Retro Guitar

[Big_D]

I have a guitar thats kinda old school. its a 1981 fender jazz bass guitar.

[PunkMojo]

I have a guitar thats kinda old school. its a 1981 fender jazz bass guitar.

I still have my old Fender Mustang from around 1981 when I was in HS. I remember my buddy had a fender jazz bass.

[Don Stugots]

this thread is meaningless without pics for me. sorry.

[Fat_Opie]

I have a 1975 Rickenbacker 4001 bass. It might be a 1976 model because it was made in December 1975. The truss rod cover is the old-style clear plexiglass with the Rickenbacker name printed on the back. The later ones were molded in white plastic with raised black letters like a license plate. It's in almost-perfect condition, even the back. I got it in 1984 for a scant $299.

So the thread isn't meaningless...
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/hughbond/4001.jpg

Me playing it back in the '80s. Nice Bowie mullet on me, huh?
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/hughbond/VFW1.jpg

I also have a cherry sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard with a plus top (the one I played at the Bash) and a sunburst American Standard Telecaster. Both were made in the mid '90s but the designs are over 50 years old. I generally don't go for the new-style, high-tech stuff.

[Chip196]

Me playing it back in the '80s. Nice Bowie mullet on me, huh?
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/hughbond/VFW1.jpg


Is this the first meeting between Hall and Oats?

[Fat_Opie]

Is this the first meeting between Hall and Oats?

Nice hair on that guy, huh? I wouldn't trade my mullet for it!

Of course he's drinking Old Style. I wish there was a way to type a Chicago accent.

[JerseyRich]

Me playing it back in the '80s. Nice Bowie mullet on me, huh?
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/hughbond/VFW1.jpg


Is this the first meeting between Hall and Oats?

Wow Mister!
You played at a club when people could still smoke inside?

How old ARE you?

teehee.

My dad actually had the opportunity to get a 56' Precision Bass from a relative(after said relative passed away) My Pop even took it to Mandolin Bros to have it appraised...They said about 6-7K...It was used well and had lots of checking...
He passed it up and bought a Sadowsky instead from Roger in Brooklyn.

Now we are both proud owners of new "Vintage Style" Jazz basses.

Here's a pic I took of the two basses when I visited him last month in NC.
http://richstillwell.com/bass/FS.jpg
How's that?!

[Mike Teacher]

I have a 1975 Rickenbacker 4001 bass. It might be a 1976 model because it was made in December 1975. The truss rod cover is the old-style clear plexiglass with the Rickenbacker name printed on the back. The later ones were molded in white plastic with raised black letters like a license plate. It's in almost-perfect condition, even the back. I got it in 1984 for a scant $299.

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That's a gorgeous Ric. I have a 2003 Blue one and I friggin love it, but a 75? Wow.

Does it have numbers on the input jack plate? After a certain year Ric started putting serial numbers on the plate, and the rickenbacker website has a lookup thing that gives you the month and year of manufacture.

[JerseyRich]

I have a guitar thats kinda old school. its a 1981 fender jazz bass guitar.

The interesting thing about Early 80's Jazz basses and PBasses is that they are notoriously HEAVY...and are usually made out of leftover 70's parts.
You could have either a really good example of a Fender Jazz...or a real clunker.

Let see a pic. I love talking shop.
I can help you identify lots of stuff about it if you get some good pics.

[Fat_Opie]

That's a gorgeous Ric. I have a 2003 Blue one and I friggin love it, but a 75? Wow.

Does it have numbers on the input jack plate? After a certain year Ric started putting serial numbers on the plate, and the rickenbacker website has a lookup thing that gives you the month and year of manufacture.

Thanks! It's a great bass. It plays great and has that Ric tone.

Yes, it has the code on the jack plate. I decoded it years ago using a guide in a book on Rickenbackers. I'll plug the code into the website and see if it tells me anything different.

[Fat_Opie]

Wow Mister!
You played at a club when people could still smoke inside?

How old ARE you?

teehee.

My dad actually had the opportunity to get a 56' Precision Bass from a relative(after said relative passed away) My Pop even took it to Mandolin Bros to have it appraised...They said about 6-7K...It was used well and had lots of checking...
He passed it up and bought a Sadowsky instead from Roger in Brooklyn.

Now we are both proud owners of new "Vintage Style" Jazz basses.
Those are both very cool basses. I think I would've opted for the '56 though as long as it played well and sounded good. It sounds like it had a story to tell.

That photo was actually a party held at a VFW hall in Addison, IL, in about 1989. As far as I know, you can still smoke in bars and even restaurants in Illinois. The last time we were out there (July '06) you could. I hate it and I especially hated it when I was singing in those smoky clubs.

I have a hard time considering 5-string basses "Vintage Style" unless it's something like a Fender Bass V like this one from 1965:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/hughbond/Retro_FenderBassV.jpg

I own a 2000 Jazz Bass (4-string) and it's a great bass. I just classify the 5-string and other modified versions to be modern updates. I even have a hard time thinking of my Jazz Bass as "Vintage Style" since it never had the pickup and bridge covers.

[jetdog]

I love those 4001 basses, I think I want one of those more than any other musical instrument.

I have the anithesis of a 4001, a '75 3/4 size model 950 (http://www.rickenbacker.com/gallery_image.asp?archive_id=1937&gallery_year=1970), except black.

I love the little thing but I look like a complete tool playing it, it's so small and I'm a big guy.

[Fat_Opie]

Does it have numbers on the input jack plate? After a certain year Ric started putting serial numbers on the plate, and the rickenbacker website has a lookup thing that gives you the month and year of manufacture.

The Ric website confirmed December 1975. The plate has OL at the top and a 3-digit serial at the bottom. Rickenbacker started that system in November of 1960. 1960 was represented by the letter J, then 1961 started with A. O (15th letter of alphabet) is 1975 and L (12th letter of alphabet) is December.

[Gvac]

Buncha snobs.

[Fat_Opie]

I love those 4001 basses, I think I want one of those more than any other musical instrument.

I have the anithesis of a 4001, a '75 3/4 size model 950 (http://www.rickenbacker.com/gallery_image.asp?archive_id=1937&gallery_year=1970), except black.

I love the little thing but I look like a complete tool playing it, it's so small and I'm a big guy.

That's pretty cool! What does it sound like? How does it play?

I used to have access to a Rickenbacker 620. It had great tone though the tone got crappy if you rolled off the volume. My biggest complaint with it was that the fretboard was narrow so the strings were too close together. It played okay but, coming from my Les Paul, the string spacing took a little getting used to.

Rickenbacker had a lot of unusual guitars. If I had the money I'd try to collect a nice cross-section of them.

[Fat_Opie]

Buncha snobs.

Snobs?!?!?! Is THIS snobby???

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/hughbond/P7190004.jpg

I bought this Harmony Marquis at a J.C. Penny's outlet store in 1983 for $79. I put a Duncan Jazz pickup in the neck, a Duncan JB in the bridge and a Duncan Vintage Strat stag-mag in a custom rout in the middle. The humbuckers are 4-conductor wired so the coils are independent. I re-wired it to have a master volume (with a capacitor that makes it sound brighter as you turn it down) and a master tone. Then it has three separate volumes, one for each pickup that are also push-pull switches. The push-pulls switch the humbuckers between humbucking and single-coil and the middle pickup on and off, adding it to whatever mix the humbuckers are set to using the regular Les Paul-style switch. It has 17 different pickup configurations and the separate volume pots let the pickups be mixed with infinite variability. It's the most versatile guitar I've ever owned and the total investment was around $350.

[jetdog]

That's pretty cool! What does it sound like? How does it play?

I used to have access to a Rickenbacker 620. It had great tone though the tone got crappy if you rolled off the volume. My biggest complaint with it was that the fretboard was narrow so the strings were too close together. It played okay but, coming from my Les Paul, the string spacing took a little getting used to.

Rickenbacker had a lot of unusual guitars. If I had the money I'd try to collect a nice cross-section of them.

those two single coils put out a surprisingly fat tone, I like to put an overdrive on it and boost the treble and base and play some fat, bar-chordy riffs. its the best fuzz I've ever been able to create. The drawbacks are the same as you mention for the 620, loses tone and it has a narrow fretboard.

It also has a nice fat clean sound, with a good sustain (must be the neck-through-body) I would go so far as to compare it to a hollow-body, good for some slow-bluesy leads.

I'm with you on the Rickenbacker collection, if only...

[FezPaul]

70something Les Paul.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f281/FezPaul/IMG_0217.jpg

[ppanda]

Richenbaker 360 but mine is a red
http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media/quality,85/brand,zzounds/p2228b-8c77567e25c1f28dc7266bfb7d07d83e.jpg

Here is what I am looking for:1962 Fender Jaguar I want the candyapple red- Third one in:

http://www.fenderjaguar.net/images/history/historyjags.jpg

[jetdog]

[QUOTE=ppanda;1250260]Richenbaker 360 but mine is a red
http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media/quality,85/brand,zzounds/p2228b-8c77567e25c1f28dc7266bfb7d07d83e.jpg

NICE!

I would love a Jaguar too. I'm going to have to wait awhile though, I just bought my first Telecaster. I love Tele's simplicity, they make you play as clean as possible.

I love vintage and customized guitars more than any other, I mean I would take a beat up old Rick or Fender or Gibson (even a Danalectro) over a PRS anyday (even though PRS's are amazing guitars).

[ppanda]

[QUOTE=ppanda;1250260]Richenbaker 360 but mine is a red
http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media/quality,85/brand,zzounds/p2228b-8c77567e25c1f28dc7266bfb7d07d83e.jpg

NICE!

I would love a Jaguar too. I'm going to have to wait awhile though, I just bought my first Telecaster. I love Tele's simplicity, they make you play as clean as possible.

I love vintage and customized guitars more than any other, I mean I would take a beat up old Rick or Fender or Gibson (even a Danalectro) over a PRS anyday (even though PRS's are amazing guitars).

I couldnt find a picture of my actual Rich- because it was a color I custom ordered- they typically only come sunburst with red- Mine is just plain red with double binding.

As much as I love the look of les pauls and Gretch Silver jets- I cant play them. The action is soooo high and the neck is real wide compared to a Rich or a Fender and I have short fingers so I struggle playing them. To Gibsons credit- I love the old SG with the double hum-buckers- they have such a unique sound.

[jetdog]

I know what you mean, those Gibsons especially have some tricky action, there is a very small window between getting them where you want and fret-buzz, and they're some heavy fuckers too. I tend to like Fenders in terms of playability, but I'll admit nothing can compete with that fat gibson sound when you want it.

[ppanda]

Aside from the SG- here is the only other Gibson I love and am still able to play- Firebird
http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/2/0/9/274209.jpg

[bobrobot]

here's OLD SKOOL;
1928 National Resophonic Style 1 Tricone ser.# 996. This is 1 of the 1st 1000 original resophonic guitars in the United States & it's completely handmade (B4 they employed the metal stamping process to make the front & sides all outta 1 piece)!!! It's a squareneck and can only be played as a lap slide & is made of "German Silver" which is neither from Germany nor actual silver... go figure??? Resophonic guitars employ a process of "mechanical amplification" using a resonator cone (this one uses 3), like a speaker cone in an electric amplifier, as a diaghram which directs the sound pressure formed in the body chamber outward. This guitar was once the property of the legendary Tampa Red (it was his "knockaround," ha ha ha)!!!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/bobogolem/boboTriconeLG.jpg

[tele7]

Snobs?!?!?! Is THIS snobby???

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/hughbond/P7190004.jpg

I bought this Harmony Marquis at a J.C. Penny's outlet store in 1983 for $79. I put a Duncan Jazz pickup in the neck, a Duncan JB in the bridge and a Duncan Vintage Strat stag-mag in a custom rout in the middle. The humbuckers are 4-conductor wired so the coils are independent. I re-wired it to have a master volume (with a capacitor that makes it sound brighter as you turn it down) and a master tone. Then it has three separate volumes, one for each pickup that are also push-pull switches. The push-pulls switch the humbuckers between humbucking and single-coil and the middle pickup on and off, adding it to whatever mix the humbuckers are set to using the regular Les Paul-style switch. It has 17 different pickup configurations and the separate volume pots let the pickups be mixed with infinite variability. It's the most versatile guitar I've ever owned and the total investment was around $350.

Wow! I have the Gibson version of this guitar. I got it in 1979, and it's called "The Paul". It still plays like a dream, even though it looks like a coffee table. It was my first real guitar. It's never had a fret job and the intonation is perfect. I would never part with it.

[ppanda]

Holy crap Bobo- that is oldschool
Somehow I knew you would chime in on this thread and put all us to shame..Im sure you have a sweet collection.
One thing I wish I knew how to play is that blues steel guitar style- but Im just a Rock-n-Roll white boy.
Blues has such a pure- raw emotion feel that cant be conveyed with modern steel and if I had an old school one- I honestly dont think I would play it.

[jetdog]

Aside from the SG- here is the only other Gibson I love and am still able to play- Firebird
http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/2/0/9/274209.jpg

One of the best nights of my life was spent at a friend of a freinds house, in undergrad, his dad had a collection of Gibsons and a nice studio setup, we had a badass drummer two guitarists and a bassist, we busted out his equipment and I grabbed the Firebird, we had never played together before, we spent the rest of the night throwingdown on some blues riffs and some crazy beats, God Damn I love that guitar!

[jetdog]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/bobogolem/boboTriconeLG.jpg[/QUOTE]

WOW.

[ppanda]

BOBO owns this thread
There is nothing we can contribute that would top him

[ppanda]

One of the best nights of my life was spent at a friend of a freinds house, in undergrad, his dad had a collection of Gibsons and a nice studio setup, we had a badass drummer two guitarists and a bassist, we busted out his equipment and I grabbed the Firebird, we had never played together before, we spent the rest of the night throwingdown on some blues riffs and some crazy beats, God Damn I love that guitar!

Hey Jetdog- just out of interest
What are your musical tastes? Like what bands? Only cuz when I was in highschool the bands I was into influenced my choice of guitars. I wanted the ones that the bands played.

[jetdog]

Hey Jetdog- just out of interest
What are your musical tastes? Like what bands? Only cuz when I was in highschool the bands I was into influenced my choice of guitars. I wanted the ones that the bands played.

Yeah, at first the bands I liked influenced my guitar choices too. I had a Led Zep shirt for every day of the week and then some, so I would have killed for a Les Paul. But since then I've had the opportunity to play a good amount of guitars, and also I've branched out, so now I'm pretty set in my ways and wants when it come to guitars.

I like so much music out there now (from the Pogues to Hot Water Music to Gogol Bordello to the Band to Firewater, etc.) something tells me I would die if I saw Bobo's collection.

To get back to your question though, I've become completely infatiuated with Joe Strummer's work, and I'm constantly having to talk myself out of beating up my new Telecaster to look like his.

[ralphbxny]

Play this guitar at the next event Bo!!

[tele7]

Just bought an Epiphone Casino last week. Love it. I wish it was the Lennon Revolution model though.



http://www.taisei.co.jp/museum/news/news/image/04090901.jpg

[Jughead]

So he is gonna help me..... I will try and post some pics for ya ...I have a 1973 Blond Precisson ...I still have My 1980 S.D Curlee (Google it)...I had mine custom painted candy apple blue back in 81..Wish now would have left it natural.....I played it on most songs..I also have a blond rickenbacker I believe it is a 1972 Not real sure my uncle has had it for quite a while... These are all basses......My S D a lot of people have never heard of it ...Only time ive ever seen one in a band is a night ranger video!!Yuk!!! HAHA

[tele7]

Like this?


http://www.stringsreunited.com/images/pb.JPG

[Fat_Opie]

So he is gonna help me..... I will try and post some pics for ya ...I have a 1973 Blond Precisson ...I still have My 1980 S.D Curlee (Google it)...I had mine custom painted candy apple blue back in 81..Wish now would have left it natural.....I played it on most songs..I also have a blond rickenbacker I believe it is a 1972 Not real sure my uncle has had it for quite a while... These are all basses......My S D a lot of people have never heard of it ...Only time ive ever seen one in a band is a night ranger video!!Yuk!!! HAHA

Yeah, Jack Blades played them. I also knew a guy who had one that was fretless that I played a few times. Cool bass.

[Fat_Opie]

Hey Jetdog- just out of interest
What are your musical tastes? Like what bands? Only cuz when I was in highschool the bands I was into influenced my choice of guitars. I wanted the ones that the bands played.

I still want a '77-'78 Gibson Les Paul Artisan, an '83-'84 Fender Telecaster Elite and a '74-'75 Gibson L6-S because Dave Davies played them in the Kinks. All three are like a Les Paul but each with its own twist on the concept.

[Fat_Opie]

Just bought an Epiphone Casino last week. Love it. I wish it was the Lennon Revolution model though.



http://www.taisei.co.jp/museum/news/news/image/04090901.jpg

Cool! Scrape off the finish like Lennon did and you're there!

[Fat_Opie]

70something Les Paul.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f281/FezPaul/IMG_0217.jpg

That would be a Les Paul Special -- all-mahogany, right?

[Fat_Opie]

those two single coils put out a surprisingly fat tone, I like to put an overdrive on it and boost the treble and base and play some fat, bar-chordy riffs. its the best fuzz I've ever been able to create. The drawbacks are the same as you mention for the 620, loses tone and it has a narrow fretboard.

It also has a nice fat clean sound, with a good sustain (must be the neck-through-body) I would go so far as to compare it to a hollow-body, good for some slow-bluesy leads.

I'm with you on the Rickenbacker collection, if only...

Yeah, that 620 was kinda Les Paul-like in what it could do yet didn't sound like one. The tone with overdrive was really nice....smooth and fat....not at all like the jangly sound everyone associates with Rickenbackers, though it got that too with a clean sound.

Ric made so many unusual guitars!

[tele7]

My "The Paul":

http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=5100178

[Fat_Opie]

Richenbaker 360 but mine is a red
http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media/quality,85/brand,zzounds/p2228b-8c77567e25c1f28dc7266bfb7d07d83e.jpg

Here is what I am looking for:1962 Fender Jaguar I want the candyapple red- Third one in:

http://www.fenderjaguar.net/images/history/historyjags.jpg

Both are really cool and unusual choices with great, interesting tones. Nice!!!

[tele7]

My "The Paul". Like yours but much, much heavier.

http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8801053545.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=5100178)

[Fat_Opie]

[QUOTE=jetdog;1250426]

I couldnt find a picture of my actual Rich- because it was a color I custom ordered- they typically only come sunburst with red- Mine is just plain red with double binding.

As much as I love the look of les pauls and Gretch Silver jets- I cant play them. The action is soooo high and the neck is real wide compared to a Rich or a Fender and I have short fingers so I struggle playing them. To Gibsons credit- I love the old SG with the double hum-buckers- they have such a unique sound.

I've like my action REALLY low and I've never had a problem with any Gibson, especially my Les Paul. You have to have the neck set perfectly straight. If you try to give it that Fender relief, it'll get a hump in the fretboard around the 12th fret that'll buzz. Also, if you over-correct you'll get buzz.

The neck is wider, though, and there's less real estate on the fretboard on the outside of the high E string up around the 12th-15th frets so you have to be more careful not to slip off the edge.

[Fat_Opie]

My "The Paul". Like yours but much, much heavier.

http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8801053545.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=5100178)

Yep! I've played those. They're cool guitars! It's got a set neck, too, while mine has a bolt-on but then mine was only 79 bucks.

[Fat_Opie]

Aside from the SG- here is the only other Gibson I love and am still able to play- Firebird
http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/2/0/9/274209.jpg

That's an odd Firebird. They usually have mini-humbuckers and a thicker block of wood down the center like this:
http://www.guitarecollection.com/images/upload/musee/guitare_17068993997.JPG

They always make me think of Johnny Winter.

[tele7]

Yep! I've played those. They're cool guitars! It's got a set neck, too, while mine has a bolt-on but then mine was only 79 bucks.

You can still find them on ebay for a steal. Around 600 bucks. A great deal for a Gibson vintage guitar.

[Fat_Opie]

here's OLD SKOOL;
1928 National Resophonic Style 1 Tricone ser.# 996. This is 1 of the 1st 1000 original resophonic guitars in the United States & it's completely handmade (B4 they employed the metal stamping process to make the front & sides all outta 1 piece)!!! It's a squareneck and can only be played as a lap slide & is made of "German Silver" which is neither from Germany nor actual silver... go figure??? Resophonic guitars employ a process of "mechanical amplification" using a resonator cone (this one uses 3), like a speaker cone in an electric amplifier, as a diaghram which directs the sound pressure formed in the body chamber outward. This guitar was once the property of the legendary Tampa Red (it was his "knockaround," ha ha ha)!!!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/bobogolem/boboTriconeLG.jpg

WOW!!! That's fucking cool!!!

I'm familiar with typical steel resonator tone but what does this one sound like? Is it brighter, fuller, thinner, etc?

[ppanda]

That's an odd Firebird. They usually have mini-humbuckers and a thicker block of wood down the center like this:
http://www.guitarecollection.com/images/upload/musee/guitare_17068993997.JPG

They always make me think of Johnny Winter.

Im sure the picture I pulled was a re-issue- I pulled it off of Gibsons website

[Fat_Opie]

You can still find them on ebay for a steal. Around 600 bucks. A great deal for a Gibson vintage guitar.

Yeah, I've seen L6-Ss for about that much, too. Those are all maple and have the 5-way pickup selector knob with Bill Lawrence pickups. They're a great deal as long as the original electronics are intact. Many of them got swapped to standard humbuckers and a 3-way Les Paul switch because guys didn't want to mess with the 5-way knob on stage. It makes it simpler but it kills the unique sound.

Here's one:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/hughbond/gibsonL6s.jpg

[Fat_Opie]

Im sure the picture I pulled was a re-issue- I pulled it off of Gibsons website

Aaaah. It's too bad Gibson had to mess with the classic design so much. That one you found looks more like a cross-breed of an Explorer and an RD Artist.

[tele7]

If you ever go to Guitar Center in East Brunswick, you will see this guitar hanging behind the counter. Asking price of $6199. It belonged to my sisters ex boyfriend. I played it for a few years. He let me keep it for a while, but took it back eventually.



http://www.gruhn.com/photo/EZ4748.jpg

[Fat_Opie]

If you ever go to Guitar Center in East Brunswick, you will see this guitar hanging behind the counter. Asking price of $6199. It belonged to my sisters ex boyfriend. I played it for a few years. He let me keep it for a while, but took it back eventually.



http://www.gruhn.com/photo/EZ4748.jpg

DAMMIT! Now THAT'S freakin' COOL!!!

[ppanda]

If you ever go to Guitar Center in East Brunswick, you will see this guitar hanging behind the counter. Asking price of $6199. It belonged to my sisters ex boyfriend. I played it for a few years. He let me keep it for a while, but took it back eventually.



http://www.gruhn.com/photo/EZ4748.jpg

WOW- that is sweet. Its a shame you didnt get dibs

[Wallower]

Here's my Les Paul.
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/8435/mylespaulsp4.jpg

[ralphbxny]

Here's my Les Paul.
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/8435/mylespaulsp4.jpg

He looks like he is makin sweet guitar love music!!

[ANC]

If you ever go to Guitar Center in East Brunswick, you will see this guitar hanging behind the counter. Asking price of $6199. It belonged to my sisters ex boyfriend. I played it for a few years. He let me keep it for a while, but took it back eventually.



http://www.gruhn.com/photo/EZ4748.jpg

I live like 5 minutes from there..... Hmmmmmm might be a nice way to spend my tax refund..

[Fat_Opie]

He looks like he is makin sweet guitar love music!!

Actually it looks like he's making doodie in his Depends.

[JustJon]

Here's my Les Paul.
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/8435/mylespaulsp4.jpg

He spoke at my college graduation. One of the most amazing speeches ever...

"Thanks. Good luck to you all."

[Fat_Opie]

He spoke at my college graduation. One of the most amazing speeches ever...

"Thanks. Good luck to you all."

He IS truly amazing.

His left arm is set at that guitar angle permanently because it was broken in a car accident. He's had to sleep like that for decades!

[jetdog]

http://www.gruhn.com/photo/EZ4748.jpg

Now that's a guitar I've never had the privilege of playing. what is it about them that makes them so desirable? (other than just looking so fucking cool)

[Wallower]

If you ever want any Gibson pics or info just let me know. I've got a bottomless pit of it here.
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/6103/downthestringsxp9.jpg

[jetdog]

I'm watching "the Last Waltz" right now, if anybody has seen this, what the hell is Robie Robertson playing during "the weight"? it looks like a gibson doubleneck, 6-string/mandolin!

And who was playing fretless electric bass before Rick Danko?!

[jetdog]

and who makes a trucker hat look better than Levon Helm?

[jetdog]

Neil Diamond bothers me though...

[PapaBear]

Here's my Les Paul.
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/8435/mylespaulsp4.jpg
I don't know much about guitars, but my ex's Step Father has a green Les Paul studio guitar that was once owned by Les Paul.

[tele7]

I don't know much about guitars, but my ex's Step Father has a green Les Paul studio guitar that was once owned by Les Paul.

Very cool. You can check what year it was made by the serial number. Use the first and fifth digits. 71169547 or 1979.

[Fat_Opie]

Very cool. You can check what year it was made by the serial number. Use the first and fifth digits. 71169547 or 1979.

I get the feeling he probably doesn't have access to it anymore. It's his ex's stepdad.

The Les Paul Studio was intoduced in the late '80s, wasn't it? Les Pauls just look freaky to me without binding. They're great guitars in every other way but the look.....

[PapaBear]

I get the feeling he probably doesn't have access to it anymore. It's his ex's stepdad.

The Les Paul Studio was intoduced in the late '80s, wasn't it? Les Pauls just look freaky to me without binding. They're great guitars in every other way but the look.....
I don't know when they came out, but the first time I saw it was in 1989. At that point I don't know how long he had owned it, but it was at least a few years.

[Fat_Opie]

I don't know when they came out, but the first time I saw it was in 1989. At that point I don't know how long he had owned it, but it was at least a few years.

I looked it up. Introduced in 1983.

Since Les Paul owned it, there's a chance it's a prototype or very early production model. I doubt he ever has to buy a Gibson and, for him to have owned such a late model, low-end guitar, I could see them giving him a very early one to evaluate since his name is on it.

[JerseyRich]

Ok...
This is making me want to start the RonFez.net band v2.0.

Surf rock?
Kinks Cover band?

Something vintage.

Let's do it.

I know Tom(Telecaster 7) is rearing to go!

[jetdog]

I'm thinking klezmer...

seriously though, I wanna hear more about those Mosrites, any opinions?

[bobrobot]

I'm thinking klezmer...

seriously though, I wanna hear more about those Mosrites, any opinions?

Mosrites are just novelty guitars, they are average at best, you can get a lot more bang for yer buck elsewhere. I bet I've seen the Ventures play 100 times & I never saw Nokie play a Mosrite on stage!!!

http://www.din.or.jp/~ongakkan/image/video/nokiebig.gif

[jetdog]

Mosrites are just novelty guitars, they are average at best, you can get a lot more bang for yer buck elsewhere. I bet I've seen the Ventures play 100 times & I never saw Nokie play a Mosrite on stage!!!



that's what I thought, but It seems you won't pay any less than a grand for one?

[jetdog]

:blink:
okay now I'm confused...

[bobrobot]

1K for a Mosrite is a deal nowadays & that money can be SOOO much better spent on a cool looking & playing axe made elsewhere. Fender, Gibson, PRS, & then there's all the boutique builders, & 1K will buy a lot of guitar!!!

fucked up Mosrite for 4K!!! (http://elderly.com/vintage/names/MOSRITE-VENTURES-%281966%29--30U-13576.htm)

[jetdog]

I googled Nokie Edwards after your post, it looks like he's a spokeman for them?
I agree about the 1K buying a badass guitar, my wife bought me a Taylor acoustic, I played 2K deans and gibsons that didn't sound half as good.

[Fat_Opie]

Ok...
This is making me want to start the RonFez.net band v2.0.

Surf rock?
Kinks Cover band?

Something vintage.

Let's do it.

I know Tom(Telecaster 7) is rearing to go!

I'm in! Especially the Kinks part.

[Fat_Opie]

that's what I thought, but It seems you won't pay any less than a grand for one?

Mosrite was a cheap brand in the '60s. They made a deal with the Ventures to have a Ventures model and they played them briefly back then.....or at least posed for photos like they were playing them.

The price tag is on nostalgia. It's like the way guys these days will pay $20+K for a '66 Malibu ($2200 when new; $800 in 1980) with a 283-2bbl because it came from the musclecar era but it's not a musclecar because it had a low-perf, micro-small block engine.

[Fat_Opie]

1K for a Mosrite is a deal nowadays & that money can be SOOO much better spent on a cool looking & playing axe made elsewhere. Fender, Gibson, PRS, & then there's all the boutique builders, & 1K will buy a lot of guitar!!!

fucked up Mosrite for 4K!!! (http://elderly.com/vintage/names/MOSRITE-VENTURES-%281966%29--30U-13576.htm)

It's all about the guys who were kids in the '60s and in their late-40s/early-50s now and have the money to buy the stuff their parents wouldn't buy them 40-45 years ago.

I've seen original MPC 1969 Dodge Charger model kits ($2 when new) go for $300+ while you can go to Walmart and buy a new, better-quality Revell 1969 Dodge Charger model kit for $10-12. People do stupid things when they let their emotions spend their money.

[Fat_Opie]

I googled Nokie Edwards after your post, it looks like he's a spokeman for them?
I agree about the 1K buying a badass guitar, my wife bought me a Taylor acoustic, I played 2K deans and gibsons that didn't sound half as good.

Vintage doesn't mean it's good!

You've always gotta play the stuff and see if it's any good if you're actually gonna use it. New or old, if it plays and sounds like magic when it's in your hands, then it's up to you what magic is worth.

Then there are guys with money falling out of their pockets who just want to put something old (a.k.a. vintage) on a shelf.

[bobrobot]

I wanna start an RF.net Jug Band!!!
http://audio.ya.com/bluespain/images/Enciclopedia/MemphisJug.jpg

[Fat_Opie]

I wanna start an RF.net Jug Band!!!
http://audio.ya.com/bluespain/images/Enciclopedia/MemphisJug.jpg
I'm in. I LOVE jugs!

[jetdog]

http://www.rhythmband.com/RB888.jpg

[PapaBear]

I'm in. I LOVE jugs!
Stugots?

[JerseyRich]

I'm in! Especially the Kinks part.

How bout a Kinks Jug Band?

We call it "The Jinks"

[dukester]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/hughbond/4001.jpg

i have an almost identical 4001, the serial number says it's a '73.
a little banged up w/ new machines on, got it for $500 in '93...

... it's my favorite bass.

[Fat_Opie]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/hughbond/4001.jpg

i have an almost identical 4001, the serial number says it's a '73.
a little banged up w/ new machines on, got it for $500 in '93...

... it's my favorite bass.
Cool!

I love mine. I ordered a stereo cord for it and that's all I use for recording. Splitting the pickups hard left/right sounds HUGE! I actually have to tone it down so it doesn't dominate the mix. If you listen to "King Kong" on my band's MySpace you can hear it. That's just my Ric plugged directly into my old Tascam 4-track with no EQ. The link is in my sig.

[Fat_Opie]

http://www.rhythmband.com/RB888.jpg

You're hired. :D

[jetdog]

Cool!

I love mine. I ordered a stereo cord for it and that's all I use for recording. Splitting the pickups hard left/right sounds HUGE! I actually have to tone it down so it doesn't dominate the mix. If you listen to "King Kong" on my band's MySpace you can hear it. That's just my Ric plugged directly into my old Tascam 4-track with no EQ. The link is in my sig.

talk about vintage! o'the good o'l days! I'm gonna look for one of those on Ebay right now!

[Fat_Opie]

talk about vintage! o'the good o'l days! I'm gonna look for one of those on Ebay right now!

Naaah. It's from 1987. It's a cassette 4-track with dbx noise reduction and a 6-channel stereo mixer. It's a good deck but to get really good results you also need a standard cassette deck that also has dbx. Mine is an Aiwa from about 1990. I'd fill up the four tracks on the Tascam with two stereo mixes, then play another stereo mix live as I mixed it down onto the Aiwa, mixing 6 down to 2. Then I'd swap tapes between the Tascam and the Aiwa and repeat. The two tracks from the Aiwa became tracks 1 & 2 on the Tascam with 3 & 4 empty and ready to record. You get lots of layers that way without losing generations. I'd record the bass and guitars direct (late '90s Pandora's Box) so live mixes are possible without having an amp blaring in the room. It's crude but effective. Oh, yeah....and the drums are an old Yamaha RX11 drum machine but I played it live like a keyboard instead of programming it.

That stuff is old but hardly "vintage"!!! I've got a hard-disk digital workstation now. That's a much better route to take.

[Fat_Opie]

Oops. Double post. Sorry!

[dukester]

Cool!

I love mine. I ordered a stereo cord for it and that's all I use for recording. Splitting the pickups hard left/right sounds HUGE! I actually have to tone it down so it doesn't dominate the mix. If you listen to "King Kong" on my band's MySpace you can hear it. That's just my Ric plugged directly into my old Tascam 4-track with no EQ. The link is in my sig.

how much $ was that stereo cord setup?
have you ever used it live, or just for recording?

here's a picture of me playing the ric, with a pogues cover band called defenestrated.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/justduke/sweeneys04.jpg

[tele7]

1K for a Mosrite is a deal nowadays & that money can be SOOO much better spent on a cool looking & playing axe made elsewhere. Fender, Gibson, PRS, & then there's all the boutique builders, & 1K will buy a lot of guitar!!!

fucked up Mosrite for 4K!!! (http://elderly.com/vintage/names/MOSRITE-VENTURES-%281966%29--30U-13576.htm)

Agreed Bobo. For the money, there are many guitars I would chose over the Mosrite. The Mosrite Ventures model in Guitar Center happens to be the one I played from about 14 to 18 years of age (not one like it, but the one...pock marks and all). so the nostalgia factor is huge for me.

I remember it had extemely low action and a very thin neck like a ric. I used to play it through an ampeg Jet. It was a hell of a combo.

I would love to see your collection someday....or maybe just a Uke lesson or two.

[Fat_Opie]

how much $ was that stereo cord setup?
have you ever used it live, or just for recording?

here's a picture of me playing the ric, with a pogues cover band called defenestrated.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/justduke/sweeneys04.jpg

I only used it "live" at home. You need two amps and, because the sound is so different between the two sides, I never thought it would work well live. If you want to bi-amp, though, that would be the ultimate crossover!

Come to think of it, it would probably sound cool to run the treble pickup into a slightly dirty amp with a mic and the neck pickup into a clean direct box to play live. You'd need a good sound man mixing you because your tone would be entirely in his hands.

The cable cost me something like $25 back in the '80s. I just ordered it through my local music store and it was not made by Rickenbacker. It's looks kinda like a lamp cord with two thin cables molded together but both sides are shielded. At the instrument end is a 1/4" stereo plug and the other end splits the two cables apart and each has a standard 1/4" plug on it. I'd guess you could get one under $50 today or even make one yourself.

If you get one, let me know how it works out.

[Fat_Opie]

Agreed Bobo. For the money, there are many guitars I would chose over the Mosrite. The Mosrite Ventures model in Guitar Center happens to be the one I played from about 14 to 18 years of age (not one like it, but the one...pock marks and all). so the nostalgia factor is huge for me.

I remember it had extemely low action and a very thin neck like a ric. I used to play it through an ampeg Jet. It was a hell of a combo.

I would love to see your collection someday....or maybe just a Uke lesson or two.

A Mosrite would be cool to have after you've collected everything else but still have the urge for something more or something really unusual to pull out onstage. $6K is too steep though!

Was the neck thin or narrow or both? When I think of Rickenbackers, I'm always more struck by the narrowness of the fretboards. The necks are thin but the narrowness overshadows that to me.

[Duke]

A company called "eastwood guitars" make excellent mosrite copies. Dont shell out 1K. I got mine for 400 and I love it


http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/ theres the site.


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its based on the 1970s Univox Hi Fliers

[JerseyRich]

A Mosrite would be cool to have after you've collected everything else but still have the urge for something more or something really unusual to pull out onstage. $6K is too steep though!

Was the neck thin or narrow or both? When I think of Rickenbackers, I'm always more struck by the narrowness of the fretboards. The necks are thin but the narrowness overshadows that to me.

Just curious...what is the difference between a 4001 and a 4003?

[dukester]

Just curious...what is the difference between a 4001 and a 4003?

there are a couple esthetic differences: some 4003's have a two piece pick guards, and some have the truss rod adjuster at the body end of the neck.
but the main difference between the two is: the 4003's neck is designed to take the higher tension of a round wound string.

rickenbacker stopped making the 4001 in the early eighty's.

[JerseyRich]

Thank you sir.

Ok...On with my Kinks cover band...

So far, the idea for the name of the band is either "The Jinks" or "Ape Men"

We need a singer...who is in?

[Fat_Opie]

Thank you sir.

Ok...On with my Kinks cover band...

So far, the idea for the name of the band is either "The Jinks" or "Ape Men"

We need a singer...who is in?

I'd volunteer but I'd be better as a Dave than a Ray. I'll have to take the plunge on that Les Paul Artisan or Telecaster Elite to really nail it.

You're gonna have to lose that Jazz Bass and play with a pick, too. If you go late-era Kinks you'll need a short-scale Fender Mustang like Jim Rodford played. Pete Quaife ('60s) played a Rickenbacker 4001-S (the export version with dot inlays and no binding) and the occasional Danelectro or P-Bass. John Dalton played a P-Bass early on then switched to a Ric 4001.

How about calling it "One for the Road" or "State of Confusion" and doing approximately the same material they did on tour in the early '80s when they were most popular?

[Fat_Opie]

there are a couple esthetic differences: some 4003's have a two piece pick guards, and some have the truss rod adjuster at the body end of the neck.
but the main difference between the two is: the 4003's neck is designed to take the higher tension of a round wound string.

rickenbacker stopped making the 4001 in the early eighty's.

A 4001 has a laminated neck with a strip of dark wood down the center. The 4003 has a solid neck without the stripe. That was done for round-wound strings. You're only supposed to use flatwounds on a 4001 but that never stopped anyone. Mine has had round-wounds for the 23 years I've owned it and it's fine.

[jetdog]

If anyone objects to derailing this thread a little, I'll be happy to start a general guitar discussion thread, but I think there is a dedicated group that frequents this thread to the point that we might just as well discuss all guitar topics here.

Anyway the point is, I've been feinding after a hollow body electric and I'd love to hear anybodies opinion on any that they've played. In general I encounter a lot of Ibanez in my price range, but I'been really disapointed with their sound. I know epiphone makes a lot of affordable models, any opinions on these?

[JerseyRich]

I'd volunteer but I'd be better as a Dave than a Ray. I'll have to take the plunge on that Les Paul Artisan or Telecaster Elite to really nail it.

You're gonna have to lose that Jazz Bass and play with a pick, too. If you go late-era Kinks you'll need a short-scale Fender Mustang like Jim Rodford played. Pete Quaife ('60s) played a Rickenbacker 4001-S (the export version with dot inlays and no binding) and the occasional Danelectro or P-Bass. John Dalton played a P-Bass early on then switched to a Ric 4001.

How about calling it "One for the Road" or "State of Confusion" and doing approximately the same material they did on tour in the early '80s when they were most popular?

I just sat down at GC on Saturday and played a new MIJ Mustang(White with Tortoise PG). I like shortscale basses...and that one is nice...I'd have to sell my shortscale semi hollow Allen Woody Sig Epiphone before I got one though.

My Dad has a 1966 CAR Fender Mustang Bass that I need to go and steal from him...


Wait...and I have to learn some Kinks tunes too.

[Fat_Opie]

I just sat down at GC on Saturday and played a new MIJ Mustang(White with Tortoise PG). I like shortscale basses...and that one is nice...I'd have to sell my shortscale semi hollow Allen Woody Sig Epiphone before I got one though.

My Dad has a 1966 CAR Fender Mustang Bass that I need to go and steal from him...


Wait...and I have to learn some Kinks tunes too.

"(I Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" is a blast to play. Learn the live version and I'm there!

[Fat_Opie]

If anyone objects to derailing this thread a little, I'll be happy to start a general guitar discussion thread, but I think there is a dedicated group that frequents this thread to the point that we might just as well discuss all guitar topics here.

Anyway the point is, I've been feinding after a hollow body electric and I'd love to hear anybodies opinion on any that they've played. In general I encounter a lot of Ibanez in my price range, but I'been really disapointed with their sound. I know epiphone makes a lot of affordable models, any opinions on these?

I played one of the Epiphones a few years ago and loved it. I didn't buy it, though. I've considered getting one since I don't have a semi-hollowbody.

I knew someone with a 335 who damaged it horribly by stepping on the cable as he was standing up. He'd left just enough slack to get upward momentum, then CRUNCH! The jack was pretty much ripped right out of the top. I'd strongly recommend putting the cable through the strap to prevent that from happening. That and feedback are the two potential problems.

[JerseyRich]

Good News!
I don't have to go and steal the '66 Candy Apple Red Mustang Bass from my Dad! I asked him if I could use it for a while...and he said he would Fed Ex it up from NC for me.

Apemen here we come!

[topless_mike]

im too young to know what vintage truely means....

:sad:

[JerseyRich]

im too young to know what vintage truely means....

:sad:

Go back to your 8-stringed Fantasy World!

[topless_mike]

Go back to your 8-stringed Fantasy World!

8? ya gotta add fo' mo' son.

oh, and i got my eyes on a 10 stringer 5x2
yum!

[JerseyRich]

8? ya gotta add fo' mo' son.

oh, and i got my eyes on a 10 stringer 5x2
yum!

Now you're just showing off!

[Bunnyboy]

I still got my '83 Ibanez Roadstar - its kinda purple, its got some chunky floating bridge and it just screams "HAIR METAL"

I spent alot of summer earning like $3 an hour to save up for that beastie

[topless_mike]

Now you're just showing off!

showing off ? no
just compensating for other things...

[Gvac]

If anyone objects to derailing this thread a little, I'll be happy to start a general guitar discussion thread, but I think there is a dedicated group that frequents this thread to the point that we might just as well discuss all guitar topics here.

Anyway the point is, I've been feinding after a hollow body electric and I'd love to hear anybodies opinion on any that they've played. In general I encounter a lot of Ibanez in my price range, but I'been really disapointed with their sound. I know epiphone makes a lot of affordable models, any opinions on these?

Epiphone's are AMAZING. I had an Epiphone Sheraton and it was absolutely beautiful. I had no occasion to play it, though, so I got rid of it. My Epiphone SG sounds better and is more playable than a Gibson for a fifth of the price.

Telecaster7 just bought an Epiphone Semi-hollow and he loves it. I can't remember if he got the Sheraton or the Casino, though.

[JerseyRich]

Epiphone's are AMAZING. I had an Epiphone Sheraton and it was absolutely beautiful. I had no occasion to play it, though, so I got rid of it. My Epiphone SG sounds better and is more playable than a Gibson for a fifth of the price.

Telecaster7 just bought an Epiphone Semi-hollow and he loves it. I can't remember if he got the Sheraton or the Casino, though.

He got the Casino.

[jetdog]

http://www.musicplayers.com/images/Baritone_fender.jpg

I've never even heard of baritone guitars before. Has anybody played one?
I love the idea of having some deep, deep sounds but still being able to head upstairs.
I can't stop drooling over this Jaguar!

[fezident]

I've been masturbating to the Fender Jaguar Bass for two years.

Love.

http://www.pittsburghguitars.com/Resources/FMI/fender/basses/jagbass.jpg

[ahhdurr]

We really don't have enough guitarists on this board...

I have 2 guitars (acoustic and electric) and a bass.

They're all what I could afford.

I'm waiting for life not to be so expensive so I can get a Mex Strat. I still regret selling my Les Paul (Epiphone - *grumble* I never own original gear) for $40 during a more interesting period of my life.

[jetdog]

Currently I have a 70's rickenbacker (see earlier in this thread), a beautiful taylor, and a Mexican Tele (my Mexicaster), which sounds fucking amazing through my Fender blues deville.

[johnniehardrock]

I have this massive collection of retro guitars at my place. I cant put up pics but feel free to stop by and check em out

[zildjian361]

this thread is meaningless without pics for me. sorry.

Stu i dont know how :drunk::smoke: Spingsteen' telecaster.:tongue:

[ANC]

WHat I have so far:

http://cachepe.samedaymusic.com/media/quality,85/brand,sameday/SGStandardLE-natburst-418e8e8cd724cbe8943f752c9d8aeb5c.jpghttp://en.woodbrass.com/images/woodbrass/LPSTWRGH1.JPGhttp://www.strat-central.com/pics/other/prodigy/116307.jpg
http://images.wwbw.com/products/thumbs/Ibanez/255188.jpg

plus a FEnder Acoustic, Franciscan Acoustic, A Yamaha Classical, and a Yamaha 12 String.

Looking to get a Rickenbacker, but that'll have to wait after the "saving for the wedding" days are over...

[Dougie Brootal]

my collection:
http://a578.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/22/l_4986874e04eb9967ed760b0acf6f4d81.jpg
not so vintage but whatever.

[JerseyRich]

my collection:
http://a578.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/22/l_4986874e04eb9967ed760b0acf6f4d81.jpg
not so vintage but whatever.

Do those guitars come with a bad mustache and a coke habit?

[Dougie Brootal]

Do those guitars come with a bad mustache and a coke habit?

ouch!:glurps:

[ahhdurr]

my collection:
http://a578.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/22/l_4986874e04eb9967ed760b0acf6f4d81.jpg
not so vintage but whatever.

Doug fantasizes about being:

Slash, Dimebag and Zakk Wylde on any given evening.

Mostly Dimebag it looks like.

[Dougie Brootal]

Doug fantasizes about being:

Slash, Dimebag and Zakk Wylde on any given evening.

Mostly Dimebag it looks like.

but before the horrific onstage murder. and the sunbust les paul i was ace frehley during an unfortunate kiss period when i was 11.

[toolshed]

Anyone here have any experience with the Rondo Agile series guitars? Korean copies of some of the big names. I have read good things, but never handled one. There is a guy sorta near me selling off a few "like-new" ones at a steal, but I won't pick them up if they are Squier quality.

[razorboy]

I learned how to play on my Pop's Kay TrueTone Speed Demon. It's still my favorite guitar in the world. Whenever I visit I'll inevitably end up sneaking to the back room and playing it in some attempt to relive my formative years.

[JerseyRich]

Anyone here have any experience with the Rondo Agile series guitars? Korean copies of some of the big names. I have read good things, but never handled one. There is a guy sorta near me selling off a few "like-new" ones at a steal, but I won't pick them up if they are Squier quality.

They're good, but HEAVY.

I would pick one up if it's really inexpensive.

[tele7]

They're good, but HEAVY.

I would pick one up if it's really inexpensive.

Hey Rich,

Al has an Agile ES-335 copy. I played it before you got there and it was pretty awesome.

[JerseyRich]

Hey Rich,

Al has an Agile ES-335 copy. I played it before you got there and it was pretty awesome.

Way to be completely inside!

Yea, they are cool guitars! I remember a guy I was in a band with previously tried one of these out...

http://www.rondomusic.com/photos/electric/as820nat12string4a.jpg

It was bad ass.

[toolshed]

I bought the Agile LP copy (3000 series), will give a review when I get it and set it up. If it makes any decent sound at all, it has to be worth the money. I debated on the semi-hollowbody too, but just wasn't sold. If I like the LP, maybe that will be the next purchase.

This is developing into a problem.

[hedges]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/pirate4art/guitars/IMG_0460.jpg

I will never forget in high school when my friend, and guitarist in our band, was able to borrow a Danelectro. The case was the amp, and you could get some wicked feedback off the thing. That's mainly how I enjoyed the guitar, but my friend the guitarist really liked the guitar for what it was.

[JerseyRich]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/pirate4art/guitars/IMG_0460.jpg

I will never forget in high school when my friend, and guitarist in our band, was able to borrow a Danelectro. The case was the amp, and you could get some wicked feedback off the thing. That's mainly how I enjoyed the guitar, but my friend the guitarist really liked the guitar for what it was.

That's a Sears Silvertone silly.

[hedges]

Oooops! But didn't Sears make the Danelectro as well and have the same kind of case/amp.
They're similar is what I'm getting at.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j302/billbergstrom/Guitar%20Porn/GuitarPorn035.jpg
Here we go. A Silvertone Danelectro with amp and case.