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Title: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: EC on May 05, 2005, 02:12 PM
New, old, somebody else's...

I would choose the Gibson jumbo body, black, circa early 50s that has been sitting in my favourite guitar shop for EVER.  I know I'm going to go in there one day and it will be gone.  (It's crazy expensive, as it should be.)

Or, I would have Emmylou's guitar - the one that's on the cover of Blue Kentucky Girl.  
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: Chills on May 05, 2005, 02:13 PM
Can you exlain how to post pictures here?
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: CC on May 05, 2005, 02:35 PM
[img]insert link here and remove X[/imgX]

or upload pictures at http://www.imageshack.us
and you get an instant hotlink for forums

make em at max. 600 px width if you can

or else I will ;)
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: Chills on May 05, 2005, 02:46 PM
(http://img228.echo.cx/img228/8867/oldblack22bl.th.jpg) (http://img228.echo.cx/my.php?image=oldblack22bl.jpg)

Ok thanks, hope this works out and isn't too small or too big...
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: Chills on May 05, 2005, 02:47 PM
Yeah this worked just fine! Thanks CC
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: marktwain on May 05, 2005, 03:03 PM
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2000/paradiso-04.jpg)
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: primushead on May 05, 2005, 03:42 PM
I would love to track down a fender squire strat.  Those things are sweet!  and what a value!
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: EC on May 05, 2005, 03:56 PM
(heh.  Chills, yes to that!)
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: tomEisenbraun on May 05, 2005, 08:01 PM
woah Chills...what is that?

I would probably have to go with a '59 Gibson Les Paul. What a perfect year for those puppies.

Either that or a custom built Taylor. It would be short-scale, and have just a varnish finish. No gloss so that it rings out right and gets all the harmonics possible. I'd hae mahogany back and sides and neck, and a nice sitka spruce top. Basically just a hell of a lot better version of the Taylor I have now.
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: sweatboard on May 05, 2005, 09:18 PM
Jim's Gibson Flying V.  There is alot of magic in that guitar.  Plus it looks kick ass as hell.
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: EC on May 05, 2005, 11:45 PM
Yeah, but then he wouldn't have it and where would we be? ;)

Quotewoah Chills...what is that?
I belive, Eisey, that it is the one and only old black - Mr. Neil's geeetar.  Soooo special.
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: Drunkre on May 06, 2005, 06:45 AM
Black and white Rickenbacker, like Peter Buck used to play.  Maybe still does.  Or a Grolsch (sp? not a guitar afficiando), like Social Distortion.
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: peanut butter puddin surprise on May 06, 2005, 07:43 AM
(http://www.kellyindustries.com/guitars/images/gibson_eds_1275_sg_double_neck.jpg)

I've always been pretty fond of this awesome axe...
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: DD on May 06, 2005, 08:09 AM
origional gibson barney kessel

or

'69 strat in fiesta red

or

jimi hendrix's painted flying v

or

johnny thunders tv yellow les paul jr
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: biscuitbobo on May 06, 2005, 08:15 AM
grolsch as in the beer?  maybe gretsch, or guild?   I bought a fender jazzmaster last year, which was a guitar I've always wanted.    Right now I'd have to go with a non-reverse gibson firebird, or maybe a telecaster with a bigsby (ala' Tweedy)
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: Chills on May 06, 2005, 08:50 AM
The first three are for you John!

(http://img237.echo.cx/img237/6056/trailofdead075hr.th.jpg) (http://img237.echo.cx/my.php?image=trailofdead075hr.jpg)

(http://img237.echo.cx/img237/5939/jimmy1341up.th.jpg) (http://img237.echo.cx/my.php?image=jimmy1341up.jpg)

(http://img237.echo.cx/img237/6139/jimmy1445bh.th.jpg) (http://img237.echo.cx/my.php?image=jimmy1445bh.jpg)

(http://img237.echo.cx/img237/9947/jimmy808kt.th.jpg) (http://img237.echo.cx/my.php?image=jimmy808kt.jpg)

(http://img237.echo.cx/img237/1163/hdr4tv.th.jpg) (http://img237.echo.cx/my.php?image=hdr4tv.jpg)

And yes that was indeed Old Black. It has lived through some rough times but it has tons of soul.
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: EC on May 06, 2005, 08:52 AM
Ohhhh Emmylou with your rosed guitar.  It's so pretty.  (Is that from the Gibson site - is that her special signature one?)  Yeah.  I want one.
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: Chills on May 06, 2005, 09:06 AM
Yeah think it's from the gibson site, i'll check it out!
Mind you, I don't know anytihing about guitars, but this one looked really beautiful.
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: Chills on May 06, 2005, 09:10 AM
Yep it's from the gibson site. Their custom acoustic guitars are great too!
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: Chills on May 06, 2005, 12:02 PM
Some more classics...

(http://img213.echo.cx/img213/8816/bblucille0ia.th.jpg) (http://img213.echo.cx/my.php?image=bblucille0ia.jpg)

(http://img213.echo.cx/img213/7605/begibgesgay21uh.th.jpg) (http://img213.echo.cx/my.php?image=begibgesgay21uh.jpg)

(http://img213.echo.cx/img213/4349/angus4ax.th.jpg) (http://img213.echo.cx/my.php?image=angus4ax.jpg)

(http://img213.echo.cx/img213/2302/boss3ij.th.jpg) (http://img213.echo.cx/my.php?image=boss3ij.jpg)

Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: ironchefbenjata on May 09, 2005, 11:00 PM
I would want Syd Barrett's telecaster with all the mirrors glued on it.

Or whatever guitar Sterling Morrison used for the 'White Light White Heat' sessions

When I first saw Mr. James with a big ol' flying v I immediately thought of my man Bob Mould and his (duct-taped together) flying v from his days in Husker Du.
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: peanut butter puddin surprise on May 10, 2005, 07:10 AM
thanks for the Jimmy pics!

in '88, I saw Jimmy on the "Outrider" tour (two weeks after seeing Robert Plant on the "Now and Zen" tour, what a Zep summer!) and he whipped out the double neck for a few numbers.

Good thing I was on acid for that show.   ;D
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: peanut butter puddin surprise on May 10, 2005, 07:11 AM
thanks for the Jimmy pics!

in '88, I saw Jimmy on the "Outrider" tour (two weeks after seeing Robert Plant on the "Now and Zen" tour, what a Zep summer!) and he whipped out the double neck for a few numbers.
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: Billy_Pilgrim on May 10, 2005, 08:46 AM
That guitar that Emmylou is holding is lovely. It looks like it would be a hell of an experience to play it, do you know what I mean? You know sometimes you see a guitar and think "ohhh yeah, just half an hour alone with it would make my day."

My own personal choice would be either a dobro or a Byrds-esque 12-string Rickenbaker. Of course, not having the first clue how to play one would hold me back slightly...
Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: otter on May 11, 2005, 07:31 PM
Someday I'd like to buy a early 60's hollow body. Gibson, Bigsby, or Rickenbacker. It's just that they're about $10,000 or more.

Title: Re: If you could have any guitar...
Post by: Jellyfish on May 12, 2005, 09:49 AM
I would like to have Neil's "Old Black" or that tan Gretsh that he plays every now and then.