Guitarists....post pics of your guitar!

[maxwellwedge]

1969 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Goldtop - All original everything. Plays and sounds unreal.

[maxwellwedge]

Fender Custom Shop-Masterbuilt-Jeff-Beck-1954 Esquire

This thing sings....I played it and it followed me home....     Also have the Custom Shop Jeff Beck Strat in white - another great playing axe. Got some other keepers as well.

[Ghoste]

Very nice, I didn't know you played.

[Musicman]

Wow, I'm really glad this thread is still alive 'n' kick'n, there are some really nice pieces showing up here. 

[maxwellwedge]

Very nice, I didn't know you played.

Yup - Started playing as a kid.....the playing got spotty for decades until a year or 2 ago.....Then I started going hard again....and very happy that I did!  

Sometime in my early teens I started playing Bass....because none of my buddies wanted to!     So, I picked up a '63 Fender Jazz bass - black finish....looked like it was only ever played once or twice.....and an Ampeg V4B with a 6x10 cabinet....very punchy. Sadly, I had to sell the Jazz to pay for car insurance when I was 16        And then there is the '59 Strat I sold a few years later to pay for something else....Sigh

[maxwellwedge]

A dream come true for me....an all original un-touched '55

Sounds "brighter" than my "newer" Strats......plays great

[Ghoste]

Just the right amount of wear.  Gorgeous.

[maxwellwedge]

Thank you - I have wanted one for decades.

[69CoronetRT]

A dream come true for me....an all original un-touched '55

Very, very cool. Will you be channeling a little Buddy Holly?

I'm curious about the details if you don't mind...(Sorry...the date coding thing spills over to vintage guitars too )
Neck date?
Initials on neck?
"Round" or "V" neck?
Body Date?
Pot dates?
four or five digit SN?

[maxwellwedge]

A dream come true for me....an all original un-touched '55

Very, very cool. Will you be channeling a little Buddy Holly?

I'm curious about the details if you don't mind...(Sorry...the date coding thing spills over to vintage guitars too )
Neck date?
Initials on neck?
"Round" or "V" neck?
Body Date?
Pot dates?
four or five digit SN?

I know - The date code thing follows me everywhere!

I better learn "Peggy Sue" 

4 digit SN

The initials thing on the neck was less common in '55

Masking tape says "Mary 10-6-55"

The pot shown is 33rd week of '55

Here are some pics....

[Ghoste]

Thats funny, same guys that do it with cars do it with guitars.  I even pull my new guitars down for dates and stuff.
Always the historians huh?

[maxwellwedge]

More pics...

Guts, "Nail holes" etc.

It has its original "center pocket" tweed case. It also came with the original "ashtray" bridge cover and whammy bar. It was a great find.

[maxwellwedge]

Thats funny, same guys that do it with cars do it with guitars.  I even pull my new guitars down for dates and stuff.
Always the historians huh?

It's a bit of a sickness - no? 

[69CoronetRT]

Thats funny, same guys that do it with cars do it with guitars.  I even pull my new guitars down for dates and stuff.
Always the historians huh?

It's a bit of a sickness - no? 

Yep.... LOL.

Again, very very cool find. How's the neck profile? The early ones are a bit 'thick' for me. Tele necks just 'feel' better for me.

[maxwellwedge]

I think they were 7.5" radius soft V in description - I'll double check......It feels like more of a D. Feels good...feels Tele-ish to me.

[Musicman]

Nice find!  Congratulations!

[Bob T]

Thats funny, same guys that do it with cars do it with guitars.  I even pull my new guitars down for dates and stuff.
Always the historians huh?

It's a bit of a sickness - no? 

Sure is. Thanks for putting your treasure pictures up,, much appreciated 

[Bob T]

I've had an update to the Fleet recently too, its a Maton SRS 60C, it just sounds amazing, , my tutor regulary gigs with his Maton and I went and tried a few others out, LAG, Martin,  but nothing came close to how it sounds, maybe Martin or Avveggio? would be stablemates.

All solid Australian timber, smells like a gum forest haha
http://maton.com.au/product/srs-60

So impressed with how it sounds. Finely crafted in a small Australian factory in Victoria with burls and whorls face and back and blonde streaks on the sides and back. Sitka spruce front and back, Rosewood neck, Sapele ring and headstock veneer. AP5 pickup. Resonance and Projection like nothing else. Wow  
Such a pleasure to play. A True Lifetime Guitar.

Definitely worth a look and a play at a good shop if you ever see one guys, I cant recommend it enough  

[Musicman]

I've never heard or plaid a Maton, but they sure look nice 

[Bob T]

I've never heard or plaid a Maton, but they sure look nice 

Hunt one down if you can Musicman, you'll be pleased you did.
Tommy Emmanuel is their ambassador, lot of clips on the Maton website, check it out if you get a chance 

[Ghoste]

There are some amazing small shop luthiers out there in the acoustic world aren't there?

[Mytur Binsdirti]

[Ghoste]

But can you play it? 

[69bronzeT5]

Appearently I never posted the guitars I've purchased in the past few years....

[69CoronetRT]

Appearently I never posted the guitars I've purchased in the past few years....

When did you get the double neck and how do you like it.