The Sober Irishman wrote:Currently, I have no rent to speak of. Therefore, most of my income is disposable.
Man do I envy you.
The Sober Irishman wrote:Post what you got.
Christ the entire inventory? I'll start with the guitar stuff and add the rest as this goes along.
Guitars - Electric
Fender "Roadhouse" Strat: Tobacco Sunburst, Tortoise shell pickguard, Tex-ass Special pickups. My main axe, it simply kicks ass. The maple neck on this thing is simply not to be believed. Pretty dark in feature for a maple neck and very figured. This guitar plays like rubbing yourself on velvet.
Fender '50's re-issue Telecaster: White Opaque finish, cool because you can see the woodgrain. I'm not so sure about the pickups on this one except to say the bridge pickup is some sort of really overwound deal with exceptionally fat wire. Another oddly dark maple neck, not as niclely grained as the Strat, but pretty none the less. Sounds great, plays even better.
Fender (Squire) Strat: White Hendrix finish. Before you go all "WTF" on me let me just say this: This was the first year Fender put out the Squire brand, so it's made in Japan not Korea and there is a very distinct playing and build difference. Second, the headstock is the old style large size, like pre CBS stuff, so it looks very cool. Third, I replaced the pickups with EMG's (very popular at the time so that should show the age of the guitar) and lastly, it was signed by Stephen Stills after I jammed with him...so it's a keeper regardless of what anyone has to say.
Fender Precision Bass: White finish, standard pickups and bridge. Studio standard stuff. Enough said.
Gibson ES 335: Vintage 1976, but the only one I've ever seen like it. Dot neck, trapezieo bridge, and a split coil switch on the lower horn that makes the humbuckers simulate a single coil sound. This option actually gives the guitar six distinct different sounds. I had this guitar stolen from me once, and I got it back. I can't say how. She hasn't left my side since. This is without a doubt, the best guitar I have ever owned.
DanElectro (Reissue): Lipstick pickups and that cheap ass lexan (or whatever form of plastic) body. Looks crazy, sounds crazy on the bridge pickup anyway. Plays better than what I paid for it anyhow, which wasn't much.
PRS Santana: Deep Navy Blue opaque finish, dual humbucker pickups. The solid body Les Paul I want without the cost. It's totally stock, which would explain my disappointment in the overall sound, but the playabillity, especially with those fat frets is very good.
Un-named Hollow Body: My first guitar. 2 odd single coils on a shit wood body, plastic type covering, wierd ass Bigsby type whammy bar having $19 guitar. I got it down from $25.
There's others in various states of disarray that don't need mentioning now because they're more collector stuff than playing stuff. What I listed before is stuff I currently play.
In the next installments I'll go into acoustics, amps, and finally effects. From there I can go into the recording hardware and such, just let me know when I've lost your interest.
