Everyone seems to collect something.
I collected $2 bills for a while. I don't know why, I just did. There's no special value to them, they just seem to be an oddity.
I used to collect vintage guitars and amplifiers, but that got a bit spendy. My late wife once took umbrage at me spending $17,000 on a custom color Fender Stratocaster some years back, but she relented when I sold it for $31,000 some years later. For a while I collected Bald Eagles; figurines, photos, stuffed animals, etc. That got way out of hand, though, and I started running out of room. I spent a while collecting fine watches, but that gets to be an expensive hobby real fast. I now have just a few very nice pieces which I enjoy wearing.
I now collect vintage cameras and Kodak memorabilia, and have a pretty formidable collection of each.
So, whaddya' collect?
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evince (11-20-2022)
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I collected guns when I was a kid--I still have nine, I believe, somewhere in storage--
but I completely lost interest after my military service.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
[QUOTE=Street Glider;5369371]I have not heard the term, "three bolt neck". Prior to the 78 Strat, I had a white 76 Strat with a "bird's eye" maple neck. No tremolo bar. Without the tremolo works it made the instrument much lighter. It caught a lot of people's eye before it was stolen from my high school music room along with a bunch of other instruments. That's when I bought the black one.
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evince (11-20-2022)
[QUOTE=LurchAddams;5369391]My friend is a guitarist in a ten-piece band--five horns, two keys, guitar, bass, and drums.
The two keyboard players are the male and female lead vocalists.
Whoever has the lead vocal plays his or her keyboard in piano voice, while the other plays in a different preset like organ, accordion, or string ensemble.
His secondary or "dirty" guitar is a black Strat with maple fingerboard and white pearloid pickguard.
His clean guitar for then usual "Freddie Green" work is a Sadowsky SS-15 jazz archtop.
He also has a nylon string classical guitar that he doesn't play with the band, but I can't remember the luthier. who made it
In addition to the gamers, he has an entire collection of vintage guitars that he keeps in a climate-controlled vault.
I understand that the collection is worth a few bucks, so I'm sure that his two kids will sell them when he's gone.
I think Fenders with rosewood rather than maple necks look unfinished if they have the standard maple headstock.
The maple necked ones look ok, but the dark-necked ones should have either black or matching headstocks by my aesthetic tastes.
Sorry. I guess this thread was about collections, not specifically guitars.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
LurchAddams (11-15-2022)
After CBS bought Fender from Leo Fender in '65, their bean counters tried all kinds of ways to cuts costs. Going to the three-bolt "micro tilt" neck was one of them (actually at the behest of Leo, who had been kept on as a consultant). They also started making their own tuning machines instead of buying Klusons.
The two biggest changes CBS made with Fender, though, remain the three-bolt neck and the addition of a Master Volume control to many of their amplifiers.
I used to have a blackface Showman, which came as a piggy-back set-up with a 1x15" cabinet with a JBL-D130. At 85 watts, it was like a Fender Twin, but in a head (it also lacked reverb). Thankfully, it also lacked the Master Volume.
I swear, that amp would damn-near give you a haircut...
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LurchAddams (11-15-2022)
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There will come a day where Donald Trump is gone, but the dishonor of those who carried his water will remain.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
LurchAddams (11-15-2022)
I collect Guitars and amps! I currently have 38 guitars, 14 are electric US Fender Strats or Tele's, and 15 various tube amps, mostly Fender! I usually have a booth at the guitar shows in my 5 state area. I also repair and set-up guitars. Give guitar lessons, and play guitar in a local band. It's crazy I know, but I have over 100 pedals!
But that's not the craziest collection I have. I am the only nut I know that has over 30,000 45 rpm records, mostly all hand selected, mostly in NM condition, I have collected over the last 60 years. Not just from the US, as I have records from all over the world. Every one is a classic, mostly with it's original factory sleeve, or a color sleeve, mostly Black, and protective plastic clear outside sleeves to protect them. It's one of the largest Garage Band collections on the planet, same for my revered Rockabilly collection, and also the same for my rare Northern Soul collection. They are all for sale now! I sell on various Media platforms, and at most of the big record shows across America. I have over 1,000 Beatles 45's from just about every country on the planet- and 100's of their picture sleeves. Rolling Stones same thing!
I also have over 12 thousand albums. And I have approximately 2500 Radio Station PROMO 12 inch SINGLES records from the 70's and 80's! I sort of bought out a radio station once.
This may explain why I also collect Ex-wives!
But Hey, they are still one of my favorite collections!
And no, I don't keep them in the basement or attic! LOL!
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evince (11-20-2022)
LurchAddams (11-15-2022)
That's nuts!
At the height of my collecting, I had 48 guitars; electric, acoustic, Gibson, Fender, Martin, Taylor, Guild, Rickenbacker, PRS.
After a while I decided to liquidate and keep only a select few.
I've had many amps through the years, but my favorites were a Marshall Bluesbreaker reissue, a '62 (brown) Fender Princeton and a British made (1965, maybe?) Vox AC-15. That may have been the sweetest sounding amp I've ever played through...
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