My many guitars!
Lotsa guitars in my life!
My first guitar in 1987
1. 1st one was a classical guitar from my mom! It's now gone! Traded it to Rippers Music! I learned all the bass lines to the Ramones and learned guitar on this! Was cool, but I took off the classical strings and put acoustic wound strings on and went from there! I used to watch people on tv and when I went to church, I watched where they had put there fingers and then I taught myself some chords! This guitar ended up in Rippers music store! My mom had this for years until I asked for it and I had for about 5-6 years until it got traded to RIP! I had some recordings with this guitar many years ago! My mom got in the mid 80's, I got to it in 1989 and it was gone in 95-96 RIP 1987-1996 1987 1 GUITAR FOR 1987**
My first electric guitar in 1990
2. 1st electric guitar was a B.C. Rich Candy apple red strat copy, neck was cracked and I got it for $200 from a friend, it's long gone! I learned all the Ramones songs on this and used to play with a crate amp and blast it to get feedback like Jimi Hendrix! This was cool, I played out with it once and that was pretty much it! I played out with this guitar with the Catholics! This guitar had some great sustain! Easy playin' guitar! Not a bad first guitar! You gotta learn with something and this is what that was. This guitar ended up in Rippers dumpster after he stripped it for parts! I got this back in 1990 halloween to be exact and I got rid of it in 1995-96. This guitar had great sustain! It was a Korean made BCRich! Very heavy guitar! For great sustain! Yer typical strat with 2 singles and a double!!! I played a show with the Catholics at the Reef, our first show and the show was videotaped and audiotaped, I just don't know where that footage is! RIP 1990-1996 C 1990**
1 GUITAR FOR 1990
My next guitar in 1991
3. The next guitar was a Harmony Rocket with 2 pickups single cut from my friend, Chris' father who sold it to me for $25. It was sold to a pawnshop. Big mistake! Kinda wish I still had this guitar! I did do some recordings with this, but it didn't last, there was no sustain with this guitar! Single cutaway chuck berry lookin' thing! I think I got this in 1991 before Chris went into the coast guard. I got rid of it in 1991 and didn't get much for it! You live and learn with fawkin' pawnshops! Fuckin' Bress pawn shop motherfuckers!P 1991
1 GUITAR FOR 1991
1993
My next guitar in 1993
4. I got a Kramer white on red strat copy from Bill which I traded for a bass! I used to jam on this guitar when Bill had it and then he decided he'd give it to me later on a few years down the road! No real history with this guitar at all! This ended up at Bress pawn shop! I got this in 1993 maybe, didn't last! Uncle Bill didn't play at all and his stepdad got it for him years back! He gave this to me with a Gorilla amp as well! P 1993**
My first bass in 1993
5. The bass was a Hohner black bass piece of shit! Again, no history with this bass, just used for bass lines when I recorded music! I think I traded this bass or even sold it to a pawnshop! The A string was silent! I was suppose to give this hot redhead chick guitar lessons! I think I got this in 1993 P 1993
2 GUITARS FOR 1993
1995
My first epiphone and first Les Paul in 1995
6.* The next electric guitar was an Epiphone Les paul 100/black! I souped it up with Gibson chrome PAF humbuckers! It got stolen! This was a cool guitar! I loved it! I played out with this for a couple of months! I played out with this with the Catholics and Hombre Loco and 12 eyes band! I got this in 1995 in January. Not a bad guitar! My first guitar from Alpo! It got stolen in May! I have a live Catholics show at the Kings Head Inn 1995 with this guitar and also a 12 eyes band recording at my house in 1995 as well!!! This guitar sounded pretty good with the PAF's in it! STOLEN 1995**
My first Gretsch in 1995
7. I ended up getting a Gretsch Committee! The worst Gretsch guitars were made in the 1970's!!! Plus, it was a solidbody Gretsch! I think the only ones that are cool are the 6120's and the astrojets and duojets and corvettes! Didn't like it and traded for the next one! This piece of shit Gretsch was a big disappointment for me, it went outta tune all the time! I played this guitar with Hombre Loco. I got this piece of shit from Alpha! I got this in may of 1995 and got rid of it a week later! ALPHA 1995
My first Gibson Les Paul in 1995
8.* Gibson Les Paul Studio white! Had to finally get the real deal! And I wasn't disappointed! The salesman tried to push a Gibson Les Paul Standard with Binding which was black and I should've went for that! This was cool! Great sustain! I had sold this in trade for the next one! It was one of the best guitars and the only reason why Gibson guitars are really the best! I got this brand new from Alpha and it ended up in a pawnshop in Newport news! That fuckhead, SteveF talked me out of a Mosrite, white on red, it was sweet!!! I got this in May of 1995 and got rid of it in 1996. I had wanted a guitar with binding and I stripped the finish of it on the edges and assimilated a binding effect! I should've stripped it all the way down! That would've looked really cool! I played out with this during the Nightcaps tours! I think I do have a recording of this guitar in action at a party we played in 1996 at my friend, Mike's house! P I should?ve kept this! 1995
My first bolt on neck in 1995
9. Gibson L6S Deluxe Natural! Got this from guitar center in Boston! They said it was the 'Mignight Special'! This was a 70's model with a bolt-on neck! My uncle helped me pay for it! He never really ever bought me anything since I've known him, but I thanked him! From here on, I knew I was a guitar slut! I love guitars, didn't even really want it! I traded this for an Electra bass at Stan's music! I got this in 1995 and got rid of it soon after. STANS 1995
My first Electra bass in 1995
10. Electra ebo copy cherry red: gone! Traded for a drum machine back in 1995! Stan?s! RIP 1995
My first Gibson Bass in 1995
11. Gibson grabber: credit! got from pawnshop then to rippers! RIP 1995
6 GUITARS FOR 1995
1996
12. Karera Beatles Violin Bass: I don?t know why I got this, but I traded it for an Epiphone Beatles bass! 1996 RIP
13. Epiphone Beatles Bass: I don?t know! RIP 1996
14. Gibson grabber: Credit got from VBVG then to Rippers! RIP 1996**
15. Electra Les Paul copy black! This was a spare guitar from rippers! Never made it, the pickups screamed and it was really bad! They were dimarzio pickups that were just too hot!!! This went back to Rippers! I got this in 1996 and got rid of it soon after RIP 1996**
16. Epiphone Sheraton white: this was my tribute to Chuck Berry! This sounded really good! Recorded with this and played out with it as well! This guitar went on the Nightcaps tours! Sold this to VBVG! I got this in 1996 and sold it for cash, I think I got 4 bills VBVG 1996
17. Gibson SG Special black got from a pawnshop and traded it straight for an Epiphone Les Paul special Cherry red! This was short lived! I practiced with this guitar with the Nightcaps, once! I wasn't too happy with this as all SG's! Never really been satisfied with SG's at all! Maybe that's why I don't own one to this day!?! This went to Alpha shitheads! I got this in 1996 and traded it in the summer. ALPHA 1996
18.* Epiphone Les Paul Special Cherry red! This was the next best guitar I've ever had! Sounded so good! I miss it very much! I had cracked the neck because I threw it! It became the famous "BONEPHONE"! It went thru many stages before I sold it to rippers: The mummy guitar, the tv yellow wanna be Johnny thunders, and then the BONEPHONE! Great sounding guitar that I did a straight trade with Alpha shitheads! I used this guitar during the Nightcaps tours and recordings! This ended up in Rippers! I got this during the summer of 1996 and got rid of it in 1998. RIP 1996-1998 1996**
19. Hamer prototype: White dawg This guitar was just pretty much one I got because I had credit. It sounded pretty good! the pickups were a single and a double coiled together and the single sounded so twangy and cool! Got from rippers and went back! I got this guitar in 1996 played a show with it at the Phantasmagoria in Wheaton, Maryland and the show was recorded!!! You can hear how good it sounded on tape! I have a recording with this guitar at least! and got rid of it soon after. RIP 1996**
20. Epiphone Sorrento orange: This was a cool hollowbody! Recorded with this guitar in the studio and it's on the Nightcaps' album, 'You've got yer head on backwards' song! Sold it to Mark Death from the Halfways. Mark has long told me that he smashed it! Bastard, it was Gretsch orange! Got this from rippers and sold it! I got this in 1996 and sold it in 1997. SOLD 1996 pictured online!
21. Supro: This was an impulse buy in richmond. I got it for $100. Waste of money! Somebody stripped the finished and routed a f-hole which wasn't even really a f-hole! I don't know why I bought it! I did record with it though! This went to rippers! I think I got this in the summer of 1996. RIP 1996
22. Epiphone Les Paul black: I had a p-90 put in it! This was cool, I didn't like p-90's at first, but they are my favorite pickups! I don't really like humbuckers anymore! Went back to rippers! I got this probably in 1996. RIP 1996
23. Univox Strat copy: Traded for an Epiphone strat! Rippers! I got this in the summer of 1996 traded in the store!!! RIP 1996
24. Epiphone strat copy: I actually played out with this guitar in Pittsburgh! and I believe Ohio at Bernie's! Traded for jap strat! RIPPERS I got this in the summer of 1996 RIP 1996**
25. Fender strat japanese two tone buddy holly finish: Was cool! Very easy and nice to play! RIPPERS I got this in the summer of 1996 RIP 1996**
26. Epiphone Les paul II red: Extension of credit! Went to rippers! Got from Stans' music! got this in 1996 RIP 1996**
27. Epiphone Les Paul 100 Honey burst: In pawnshop and cheap! Went to rippers! got this in 1996 RIP**
28. Univox mosrite copy bass white: gone RIP 1996
29. Fender squire bass: from Chris! I used this for recordings for many years! RIP 1996**
30. Squire bullet: From Brian! RIP 1996
19 GUITARS FOR 1996
1997
31. Epiphone Les Paul with F-holes: This was pretty cool. Too bad I didn't keep it! I should've though! This was really nice! Black with f-holes! Too sweet! This went to rippers and from what I saw, his wall of guitars came crashing down to the floor and when I saw the guitar, the neck had snapped! I got this in 1997 and it went back soon after. RIP 1997**
32. Gibson All American I black: This was pretty cool! The neck was very round like a baseball bat and it was hard to play. the one humbucker pickup was really cool though! This went back to rippers! I did play one show with this guitar at RT44. I got this in 1997 and it went back soon after. RIP 1997**
33. Epiphone coronet blue: this was an ode to Deniz Tek even though he played a crestwood! I used this one in Pittsburgh! Very old guitar! Got from Bailey's guitars in Chesapeake, went to rippers! Got this in 1997 missing tremelo arm. RIP 1997**
34. Epiphone Les Paul Special TV: This was cool! The sister to the BONEPHONE! Went to rippers! got this in 1997. I did play out with this at RT 44! RIP 1997**
35. Harmony strat: Got cheap with bass and stand for $30! Sold to this guy Josh! who ended up playin' bass for me in 4 years! got this in 1997 SOLD 1997**
36. EB bass white: with #35. **
37. Epiphone Genesis DC black: this was in a pawnshop also! Got this in Newport News! Went to rippers! got this in 1997 RIP 1997**
38. Guyatone Mosrite copy: Just too cool! Rippers! got this in 97 as well Got this from Bailey's guitars in Chesamopeake! NO tremolo arm! RIP 1997**
39. Cort Jazz two tone: this was cool! I did some solo shows with this! Rippers! Got this in 1997. RIP**
40. Silvertone amp in case with guitar! COOL, Sears guitar! Rippers! got this in 1997 sold to rippers! RIP 1997**
41. Epiphone Les Paul Jr sunburst sc: This was cool, but I really didn't like it that much. Cool credit extension. Sold to Rippers! I got this from Alpo in 1997 I think RIP 1997**
42. Epiphone Les Paul TV/DC: This was cool as shit, Johnny thunders! My ode to Johnny Thunders! This was cool to have a copy of the Gibson and affordable poorman's EPIPHONE! Epiphones RULE! Sold to rippers! Found out that Cub Koda had one of these! I got this in 1997 RIP 1997**
43. Epiphone SG TV: This was my ode to Angus Young as well as J.J. Rassler from DMZ! The tv yellow just ruled! Traded to rippers! I got this in 1997 RIP 1997**
44. Gibson SG bass black: I don't know about this one!?!?! **
12 GUITARS FOR 1997
1998
45. Gibson Les Paul Special Red: I got this when I traded a piano! Somebody fucked up the finish! didn't really want this at all! I just didn't want the piano, but I did end up getting the piano and then I took back the piano! Rippers! I got this in 1998 and it went back soon after. RIP 1998**
46. Epiphone Lucille Limited edition: traded for mosrite! this was cool and I should've kept it because it was a limited edition! This went to Alpha music! I got this in 1998 ALPHA 1998
47. Sebring Jazz guitar red: Don't know! RIPPERS I got this in 1998 RIP 1998
48. Gretsch Country Gentleman: This was cool, sold to Chris! There was a short in the toggle switch and I didn't know what the fuck the switches fuckin' did! And there was another knob added to the guitar which made this fuckin' guitar worthless! I got $900 for it from Chris! Got from Rippers! got in 1998, sold to chris in 1998. SOLD 1998**
49. Ovation acoustic: Recorded stuff in 98! RIP 1998
5 GUITARS FOR 1998
1999
50. Mosrite Mark V: Always wanted a mosrite and finally got one! Sold to Chris for $750! My ode to Johnny Ramone and the VENTURES! Got from Alpha! got this in 1999. tremolo arm was fucked!!! SOLD now my ex-friend has 2 of my vintage guitars that are worthless!!! 1999**
51. Ampeg Dan Armstrong: Cool ass guitar! Now this is a rock guitar! Fuckin' cool! I didn't think I'd ever get one! Got off the internet! Probably one of the first guitars I got off of eBay! Got this in 1999 Has a CB pickup which stands for Country Bass. Wasn't stock! The pickguard wasn?t even the original pickguard! I did record with this, some solo material! RIP 1999**
52. Epiphone coronet two tone: This was cool because it was a 1972. Got off the internet, went to rippers! got this in 1999. Got this off ebay as well! Discover card! Missing tremolo arm, but it was a cool burst! I think I recorded with this guitar as well on some solo material. RIP 1999**
53. Supro White dual tone! Link WRAY! This was cool, but it was missing the important SUPRO metal plate! Rippers! Needed the money! got this in 1999 off of eBay! I did record with this! RIP 1999**
54. Univox Dan Armstrong copy: was cool! Univox made cool copies! Rippers! got this in 1999 off of eBay! The frets were worn out! RIP 1999**
55. Washburn a/e: recorded stuff in 1999, my country/rockabilly years! I really don't like Washburn! Rippers! RIP 1999**
56. Epiphone Acoustic: Bought from chop for $75! Went to rippers! got this in 1999 RIP 1999
57. Epiphone ES-295: Too cool! My ode to the man, Scotty Moore! He played a Gibson copy! I got this guitar in 1999 RIP 1999**
58. Memphis blue bass: gone RIP 1999
9 GUITARS FOR 1999
2000
59. Texarcana a/e: recorded with this! I paid 40 bucks for this piece of shit! RIP got this 2000 and it went back Traded for a Goya martin RIP 2000**
60. Alvarez a/e: traded in store! RIP traded for the GOYA RIP 2000
61. Goya Martin acoustic (Siobhan): The name! It's cool because it sez Martin on it! Got from rippers! I currently record with this guitar! 2000. Still have this guitar! Plays great! 2000**
62. Galveston a/e bass: got it from Rippers! Currently record with this guitar! Sold to Alex for $125. 2000**
63. Washburn J15: Got this guitar this year, first brand new guitar for the year! Basically a real nice Japanese made guitar! It looks like a Gibson L-5 copy with just the toggle switch in the wrong place! Very nice! Natural finish with 2 humbuckers! I like it alot! I traded my worthless Dan Armstrong guitar and my epi ES 295! I really wish I didn't do that, but I was never gonna play the gold top! RIP 2000**
64. Just picked up a Synchromatic Gretsch Bo Diddley guitar! It's a red rectangle guitar! Pretty cool! I paid about $459 with a gig bag! I can dig it! Don't know why!!! Impulse buy! RIP 2000**
65. Gibson Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Wine red/brown: I traded the Bo Diddley and Washburn J15, 38 cd's and $850! It has a tremolo and it's very nice and the first ALL AMERICAN GUITAR in years! So in total, it was about $3900 which retails at $4756! Traded it for a bass! SOLD 2000**
66. Epiphone Flamekat: Pretty cool git! I paid about $730 for it with no case, but I got a case at rippers for 20 bucks! I tried to get this guitar last year, but a catalog advertised it and they didn't even have it. So I finally got it and I think it's pretty cool. It's the guitar I play instead of the Chet Atkins! I don't even wanna play that! with the additions of every guitar I have gotten and spent money on it came out to $4508 which the guitar is worth $4756 and I spent $850 which in turn made my guitars worth $3658. The washburn was $1800 and the gretsch was $470 Currently record with this guitar! RIP 2000**
67. Rickenbacker 610 jetglo 1992 feb: #342 I got this for $650 + gig bag! 2 single coil pu sounds pretty good! My first ric! My ode to the Beatles!!! I recorded with this guitar! This had a set neck! RIP 2000**
68. Silvertone acoustic f-holes: piece of shit, warped LAMF! paid 75 bucks in a thrift store! ripper trade indeed! I wish Steve would've stopped me from buying this! fixed the neck and traded it for next guitar.RIP RIP 2000**
69. Univox White on Black Hi flyer Mosrite copy: this was cool, but not that cool! I wanted this with fawkin' single coil pickups! Got the tele instead! RIP Never made it outta the store! RIP 2000
70. Squier Affinity telecaster red: got this when I traded my silvertone and $150. Pretty cool, my first telecaster! Great sounding Twangy guitar! My ode to Paul Burlison!!! I put the red dice knobs on this and it looked cool as shit! Sounds just as good as a fender telecaster, I was amazed!!! I did record with this guitar! RIP 2000**
71. Epiphone Les Paul Jr. Single Cut Black: Cool, $125! This was twangy as hell as well! Not as twangy as a telecaster, but sounded cool! RIP 2000**
72. Fender Telecaster Thinline 1969 reissue natural finish: $625 with gig bag from Mars! My ode to Paul Burlison! Sounds great! I'm probably gonna trade my Squire Tele and Epi Les Paul Jr for that Ric copy at Rippers! RETURN 2000**
73. Ric 330 copy fireglo: This is pretty cool, I think it has humbuckers! Rip sez it has Dearmonds in it! I played it with my amp and it sounds sweet! The neck pickup sounds like a single coil! This is pretty cool for $300! I traded the squire telecaster and the epiphone les paul jr. RIP 2000**
74. Fender telesonic: upgraded from the Fender Thinline + $300! Pretty cool! Has the Dearmond Pickups! These pickups aren't really that loud! RETURN 2000**
75. Applause 12 string: I traded the ric copy for it! it's cool, i got a case with it and it sounds great. The ric copy was cool, but I would like to have a real ric 12 string someday! RIP 2000**
76. Gibson Les Paul Special dc cherry: Traded the Fender telesonic at Mars! This tele's pickups weren't hot enough. the les paul special has hotter pu's and i think they are P-90's because they are hotter than the ric's pu's and they are single coil! Haven't had a gibson in awhile and it's $500. Pretty damn good price! RETURN 2000**
77. Gibson Les Paul Special TV yellow: Traded the epiphone flamekat and ric for it! I think this was a good trade! I didn't really play the flamekat at all and the pickups pretty much sucked! The ric was just not a comfortable guitar to play, but it sounded good! This comes with P-100s which aren't really loud, but cool! RIP 2000**
78. Knilling 3/4 upright bass: finally! Traded the Gibson Chet Atkins Country Gentleman for it! Mars gave me $1500 for it and I paid the difference of $379 for the bass. Got it home and jammed with my mom on piano. SOLD 2000**
79. Gretsch Double anniversary 1966: traded the Gibson Les paul special tv for it! Put in some P-94's in it! Sounds great! Traded it for the Epi Dot natural finish. RIP 2000**
80. Fender American Standard Telecaster Natural finish: $600 twang baby, twang! Got my credit back so that I don't have to pay much for bills! RETURN 2000**
81. Fender American Standard Stratocaster Natural finish: $850 clean baby! Took this back and got my money back! RETURN 2000**
82. Epiphone Dot natural finish: Pretty cool! It was selling for $375 and I traded the Gretsch! He came out the better man! But I also got a dunlop wah pedal and a mic with stand! So that came out to about 375 + 100 + 60, almost 500-600 bucks! RIP 2000**
83. & 84. Squire Strat and tele red: Traded the Epi Dot for these! I've come to realize that I love cheap guitars! The strat sounds just as good as a real strat! The tele I've had the exact same color and brand name, sounds great! RIP 2000**
85. Martin Backpacker: $150, sold back to Mars! RETURN 2000
86. Epiphone Les Paul Special Plus: $200 cool sound! Split coil humbuckers! Cool, but needed the money, returned for my money! RETURN 2000**
87. Epiphone Les Paul Jr TV DC: $225. RIP 2000**
88. Epiphone SG junior limited edition White: traded 77 and 78 for it + $20! RIP 2000**
30 GUITARS FOR 2000
2001
89.* Epiphone Firebird: Nice git! Traded wah and $240. $395 jammed with Steve and captured it on video! RIP 2001**
90. Gibson Les Paul Studio wine red: $999 with case traded 81, 82, and 83 + wedding band and engagement ring + 30 cd's + $100. Pretty much equalled the retail cost of $1700. RIP 2001**
91*. Gibson Les Paul Jr. TV reissue: 1990, got off ebay for $820. pretty cool! currently record with this guitar! Recorded in the studio with this, Horehounds album! Played Horehounds' first show at Cogans! RIP 2001**
92. Gibson SG-X: chocolate finish, got for $575 talked them down from $599 to $550 + gig bag and with tax= $575 and it was originally at $699 and they wrote the wrong price on it! Cool, thanx AL&M!!! It didn?t cost and Arm and LEG! It's got the one pickup which has a coil tap from humbucker to single coil! Awesome! It was alright! Didn?t know why I did it!RIP 2001**
93. Epiphone Les Paul Standard Transparent Amber burst Limited Edition: Traded 84 and gig bag and got the guitar + alligator case + $150. So it if I was tryin' to sell my Studio for $850 and I got a $475 guitar + a case for $75 and $150, I was out about $150. I just couldn't see myself playing a Gibson les paul Studio! It was cool, but I didn't like the finish! This finish is a lot cooler! and plus it's a standard! Binding! Spare guitar, limited edition! I went ahead and traded this to Bress Pawn Shop for a Marshall Super Lead + $150. PAWN 2001**
94. Epiphone Les Paul Standard Cherry Sunburst (Japan): Traded SGX + $500! My first cherry sunburst! Pretty cool! it is a Japanese Epiphone which was made in Japan and for sale only in Japan! Got it from Rippers! Headstock is shaped just like a Gibson! I should?ve kept this guitar! I know who has this guitar and too bad I don?t! RIP 2001**
95. Galveston Stars and Stripes: traded #88 and got a case with it + $275 cash, 4 sets of strings, ear plugs, rc adaptor, string cleaner, guitar cleaner, red, white and blue strap, Epiphone 10 watt amp, tremolo springs probably = $130-150, so in total 150+275+475 = 900, I'm out about $200, not bad, I guess! RIP I practiced with this guitar and was a spare for the First Horehounds show at Cogans! RIP 2001**
96. Squier Red Telecaster: Traded 90 for it because the neck was cracked! Traded for Ampeg bass amp combo + $300. RIP 2001**
97*. Ventura Dan Armstrong copy: Bought off Ebay for $404.99! traded for Les Paul studio! I played this guitar at the Underground and at the Tokyo Rose! Guitar sounded really good! Recorded the Horehounds album with this guitar, did leads with it!! RIP 2001**
9 GUITARS FOR 2001
2002
98.* Mosrite Johnny Ramone: Bought off Ebay for $886 traded for Les paul studio RIP This guitar saw action at Chicho?s! 2002**
99. Squire p-bass: $75 from Steve. Sold it to rippers! RIP 2002
100. Hondo 80?s lookin? guitar H-2: Traded #86 + $100 and got this guitar + orange sparkle drum kit and Epiphone Les Paul special 5 string bass! Traded for Epiphone batwing strat. I pretty much just practiced once with this thing! Sucked! RIP 2002
101. Gibson 2001 Les Paul Studio bk: Brand new, traded #92 & #93. Cool, but not that cool! Just plain black! SOLD was a trade when I got it! Epiphone Batwing Strat: Brand new, traded #94. SPARE, sold to rippers! Don?t really need a spare right now! RIP 2002
102. Epiphone Les Paul 5 string bass: tobacco burst! Don?t know why!!!RIP 2002
103.*Gibson 2001 Les Paul Studio Pewter: Traded 95 to mars + $800 Total glam! Pretty cool guitar! Customized it to my likings! Switched out the tuning pegs from the plastic to the Grover chrome tuners, took off pickguard, custom truss rod cover! This one?s probably a keeper! This guitar saw alotta action in the Horehounds shows! RIP 2002**
104.*Epiphone Ace Frehley Les Paul: $400; $375 and $25 for case! This guitar saw alotta action In the Horehounds live acts! Loud ass DiMarzios! Great guitar!!! RIP 2002**
105. Gibson RD Artist 1978 Natural wood finish: traded 101 and 102! Was sellin? for $900! Got from Rippers! Made it to the studio, but never recorded with it! It was altered and pretty much worthless! Sold to Wintersound! 2002
106. Gibson Explorer 1992 '76 reissue: traded 101 $700. Pretty cool deal! Natural burst with original case! Got from Wintersound! Made it to the studio, but never recorded with it! Just never got into that guitar!!! Oh well!RIP 2002
9 GUITARS FOR 2002
2003
107. Gibson Les Paul Classic 2002: traded 102 + Vox ac 30! Ripper talked me into it! But Freddy Lynxx talked me into it as well! He told me that I should trade 104 for it and it would be a great deal! He said that I wouldn?t really need an explorer unless I was playin? in POISON! This is all brand new! Brand new guitar, brand new case! Born in flames recorded with it, Freddy Lynxx recorded with it, Steve Baise recorded with it! Born in flames played on stage with it, I played on stage with it! Not bad! This guitar is now customized to my likings! 2003**
108. Gibson Les Paul Special DC Faded TV yellow 2003: Got this at Alfa for $625 with gig bag! Traded my gig bag and leather jacket to Johnny Sonic for his SKB case! Don?t know why I got this! I got this outta boredom and depression! 2003**
109. Gibson Melody Maker ebony 2003: Got this at Guitar Center?s Memorial day sale! $349 with gig bag! Not a bad deal! One p-90 single cutaway! Cool deal! This was cool, but in tv yellow, it would?ve been cooler! Oh well! 2003 RIP
110. Gibson Les Paul Junior TV yellow 1990 Hall of fame reissue (Lizette): Got this in trade with Johnny Runaround! Traded the Gibson Les Paul Classic! I don?t really like Les Paul Standards! They?re cool, don?t get me wrong, but I couldn?t really see myself with this guitar forever! Not I, said me! Traded to Rippers for the Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty! Played some shows with this! 2003
111. Epiphone Les Paul Standard: Got this along with Les Paul Jr. from Johnny Runaround! Traded it for Gibson Les Paul Special TV Yellow hunbucker! Took it straight to Rippers! RIP 2003
112. Gibson Les Paul Special Humbucker faded yellow 2002: Traded 107 and 109 for this! Why not? Now I have all 3 Gibson Les Pauls in Yellow, all with cases and I didn?t really want to keep the Epiphone LP Standard! Fawk that! Oh well! RIP 2003
113. Gibson ES-333 natural finish 2002: Traded 106 and 110 for this! This was an impulse trade! I really wanted the Epiphone Zephyr Blues deluxe, but I switched to the Gibson Gold ES-135 and saw a finish crack which didn?t look too good and decided on the cherry 333 and it didn?t look that good either, so I got the natural finish! TRADED TO GC FOR TELE 2003
114. Fender Telecaster ?52 reissue butterscotch blonde: Traded 111 and $680. Nice guitar! Recorded a Horehounds song with this, 'Get enough'! RIP 2003
115. Gibson Les Paul Special DC Faded TV yellow 2003: got this back from ripper's when I traded 112. I also got a Fender Twin Reverb amp as well! Not bad! Sold to Steveland for 10 hours of studio time! It's on the 2nd Horehounds' album! 2003**
116. Gibson ES-135 Tobacco Sunburst 2002: $1250 Traded up the Marshall Bluesbreaker 2/12 1962 reissue amp with roadcase! Sold to Rippers for $550! Needed the money! RIP 2003
117. 1990 Gibson Les Paul Jr. TV yellow double cutaway reissue Hall of fame (Sophie): $725 with gig bag! p-100 Traded to Stevie for his Flying V. 2003
11 GUITARS FOR 2003
2004
118. Austin Acoustic guitar: I got this and a TSOL cd and a record and a tuner and an instructional book for $30 + I traded a gibson guitar case. It's not for me, but the purchase was mine and it'll be a gift for someone who wants to learn! 2004
119. Gibson Flying V Faded Cherry 2002: worth about $725. Traded Sophie (115#) for it. Steve Baise owns it. Sold to Rippers for $470. RIP 2004**
120. Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty 1954 reissue: Has P-90 in bridge and alnico in neck! Traded Les Paul Junior and Mesa Boogie amp, turntable, 4track, Tuner pedal, Tubescreamer pedal, WCW belt, and some cash! It's kinda worth it! 20 were made! He was tryin' to sell it for $2600. 2004**
-Gibson Les Paul TV yellow double cutaway 1990 Hall of fame guitar $800
-Mesa Boogie F-50 1/12 combo $1000
-Road case for Mesa boogie $100
-Fender Ampcover $20
-Sony Turntable $150
-WCW world heavyweight championship belt $150
-Boss Chromatic Tuner pedal $100
-Ibanez TS-9 Tubescreamer pedal$125
just added:
-Marantz 4track recorder$1200
Total amount: $3645 /2 1822.5
-----Original Message-----
From: Bradley Cecil [mailto:Bradley.Cecil@gibson.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 1:19 PM
To: Lopez, Samuel V.
Subject: RE: serial number identification
Hello,
The individual digits themselves do not indicate any specific information about the guitar, as the serial number does not follow the serial number configuration adopted by the Custom Shop shortly after the beginning of the Historic Collection. Thanks again!!
Regards,
Bradley Cecil
Gibson Customer Support
1-800-4GIBSON
121. 1976 Rickenbacker 481SF Walnut Excellent + Slant Fret Humbuckers Original Case $995.00 Item #76481SFWAL. Old guitar with worn frets! The frets aren't that bad! Seems to be all original as far as I know! Has 2 humbuckers and a phase reversal switch for active and passive pickups! Traded for my Mesa Boogie Combo!
122. Gibson Les Paul Classic Heritage Cherry Sunburst: Ripper says it's a 2002 and I'm waitin' to hear back from Gibson! I traded my Black Beauty for it along with the same trade of my 4track for his 4track, Marantz! Had to do it! The Beauty was rewired and I really couldn't stand it! Oh fuckin' well!
Subject: RE: Customer Request:re: what year is my guitar?
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:50:01 -0500
From: "Customer Service"
To: "Sam Lopez"
The serial number is consistent with models made in 1992 and can also be from 2002. The first zero is representative of the year 1960. The serial number was not located in our data base so I am unable to determine the exact year.
Regards,
Gibson Customer Service
123. DanElectro 6/12 doubleneck: White! $250 got it on Friday, August 27, 2004 and sold Saturday, August 28, 2004. Didn't really want it! Fuck it!
124. Gibson Melody Maker faded black 2003: I owned this before! I pretty much traded my Gibson Les Paul Classic and got this guitar plus $500! I'm using this money for #123!!!
125. Minarik Inferno Studio: Nice fuckin' guitar! Not bad at all! I got this off the internet from Cowtown Guitars outta Vegas! Flame guitar, cherry sunburst! Seymour Duncan Pearly gates humbuckers! I changed the volume knob to the Spinal Tap knob that goes to 11. I put straplocks on the guitar as well! It came with a case which looks like that of a keyboard! Not a bad price! $750! THIS IS A NEW IN THE BOX MINARIK GUITAR - IT IS THE FLAME BODY INFERNO STUDIO X-TREME SERIES - LOADED WITH FULL CHAMBERED MAHOGANY BODY - NECK THRU MAHOGANY - MAPLE TOP - 24 -3/4 SCALE 22 FRET - FLAME SUNBURST - FULLY BOUND NECK-HEADSTOCK AND BODY WITH THICK ABALONE - KILLER SEYMOUR DUNCAN PICK UPS - "DUNCAN DISTORTION IN BRIDGE - NECK HAS A MODEL SH2 DUNCAN - FULL TONE PROS BRIDGE AND TAILPIECE - CUSTOM CHAMBERED BODY - EVERLY STRING - BUILT TO ROCK - PLAYED BY GREAT PLAYERS LIKE GENE SIMMONS - DICK DALE - DAVE NAVARRO - THE ICE MAN -THE BEST PLAYERS PLAY THE BEST GUITARS - AND MANY MORE - THIS GUITAR WILL BE SHIPPED IN THE USA ONLY FOR A FIXED RATE OF $38.00 FULLY INSURED WITH U.P.S - IT HAS A FULL MINARIK WARRANTY - DEAD MINT NEVER PLAYED - THIS IS A TRUE COLLECTORS GUITAR - AND MAKES A STATEMENT ON STAGE. - THIS GUITAR HAS A MINARIK CUSTOM HARDCASE " NOT THE CHEEPER SOFT SIDE CASE" THIS IS A $200.00 UP CHARGE FROM THEM. **
8 GUITARS FOR 2004
2005
126. Squier Strat aztec gold finish: $149 + $10 gig bag! Great fuckin' deal!!!! STEAL!!!!
127. Epiphone G-210 Batwing Strat Tobacco Sunburst: $150 for the guitar, 10 watt amp, tuner, strap, dvd, cable, not bad!! This was an impulse buy! Well, because I've always wanted a Crestwood and I played a Wilshire last year and was blown away! I can't afford either one, so at that time, I wanted to build a coronet with the bat wing! All I needed to do is buy a coronet. Oh well!
128. Gibson Les Paul Special Humbucker Faded black: $699. I traded the Gibson Les Paul Melody Maker faded black which I paid $350 from GC and I traded #125! I paid $50 for a Gibson case and $15 bucks from straplocks! Not bad! It sounds really great to play humbuckers again! I just couldn't play that melody maker after playing the strat for some time! The neck was modeled after a '59 Les Paul and those necks are like baseball bats! Fuck that!
129. 1998 Epiphone Coronet w/Bigsby, 1998, extremely cool looks - good tone - good playability, excellent quality OBL pickups (same as found on many USA models back in the day), 3-way selector plus push/pull volume pot for coil split, vintage look with the classic gull wing 6/side headstock, bound rosewood neck with pearl block inlays, nicely rounded body edges are super comfortable, neck is slightly chunky - not huge but bigger and rounder than your average Gibson. Extremely clean condition, metallic red finish shines like new. This "Coronet with Vibrotone" model listed at $599 back in '98 and is a very cool import for just $275**
130. 1964 Epiphone Wilshire: Cherry finish with slashed E vibrato and 2 mini-humbuckers. I'd seen this guitar at Guitar Center in Rancho Cugamungo, California a year ago and it was still there in September of this year and marked down from $1399 to $1250! They guy agreed on shipping for free and a free set of strings and a case! That was cool! **
131. 2003 Gibson SG goth: I traded up the Minarik and the Squier Gold Strat. I didn't really need the strat, it sounded like ass! Gold finish: cool; pickups: suckt! The Minarik sounded really fuckin' cool played at loud volumes! The pickups were fuckin' cool! I was at least able to record with this fucker! Sounded great! I just couldn't really see keeping this! I had this fucker on Amazon.com to sell, but no motherfuckers wanted it. It would be cool to have to play out for shock value, but oh fuckin' well! I got rid of the Minarik for this SG and a drum machine and the guy wanted me to add fiddy bucks, so I told him to throw in the Jim Dunlop wah pedal and I'll throw in the gold strat and the deal was set! Fuck yeah! This SG is black and Gibson stopped makin' it! So it's cool for that value of it all!
132. Squier '51 guitar limed mahogany finish: I traded up the SG gothic to a buddy of mine for this guitar, a Peavey Bass and amp, a Dan-O-wah pedal, a cracked neck nylon classical guitar, a Carvin 4/12 cabinet, $35 bucks, 10 blank cds, and dinner. Sold on eBay for $100! **
133. Classical guitar: got this in the trade above and will probably keep it! It ain't worth anything to sell, so I won't!
134. Peavey P-bass: This was pretty cool. It sounded great! Played great as well. A p-bass with a jazz neck! NICE! Sold to a buddy of mine along with amp.
135. Godin Radiator: I had original planned to trade up my Carvin 4/12 cabinet for a Sea-foam green Brownsville Choirboy 3-pickup guitar. It looked cool with 3 pickups like a Ric and an f-hole, but it just didn't feel that solid. It felt like it would just break at any time! Oh well, I did the trade for the Godin and it seemed cool in the store! Something different! I actually could've gotten my Gibson Melody Maker back! I just didn't want it back, the neck was like a baseball bat. I could've done it for eBay reasons, but I don't have a box to ship it in. Oh well! I have some clothes and shit that I wanna sell on eBay soon, so I'll see how they do. And if I feel like it, I'll try to sell the Godin! Who knows! I should've gotten my record player back! I don't know! Maybe I'll go back and get my record player back, a cowbell, a wah pedal, maracas, something! We'll see! My old record player's been sittin' there for about a year or 2. I can use that. And I can sell a wah pedal on eBay as well as any other knick knacks! I'll think about it! **
7 GUITARS FOR 2005
2006
136. Epiphone Olympic Double tobacco sunburst: I sold my Epi coronet for this! It?s going to a good home! Why do I have to own it? It?ll be there when I record at Alex?s! This guitar is almost all original. Just the wraparound tailpiece was missing! I bought a new one and it?s got the original chipboard case and the original pickguard! Pretty cool! Sounds great! Got this guitar mailed to me from Wintersound in Virginia! Imagine that!?!?!
137. Epiphone Wilshire Exclusive: I got this because it?s the closest thing to a Crestwood I?ll ever get!?!? Well, it would?ve been, but the neck was cracked! It was a tiny crack, but this was brand new at $249! I just needs my money back! Fuck that!
138. Wolf M-16 guitar: I?ve had my eye on this guitar for quite some time. I?d seen it in this guitar store/pawn shop when I first moved out to Cali! I thought it was cool. It?s kinda set up like a tele. I remember about 10 years ago, I wanted this Hondo gun guitar, but I didn?t have $450 and it didn?t have pick-ups in it. But nonetheless, it was cool! I?ve always thought they were cool. So, my opportunity came 10 years later at $200 bucks! It?s made in Korea. It?s black and it?s pretty cool for what it is. I had originally came into the store to get the Wolf Ric copy, but after inspecting it and playing, I?d made the decision to get the M-16. It?s a bolt-on neck, but it seems well built for what it is. The ric just seemed like it was a set neck, it would just break very easily! And the ric was $350. I really didn?t wanna spend that much on a copy! I would spend that much on an Epi or something, but not that much on an unknown copy!
This M-16 guitar is a little hard to play because it has no body to it to rest your hand. I think that?s a drawback to it. As well as the volume and tone knobs on the pistol grip. That set-up is like that of a strat. And there?s no toggle switch, so that gets kinda confusing. It sounds alright! Nothing too spectacular.
139. Gibson Baldwin LP Signature Cherry Sunburst: Got this 2 days after I got #138! Amazing! 138 is the number of the Wolf guitar! The next day, we go to Silverwood Lake recreational park on Route 138! Hmmmmmmmmm?..Yeah, it means nothing! My fianc?e bought this guitar for me. I was playing it in the store at Best Buy and thought it was pretty cool. Where can you get a cherry sunburst Les Paul for $149?!?! Well, actually, she didn?t spend that much, we got the guitar for $129.99 because it was the floor model. These are being discontinued and the floor model was in better condition than the one in the box! What do you expect? These things are made in China! I wasn?t expecting much, but it sounds alright! Now, I have a nice lookin? guitar and something I can jam on without playing my vintage guitars!
140. Yamaha SGV-800, black sparkle: I was lookin' for a guitar with a tremolo unit. I had originally planned to put a bigsby on my Les Paul, but I don't know. So I went to this pawn shop and they had some guitars I was lookin' at. I played a Wilson Bros. Ventures Mosrite copy. It was white with the German carve. It was cool, but I couldn't see playing $500 bucks for it.
I played a DiPinto guitar which looked like a Los Straightjackets Jaguar wannabe! It sounded really cheap!
I even played the Wilson Bros. Ventures white strat. That was a pc of shit!
There was this black tolex strat copy by Italia and that was pretty cheesy as well! I don't know about that place.
I even played this Squier strat that was $80 bucks and I couldn't even do a straight trade for my rifle gun guitar! Fuck those guys!!!
So I went to Tril Music in Riverside and got a better deal! That place is goin' outta bizness! The only really cool guitar was the Yamaha SGV copy that was a design from the 60's in Japan. It's got a weird Mosrite face shape and Parker Fly headstock thing going for it! The pickups sound really good, very loud! The tremolo is really cool! I'm very happy with this guitar!
2007
141. 1985 Rickenbacker 620/12 Mapleglo: Inspiration from Fred 'Sonic' Smith got me to get this guitar. I had originally tried to order this guitar from Musiciansfriend, but they were backordered and it just all seemed to be a big lie. So I went to GC and saw the Rick they had told me about and it just so happen to be the exact same guitar, just it was a 1985 instead of '86 and a 620 instead of a 640 which ain't even a model number for Rics. So of course, I wanted at least play the thing. It sounded really cool. I was only gonna get the fucker if I could get some finances for it and I was able to. So now I have the git! It's very cool! I'm happy with it. At first, I wasn't gettin' a case for it, and the mgr found the original case for it in the back. I just don't know why the fuck guitar stores are so hard up for guitar cases! What the fuck!??!?!?! I also got the fucker to gimme a set of strings and he went down on the price of the guitar from $1450 to $1300, so that was cool! But the tax brought it back up! Oh wells! I'll be payin' this fucker off in 6 months for the interest free! My first guitar for 2007!
142. 2007 Gibson Melody Maker worn white reissue: I?d seen this guitar on Musicians Friend site and wasn?t sure when it would be available. Well, it was and I decided to order it with free shipping and no tax. Not bad for $349. Came with papers and original box. Pretty damn cool. The finish which ain?t really a finish is white. It?s a January 12, 2007 guitar. I got it on March 15, 2007. Not bad. I?m probably gonna get a white coffin case for it. I think this will be the new Bonephone.
143. 2006 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop 1956 reissue with P90's: Just a cool guitar! I've always wanted a Goldtop and this was my opportunity and I took it. I traded up the Epiphone Olympic and the Rickenbacker 620. I had to! I wanted to! And I did! My first Gibson Goldtop! Probably not the last! I wanna get the Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Goldtop with mini-humbuckers! Soon!
144. 1978 Gibson Les Paul Custom Cherry Sunburst: I traded up the Epi Wilshire for this. The Epi was very old and all original, but the frets were gettin' really hard to play. I wanted something new. I've always wanted a Custom and I got the op and took it. I probably could've gotten a better one, but this one is really cool. For a '78, it plays very good. The frets aren't too worn and there's a lot left on the frets. It's fuckin' heavy though. WOOO! I'll get used to it. It a beaut!
145. 2007 Fender Telecaster Joe Strummer model: I?d originally went to Guitar Center in Covina to find this Gretsch TK-300 solid body I?d seen a year ago. And yes, a year later, it was still there along with the 3 Epiphone Coronets that were still there. They didn?t seem to have a vintage room yet and now they do. The Gretsch was this natural wood finished solidbody with a hockey stick headstock and 2 crooked humbuckers. It looks so ugly that it?s cool. It did look like it hit by a bus. It?s been through some tough times being from the 70?s. The Epiphone I played was a Coronet batwing headstock guitar with 2 pickups that were replaced with Seymour Duncan mini-humbuckers. They sounded great the last time I was there. Upon further inspection of the guitar, it looks as though the guitar was refretted and there was a finish crack where the neck meets the body. Not good. It wouldn?t stay in tune. I was actually thinkin? about buying it @ $1099. I could?ve gotten the 12 months financing. So I was on the hunt for a Les Paul Junior as I?ve been for a long time. I?ve had the Gibson reissues from the 90?s that were cool, but never quite cut it. I also had the Epiphone reissues which were a joke. So I was just lookin? around because I hadn?t been to the store in a year and it?s in LA county. I saw this telecaster which looked like the Joe Strummer one. I picked it up and it was. It was the same price as catalog. I showed it to my wife and I told her I?d buy it for her. She said that I shouldn?t buy it unless it came with all of the stickers and stencils and shit! And it did! I got it and I got a gift card for $89 bucks! That was cool!
146. 2003 Fender Telecaster American series white on black: This is a guitar my wife has owned for about 3 years now. She traded it to me for the Joe Strummer model because she feels that the guitar was too much for a gift. I?d figured that they are both hers. I?m listing this on my guitar list of guitars because of any kind of ownership; temporary, joint, whatever!
147. 2007 1958 Gibson Les Paul Junior TV Yellow VOS: I?d really wanted a Les Paul Junior. I was finally able to get one in trade. I traded up the Goldtop for it. Straight up, which was really cool! This is a very cool guitar. It?s got everything that goes with it. All original!
148. 2007 Gibson Les Paul Nashville Junior: This is a limited run of 400 in worn white finish. I never saw it in Musiciansfriend. I didn?t notice it until I saw in it on eBay. So I checked MF at that time and saw that it was discontinued. Then I checked again and found that it wasn?t discontinued. So I ordered one. I didn?t plan to get this because I didn?t think I would get one before they ran out. I didn?t know I was gonna get the straight trade in Huntington Beach either for the real Junior. I?m cool! It came in today, Monday, December 24, 2007. Just in time! It came with a hard shell case which really surprised me because it said, ?gig bag? on the web page. And on top of that, I have some extra straplocks! WOO HOO! No mad rush to GC to buy anything! SWEET! This will be the best Xmas after all!
8 guitars for 2007
149. E.F. Elliott Dove guitar: I have no information on this guitar. All I know is that E.F. Elliott was a luthier for Mosrite and Music Man and has been building guitars in Oklahoma. I?m guessin? his claim to fame is that he built a mandolin for the Chixie Dicks. The guitar is white and shaped like a dove. Has 3 black P-90 pickups, a wraparound tune-o-matic bridge and chrome Grover Imperial tuners. It?s a cool guitar and a straight up even trade for the Les Paul Custom. Oh well. The Custom wasn?t all original. It was very cool, but I?d traded up a guitar for it that was more expensive. What can you do!?!??!
Got a voicemail from EF Elliott. He told me that he'd built the guitar in 1999, 1 of 2 he'd built for the 2000 NAMM show. He also said that he'd built 7 in total. Pretty fuckin' cool to get in contact with the guy who'd built your guitar!!!
150. Jay Turser JT300m Strat copy in light tobacco finish: I was tryin' to trade the Dove guitar for a white Jazzmaster, but that fell through. I was so obsessed with tryin' to trade and trade for this guitar and the guy just didn't seem interested. I almost offered the Jr. That would've been a disaster. So with the advise from my lovely beautiful wife, she advised me to get a cheap guitar and just take it apart and put it back together. Learn more about fixing, repairing and everything about guitars so that one day I could do my own repairs, build my own guitars. It all makes sense. There's no reason why I can't do this. There are 'build your own' kits out there. I'm gonna learn with this guitar which sounds really good, by the way, and probably soup it up with newer pickups and hardware just to make it my own! A new project for me for 2008 and probably for now on.
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