Guitars anyone???
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Damn @SKT bringin’ the heat to this thread with a vintage Martin! That’s what I’m talkin bout!
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@xtcclassic Thanks man! I’ve been lurking here for a while and glad to finally participate. I’ll try to get some more pics up. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed this thread and your collection is amazing!
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Here’s my old stick that I got for my 18th birthday, some time ago…
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@Fadez it’s a Vigier Excalibur Supra, alder body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, dimarzio pickups. Small boutique company in France. Interesting thing is that it doesn’t have a truss rod, instead they have a strip of carbon through the neck. I’ve never had a setup and the intonation and action is still spot on
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@LewisStonehouse Very cool guitar! Love the incorporated carbon truss rod. Sounds like it’s effective as well. So nice!
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@SKT it’s served me well over the years
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I’m sticking with the acoustics for this next one. This is my 1971 Martin D-18, almost nothing original [emoji23]. I had always wanted a prewar Martin D-18. Could not afford a prewar Martin D-18. Wife would divorce me if I bought a prewar Martin D-18. So, I bought a beat up 1971 (birth year) D-18 on eBay and sent it to a luthier who specializes in rehabbing old Martins. Lots of 70’s Martins have problems with intonation because they made so many during the folk boom that Martin got sloppy with the placement of the bridges. This one was no different and it needed lots of other work:
Replaced bridge and corrected position
New saddle with 2 1/4 string spacing
New bridge plate
Neck reset
New frets
Re-glued binding in a few spots
2 repaired cracks
Lightly scalloped the braces
New Waverly tuners
K&K Western Mini pickup
Replaced pick guardIt was a fun guitar adventure and I ended up really loving this “Frankenstein” dreadnaught.
The slight scalloping really helped the trebles.
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@Pufton nice dude, a ‘scotch tele has always been a desire for me, always liked the look of the suhr classic t. Unfortunately these days playing’s more of a hobby so have never had the justification to buy more guitars. Sold my mesa mkivs and rack a few years ago, think I’ll always regret that shit!
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@Pufton nice dude, a ‘scotch tele has always been a desire for me, always liked the look of the suhr classic t. Unfortunately these days playing’s more of a hobby so have never had the justification to buy more guitars. Sold my mesa mkivs and rack a few years ago, think I’ll always regret that shit!
Thanks.
It (the Telecaster) was one of the only things to come through a divorce.
Never could or would part with it.
I sold other stuff - mainly vinyl - which I now regret…. -
Yeah dude, glad you managed to keep hold of it - it’s a beaut
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@Pufton @LewisStonehouse All the talk of Big Star and white strats and butterscotch blonde teles got me excited and then I forgot to post my pics. This is my ‘52 Tele Reissue from ‘94. It is nowhere as cool as @xtcclassic It is clean…too clean. But it was my first nice guitar and I’ve babied it. I absolutely love telecasters.
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That’ a a beaut pal
