pictures of your guitars here

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed May 06, 2009 5:09 pm

now THAT is a guitar with a story.

do tell.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Wed May 06, 2009 5:29 pm

Or in the case that the story involves deliberate abrasion and shoe polish, don't.

Coolcat · Post by **Coolcat** » Wed May 06, 2009 5:31 pm

Well, the sad thing is that I don't realy know the whole story myself. I found it in the attic of my uncle's house. He said it was his when he had my age. It was his first guitar which he used mainly for gigging. I could keep it because he doesn't use it anymore.
I dont realy know how the neck has gotten that dirty. He said something about a him letting it lay outside during night at a gig in somebodies house. I can only say that its a bit worse looking on the picture. In real life it's more like brownish. I also think it's made of bits and pieces that don't realy fit together. My uncle says that the last modification was the bridge, because the old one was simply falling apart.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Wed May 06, 2009 5:55 pm

Looks sweet. I like it.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Thu May 07, 2009 12:42 am

Coolcat wrote:Well, the sad thing is that I don't realy know the whole story myself. I found it in the attic of my uncle's house. He said it was his when he had my age. It was his first guitar which he used mainly for gigging. I could keep it because he doesn't use it anymore.
I dont realy know how the neck has gotten that dirty. He said something about a him letting it lay outside during night at a gig in somebodies house. I can only say that its a bit worse looking on the picture. In real life it's more like brownish. I also think it's made of bits and pieces that don't realy fit together. My uncle says that the last modification was the bridge, because the old one was simply falling apart.

now that is a good story. amazing looking guitar. how old would that make it? is there a decal on headstock? it doesn't appear to be string through body, maybe it's 70s MIJ?

Coolcat · Post by **Coolcat** » Thu May 07, 2009 2:50 pm

Well, I realy dont know. The headstock has no logo, however in the right light you can still see the fender telecaster decal. It is 100% sure the original neck. He bought it somewhere around 1980 I think, but it already was a used guitar at that moment.

wilrecar77 · Post by **wilrecar77** » Sun May 10, 2009 1:44 am

1st post here. GUITARS!

My 1986 ibanez proline. pl1770

My first guitar, the very cheapest acoustic at target. Drawing compliments of Blake.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Sun May 10, 2009 1:46 am

Welcome. Any chance for a closer picture of the acoustic? I'd like to see the drawing in better detail.

STABxYOU · Post by **STABxYOU** » Sun May 10, 2009 1:49 am

It's my weapon of choice...

And my sword too.

wilrecar77 · Post by **wilrecar77** » Sun May 10, 2009 1:51 am

Sure. here is the acoustic in better detail.

aen · Post by **aen** » Sun May 10, 2009 1:54 am

Coolcat wrote:Well, the sad thing is that I don't realy know the whole story myself. I found it in the attic of my uncle's house. He said it was his when he had my age. It was his first guitar which he used mainly for gigging. I could keep it because he doesn't use it anymore.
I dont realy know how the neck has gotten that dirty. He said something about a him letting it lay outside during night at a gig in somebodies house. I can only say that its a bit worse looking on the picture. In real life it's more like brownish. I also think it's made of bits and pieces that don't realy fit together. My uncle says that the last modification was the bridge, because the old one was simply falling apart.

It looks like a Squier affinity tele with a failry convinvcing relic job on the body and a disastrous one on the neck.

Ty · Post by Ty » Sun May 10, 2009 2:01 am

wilrecar77 wrote:Sure. here is the acoustic in better detail.

Is it done in sharpie? It looks very tribal, and well done.

wilrecar77 · Post by **wilrecar77** » Sun May 10, 2009 2:04 am

silly_rabbit_band wrote:
wilrecar77 wrote:Sure. here is the acoustic in better detail.

Is it done in sharpie? It looks very tribal, and well done.

Thanks, it was freehand in sharpie. My friend Blake did it for me on my birthday.
Honestly though, the acoustic isn't all that great. Intonation is off in places pretty badly and the action is retarded.
It looks cool though.

Ty · Post by Ty » Sun May 10, 2009 2:10 am

FREEHANDED?!?!?! dang, he's good.

wilrecar77 · Post by **wilrecar77** » Sun May 10, 2009 2:16 am

He is pretty good, he wants to be a tattoo artist when he grows up.
I was thinking about asking him to do something similar to my electric if i ever refinish it, but with proper materials and not completely freehand.
The acoustic sounds pretty awesome in C standard.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Sun May 10, 2009 2:17 am

Thanks for the closeup. It does look pretty cool.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sun May 10, 2009 2:17 am

aen wrote:
Coolcat wrote:Well, the sad thing is that I don't realy know the whole story myself. I found it in the attic of my uncle's house. He said it was his when he had my age. It was his first guitar which he used mainly for gigging. I could keep it because he doesn't use it anymore.
I dont realy know how the neck has gotten that dirty. He said something about a him letting it lay outside during night at a gig in somebodies house. I can only say that its a bit worse looking on the picture. In real life it's more like brownish. I also think it's made of bits and pieces that don't realy fit together. My uncle says that the last modification was the bridge, because the old one was simply falling apart.
It looks like a Squier affinity tele with a failry convinvcing relic job on the body and a disastrous one on the neck.

it really, really does. no string through body? check. les paul style jack? check. black nut? check. no skunk stripe? check.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sun May 10, 2009 2:19 am

Richard wrote:Thanks for the closeup. It does look pretty cool.

+1 Sure does, my mate did something similar to his geetar.

aen · Post by **aen** » Sun May 10, 2009 4:36 am

mage wrote:
aen wrote:
Coolcat wrote:Well, the sad thing is that I don't realy know the whole story myself. I found it in the attic of my uncle's house. He said it was his when he had my age. It was his first guitar which he used mainly for gigging. I could keep it because he doesn't use it anymore.
I dont realy know how the neck has gotten that dirty. He said something about a him letting it lay outside during night at a gig in somebodies house. I can only say that its a bit worse looking on the picture. In real life it's more like brownish. I also think it's made of bits and pieces that don't realy fit together. My uncle says that the last modification was the bridge, because the old one was simply falling apart.
It looks like a Squier affinity tele with a failry convinvcing relic job on the body and a disastrous one on the neck.
it really, really does. no string through body? check. les paul style jack? check. black nut? check. no skunk stripe? check.

Bridge, knobs, pickguard, switch tip and extra dark blur where the squier serial number would be also figure into my theory.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Sun May 10, 2009 5:19 am

aen wrote:
mage wrote:
aen wrote: It looks like a Squier affinity tele with a failry convinvcing relic job on the body and a disastrous one on the neck.
it really, really does. no string through body? check. les paul style jack? check. black nut? check. no skunk stripe? check.
Bridge, knobs, pickguard, switch tip and extra dark blur where the squier serial number would be also figure into my theory.

such is my impression as well.
the neck is bad but It was the tuners that tipped me off. There's just no way tuners wear down that way... Unless your figers are made out of sandpaper and you do ALOT of tuning.