My Guitar Collection

Welcome to My Guitar Collection

I have been collecting guitars for about 20 years now. I have a variety of guitars and have enjoyed each one. Each guitar was more or less sought out for individual reasons. It may be the model type, it's a collectable piece, wood type, just looks cool or the technology built into it, but one thing they all must have is they feel right and play well to me.

I have always enjoyed playing guitar and also enjoy in the artistry that goes into how each one is made.

This blog is not created for vain purposes, but just to post my guitar collection to be able to share the pictures with other guitarist and/or collectors.

I hope you enjoy!

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Group Shot

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Brian Moore - IGuitar 9.13

This is a beautiful guitar. Green with a quilt top. It has magnetic and piezo pickups and also synth access. This is the Korean model.

The iGuitar91.13 is based on the i91 and feature RMC piezo and 13 pin system for access to 13 pin Roland and compatible guitar processors.

iGuitar91.13 Features
Comfort contoured body
Unique scuplted headstock
Bolt-on neck construction
Nato Mahogany body
Beautifully figured bookmatched maple wood tops
22 fret Maple neck
Rosewood fingerboard with pearl fret markers
25.5" scale 15" radius
Classic 'iM' Alnico Humbuckers and single coil
Chrome Hardware
'iM' precision tuners
Vibrato
Innovative output jack location
RMC piezo (via stereo 'Y' cable) for warm, authentic acoustic tone
13pin RMC system for fast tracking access to Roland and compatible 13pin guitar processors
No need for externally mounted synth pickup.
Improved tracking over externally mounted magnetic hex pickups.
Compatible with all 13 pin guitar synth products.
All 13pin sounds can be blended with the magnetic pickups.
Connect to your computer and use explore the world of online interactive music, recording and jamming.
Connect to your computer for use with a variety of music notation software programs that even convert to TAB

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Dean Baby Z

I picked up this guitar while I was on vacation. I love to find music stores while I am away and hopefully find something that wows me. This is absolutely not a high end guitar, but a fun one. This one was a good buy and I was missing not having a guitar on me to play.

Features:
3/4 Body Size
Contoured Top
Basswood Body
24-3/4" Scale & 1-5/8" Nut
Die Cast Tuners
Black Hardware
Dean Pickups
Tune-O-Matic Bridge
Bolt-on Construction
Maple Neck
Rosewood Fingerboard
Abalone Dot Inlays
22 Frets

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Drifter Acoustic

This is an acoustic guitar made by Drifter. It was contributed to the collection by my wife. This was her fisrt guitar. I don't know much more about it than that.

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Epiphone Goth Flying V

I picked this up .. why.. because it's cool. I have always wanted a V. The Gibson's are very expensive to pay for a guitar that's hard to play except standing up. This is more about getting a cool guitar than anything else!

Based upon Gibson's very successful "Gothic" line, the Epiphone Goth Flying V features a satin-black finish and black hardware for an absolutely wicked look. Add to that, a roman numeral "XII" inlay on the 12th fret, a Celtic Cross on the headstock and '57 Classic Alnico-V Exposed-Coil Humbuckers, and you've got guitars guaranteed to "wake the dead!"

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Ernie Ball - Luke Model

This is a great playing guitar. I saw this guitar while I was away again! I had been looking for one that I could play before buying it. You know, I wanted to test drive. So this was my chance. I loved it, but I didn't have the money for it. When I got back home, I got some $ and called to see if they still had it. They did.. I bought it.. they shipped it. So here it is.

Ernie Ball did redo the guitar somewhat since this, my earlier model. Mine has the Floyd Rose tremelo.

Features
Size
12-3/16" wide, 1-3/4" thick, 36-7/16" long
Weight
7 pounds, 7 ounces - varies slightly
Wood -Alder
Finish - High gloss polyester
Color - Red
Bridge - Floyd Rose with Locking Nut
Scale 25-1/2"
Radius 12"
Headstock Only 5-7/8" long
Frets 22 - low profile, wide
Width 1-5/8" at nut, 2-3/16" at last fret
Wood Selected maple with rosewood fingerboard
Finish Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
Tuners Ernie Ball
Truss rod Adjustable - no component or string removal
Attachment 5 bolts - perfect alignment with no shiftingSculpted neck joint allows smooth access to higher frets
Sheilding Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum lined control cover
Controls 25kohm volume and tone - .10µF tone capacitor
Switch 5-way lever pickup selector
Pickups Active electronics with easy access battery compartment1 EMG model 85 humbucking - bridge position2 EMG SLV custom single coil

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ESP Eclipse II Amber Cherry Quilt

Ok, I have to say, I really love this one. It looks awesome, it plays awesome and it sounds awesome. This is definately a guitar made to look good and rock! It's also not as heavy as a Les Paul.

Features
set-neck construction; 24.75” scale; mahogany body w/quilted maple top; 3-piece mahogany neck; rosewood fingerboard; flag inlays w/ESP at 12th fret; EMG 81/60 active pickups; 2 volume & 1 tone control w/3-way toggle; black hardware (chrome for Amber Cherry Sunburst finish); Sperzel locking tuners; Gotoh tune-o-matic bridge w/stop tailpiece; white binding on body, neck & headstock; 22 XJ frets

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59 Gibson Les Paul Jr

This guitar is very special to me. It was my dad's that he purchased new in 59. It's got some years on it, but it still plays well. This guitar was sold once, but my dad bought it back for me to have and I have held on to it since. The person who bought it, took off the original tuners and bridge. Only to improve the guitars playability, but lost on the originality. It's still a great guitar and means more to me since it was my dad's.

Features
Some Les Paul Jr models were produced with 3/4 scale necks on the full size bodies. In 1958, double round cutaway body, tortoise pickguard replaced original part/design. Cherry finish became available. Mohogany body and neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlay, wrap-power stop tailpiece, 3-per-side tuners with plastic buttons, nickel hardware, single P-90 coil pickup, volume/tone control.

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Gibson Custom Shop ES-346 Paul Jackson Jr Signature Model

This was an extremly lucky find. An awesome guitar. This one looks good, plays good, sounds good and is a collectable. Many thanks to Ken who sold this one to me. This guitar is just flat out great. I love it!

Features
Body size at lower bout: 14". Scale length: 24 3/4" Nut Width: 1 11/16"
Finish: Original tobacco sunburst, nitrocellulose type
Materials: Solid Honduras mahogany neck; tiger flame maple top, hollowed mahogany body; solid 22 fret mahogany neck; solid ebony fingerboard with compound radius.
Hardware: All gold hardware; twin '57 Classic pickups; ABR-1 tuneamatic bridge; gold bonnet volume and tone knobs; bound tortoise pickguard; gold Gibson mini-Schaller tuners; JP monogram truss rod cover.
Notes: Ace sideman, session man, arranger and composer, Paul Jackson Jr. has worked with music legends from George Benson to Barbara Streisand. The ES-346 was designed to his specs, with a tiger flame maple top and twin f-holes. The hollowed mahogany body offers greater sustain and feedback resistance, yet is distinctly lighter than conventional solid bodies. The snakehead design peghead permits straight string pull across the nut, and the deep twin cutaway permits full access to the compound radius 22 fret fingerboard.
This example is in as-new condition, with Custom Shop certificate, unsigned warranty card, and all tags and accessories. A highly versatile instrument for the working performer, and a very hard-to find model on the vintage market.
Setup: Trussrod tension and neck relief adjusted; bridge height adjusted; bridge compensation set; bridge wheels and tuners lubricated; fingerboard and bridge oiled; body and neck cleaned and hand polished.

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Gibson Les Paul Joe Perry Signature Model

This is a beautiful flame top on this Les Paul. I also love the pearl pickguard. It has great tone and plays very well. This guitar looks as great to me as the day I bought it!

Features:
Joe Perry's signature Les Paul model is as unique as his guitar work with Aerosmith. A special bridge pickup wound to Joe's specs and an active mid-boost control with a tone-shaping circuit give the Joe Perry Les Paul the definitive rock and roll sound.

Body Bookmatched AA-figured Maple top, Mahogany backNeck/Profile Mahogany/'59 Rounded with rolled-edge fingerboardFingerboard/Inlay Rosewood/TrapezoidScale/Nut Width 243/4"/111/16"Bridge/Tailpiece Tune-o-matic/Stop barHardware Black chromePickups Rhythm: '57 Classic humbuckerTreble: Special design humbuckerControls Two volume, master tone control (rhythm position), push/pull control, Finish Hand-Stained Translucent Blackburst

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Global Acoustic

This is where it all started. I learned to play guitar right here. I remember going to a Brendles Department store to buy this guitar. My dad bought this for me to take lessons on. We couldn't afford an expensive guitar, so we found this one for $90. I am grateful that I had this guitar, although not a topend guitar, it was a good guitar to learn on. With a cool top too!

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Godin Artisan ST-V

This is very cool axe. This also has a lot of sentimental value since my wife bought this for me as a birthday present. This guitar has some killer tone to it and plays well too. Godin no longer makes this model, which makes it even better to me.

I will post the features when I can find them.

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Godin XTSa

This is another synth access guitar. This guitar has a very glassy clean sound with lots of tone. Not so much of a rocker, but does growl well with chunk. Very nice acoustic pickup. Nice top and super great guitar for the price!

Features:
Body - Silver Leaf Maple center with Poplar wingsFingerboard - EbonyNeck - mahoganyScale - 25½" Electronics - Godin humbucker-single-humbucker, tremolo bridge with RMC transducers, custom pre-amp with 3 band EQ for acoustic sound3 outputs - electric, acoustic/mix, 13-pin for Roland GR synths & most other 13-pin devicesColors : Trans. Black

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Guild Brian May Signature Pro

How can you describe a guitar like this. This is the closest sounding & playing guitar to the original red special - per Brian himself. This model came out in 93. It really is a killer guitar. It sounds like the signature queen sound. It's in imaculate condition. The volume & tone knobs were changed to be more like Brians. I do have the original knobs. This guitar was one that I had always wanted for many years. There were only 1,000 of these made.

Features:
Originally designed in England by Brian May and his father in the mid 1960's.The Brian May Pro offers select mahogany fully bound body and custom quarter sawn mahogany top.Special 7 1/2" radius 24 inch scale delux ebony fretboard on a set neck with 24 handset low jumbo frets.Graphite Nut, 1 13/16". Headstock angle is the original 10 degrees. Custom five ply pick-guard.3 custom Seymour Duncan pickups wound just like the Old English originals in chrome deco covers. Pick-up design has a wide magentic field giving a range that approaches a humbucker-thin to very thick sounds are easily accessed.3 on/off pick-up swithches with individual swithches for reversing polarity for liitless sound possibilities.Volume, tone. Schaller machines keys with Schaller made-to-spec version of original Brian May frictionless tremolo system.Available in Transparent Red (TPR), Transparent Green (TPG), Black (BK), White (WH).

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Hamer USA Studio Custom

My other solid Hamer guitar. I love this guitar. It plays very easy, sounds great and looks great too. Another fine guitar from Hamer.

Features:


Body Type: Ivoriod Bond Mahogany
Top: Arched
Tuners: Schaller
Electronics: 2 Vol, 1 Tone, 3-Way Toggle
Bridge: Tune-O-Matic, Stop Tailpiece
Inlays: Crown
Cap: Bookmatched Flamed Maple
Neck Joint: Set Neck
Scale Length: 24 3/4"
Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan '59
Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan '59

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PRS Standard SE Camo

This is one I picked up while on vacation. It is not a high end PRS, but it is a nice guitar. It's a more affordable guitar. I think it plays well and the camo looks very cool.

Features:
The SE Standard is a solid mahogany guitar with a glued-in mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard. It features two PRS designed humbuckers, a 3-way pickup selector, volume and tone knobs. Body Mahogany Neck 25" scale length mahogany 22 fret neck with rosewood fretboard and moon inlays Neck carve - wide fat Hardware PRS designed stoptail or PRS designed tremolo PRS designed tuners All hardware on this model is black Electronics PRS designed treble and bass humbucking pickups Volume and tone control with 3-way toggle pickup selector

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Rickenbacker 4003 Bass

First, I am a huge Rush fan and love the Geddy's bass sound from the early Rush recordings. I always wanted one of these and was lucky enough to get a good buy on this awesome bass. Somebody had ordered this guitar for their son, had it built specifically this way. The son then decided to change his hobby in for sports. This left the store with a this bass to sell.

The Rickenbacker 4003 Bass is famous for its ringing sustain, treble punch, and solid underlying bottom end. It's also famous for its distinctive, elegantly curved body shape, accentuated by a subtle strip of binding, deluxe triangular fretboard inlays, stereo output, neck-thru-body construction, double truss rods, and high output single-coil pickups with wide response range and unbelievable clarity. The Vintage Tone Selector activates a capacitor in the treble pickup circuit to emphasize the high end. Pressed in, you get the familiar 4003 sound, pull it out to add bite and crispness.

Rickenbacker 4003 Bass Features:
Elegantly curved body shape
Stereo output
Neck-thru-body construction
Double truss rods
High-output single-coil pickups
Vintage Tone Selector boosts high-end
Deluxe triangular fret inlays
Schaller Deluxe machine heads

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Seagull Artist Studio Cutaway

This is a killer acoustic guitar with a great look and great sound. I think that Seagull has done a super job on this series of guitars. I can't believe they put this much work into a guitar with a super fair price.

Features:
Top : Solid SpruceBack - Solid
RosewoodSides - 3-way laminate made from Rosewood-Maple-Rosewood
Neck : Mahogany Fingerboard & Bridge : Rosewood
Tusq® nut and compensated saddle
Finish : High-Gloss Lacquer
Electronics: LR Baggs i-Beam DuetLR Baggs has pioneered the concept of combining an undersaddle transducer (Ribbon Transducer) with a revolutionary bridge plate transducer (iBeam). The iBeam Duet blends the iBeam and Ribbon Transducer signals with an onboard preamp featuring a very sophisticated set of controls for mixing and equalization. This is the ultimate in onboard acoustic amplification.

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Seagull S12 Acoustic

12 string guitars sound great. I only wish it had the electronics in it so I could use it more live. I bought this guitar sometime back in the 90's. It's again a great guitar for the money. It's made out of cedar and it look, plays and even smells good!

Features:
I will post them when I find them

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Sigma 10th Anniversary Acoustic

This really is a nice playing and sounding acoustic. My wifes parents bought her this guitar while she was taking lessons when she was a young 15 year old.

Here are some cool comments that I've found about this guitar:
In 1980, Martin produced 100 Anniversary Sigmas (model 10), a solid mahogany dreadnought; equip one of these with a brass or ivory saddle, ebony bridge pins and medium strings and you can hunt down D-18's in the heaviest brush and stomp them to death --- it's a very loud and impressive guitar!

This Sigma is a 1980 model 10 Anniversary Edition Made in Japan.It has 20 frets with a solid spruce top which is heavily bearclawed.The back and sides are solid mahogany.The pick guard and body binding are tortoise shell and the finish is gloss nitrocelulose laquer over all.The fingerboard and bridge are rosewood.My understanding is that there were only 100 of these AnniversaryEdition D18 style Sigmas made to commemorate the end of the solidwood Japanes line. It has diamond and square fret markers and bridge decorations with pearl Martin style headstock logo and the word"Anniversary" inlayed at the last fret. Basically what we have here is a D18 with D28 HV fingerboard markers.

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Taylor 312CE Acoustic

This was my first Acoustic/Electric guitar. It plays extremely well and sounds great too! This is an concert sized guitar that plays bright and the electronics are great in this guitar.

Features:
Type/Shape 6-String Grand Concert
Back & Sides African Mahogany
Top Sitka Spruce
Soundhole Rosette Wood Fiber
Neck Tropical American Mahogany
Fretboard Ebony
Fretboard Inlay Large Pearl Dots
Headstock Overlay Indian Rosewood
Binding Black Fiber
Bridge Ebony
Nut & Saddle Tusq
Tuning Machines Chrome-plated Taylor Tuners
Scale Length 24 7/8 Inches
Truss Rod Adjustable
Neck Width at Nut 1 3/4 Inches
Number of Frets 20
Bracing Scalloped, X-Brace
Finish Satin with Gloss Top
Cutaway Venetian
Electronics Fishman Prefix Plus electronics
Body Width 15 Inches
Body Depth 4 1/8 Inches
Body Length 19 1/2 Inches
Overall Length 40 1/2 Inches

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Zion RT Classic

This is a beauty of a guitar. Made with quality by zion. I always wanted a Zion guitar and one day my wife and I had been out for a day of shopping. Towards the end of the day, I decided to stop at a local store where this baby happened to be hanging up on the store wall. I loved it, and about 4 hours later I was heading home with it.

Features:

This has a beautiful quilt top with, with black chrome hardware, resophonic bridge, ebony fingerboard, sperzel locking tuning pegs and zion pickups. Translucent Purple finish

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Epiphone Zack Wylde Les Paul Custom - Bullseye

Epiphone Zakk Wylde Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar. It's equipped with a pair of sizzling USA EMG-HZ H4 pickups, glorious gold hardware, maple top, mahogany back, hard maple set neck with rosewood fretboard, and Zakk's signature bull's-eye paint job. 24-3/4" scale,
1-11/16" nut width, Neck joint set at 16th fret.

Bought this on Nov 7. Still getting use to it. I am loving it so far, sounds great clean and distorted. getting use to the flatter fretboard. Very cool looking guitar too!

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Jackson RR5 - Randy Rhoads Pro

This guitar reminds me of my old metal days. I couldn't believe how awesome Randy played when I first heard him on my way back from a family trip. I remember listening to my handheld radio in the back seat of the family car and they were playing a song from the new Ozzy solo album. I couldn't believe how cool the guitar sound and playing was. I also remember learning or trying to play his licks in the garage band I was in. And then devestated by his loss.

For a long time I have wanted one of these guitars. Now I have one and it's a Japanese model built very well and it rocks. I like this model alot since it resembles the one Randy played. Not exactly like it but close enough.

It is a very solid guitar and boy does it rock. Cool looks, solid construction, set-up well and plays fast. I am definately happy with how this guitar sounds thru my current rig.

Enough of that ... here's the specs:
The Jackson Pro RR5 Randy Rhoads model features neck-thru-body construction. This Rhoads model is an incredible guitar with an alder body, rock maple neck, two Seymour Duncan JB humbuckers and an adjustable bridge that strings thru the body. Details include a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with Shark Fin inlays and a comfortable, compound radius (12 to 14-inch); and gold-plated hardware. Made in Japan.
Technical Info
Body: alderNeck: rock maple neck through body with scarf jointHeadstock: Jackson 6-in-line pointedTuning machines: sealed di-castFingerboard: rosewood with 14 - 16-inch compound radiusNumber of frets: 22Fret size: jumboBridge pickup: Seymour Duncan SH-4 JBNeck pickup: Seymour Duncan SH-4 JBControls: Bridge Pickup Volume, Neck Pickup Volume, Master ToneBridge: Jackson tuneamatic with strings through bodyPickup switching: 3-position toggle: bridge pickup, bridge and neck pickup, neck pickupHardware: goldStrings: NPS, gauges: .009, .011, .016, .024, .032, .042Pickguard: chromeScale length: 25.5 in.Width at nut: 1-11/16 in.Introduced: January, 2006Unique features: rosewood fingerboard with acrylic pearl Sharkfin inlays, 14 - 16-inch compound radius, fingerboard, Seymour Duncan pickups

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Agile AL3000 Cherry Sunburst Slim Profile Neck

Ok, the story about this guitar is that my friend told me about these guitars being sold online by the manufacturer. They are made with quality and an awesome price. I couldn't believe this guitar when I got it. It is the best Les Paul copy ever... actually I think it plays a good bit better than my Les Paul! Wow. This is the best bang for the buck that I have ever found. Check these guitars out at http://www.rondomusic.net

Heres the specs:
Neck Taper (thickness) at the first fret is 17mm and 21mm at the 12th fret. (vs: 21.5 mm at the 1st fret and 23.5mm at the 12th fret for the standard AL-3000 model)
The slim taper neck is preferred by some players
High quality Book-Matched Flame Canadian Maple Top (100% real wood top-not a photo top!)
Solid mahogany (not a multi-ply!) arch top body
Triple bound body, and headstock. Single binding on neck.
Improved Nickel plate hardware, including Nickel die-cast Grover tuners with 18-1 turning ratio for ultra fine tuning (Model 102-18N)
Two Type V Alnico humbucker pickups for warm, tradional sound
The AL-3000 now comes with improved wiring (single conductor braided 18 gauge American wire for pickups), improved pots (now higher voltage with brass shafts for reduced noise) and an improved pickup selector switch
Two volume and two tone controls, plus a three way pickup selector switch
One piece Mahogany set neck with 13.7" (350mm) radius neck for fast play and adjustable truss rod
Ebony fretboard with 22 Jumbo frets and real Abalone Trapezodial inlays
The AL-3000 features GHS strings installed at the factory and a professionally cut bone nut
A pre-cut graphite nut is also included in the bag with the trus rod adjuster for those who prefer graphite
Individually hand filed frets for professional feel and playability
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 21st fret: 2 3/16"
Neck Taper (thickness) at the first fret: 17mm; at the 12th Fret: 21mm
Overall length: 40"; Scale length: 24.7"
Body thickness: 2" at edge; Width at the widest point: 13"
Actual Weight is only 10 lbs

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Agile AD3000 Prestige

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Agile Valkyrie Doubleneck

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Agile AL3000 Natural Spalted Maple Slim Profile

Another beautiful Agile guitar. This one has a beautiful spalted top and not only looks great but plays and sounds great. Awesome tone and the fretboard plays as smooth as butter. Agile has really made a believer out of me and I continue to love there guitars. Best bang for the buck ever!

Specs:
Neck Taper (thickness) at the first fret is 17mm and 21mm at the 12th fret. (vs: 21.5 mm at the 1st fret and 23.5mm at the 12th fret for the standard AL-3000 model)
Solid mahogany (not a multi-ply!) arch top body
High quality Spalted Maple Top!
Triple bound body, and headstock. Single binding on neck.
Improved Nickel plate hardware, including Nickel die-cast Grover tuners with 18-1 turning ratio for ultra fine tuning (Model 102-18N)
Two Type V Alnico humbucker pickups for warm, tradional sound
The AL-3000 now comes with improved wiring (single conductor braided 18 gauge American wire for pickups), improved pots (now higher voltage with brass shafts for reduced noise) and an improved pickup selector switch
Two volume and two tone controls, plus a three way pickup selector switch
One piece Mahogany set neck with 13.7" (350mm) radius neck for fast play and adjustable truss rod
Ebony fretboard with 22 Jumbo frets and real Abalone Trapezodial inlays
The AL-3000 features GHS strings installed at the factory and a professionally cut bone nut
A pre-cut graphite nut is also included in the bag with the trus rod adjuster for those who prefer graphite
Individually hand filed frets for professional feel and playability
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 21st fret: 2 3/16"
Overall length: 40"; Scale length: 24.7"
Body thickness: 2" at edge; Width at the widest point: 13"
Bridge pole spacing is 3", and the Tail piece pole spacing is 3 1/4"

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Agile AL3000 Rootbeer Flame

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Agile AL2800 Blue Quilt Uniform Profile

And another great guitar from Agile. The top is nothing like the Rondo website picture but as you can see a very beautiful top. This guitar is built well, plays well, looks great and sounds good. These pickups are quite different from my 3000's but they sound good. Heres the specs:

The New 2800 Features New Hi Output Pickups and and Ultra Fast Neck!
NOTE: Now ships with ALL BLACK HARDWARE

New AL-Hot High Output Ceramic Pickups
Uniform Neck Profile - For ultra fast playing - 21.5mm at the frest fret and 22mm at the 12th fret.
Solid 2 pc Mahogany Body with Canadian Maple Quilt Top
D'addario 10-46 strings installed at the factory and a professionally cut graphite nut
Hand filed frets (vs machine filed on the 2500), for professional feel and playability
Full body, neck and headstock binding
Die-cast Grover tuners with 18-1 ratio for ultra fine tuning
Jumbo 2.7mm frets and a 13.7" (350mm) radius neck for fast play
22 fret maple set neck with Rosewood fretboard with trapezoidal inlays
Two volume and two tone controls, plus a three way pickup selector switch
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 21st fret: 2 3/16"
Overall length 40"; Scale length: 24.7".
Body thickness 2" at edge; Width at the widest point: 13"
Bridge pole spacing is 3", and the Tail piece pole spacing is 3 1/4"
Actual Weight is only 10 lbs

Pickup spec: Magnet: Ceramic, Coil 42awg (.063mm)
Neck: Inductance: 4.85 Henrys, DC Resistance: 7.8k ohms Turns 5,550
Bridge: Inductance 8.7 Henrys DC Resistance: 8.7k ohms Turns 6,050

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Agile AL3000 Tribal Blue

Wow is all I can say about this brand new Agile. The Tribal Blue is incredible and the action is super great. Tone quality is alot like the other 3000's. I have to say that this guitar is better than I ever expected. This one is definately going into my current rotation.

Specs:
Solid mahogany (not a multi-ply!) arch top body
High quality Canadian Maple Top (100% real wood top-not a photo top!)
Triple bound body, and headstock. Single binding on neck.
Improved Nickel plate hardware, including Nickel die-cast Grover tuners with 18-1 turning ratio for ultra fine tuning (Model 102-18N)
Two Type V Alnico humbucker pickups for warm, tradional sound
The AL-3000 now comes with improved wiring (single conductor braided 18 gauge American wire for pickups), improved pots (now higher voltage with brass shafts for reduced noise) and an improved pickup selector switch
Two volume and two tone controls, plus a three way pickup selector switch
One piece Mahogany set neck with 13.7" (350mm) radius neck for fast play and adjustable truss rod
Ebony fretboard with 22 Jumbo frets and real Abalone Trapezodial inlays
The AL-3000 features GHS strings installed at the factory and a professionally cut bone nut
A pre-cut graphite nut is also included in the bag with the trus rod adjuster for those who prefer graphite
Individually hand filed frets for professional feel and playability
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 21st fret: 2 3/16"
Neck taper/thickness at the 1st fret: 21.5 mm; at the 12th fret: 23.5mm
Overall length: 40"; Scale length: 24.7"
Body thickness: 2" at edge; Width at the widest point: 13"
Bridge pole spacing is 3", and the Tail piece pole spacing is 3 1/4"
Actual Weight is only 10 lbs

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SX SST57 CAR

This is a great strat copy that really rocks. Beautiful Red with pearloid pickguard. This guitar was modded by a friend and has carvin pickups, pearloid pickguard, new knobs, nut & tuners i believe. Great rockin axe.

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SX SST57 Blackie

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Cort Curbow Bass

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Sx STL50 Black - Project Guitar

this guitar totally rocks. wow starting with $109.99 only and plays and sounds incredible. i am going to be modding this guitar... why since i like it so much... because i want to learn how to mod and have some fun getting creative.

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SX SJB-75 B MRD Jazz Bass

this is one killer looking and playing jazz bass. great tone and love the black block inlays. this bass is amazing. i may decide to do some mods on this one just to make it that much better. but overall its super bang for the buck!

Specs:
This new SX bass features classic jazz styling at a fantastic price point!
The body of the bass is composed of a beautiful solid Ash sealed with a poly-urethane finish to let the natural wood show through
Dual cutaways allow access to the highest frets
Bound Bolt on Maple neck
Maple fretboard with 20 jumbo frets and contrasting black block inlays creates a stunning look
The body on this bass is worth the price alone!
Two J-Style pickups are controlled from two volume and one tone control for lots of sound flexibility
Bold chrome vintage saddle and black pickugard to create a powerful look
Pickup dimensions are: Neck: 3 5/8" x 3/4"Bridge: 3 11/16" x 3/4"
The head stock features chrome hardware
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 9/16"; at the 20st fret: 2 9/16 "
Thickness of the neck at the first fret is 7/8"
Overall length 45"; Scale length: 34"
Width at the widest point: 13" Body Thickness is 1 1/2"
Actual Weight is only 10 lbs

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Fender Jazz - Geddy Lee Model

I am a huge fan of Rush and have always loved their music. Although I am a guitar player over being a bass player, I love Geddys playing and tone. So I've always wanted a Rick and now the Fender Jazz models... you know something like what Geddy plays and here my Fender Jazz. oh, this bass just sounds so good and play so smooth.

Specs:
The bass has an alder body; the one-piece C-shaped maple neck (thin) has a maple fingerboard with black binding and black rectangular position markers. The two vintage Jazz Bass single-coil pickups crackle with life and bristle with the energy; other features include chrome hardware, vintage-style tuning machines and a Badass® Bass II™ bridge.

posted by synthaxe @ 7:04 PM 0 comments

SX KY1 Amber

This is a cool guitar with a little bit of a Les Paul / PRS feel. It's got an Amber Flame top with Mahogany back and neck and rosewood fingerboard with abalone bird inlays. I bought this from the same friend that i got the Sx Strats. He upgraded the pickups to some GFS and the bridge has also been upgraded.

posted by synthaxe @ 7:03 PM 0 comments

SX KY1 Ash

Another KY1 that is a great little guitar with tons of tone. The Ash top and maple fingerboard set each other off great. This guitar was also from the same friend of the Sx Strats. He modded this one to new pups with push pull single to hum in the middle humbucker and push pull for a mid sweep.

posted by synthaxe @ 7:06 PM 0 comments

Dillion DXI 500

This is one really very cool guitar. This is a smokin hot rockin axe here. I am still stunned to find such cool guitars for such a great price. This is another one from my friend. He has upgraded the pickups which are both coil tappable. Giving you the flexibility of humbucker and single coil switching. 15k pots and this guy is ready to rock along all those active pups! Oh and it looks great too. Isis inlays abalone knobs ... it's all cool.

posted by synthaxe @ 7:14 PM 0 comments

Ibanez (94) Jem 555

I took a trip downtown to hit the pawnshop to see if they had any cool bargains there and found that they were closed. Up the street, I went into a small local guitar store and found this guitar for sell. I looked it over then walked out of the store to do some quick research on it to see exactly what it was and how much it should be worth. After approval, I went back in and asked to play it thru an amp and liked the way it played and sounded. It was owned by a young kid that worked at the store and he was willing to come down on the price. This besides being a cool guitar, plays nicely and has that signature sound. The Jem 555 is a Korean made model (Cort Factory) not the Japanese model. These were more affordable for the guitarist on a budget.

Specs:
Jem neck
3pc. Maple Neck Material
American Basswood Body
24/Jumbo frets
Rosewood Finger Board
Edge Pro II Bridge
DiMarzio Evolution (H) Neck PU
DiMarzio Evolution (S) Mid PU
DiMarzio Evolution (H) Bridge PU
Half Tree of life Inlay

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Ibanez S470DXQM BLB

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Gibson SG Supreme - 2001

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