Guitars Guitars and more Guitars

Hey all

My God. I'm back to what I used to love. GUITARS. From 1986 till now I have played them. I suppose I was something of a late starter at 23, even tho my interest in music probably started when I first heard the Beatles. I remember thinking 'I could do that'!

I just bought a pre-CBS 1964 Fender Mustang. It looks to be pretty much intact. The date on the neck says 8 Aug 1964 which according to my book on guitars is the FIRST month of production crafted by Leo himself. So here is my guitar blog as I've got the bug back.

I will try to remember the guitars I have had starting with the first although I've definitely left some out . They are:

1. A Rickenbacker 4001 bass in fireglow red. My mam and Dad bought me this as my graduation present in '86. They got stiffed by Derek Rock Shop for the case (£50 extra) so it cost £450 total. I sold the bass to play guitar and became vg mates with Derek afterwards.

2. A Kay style semi-solid. In my 'Orange Juice' days

3. A Burns electric with a curly headstock...Jills. It was called a wild dog and had a pot setting of the same name!

4. A 1979 anniversary Fender strat which I started Mexican Pets with. Wish I'd never sold it.

5. A beautiful fat bodied Acoustic by Hofner. Tan coloured.

6. A Fender Musicmaster which I didn't connect with and sold pretty fast. Odd sounding guitar for a Fender.

7. A Tokai Les Paul. Aodh had it and I played it for awhile. Excellent.

8. A Gibson SG in natural wood. A lovely guitar which I had in WHEEL. Good for chug-chug hardcore.

9. A cheap Maison Les Paul SG copy. Surprisingly good but the action was high. In yellow! It had to go.

10. A white Squier Fender strat which I had in The Pets. Not bad either. I found a photo of J Mascis's dad and stuck it on it.

11. A Guild s400 electric. Wine. Had this for too long! Ebony neck. Possibly when I wasn't too concerned with my guitar and was into Cubase! Flogged it on eBay for 500 euro or so.

12. A Morris acoustic. Nice little thing I remember.

13. And this is my current lot. A 1994 Rickenbacker 360 in fireglow with a lovely case in mint condition. Plays nice.

14. Also a new MIM Fender Telecaster in metallic mint green. My only gripe is the neck which ain't like the shiny ones of old. It's gotta go soon! But a fairly decent guitar for the price (416 euro on Thomann).

15. I still have the last guitar I played (and recorded) in Mexican Pets. It's a Sears Les Paul copy which I recorded Humbucker with. I had the choice of a 'real' Gibson at the time to record with but this one sounded better!.

16. The dole bought me a Takamine EN 10 acoustic. Well, they paid half. A workhorse. The fret wear is staggering. I have this 10 years.

17. And finally, my shiny new 42 year old Fender Mustang winging it's way to me as we speak. Please let it be in one piece!


Evening all

Pat

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