Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: blue on April 19, 2015, 05:01:20 PM
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Well, I recently had the dubious pleasure of turning 40. As guitar players, we often mark significant birthdays with a special guitar, and that's just what I did :) I just thought I'd show you the three guitars that have marked major birthdays for me:
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii166/blue1million/DSC03032_zpshujaredq.jpg) (http://s264.photobucket.com/user/blue1million/media/DSC03032_zpshujaredq.jpg.html)
At 17, I got my Summer job and saved up for this, my Gibson MIII, which was my 18th birthday present to myself.
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii166/blue1million/DSC03034_zpstzvzhpaw.jpg) (http://s264.photobucket.com/user/blue1million/media/DSC03034_zpstzvzhpaw.jpg.html)
Then, for my 30th, my first Gibson Les Paul.
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii166/blue1million/DSC03035_zpsgaweecan.jpg) (http://s264.photobucket.com/user/blue1million/media/DSC03035_zpsgaweecan.jpg.html)
And now, finally, for my 40th it's a Gretsch G6120. It's an awesome guitar! They all are actually, but this one seems just extra special :)
I know there have been other birthday guitars on here, any nice ones you want to share with us?
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Sweet :D
I don't think I've got anything specifically for a birthday :laugh: I tend to buy if I come across a deal on something I want at a price I can't pass, so that rarely coincides with a birthday etc. :laugh:
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Those are lovely, especially the Gretsch and LP. Right up my alley.
I am bound to get some in the future, after the student life. So far my buys have not been date dependend.
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Lovely trio! I had a black MIII in the past.
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The style of guitar clearly correlates with your ageing trend !
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The style of guitar clearly correlates with your ageing trend !
By that logic I might be dead within the next 10 years or less. Took me less than 5 years to go from 7 string super-strat and Ibanez S series to an Epiphone Lucille and a Feline made Jazzguitar (second hand). I am doomed. xD
But letīs wait for the midlife crysis swirled paint, fanned fret 8 string. ;)
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Great guitars whatever your age!
The style of guitar clearly correlates with your ageing trend !
40th birthday
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/d1dsj/photo413.jpg) (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/d1dsj/media/photo413.jpg.html)
Recent 50th
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/d1dsj/photo411.jpg) (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/d1dsj/media/photo411.jpg.html)
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Is that a Modern Eagle? Very nice :)
Telerocker, I hadn't played the MIII for a while, but now that it's out I'm widdling away on it. It's completely different form the guitars I play these days, like the Gretsch, but I still love it!
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Got my SG for my 21st, parents paid a good chunk towards it which was very nice! Love this guitar. It'll never replace a Les Paul but it has such a good raw aggressive sound to it. I keep meaning to take it to Feline to get an earvana nut and setup on it so I know it's playing and sounding as good as it possibly can, maybe I'll treat myself soon.
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7809470146_4c1864564a_z.jpg)
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The only guitars I've ever bought specifically for a birthday was the JJ Guitars Jewel I bought myself for my 30th almost 2 years ago:
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/Browsif/Guitars/3575_zps8a62f805.jpg) (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/Browsif/media/Guitars/3575_zps8a62f805.jpg.html)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/Browsif/Guitars/3575b_zps9d834e88.jpg) (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/Browsif/media/Guitars/3575b_zps9d834e88.jpg.html)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/Browsif/Guitars/3575c_zpsea68eccf.jpg) (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/Browsif/media/Guitars/3575c_zpsea68eccf.jpg.html)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/Browsif/Guitars/3575a_zpsce6acc9f.jpg) (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/Browsif/media/Guitars/3575a_zpsce6acc9f.jpg.html)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/Browsif/Guitars/3575d_zps153fab68.jpg) (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/Browsif/media/Guitars/3575d_zps153fab68.jpg.html)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/Browsif/Guitars/3575e_zpsaf3b4f10.jpg) (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/Browsif/media/Guitars/3575e_zpsaf3b4f10.jpg.html)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/Browsif/Guitars/3575f_zps40970ecf.jpg) (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/Browsif/media/Guitars/3575f_zps40970ecf.jpg.html)
It's pretty much a Les Paul Junior and just screams through my SLO when you give it a bit of welly :grin: It's 1 of my main guitars for my Punk covers band.
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Nice guitar, Brow. I've read about JJ's quite a few times in guitar magazines, but never actually seen one in the flesh. Is the company still going?
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Nice guitar, Brow. I've read about JJ's quite a few times in guitar magazines, but never actually seen one in the flesh. Is the company still going?
Cheers!
Yeah they're still going :smiley:
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Is that a Modern Eagle? Very nice
It is. To be honest whilst yes it's nice, because it's a satin finish its not as flash as most PRSi :wink:
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Well, I recently had the dubious pleasure of turning 40. As guitar players, we often mark significant birthdays with a special guitar, and that's just what I did :) I just thought I'd show you the three guitars that have marked major birthdays for me:
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii166/blue1million/DSC03032_zpshujaredq.jpg) (http://s264.photobucket.com/user/blue1million/media/DSC03032_zpshujaredq.jpg.html)
At 17, I got my Summer job and saved up for this, my Gibson MIII, which was my 18th birthday present to myself.
That's an awesome Gibson, don't ever sell it!
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Congrats on the guitar and the birthday.You have some time to think of what you'll get for your 50th. I missed a trick here , haven't ever bought a guitar for a special birthday ( and I've had more than a few).
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many nice guitars in this thread - but i would say that MIII is something pretty special.
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I got this MIJ 62RI from my wife for my 50th.
The switch,pots and scratchplate have been changed.
The pickups are Brown Sugars .
It's the only new guitar I've ever owned.
(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii98/marantz1300/fenders/7259e033-f8a7-4188-acfc-55b8f874f16d_zpslz31jw3s.jpg)
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Good to see the love for the MIII, a lot of people seem to really dislike them :( it's a great guitar, although it's sound isn't altogether where I'm at at the minute. I still love playing it though, and it's dramatically different in feel to the others
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I've always wanted a Gibson Victory, which was the predecessor to the MIII, but a MIII would do nicely thanks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV2kHp3y6Po
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I've always wanted a Gibson Victory, which was the predecessor to the MIII, but a MIII would do nicely thanks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV2kHp3y6Po
I must confess I'd only heard of the basses before. I like the body shape alot, I did some googling and found some came with a Firebird-ish headstock. Very cool.
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Haha! The timing of this thread is awesome. My wife just let me do the same for my 40th. I kept the superstrat styling, but gave it a "mature" gun slinger flavor by moving up to a Suhr Modern from my Ibanez axes.
The year before, she let me pick up the MkV head as a "Christmas/anniversary/birthday/Father's Day" sort of deal, lol. She's a sweetheart (and had this keeper for 20yrs now).
(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y475/Archlute75/Spring%202015/a0e11f27-738a-4464-ba21-fc3f680475d2_zpsrmdpymyw.jpg)
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I've always wanted a Gibson Victory, which was the predecessor to the MIII, but a MIII would do nicely thanks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV2kHp3y6Po
I must confess I'd only heard of the basses before. I like the body shape alot, I did some googling and found some came with a Firebird-ish headstock. Very cool.
The only person I've ever seen play one is Danny Coralles from Autopsy, Abscess, etc. He has one that was obviously modded in the '80s with EMGs and a Floyd Rose. Plays it on pretty much everything. Never seen him with anything else. Apparently they are very heavy.
(http://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/2/9/8/9298_artist.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vz9tsmJ_K0
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Only just seen this thread. Belated happy birthday blue, and that Gretsch gets a Wow! :shocked: :smiley:
As I've said before, I've always had a sneaking admiration for those MIIIs. So wrong but so right!
I haven't really bought myself birthday guitars in the past, but in the last few years I have sometimes used it as an excuse to buy something.... last year I turned 50 and got these. Not planned at all, they just appeared at the right time and I thought what the hell! :rolleyes:
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/phillyq/_57_zps7496d89d.jpg) (http://s129.photobucket.com/user/phillyq/media/_57_zps7496d89d.jpg.html)(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/phillyq/_5719_zpsc5413adf.jpg) (http://s129.photobucket.com/user/phillyq/media/_5719_zpsc5413adf.jpg.html)
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The one on the right is making me go all weak at the knees Philly.
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those are rather fine, Philly. Are they oldies or aged reissues? If they are, they're pretty convincing!
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Thanks chaps! They're both 2011 models, aged by a bloke called Chad Underwood. :smiley:
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They both look great - I'm a big Junior & Special fan. Those really do look convincing for old guitars. Does he just age them or will he refinish too?
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They're just aged as far as I know, Phil. I bought them both from Willcutt Guitars in the USA.
I first heard of Chad Underwood as a small-scale builder of relic Fender copies, very much like a US equivalent of Bravewood. I started watching eBay for his guitars and just happened to see the Junior on my 50th birthday last year. I couldn't resist! Then a couple of weeks later they had the Special and I thought what the hell....
Willcutt still have Underwood-aged guitars in their eBay shop occasionally. Nearly always Gibson Historics but I've also seem a couple of PRS models, there was an antique white DGT if I remember right.
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They're just aged as far as I know, Phil. I bought them both from Willcutt Guitars in the USA.
I first heard of Chad Underwood as a small-scale builder of relic Fender copies, very much like a US equivalent of Bravewood. I started watching eBay for his guitars and just happened to see the Junior on my 50th birthday last year. I couldn't resist! Then a couple of weeks later they had the Special and I thought what the hell....
Willcutt still have Underwood-aged guitars in their eBay shop occasionally. Nearly always Gibson Historics but I've also seem a couple of PRS models, there was an antique white DGT if I remember right.
The yellow special is *hot*