The guitar thread

[NecroJoe]

My photographer friend, 5 1/2 years later, finally shot my Carvin CS6

Sadly...the 1/2 instant after this photo was taken...the table she was sitting on gave way (the folding legs collapsed). Apparently there's some sort of dent in the back (thankfully just the back). I haven't seen it yet, but man...this is why I can't have nice things!

I've had it for 5 years without so much as a tiny scratch/bump. Oh well...now I guess I can take it on that whirlwind world tour that I've been putting off for fear of damaging it.



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ALL GUITARISTS AND BASSISTS!!!! Even if you have zero intention of ever buying a Carvin, you owe it to yourself to like them on facebook, honestly. Just about every day, they upload a batch of photos from the factory floor of guitars-in-progress, and they have been pounding out some unbelievable instrument porn. Like this page: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialCarvinFans

 

[Thunderchild]

Nice one Thunder, my friend had an older one very similar, they are a dream to play.

Thanks. It'll make a nice set with my other 70s reissues

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Sadly...the 1/2 instant after this photo was taken...the table she was sitting on gave way (the folding legs collapsed). Apparently there's some sort of dent in the back (thankfully just the back). I haven't seen it yet, but man...this is why I can't have nice things!

I've had it for 5 years without so much as a tiny scratch/bump. Oh well...now I guess I can take it on that whirlwind world tour that I've been putting off for fear of damaging it.

As tempting as that photoshoot looks, it's why I never give my guitars into other hands unsupervised. Stuff tends to happen...

 

[NecroJoe]

He's my best friend of 20 years, has played bass for as long as I've played guitar, and has been letting me borrow one of his basses for over a year...plus I've been wanting some good-quality photos of it since I got it. Hs also agreed to pay for any needed repairs, and said so before even telling me about the dent. It's not worth any more grief, so water under the bridge.

 

[Thunderchild]

I don't mind scratches and dents. They're tools, not works of art. I try to be careful, but you can't avoid it. Last saturday I went flat on my face on stage and my Explorer broke the fall:?
But that first blemish always hurts the most, especially on such a sweet guitar as that CS6...

 

[topgearwascool]

This is my guitar stock. '1996 Gibson Custom Shop Red Sparkle Top Les Paul Standard'

This is the collection.

This is it after I had my way with it/had a set of Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Humckers installed...

This guitar is like sex to play.

I've redesigned a lot of guitars.
1960s Framus Hollywood that I had refurbished because it was old rickety and dilapidated and stripped of it's original parts and it had a wood scratch plate!?

Same pickups I like, Seymour Duncan APH-1 Alnico II Pro Humbuckers.

 

[Thunderchild]

Some interesting guitars in that group shot

I've been looking for a (reasonably) affordable hollowbody for a new project. It seems those guitars only come in two prices though : too cheap to trust, or small car money.
Tempted by the Gretsch G5420 somewhat, but I think I'll use a Les Paul for a while until I've saved up enough pennies for a Carvin SH550.

 

[NecroJoe]

Not sure how large the bodies are on that Gretch, but just know that the Carvin sh550 acts more like a chambered semi hollow slightly-wider Les Paul than, say, any bent-top Gibson or Gretch.

Have you narrowed down the woods/finishes/options yet?

I just did my first gloss finish chip repair using super glue. Turned out fantastic!! Absolutely invisible, and you'd never know there was a small gash in the headstock, even if you really looked for it. It helped that it didn't go down to the paint, but I'm still amazed that it turned out as well as is it did!

 

[Thunderchild]

For my purposes, the Carvin's build will be a lot better than a traditional hollowbody. It should be more resistant to feedback.
I have a basic config for the SH550, yeah. Mahogany neck and body with quilt maple top. Block inlays, chrome hardware.
Nothing fancy.

Super glue can work wonders. I've seen a Gretsch that had fallen off the rack in the store and smashed into several objects on its way down repaired almost invisibly with only super glue and some TLC. But I had a Jackson RR1 that had a fairly deep gash, and the superglue reacted with the paint and made a gooey mess.

 

[NecroJoe]

Damn...I have no reason for another solidbody single-cut guitar...but damn, that is sexy. Love the bevel on the edge of the top wood. Funny that it's just a simple change to an existing model. Hopefully it'll come in the other pickup configurations they offer on most neck-through models. This in an SSH would be hot...especially with a piezo option...

Damn...thought I had my next couple of years-worth of purchases figured out. (one bolt-on, one acoustic/electric, one hollow body with piezo).

 

[topgearwascool]

This telecaster with a stratocaster shaped body and an acoustic style neck profile... Is pretty cool.

Bought for ?45 from a pawn shop I took it to my guitar guy who told me he knew the person who built the guitar and due to health reasons, no longer builds guitars.
This 'Aardvark' is pretty cool, mother of pearl inlays along the fret board, good wood... This guitar actually sounds better to record with unplugged than any of my entry level acoustics.
I was told right away that this guitar is worth an east ?400/?500.
I got it in 2007 in 2009 I had it re fretted to the tune of ?120.

[video=youtube;b2UZkvm6-Q4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2UZkvm6-Q4[/video]

 

[Thunderchild]

Going by that picture, I'm not particularly impressed.
Seems a bit contrived. I'll need to see some pictures from different angles before I can make any kind of sensible judgement though.

 

[NecroJoe]

Yeah, it is hard to get a grasp of it in that pic...plus there's a lot of options on it...a top wood, the top's color, the natural unstained edge of the topwood, the black painted sides, etc...

It started as one of their "classic" 24-fret neck-throughs, with the simple addition of the beveled body contour that was first done as a one-off for the guitarist from Pinn Panelle (the metallic grey one). I think it's a neat step between the simple flat-topped model, and a carved top. It also reminds me a lot of the Washburn Icon, which I always loved the styling of...just never found one I bonded with.

 

[Thunderchild]

Aaaand... It's here

 

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Lots of nice rigs in here! This is our "fleet":

2/3 of my basses, an ESP LTD F-4E and an Ibanez SR300:

My third bass is a late 80s Yamaha BBN4II that is not shown because it is in pieces being defretted at the moment.


Jen's 6-string, a Cort Mirage M500:

My 6-string, a 2005 Ibanez AXS32:

 

[Misrabelle]

I thought I'd posted pics of my guitar in here, but it must be another thread. Oh well, I'll add here anyway.

Purchased last year. It's the Epiphone Les Paul Custom, in Silverburst. Supposedly Limited Edition, but they're still in production....

I'm really a violinist (and teaching myself to play cello), but I thought I'd have a crack at guitar as well.

Dad's guitar. No idea what it is, was given to him in part payment for some panel beating work Dad did for a friend back in their 20's. Was red and white, he resprayed and rewired it.
It's in desperate need of attention again, now we have an amp in the house, and have found it doesn't work.

Dad's guitar with mine.

This is Dad's new bass. He's apparently always wanted one, and this one was $99 second hand.
He saw it online at the same guitar shop I got the Silverburst from, and I had to go back and get it for him.

It's very beaten up. Chips and marks everywhere, the volume knob is bent, there are screws stripped and missing. It's been added to the list of toys to be repaired.
He'll strip it right back and respray it, and fix whatever internals need to be fixed. It kind of works. Sometimes.


All of these are stored in my bedroom currently. Along with my 4 violins, the cello and our amp. It's a small Australian made thing, from the 60s I think.
Works well for annoying our new neighbours. That'll teach 'em for building so close to our place.

 

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Silverburst so much.

Your dad's 6-string is an odd duck for sure, the body shape and switchgear make me think it's a Norma of some kind but I can't nail down the model. Any markings on it?

 

[Misrabelle]

There appears to have been some kind of rounded diamond plate on the front of the headstock, but that's gone, it's just the outline, and the pins that held it on left.
And "453" is stamped into the top of the same.

It's been suggested it might be Japanese. I can't remember the name given to me by Chris at the guitar shop, but I googled, and didn't find much, just an enthusiast page, and not much useful on that either.

 

[NecroJoe]

Aaaand... It's here

What is the name of that color? Makes me want some banana cream pie.

 

[Thunderchild]

Vintage White, I think. It's the same colour as the YJM Strats.

 

[NecroJoe]

If I hadn't just looked it up, I never would have believed that Fender called that "vintage white"! It's a great color, though.