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Gallery of Guitars - The Guitarmory
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I love guitars, you want to talk guitars? Email Me
This page has some piccys and a short history on some of the guitars I own. There are a few more that'll get added as time goes by. |
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Built sometime in the early 60's. I bought this guitar off of my uncle for £50. He reckons he was never able to get a decent tone from it. I think he was sitting in an acoustically bad part of his sitting room when he played it. It has quite a high action and is not the easiest to play but it does sound good, in a way that 40 years of mellowing allows.
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Cruiser by Crafter Les Paul Double Cut Copy A genius ebay purchase. This guitar is pretty cheap, but a stunning example of the overall quality of guitars made in China now. Very playable with a lovely throaty jangle sound that only a solid block of wood and P90's provide.
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Ebay again, I will be bankrupted by ebay one day. As the cruiser above a stunning example of how much things have improved in terms of quality from China. A solid block of wood and a couple of mini humbuckers provide a nice juicy bluesy sound, not to hot, not to twangy, just right.
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I bought this guitar second hand from a shop in Gloucester, managed to get a good deal too as the tremolo bar was missing. Jaguars generally have quite feeble pick ups and when I got it I soon realised that mine had gone microphonic. This was easily rectified with a couple of SJAG2-STD pickups from Seymour Duncan. Now it has extra poke but still has that classic surf sound and brittle sustain that Jags are well known for. I love the short scale too, allows for some serious note bending. This guitar is currently on active service with Of Miracles
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A recent addition to the fold from Macairis musical instruments on Charing Cross Road, and what a good addition it is! Dinosaur Jr. are one of my favourite bands so a jazzmaster is a must really. I don't care what anyone says about these guitars, the tremolo is fantastic and the bridge, well ok it does like to start falling apart, but a little bit of super glue dotted here and there and all is well. This guitar is raucous, the P90's really provide some kick and the neck is sublime. This guitar is in active service with Of Miracles
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Would you believe another ebay purchase? This is a special addition p-bass which has an extra jazz bass pick up. This is a good combination. There is the brutal thump of the p-bass pickup and the smoother, more subtle singing of the j-bass pickup. Yes it is a left handed bass that has been moded to play right handed. I didn't do this, the guy who owned it before me did. He is a big fan of S*M*A*S*H (as am I) whose bass player basically plays a right handed bass upside down. This bass saw active service in Thirdlight
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A fine purchase from Guitartek of Woking. A lot of people doubt the quality of Epiphone instruments and would rather have Gibsons and the like. I have to say I disagree; I think that the quality of epiphones can be extremely variable, but if you find a good one, well you find a great one. This is such a guitar. Having played a proper gibson les paul I have to say I am hard pushed to find that much of a difference, the epiphone is lighter, does not mush up with high gain so much and about £800 cheaper. What is not to love!
This guitar saw active service in Thirdlight
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From Twang Guitars of Penge. This is a charming guitar that makes an almighty roar on full pelt but the delicate sound of glass when played quietly. It needed a decent set up when I bought it as it was barely playable from the box, but boy how playable it was once I'd had a go at it with some tools! This guitar saw active service in Thirdlight
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Bargain deal from Music Warehouse of Colchester. I've never had the chance to play a proper Ricky 330, I doubt I'll get much chance as they cost in excess of £1100! Lou, the chap at the shop reckons it sounds as good as a proper Ricky, I'm not convinced of that exactly but this guitar has more so much jangle it is untrue. Just perfect for open chords and appregeos.
This Guitar has seen active service with Of Miracles and
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See my previous comments on Epiphone guitars. This guitar is great, predictably it came via ebay. It is a rock guitar for rock music. Lighter and not as full bodied as say a les Paul, but with hotter output than a strat, this guitar is just so versatile, capable of searing solos, thumping single note muted rhythm parts or delicate delay loaded picking. I mainly use it for recording but am sure to gig it sooner or later.
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This guitar was one of my first, I must have had it about 15 years. I bought it off a friend who decided guitar was not for him. Glad I did. All of the Strat tones are present and correct and this guitar compares very favourably with some American made strats I've had a chance to play over the years. Oh and I painted it Silver, mainly because Ican't stand white guitars they just look so sterile. This guitar saw active service with Pyridine and Of Miracles
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A workhorse of a guitar, full of the characteristic bite and twang of a tele. I got this one from Sound Control in Newcastle in the late 90's. It was the first guitar I ever owned with a sunburst finish, I saw it and fell in love. At one point it got covered in stickers, but I decided that was wrong and so took em all off and gave it a good polish. Now it gets used mainly for recording and twiddling when I am sat in front of the TV of an evening. This guitar saw active duty with Pyridine.
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A P90 loaded Tele, what could be better? Very little is a short answer. This guitar can basically do anything except very heavy stuff. It has a great jangle factor and can be very ballsy when the gain is increased. Gets used mainly for recording, will gig it sooner or later.
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