Pics Of The Last Guitar You Purchased

[Gridlock]

I had a GC gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket. Ordered this with a 10% discount and picked it up recently.

A new PRS McCarty SE 594 Singlecut Standard (long name).

I’m definitely a Les Paul guy, and this is pretty close to a Les Paul.

Is an impressive guitar, even at twice the price that I paid.

 

[LeonC]

It's been a good year. Just picked up this used Gretsch Penguin reissue.




The guitar is absolutely flawless. I'm amazed at the level of workmanship. It's literally flawless. Unfortunately, while the seller did a good job packing and the box arrived undamaged, something happened during shipping that caused the neck pickup to stop working. When I got it...the pickup worked...but just barely. After inspecting the switch connections and the connections of the pots to the wipers on the pots, I eventually figured out what happened. Turns out that Fender used 4-conductor Filtertron pickups for these guitars for some reason. I didn't even know TV-Jones made 4-conductor Filtertrons!!?!



But when I first looked at the pickup connection to the pot, I was primarily concerned with the hot lead (white) connection to the pot...but it dawned on me that there were two additional conductors (red and green) folded back and shrink-wrapped onto the main lead. I suspected that these two leads needed to be connected and that they somehow "come loose"...cold solder joint or whatever. So I squeezed the shrink-wrapped section of the lead and rolled it between my fingers hoping to make a better connection and sure enough, this worked. So, with the problem identified, all I had to do was remove the shrink wrap and re-solder those two little leads. Worked like a charm and I was able to use the guitar on a gig a day later.

 

[gmann]

Just ordered this fm Nico Nico. A 2013 R6, should be here this week

 

[Ed Driscoll]

Fender were having their annual sale last week, not having owned an electric-12 for nearly 20 years, I had to do it:

For $315, it's a steal. With a good setup, it's a great electric-12.

Here it is alongside my second-to-last guitar purchase:

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

It's been a good year. Just picked up this used Gretsch Penguin reissue.

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The guitar is absolutely flawless. I'm amazed at the level of workmanship. It's literally flawless. Unfortunately, while the seller did a good job packing and the box arrived undamaged, something happened during shipping that caused the neck pickup to stop working. When I got it...the pickup worked...but just barely. After inspecting the switch connections and the connections of the pots to the wipers on the pots, I eventually figured out what happened. Turns out that Fender used 4-conductor Filtertron pickups for these guitars for some reason. I didn't even know TV-Jones made 4-conductor Filtertrons!!?!

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But when I first looked at the pickup connection to the pot, I was primarily concerned with the hot lead (white) connection to the pot...but it dawned on me that there were two additional conductors (red and green) folded back and shrink-wrapped onto the main lead. I suspected that these two leads needed to be connected and that they somehow "come loose"...cold solder joint or whatever. So I squeezed the shrink-wrapped section of the lead and rolled it between my fingers hoping to make a better connection and sure enough, this worked. So, with the problem identified, all I had to do was remove the shrink wrap and re-solder those two little leads. Worked like a charm and I was able to use the guitar on a gig a day later.
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Gorgeous. Glad it was a simple fix.

 

[Gridlock]

This one a few weeks ago, I actually owned this same guitar a while ago, and got the opportunity to buy it back.

A 2013 Gibson Les Paul R8 in Iced Tea.

 

[MarcB]

2017 True Historic 57 Gold Top/Tom Murphy
Dream come true ..

 

[rockabilly69]

2017 True Historic 57 Gold Top/Tom Murphy
Dream come true ..
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Sweet looking '57 Murphy. Congrats!!! I have both a 2014 R7 and a 2019 R4 that I love. Goldtops are my favorite of all LPs.

 

[rockabilly69]

I did a twofer last week. I bought a pair of Zemaitis guitars from the same seller. They are from the 1st Generation of reissues, which IMO are the best they ever built, and as close to the originals as they ever built.
It was the only series of reissues that the body and neck were built like the originals with Honduran Mahogany 3 piece neck and bodies (reversed quarter sawn center piece). When he built the originals, Tony Zemaitis felt he got the least amount of wolf tones with this construction. The newer custom shop and all of the Japanese built Zemaitis guitars (except for one sig model with Fiji mahogany), use African mahogany, which still sounds good too, but not quite the same.

I couldn't afford a 1st Gen reissue when they were first released because the prices were ridiculously high ($6,000 for the plain tops and up to $10,000 for the more elaborate metal tops and pearl tops), but the seller sold them to me at more than reasonable prices. I'm sure the prices reflected that there were some minor electrical mods on both of them, hurting the collector value a bit, but the weak link on these guitars are generally the pickups, so I didn't mine that, as I plan on rewiring them to my personal favorites shortly. I own a few of the lesser expensive Japanese Antanus production models, and a newer 2nd Gen custom shop, so I have plenty experience rewiring them to get the best out of them! I already rebuilt the harness on the ST201 to what it should have been when it was new, and surprisingly the stock DiMarzios DP103 pickups in this guitar sound pretty good. The stock pickups in the metal top were replaced with DiMarzio PAF Masters, and once again they sound good in this guitar. The seller had inherited these guitars from his dad, and frankly, I don't he knew much about them. He listed them as mint on reverb so I was miffed about the electrical changes, but they were still a great deal, so oh well.

MF500 FD NT (hand engraved top and all metal hardware, handmade bridge and tailpiece, Honduran mahogany body and neck, ebony fingerboard, Schaller M6 Tuners, hand applied lacquer, DiMarzio PAF Master pickups, CTS pots, Spraque caps, Switchcraft jack and switch

ST201 MH (same specs as above but without the metal top, and DiMarzio 36th Annivesary pickups)

 

[MarcB]

Sweet looking '57 Murphy. Congrats!!! I have both a 2014 R7 and a 2019 R4 that I love. Goldtops are my favorite of all LPs.

Thanks.. the guitar kinda wafted into my life.. and I’m glad it did..

I wrote a a little something on it lol

Post in thread 'I’ve gone and bought the wrong guitar AGAIN! 😫'

Aug 30, 2024

Part one:

Here’s my overview and review of the 57 Gold Top Tom Murphy..

As some of you know, I’ve been enquiring and asking about the true historic range for just under a year since I’ve been on LPF
I joined the LPF a year ago (1 year anniversary on 1st Sept!) after I acquired a 60s standard from the Gibson demo shop, of which I was very happy with the playability and sound, which for me ticked all the boxes for a Les Paul.

During lockdown, I jumped in headfirst into the world of Les Paul, which obviously led me down the path of vintage guitars (and eventually buying the 60s...

• MarcB

• 

 

[garywright]

2014 Martin D-28 1941 Authentic got this two months ago from the original owner who was not a player but wanted a high-end Martin after doing the factory tour in 2014 ..played less than an hour shipped with factory strings.

 

[rockabilly69]

2014 Martin D-28 1941 Authentic got this two months ago from the original owner who was not a player but wanted a high-end Martin after doing the factory tour in 2014 ..played less than an hour shipped with factory strings.View attachment 27100View attachment 27101

Sweet guitar Gary, what differentiates a 1941 from an HD28?

 

[garywright]

Sweet guitar Gary, what differentiates a 1941 from an HD28?

thanks Dan..the ‘41 authentic has been retired for some years now ..not sure on all the differences but here’s a link to Martins specs for the ‘41 A
Martin started the VTS baking in 2015 ..mine is the plain lemon top..which in person is a solid uniform color

Martin D-28 Authentic 1941 | Discontinued | Martin Guitar

The Martin D-28 Authentic 1941 has been discontinued. View specifications for this model, or browse our collection of guitars currently in production.

www.martinguitar.com

 

[Grog]

Update on the Eastwood Doubleneck project……..
Replaced the pickups & rewired everything.

Guitar pickups replaced with Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates pickups
Bass pickup replaced with a Gibson TB+ Neck pickup from a Les Paul Standard Oversized bass
Volume & tone pots replaced with stacked pots, bottom bass & top guitar
DPDT Mute Switch added in bass pickguard, both guitar & bass mutes at same time
Individual jacks for guitar & bass, output for both sides on guitar side if bass jack is not used
Replaced bass tuners with Hipshot Ultralite tuners
Running both guitar & bass through a Boss LS-2, one click sends guitar to guitar amp & bass to bass amp

So far I have been pretty happy with the results, will give it a test drive next week at practice.

 

[rockabilly69]

thanks Dan..the ‘41 authentic has been retired for some years now ..not sure on all the differences but here’s a link to Martins specs for the ‘41 A
Martin started the VTS baking in 2015 ..mine is the plain lemon top..which in person is a solid uniform color

Martin D-28 Authentic 1941 | Discontinued | Martin Guitar

The Martin D-28 Authentic 1941 has been discontinued. View specifications for this model, or browse our collection of guitars currently in production.

www.martinguitar.com

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I've heard some VTS tops and they sounded really good, dry and with a vocal midrange. I would like take one of those for a test drive recording! I don't play Martins much live because I like shorter scale Gibsons for the feel, and the bronzy tone with my ratty voice, but I LOVE how balanced a good sounding Martin is. I bet yours is great! I love my HD28 but I bet that's a step up!

 

[Steve Craw]

Last guitar I bought was a lefty Taylor T5 Custom. I got it through Wayne Kramer's (MC5) prison outreach program.

 

[57gold]

Second post to this thread, a 2024 ML BRW with added Ron Ellis LR|Ps:

 

[maplebaby]

Second post to this thread, a 2024 ML BRW with added Ron Ellis LR|Ps:

I’ve seen that chair a lot over the years :/

 

[57gold]

Right around the corner from the front parlor, which became known as the "guitar room" by my kids. Has a large south-facing window over the front doors, which bathes the instruments in FL sun. Another photo, not in the chair:

Was surprised at how transparent the dark burst is in direct sunlight.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

I did a twofer last week. I bought a pair of Zemaitis guitars from the same seller. They are from the 1st Generation of reissues, which IMO are the best they ever built, and as close to the originals as they ever built.
It was the only series of reissues that the body and neck were built like the originals with Honduran Mahogany 3 piece neck and bodies (reversed quarter sawn center piece). When he built the originals, Tony Zemaitis felt he got the least amount of wolf tones with this construction. The newer custom shop and all of the Japanese built Zemaitis guitars (except for one sig model with Fiji mahogany), use African mahogany, which still sounds good too, but not quite the same.

I couldn't afford a 1st Gen reissue when they were first released because the prices were ridiculously high ($6,000 for the plain tops and up to $10,000 for the more elaborate metal tops and pearl tops), but the seller sold them to me at more than reasonable prices. I'm sure the prices reflected that there were some minor electrical mods on both of them, hurting the collector value a bit, but the weak link on these guitars are generally the pickups, so I didn't mine that, as I plan on rewiring them to my personal favorites shortly. I own a few of the lesser expensive Japanese Antanus production models, and a newer 2nd Gen custom shop, so I have plenty experience rewiring them to get the best out of them! I already rebuilt the harness on the ST201 to what it should have been when it was new, and surprisingly the stock DiMarzios DP103 pickups in this guitar sound pretty good. The stock pickups in the metal top were replaced with DiMarzio PAF Masters, and once again they sound good in this guitar. The seller had inherited these guitars from his dad, and frankly, I don't he knew much about them. He listed them as mint on reverb so I was miffed about the electrical changes, but they were still a great deal, so oh well.

MF500 FD NT (hand engraved top and all metal hardware, handmade bridge and tailpiece, Honduran mahogany body and neck, ebony fingerboard, Schaller M6 Tuners, hand applied lacquer, DiMarzio PAF Master pickups, CTS pots, Spraque caps, Switchcraft jack and switch

ST201 MH (same specs as above but without the metal top, and DiMarzio 36th Annivesary pickups)

Freakin' epic!