57. 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
58. Alvarez a/e: traded in store! RIP traded for the GOYA RIP 2000
59. 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
60. Galveston a/e bass: got it from Rippers! Currently record with this guitar! Sold to Alex for $125. 2000
61. 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
62. 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
63. 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
64. 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
65. 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
66. 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
67. 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
68. 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
69. 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
70. 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
71. 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
72. Fender telesonic: upgraded from the Fender Thinline + $300! Pretty cool! Has the Dearmond Pickups! These pickups aren't really that loud! RETURN 2000
73. 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
74. 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
75. 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
76. 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
77. 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
78. 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
79. Fender American Standard Stratocaster Natural finish: $850 clean baby! Took this back and got my money back! RETURN 2000
80. 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
81 & 82 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
83. Martin Backpacker: $150, sold back to Mars! RETURN 2000
84. Epiphone Les Paul Special Plus: $200 cool sound! Split coil humbuckers! Cool, but needed the money, returned for my money! RETURN 2000
85. Epiphone Les Paul Jr TV DC: $225. RIP 2000
86. Epiphone SG junior limited edition White: traded 77 and 78 for it + $20! RIP 2000
30 GUITARS FOR 2000
2001
87.* Epiphone Firebird: Nice git! Traded wah and $240. $395 jammed with Steve and captured it on video! RIP 2001
88. 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
89*. 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
90. 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•À?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•À?t know why I did it!RIP 2001
91. 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
92. 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•À?ve kept this guitar! I know who has this guitar and too bad I don•À?t! RIP 2001
93. 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
94. Squier Red Telecaster: Traded 90 for it because the neck was cracked! Traded for Ampeg bass amp combo + $300. RIP 2001
95*. 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
96.* Mosrite Johnny Ramone: Bought off Ebay for $886 traded for Les paul studio RIP This guitar saw action at Chicho•À?s! 2002
97. Squire p-bass: $75 from Steve. Sold it to rippers! RIP 2002
98. Hondo 80•À?s lookin•À? 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
99. 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•À?t really need a spare right now! RIP 2002
100. Epiphone Les Paul 5 string bass: tobacco burst! Don•À?t know why!!!RIP 2002
101.*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•À?s probably a keeper! This guitar saw alotta action in the Horehounds shows! RIP 2002
102.*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
103. Gibson RD Artist 1978 Natural wood finish: traded 101 and 102! Was sellin•À? 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
104. 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
105. 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•À?t really need an explorer unless I was playin•À? 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
106. 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•À?t know why I got this! I got this outta boredom and depression! 2003
107. Gibson Melody Maker ebony 2003: Got this at Guitar Center•À?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•À?ve been cooler! Oh well! 2003 RIP
108. 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•À?t really like Les Paul Standards! They•À?re cool, don•À?t get me wrong, but I couldn•À?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
109. 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
110. 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•À?t really want to keep the Epiphone LP Standard! Fawk that! Oh well! RIP 2003
111. 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•À?t look too good and decided on the cherry 333 and it didn•À?t look that good either, so I got the natural finish! TRADED TO GC FOR TELE 2003
112. Fender Telecaster •À?52 reissue butterscotch blonde: Traded 111 and $680. Nice guitar! Recorded a Horehounds song with this, 'Get enough'! RIP 2003
113. 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
114. 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
115. 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
116. 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
117. 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
118. 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
119. 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!
120. 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
121. 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!
122. 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!!!
123. 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
124. Squier Strat aztec gold finish: $149 + $10 gig bag! Great fuckin' deal!!!! STEAL!!!!
125. 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!
126. 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!
127. 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