The Guitar Thread

SteveFord · « **Reply #160 on:** 11 Dec 2013, 12:13 am »

More nice guitars!
I broke out some DuPont No. 7 rubbing compound and some Mother's California Gold paste wax and buffed the satin finish out to a low gloss. I guess snowstorms are good for something after all.
After I took the picture I noticed that the low E string wasn't in the saddle. Oh well.
It's not the fanciest guitar but it's my favorite.

CactusBob · « **Reply #161 on:** 11 Dec 2013, 12:25 am »

Beautiful Steve! Alvin would be smiling!

HAL · « **Reply #162 on:** 11 Dec 2013, 12:39 am »

Well I guess I am an Gibson SG kinda guy.

SteveFord · « **Reply #163 on:** 11 Dec 2013, 12:43 am »

You think?

I saw my old SG Standard that I bought back in Jr. High School at the Philadelphia Guitar Show a little while back.
Not the same year or the same model but the same guitar. I'd know that one anywhere.
I did a double take and then kept going as I had like 3 bucks to my name and couldn't bear to look at it.
If I see it again next year the mortgage can wait!

WireNut · « **Reply #164 on:** 11 Dec 2013, 02:47 am »

Nice.....

SteveFord · « **Reply #165 on:** 15 Dec 2013, 05:33 pm »

Do I have some news!
Last year I had to sell my beautiful red Gibson Lucille to make a mortgage payment which just about killed me.
I wrote to the fellow who I sold it to and he still has it and he's going to hold it until I get my tax refund and sell it back to me!
This is the best news I've had all year, I can't believe it!
This is easily the best guitar I've ever owned.

WireNut · « **Reply #166 on:** 15 Dec 2013, 05:45 pm »

Awesome news Steve. That sure is a beautiful guitar

SteveFord · « **Reply #167 on:** 15 Dec 2013, 08:37 pm »

Thanks!
Their top of the line instruments just have a certain feel to them, you can tell just the second you pick them up that you're dealing with something really exceptional which was built by people who took a lot of pride in their work.
I've only owned two other guitars which had that same feel to them (a red Firebird VII and a really wild Explorer).
It's hard to describe but you just know it when you pick up THE guitar, the class kind of oozes out of it.

I guess it makes the tedious slog that is my adult life worth it!

SteveFord · « **Reply #168 on:** 7 Jan 2014, 10:06 pm »

Did somebody say Power Chords?

SteveFord · « **Reply #169 on:** 7 Feb 2014, 10:29 pm »

I had to sell my SG to get this one, but there was just no way to pass it up.
2011 Les Paul Special, P90s, gloss TV Yellow finish, ebony fret board. It's just about perfect.

Ericus Rex · « **Reply #170 on:** 8 Feb 2014, 12:25 am »

Quote from: SteveFord on 7 Feb 2014, 10:29 pm

I had to sell my SG to get this one, but there was just no way to pass it up.
2011 Les Paul Special, P90s, gloss TV Yellow finish, ebony fret board. It's just about perfect.

SWEET! I've got P90s in my LP and they scream! Love that vintage yellow!

SteveFord · « **Reply #171 on:** 3 Mar 2014, 10:09 pm »

The mail man was nice to me today!

k6davis · « **Reply #172 on:** 3 Mar 2014, 10:16 pm »

Congratulations Steve.

She's a beauty.

Ericus Rex · « **Reply #173 on:** 4 Mar 2014, 01:10 am »

Quote from: SteveFord on 3 Mar 2014, 10:09 pm

The mail man was nice to me today!

And that's the very guitar you wrote about a while back. Yes?

SteveFord · « **Reply #174 on:** 4 Mar 2014, 10:10 am »

That's the one.
My wife said I'd be an idiot to ever sell it again as I'm only going to get it back once.
She's okay in my book.

jackman · « **Reply #175 on:** 5 Mar 2014, 01:04 am »

Steve, cool wife! Also, nice guitars. I am a sucker for TV yellow or TV white as some call it. My guitar is not nearly as nice as they gloss Les Paul but I've got a faded yellow Les Paul Special DC. It's so light and those P90s scream. Haven't played in a while but your pictures make me want to play.

SteveFord · « **Reply #176 on:** 5 Mar 2014, 01:19 am »

I had that exact same model - double cutaway in faded TV yellow.
That was such a fun, easy guitar to play and the P90s really sound good in that model, too.
You should dig it out and get back into it again.

GT Audio Works · « **Reply #177 on:** 5 Mar 2014, 12:32 pm »

Congrats on getting it back Steve...a beautiful instrument. For me this is what a guitar should look like.

It made me think of my first big 2 wheeler my grandpa got me so long ago.
We went to an auction and he said I could have any one I wanted.
It was red with white pin stripes and looked a lot like this.

SteveFord · « **Reply #178 on:** 6 Mar 2014, 12:29 am »

I see what you mean about the bicycle and the guitar - they're both old designs.
It must be difficult being a guitar manufacturer as they were pretty much perfected by the late 1950s and ever since all they've been doing is rehashing the same thing and trying out dubious improvements.

Your son's Strat, this big red one, Jackman's double cutaway Les Paul - they're all old designs with maybe a few new touches on them.
The Lucille has no F-holes and a fine tuning tail piece; other than that, it's basically an ES-355 which came out in the late 50s.

Those guys just nailed it way back when; they all had that eye for pleasing lines and they've certainly stood the test of time.

HAL · « **Reply #179 on:** 6 Mar 2014, 02:56 am »

Then in 1961 came the SG, introduced as the replacement to the original Les Paul body.