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My Marshall JCM2000 TSL head. Can you say METAL?
This puppy is a 100-watt 3-channel monster. It's jam packed
full of knobs and stuff. Basically the two overdriven channels
give you anything from an AC/DC chunck to a someone-is-stepping-on-my-balls
distortion. The clean channel is nice but not a Fender amp kinda nice.
METAL RULES!
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Pretty much the De Facto in amp speaker cabs.
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From top down:
Rocktron IntelliVerb
ART 351 31-band EQ
Rocktron HUSH Super C
BBE Sonic Maximizer 482i
Sabine RT-7000 Rack Tuner
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This is a Power Brake by Marshall. It's supposed to basically lower the signal
going to the speaker cabinet (Marshalls get quite loud) so that the neighbors don't
feel like they're standing in a rock stadium. The PB100 does it's job OK. It does
keep my amp at tolerable volumes but slightly colors the tone. I'de give it
a 3.5 out of 5 if I were to rank its usefulness.
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This is a fairly cool distortion pedal. It's got a parametric mid-EQ
which gives you some more modern metal tones. The amount of distortion
ranges from smooth to fucking brutal. My only complaint with this pedal
is that it tends to sound a bit nasaly unless you tweak it just right.
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Eh...compression...personally, I think it's a little overrated.
This pedal should be called the Barely-makes-any-difference-aside-from-injecting-noise
pedal. The sustain lasts a long time but it's hardly worth the trade off of all
the damn noise it makes.
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Yep, it's a Dunlop Original Crybaby. I love wah, it's really too bad that when
I use this pedal it picks up radio stations. Believe me, pop "music" is the
last thing I ever want to hear coming out of my half stack!!! I'm probably going
to pick up a Morley wah and get rid of this RF-friendly beast.
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