Conference napalm::guitar

    I  *had*  a '64 Super Reverb and a '68 Les Paul which I sold for
    $200 each...  if anyone out there has them, I'd like them back now.  8^(
    
    /steve

      I  *had*  a '62 Gibson SG  which I sold for $200 in 1978.  
      if anyone out there has it, I'd like it back now.   8^(
    
    dawg/steve

    1961 Fender Bassman head, blonde tolex, dark brown grille
    
    Danelectro/Silvertone bass, guitar, and guitar amp...not sure of
    vintage, late 50s/early 60s?
    
    						Brian

    mid seventies Kent SG copy with Bolt-on neck. My brother carved
    his name into the finish with a BIC pen that ran out of ink.
    Action about 5/8" at the 12th fret. 

    ElectroHarmonix Bassballs stomp box (envelope follower)
    
    Peter

    Rickenbacker-Electro bakelite lap steel, circa early 40's.
    No, I didn't buy it new.
    
    /rick

    1949 Martin O-18 - I've been playing it since 4th grade. 
    I plan to take it to Nazareth, PA this summer and have Martin give me a
    price on an overhaul (resetting the neck, new frets, internal pickup,
    etc.)

    
    	First: 1964 Strat
    
    	Second: 1966 Silvertone guitar with amp/case unit
    
    	Third: 1965 Rickenbacker 8-watt amp
    
    Bill

	1930-something Regal Dobro style guitar.  Bought for $20 at 
	a garage sale in 1987. 

Pre-1960 Guild F-holed 6-string orchestra guitar (Model X50, I believe). Called
Guild to get more info on it, but their records didn't go back that far. It's in
very-very good condition, sent it thru a 20+ year old Marshall Combo just last
night (cuz it was there 8^).

Love that plastic-covered pickup with the magnetized screws!

Droid

    
    .4
    
    I've played this guitar......its a great guitar to play with a slide,
    except the sound really sucks!
    
    :^)
    
    Dave

	My practice amp - a Vega model A-49. Dates to the early- to mid-50's.
	Back before 9-pin miniature preamp tubes appeared.

	Sakman and Fred have probably seen this amp. I sat at Harvey's
	for about 6 months until I got the right price on it.

    
    	Cherry '62 ES335 in mint condition...
    
    

    In addition to the two items listed in the base note, I still have:
    
    A six string solid Gibson steel guitar, circa about 1950.
    A Harmony mandolin purchased from Sears late 1940's.
    A Vega tenor banjo at least 45 years old.
    
    A Masco reel to reel tape recorder bought in 1953.  It also has a built
    in AM radio.  We used to record shows on this and the local radio
    stations would play the tapes.
    
    My first musical equipment was a Rex solid steel guitar and a noname
    three tube amplifier.  
    
    I still laugh/cringe about my first lead guitar.  It was Sear's best
    Kay model.  A beautiful blonde archtop with lots of ivory.  We were
    loading the gear into the trunk of my car preparing for a gig.  Forgot
    to put the guitar in and backed right over it.  Collected on the car
    insurance but I was devastated.
    
    Bob
    

    1920 Martin 00-28
    1970 Martin D-28 (not their vintage years, but this one's a peach -
    very balanced with a medium-big voice)
    1939 Martin D-28 (been played - lots - but a cannon)
    1991 Santa Cruz Tony Rice (Brazilian) - plain looking guitar with a
    voice that makes me smile)
    
    Paul
    

>>    1920 Martin 00-28
>>    1970 Martin D-28 (not their vintage years, but this one's a peach -
>>    very balanced with a medium-big voice)
>>    1939 Martin D-28 (been played - lots - but a cannon)
>>    1991 Santa Cruz Tony Rice (Brazilian) - plain looking guitar with a
>>    voice that makes me smile)
    
    
    I'm drooling.
    
    Jim

    re .15
    
    	All I can say is "wow"...
    
    							/Bill
    

    re .17
    
    Hay, what are you doing in notes?!  BACK to the woodshed!!
    8^)
    

    
    	Geez,... can't I even poke my head out of the woodshed
    once in a while for some fresh air or something?!?!?!? :-)
    
    							/Bill
    

RE:.15:    1939 Martin D-28 (been played - lots - but a cannon)
 
'39 may be the best year for Martin guitars.  Everything but the low end was
Brazillian rosewood.  All guitars were using the "advanced" bracing (something 
they only did for a couple of years) that resulted in guitars with big voices.
Diamond and squares inlay and herringbone trim for D-28s and Snowflake inlay 
and the abalone inlay on all the edges for D-45's - all with elephant ivory 
nuts and saddles - as *standard* equipment.  Not a bad ax.  Wish I had one.

Jim

    1966 Fender Jazz Bass -- Fiesta Red

    1964 Zim-Gar Solid Body Guitar -- "Rising Sun" Red with chrome pickguard

    re: Desrochers
    
    >   Cherry '62 ES335 in mint condition...
    
    I say BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    	db - chairman of the DesRocher 335 resurrection committee
    	     Make Donations payable to "Dave Blickstein" ;-)

Okay - I'll play.

My most valued treasures are (In order of slobber-ness):

1.  Ibanez RG550, "Road Flare Red" that I snarfed from our own Bill 
    Buckley.

2.  My Mp1 and SP1000.

3.  Gallien Krueger 250ML that I bought new a LONG time ago, and used 
    it for a long time before MIDI Rack Puke-dom set in.  A fine amp.

4.  The little Fender Champs that I got in a package deal with an old
    Gibson.  Those things cranked for little buggers.

5.  My father-in-laws black-faced twin that I will someday inherit...  :)

6.  "               " Gibson L7 (Circa 1942) that I will also inherit... :)

7.  My old Ibanez Artist AR500 that got ripped off in shipment to my 
    ship in the Navy.

8.  My old Ovation Beater (Custom Baladeer) that I snarfed from a drunken
    Marine who needed liberty money. (Which Charlie Hall now owns :)

    re: .23
    
    I thought the intent of the note was to talk about the oldest stuff
    you have, not what you like the best...

    Hey, if he keeps something for longer than 30 minutes, it *is* vintage.
    
    8^)
    
    
    Jerry

    re .25
    
    	:-)
    
    							/Bill_waiting_for_
    							the_next_jc_clearance
    							sale
    

    My oldest stuff:
    	
    	'68 Fender Deluxe Reverb
    	'68 Fender Telecaster Bass
    
    	1927 Marshall & Wendell baby grand piano
    
    
    My best:
    
    	'91 Martin HD-28

    Let's see...
    
    1890 Mathushek upright piano
    late 50's Rex 4-tube practice amp
    early 60's Kay archtop
    1970 EB-0
    1970 Ampeg B-25
    
    Hey, that's all my stuff!  :-)
    
    Dave

    
    	db - good one!!  But with my solo act and having folks come up
    	on stage, the LAST thing I want to use is my 335.
    
    	And, believe it or not, my new Peavey is a better guitar...
    
    	In the immortal words of the Teutonic Titwillow herself -
    
    	"it's twoo, it's twooo..."
    
    	tomd
    

    
    re: '68 Telecaster Bass
    
    I admit it, I'm *green* with envy.. ;^)
    
    

    to tomd:
    
    Is the "new Peavey" a 335-type guitar?  (Semi-acoustic)

RE: Greg

Okay.  I'll shaddup.  Good point though Scary...  My Mp1 *is* vintage to me
after almost 4 years...  :)

I guess I was thinking more along the lines of Treasures, not oldest...

   early sixties? Ampeg Reverb-O-Rocket
   '65 SG with P90's and a factory whammy
   mid sixties Gretsch Anniversary
   '70's Fender Quad (~a twin with 4x12's)

   Dave

    A twin with 4x12's .... hmmmmm, no "girlie man" amp for you, huh ?
    
    Jerry

 
    1969 Martin D-18
    
    1972 Shure P.A. (surely(no pun intended) not a treasure but I just
    can't seem to dispose of the dinosaur. Hoping that someday my son will
    start a band and it will then be well worth the 10 dollars I could
    sell it for.
   
    Pc
                        
 
    
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    Went to McDuff's on my lunch hour the other day. There's an
    "old treasure" in there. I saw an old ES335-like Silvertone
    something or other. Had a god-awful big tremelo arm with a huge
    spring on it.
    
    Was really a nice looking guitar though. I picked it up and it
    played pretty nice too. Only $139.
    
    So if you're looking for something really retro and you want to make
    an entry in here....

    Not that I have any of this stuff, but the oldest stuff I *had* was
    this early 70s SG/Les Paul thing (ala Clapton).  This dude who was WAY
    into Creme sold me the axe, a 50wt Marshall 2x12 combo, and a Big Muff
    Pi box so I could sound like Clapton.  He actually gavce me the fresh
    creme album in the deal (he wanted to convert me), but my head was
    elsewhere...I bought the rig cuz it was the former rig of Ace Frehley
    from KISS.  I traded someone the Creme lp for a KISS album!  8^)

    KISS ?
    
    Buck,.. you just lost a student...
    
    :-)
    
    								/
    

    -1
    
    Major!!  I started playing guitar cuz of Ace Frehley.  I thought (and
    still think) his solos were SO COOL.  Real tasty pentatonic licks!!!
    
    
    

    
      C R E A M - guess I'm showing my age, huh?
    
    						-B()()M-

    -1
    
    Naw, I'm just showing how interested I was in the whole band...
    8^)

    He dises on Cream on props up KISS,..
    
    See what happens to you when you go to Berklee :-)
    
    						/Cat
    

my oldest is a '62 Guild CA-100, still the only left-hand archtop guitar I have
come across. It even has a DeArmond pickup on it for that real vintage sound!
It sounds different through my Marshall bass micro-stack.

Tim

    	I had, thank god it's gone, a 1975 MSA E9 pedal steel. Sold
    it last year. The company went chapter 11 in the early 80's so there
    was no way to get parts. I got tired of carving them out of blocks
    of aluminum. Got myself a "classic" Emmons twin neck now.
    
    
    		Sometimes getting rid of the old stuff is good, very
    good!
    
    
    							Dave C

    And one from the UK........
    
    1977 Guild FT212 12 string.
    
    I keep it tuned two semis down and in dropped D with Martin med guage
    strings. I have to remind myself where the tuning pegs are cos I so
    rarely have to touch them.
    
    This guitar is absolutely wonderful. I bought it second hand (or
    "used" for the benefit of our US cousins) about a year ago. 
    
    
    andy
    
    It sounds absolutely

    RE .2
    I have a 1962 Gibson SG Junior that I bought for $200 back around 1978.
    If its your old ax,YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BACK!!!;^) Its my absolute favorite.
    I also have mid 70's Les Paul Custom & ES347 TD that I treasure,but
    if my house was on fire and I only had time to grab one of them,it
    would be the SG.
    
                                                    

    RE: TGRILLO's 1962 SG Junior.....
    
    You didn't, by any chance, buy that axe in Austin, Texas did ya?  I
    sold my old '62 SG on consignment in 1978....
    
    Steve

    RE.47
    No,I bought it in Milford Massachusetts. If its the same ax,it did
    some serious traveling ;^)  I went wild with modifacations,but it
    was mostly original when I got it. The only modifacations it had
    when I got it were a Damarzio Super distortion pickup and Leo Quan
    Baddass bridge. I added a second pickup (Damarzio Dual Sound) and
    put Groover Machine heads on it. 
    
                                                                  Tom

1. My wife

2. My ex-wife

3. Circa 1960....Vicky Armstrong (ahhhhhhhh!!.....memories)


Sorry folks, I sold all my decent stuff!!!!!


Dave

    My ol' Selmar Treble and Bass 50 head (I assume you States guys used to see
    these amps).
    
    It's 1963 and boy has it lived....it hit many blues and rock clubs
    around London with me years ago, I've had it since about '76.
    
    It's old and retired now (no channel switching, reverb, EQ or other
    essentials for todays guitarist) but every now and then I warm it up and 
    have a blast.
    
    I just can't bear to part with it and its pretty cloth front!!  Too
    many memories I guess!
    
    
    Dusty 'guitar' Miller

                             1963 FENDER HARVARD
    
         Started playing at the age of 13, and went out and bought myself,
    a small "FENDER HARVARD" amplifier which I believe has 'bout 35 Watts?
         It has a 10" speaker and the TWEED type of exterior.
         A great little amp and consider it to be priceless!
         Tried getting new tubes for it a few years ago with no success!
         Think I'll keep it for life and pass it on.........
    
                                                                    STORM'N

	Hey Norm - did that amp use 6SN7 preamp tubes? Neal Orsi knows
	how to get 'em.

	Groove Tubes makes adapters for running 12AT7s in sockets for
	6SN7 and 6SJ7s.

    Norm, your Harvard is older than you think, since these were only made
    until 1960 or so.
    
    All the tubes should be readily available, except for the 6AT6, which
    is probably non-existent ;-)
    
    I'd be really surprised if a Harvard could put out 35 watts--probably
    more like 20, but it's still a great little amp.
    
    Danny W.