Guitarists?

threeonethree
threeonethree Posts: 182 Member
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Anyone else here play guitar? Electric, acoustic, bass? What is your axe/amp of choice? Favorite songs to play? Dream guitar?

Currently I have a PRS SE and Blackstar HT Soloist 60 as my main setup. The PRS SE is incredible for the price. I upgraded it with locking tuners and put in US made PRS pickups. It sounds and feels like a guitar that costs 3x what I paid.

My dream guitar is a PRS Custom 24. :sick:

I have a couple others including a Fender acoustic. Hoping to get a Taylor acoustic one day, they are so nice! That feeling of playing soft acoustic songs on a rainy day makes me never regret starting to play all of those years ago!
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  • KenziesFrenzies
    KenziesFrenzies Posts: 1,014 Member
    I'm a mandolin player tried and true (6+ years), but I also play rhythm guitar when I'm singing melody.
    I have an Epiphone Hummingbird, that is my darling and I love it more than anything. And I also play banjo (don't hate), which is a good ole' Deering Goodtime! :drinker:
  • threeonethree
    threeonethree Posts: 182 Member
    I'm a mandolin player tried and true (6+ years), but I also play rhythm guitar when I'm singing melody.
    I have an Epiphone Hummingbird, that is my darling and I love it more than anything. And I also play banjo (don't hate), which is a good ole' Deering Goodtime! :drinker:
    awesome!! i've always wanted to get a cheap little mandolin to mess around on, they look fun and sound unique!
  • reggiepe
    reggiepe Posts: 146 Member
    I play guitar. Been obsessed with learning to play like Stevie Ray Vaughan for the last 6 months. It's an uphill battle as I had never really appreciated his music till about a year ago. Now I listen to it constantly.

    Current stable of instruments are:

    PRS McCarty
    Fender Strat
    Gibson Les Paul Studio
    Martin D35
    Breedlove (don't remember the model of that, but it's my beater acoustic as the Martin doesn't go out of the house)

    Amplifiers:

    Acoustic Acoustic amp
    (2) Blues Juniors (a version II and a version III)
    Line6 DT25 half stack w/ HD500 pedalboard

    That's it so far....but I am always adding to the herd to chase that elusive tone.
  • 5stringjeff
    5stringjeff Posts: 790 Member
    I'm a bass player, but I started on guitar. I had a Fender Strat until I sold it a couple of months ago, but I do still have an Ovation acoustic. My bass is a Schecter Custom-5, natural finish. I've got an Ashdown 300W 4x10 amp to go with it - love that thing!
  • dtf88
    dtf88 Posts: 53
    I'm a guitar and keyboard player. I currently play a gibson les paul standard 05' with seymour duncan jb jazz humbucker pickups. I also play acoustic with a taylor dd3. I usually play through an egnater renegade combo amp, but have recently picked up an Eleven rack, which has completely changed my opinion on amp modellers, I am going to start using this live as there is no stage noise other than the monitor, and so many tones at my disposal.

    For Keys, I use a Yamaha s90 es through a Jbl eon 510( mini PA). I also run the eleven rack through there, and it sounds fantastic.

    Hmm dream guitar, that's tough because there are so many great ones! I would say if I could have any, a 59' les paul, or a languedoc (the guitar trey anastasio uses).

    The band I currently play in is a variety/dance band, we play mostly motown/funk/dance music. When I'm at home I really enjoy playing blues.

    Favorite song to attempt to play is Cliffs of Dover by eric johnson. Goal is to get as close to perfect as possible in 2013, some of those runs are insane even at 50% tempo!
  • rockangel8907
    rockangel8907 Posts: 429 Member
    Dont play but im a lover of those that do.
  • threeonethree
    threeonethree Posts: 182 Member
    Current stable of instruments are:

    PRS McCarty
    Fender Strat
    Gibson Les Paul Studio
    Martin D35
    Breedlove (don't remember the model of that, but it's my beater acoustic as the Martin doesn't go out of the house)

    You have a solid collection! How does the Breedlove sound and feel? I havent had a chance to try one yet.
  • FGVC1188
    FGVC1188 Posts: 122 Member
    Ibanez RG2550EX up in hurrr
    I have a Fender Aerodyne Stratocaster lyign around somewhere as well.

    Crate RFX65 amp (need to upgrade here)

    Dream Guitar? Either a JEM or the Universe 777 black with green hardware.

    I dont really play any songs, just like to shred randomly
  • Food4Fuel
    Food4Fuel Posts: 37 Member
    Dream Guitar: a Taylor T3 semi-hollowbody, and a custom shop tele with lollar pickups. (Couldn't pick one)
    Dream Amp: Axe Fx II (look it up, why not have every amp :) ) I had the axe fx standard and loved it

    Current Guitars: 50th anniversary American Deluxe Stratocaster, Squire Tele, and 410 Taylor Acoustic
    Current Amp: Egnater Renegade, wanted something with fenderesque cleans and Marshallesque Drive (close enough for now) More amp than I know what to do with haha.
  • Food4Fuel
    Food4Fuel Posts: 37 Member
    How do you like the black star? Nice set up by the way PRS makes a great versatile guitar.
  • Nekhet
    Nekhet Posts: 380
    Peavey Wolfgang EVH Special Red
    Esteban 6 string Acoustic
    Peavey Transtube practuice amp
  • randomgirlusa
    randomgirlusa Posts: 45 Member
    I have a Baby Taylor. I downgraded from a Big Baby a year ago. I've been learning for the last 2 years. I am mostly self taught from watching you-tube videos and using e-chords.com. I have about 20 cover songs in my collection that I have learned and one that I've written. I don't really have a dream guitar yet. I'm just kinda waiting to see if this is just a phase. Anyway, for now I just like to play and sing anything that I've heard on the radio that catches my ear.
  • Lone_Wolf70
    Lone_Wolf70 Posts: 2,820 Member
    Peavey Wolfgang EVH Special Red
    Esteban 6 string Acoustic
    Peavey Transtube practuice amp

    The wolfgang is epic, but very hard to duplicate the "brown sound"
  • Nekhet
    Nekhet Posts: 380
    Peavey Wolfgang EVH Special Red
    Esteban 6 string Acoustic
    Peavey Transtube practuice amp

    The wolfgang is epic, but very hard to duplicate the "brown sound"

    Very true...so many have tried and so many have failed LOL

    Only Eddie get's that brown sound and he is the master...

    I do need to get a big Marshall Stack though....that would be fun.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    I mostly play my Taylor 315 ce which i absolutely love, it might be my dream guitar. Although i would like a 12 string at some point. I also have an Ovation Celebrity and a Yamaha on which I taught myself to play.

    I have spent a lot of time playing and singing, and left intricate guitar work up to the guy who plays along side me, but I have been recently trying to polish the nuance of my playing. To me, guitar playing is like golf - you can never be perfect. There is always something you can do better,.

    As for what I play - I do a little of everything. I have played Buffett, I have played Rancid. I have played Eminem and Dave Matthews Band.

    Of course I also play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Fly Firefly Fly and Rainbow connection for my son.

    I also write some stuff, but you wouldn't have heard any of that.
  • threeonethree
    threeonethree Posts: 182 Member
    I mostly play my Taylor 315 ce which i absolutely love, it might be my dream guitar.

    Of course I also play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Fly Firefly Fly and Rainbow connection for my son.

    I also write some stuff, but you wouldn't have heard any of that.

    I love Taylor acoustics! Well Martin too, but the Taylors i've played have sounded a bit brighter which I like.
  • Allie_71
    Allie_71 Posts: 1,063 Member
    Brand new guitar player here. I've been singing for a while but only playing for a couple of years. Splurged on a Taylor and hope one day to be worthy of playing it. :flowerforyou: Just putting in the time :smile:
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    Dont play but im a lover of those that do.

    Me too! I also photograph local (and sometimes national) bands--I :heart: music and musicians.
  • odddrums
    odddrums Posts: 342 Member
    I've been playing little by little for the last 5 years so I'm about as good as someone who's been really working at it for about a year :P
  • CherokeeBabe
    CherokeeBabe Posts: 1,704 Member
    I play steel-string acoustic and spanish acoustic
  • Admiral_Derp
    Admiral_Derp Posts: 866 Member
    Played off and on for while but I was a lot better with the drums. Played for about 15 years. Up until last year I had a sweet Alvarez acoustic. Someday I'd like to get a Taylor though. Kinda miss it.
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    I've owned 4 guitars: a cheapo ESP LTD H-50, a Jackson DK2 Dinky that's been upgraded with Seymour Duncan TB-5 Custom bridge pickup, a vintage BC Rich NJ Series ST-III from 1986, and a Dean acoustic/electric. The only amp I OWN is a Behringer 15w practice amp that's pretty crappy. The best amp I've ever had the pleasure of playing through was a Peavey 80w solid state combo amp with TransTube (Peavey's marketing buzzword for whatever means they use to emulate Tube amps in a Solid State). Unless I had the money to blow on an ENGL half stack, which is my dream rig, I'd probably never get anything other than that Peavey amp.

    The BC Rich I own is a vintage model from the '80s and it is the third best guitar I have ever had the pleasure of playing through my whole life, with the only better ones being a very high end ESP and a relatively cheap Les Paul style guitar made by Ibanez. In my hands it played better, and to my ear sounded better, than an authentic Gibson.

    Though I've never had the chance to play one, I would love a Flying V someday. Preferably an ESP one.

    Although my playstyle is nothing like it, I like to "warm up" before I really start getting my jam on by playing AC/DC riffs. I have absolutely no idea why, but warming up with an AC/DC riff really gets me in the mood to start.
  • sprintto50
    sprintto50 Posts: 410 Member
    I just starting playing about 14 months ago and can't decide exactly what genre to follow. I play a little country, a little bluesand a bit of classical. I love fingerstyle playing. I have a Seagull Coastline CW acoustic, and Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin II electric and would like to get a classical guitar in the next year. Hubby, who has always played, has a Seagull 6 string, 12 string and Richmond Belmont electric. We like to support our homegrown Canadian guitar maker. Check them out. We also have a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe amp.

    One thing about sitting down and practicing is that it keeps me from eating.
  • jimbridgman
    jimbridgman Posts: 8
    I play guitar, Bass, keys, drums etc... Mostly a guitarist with my own studio, so I write my own stuff.

    I have 3 Ibanez RG750s/770s all black with black pickguard, except the 770 which is the charcoal satin finish with no pickguard. All the 750s/770s have EMG pickups in them
    I have one JS1000 in the "black pearl" finish

    I have a rack with a JMP1 as my rhythm preamp, and a Bogner fish for my lead pre-amp going through an ADA microtube 100 power amp, and two quadraverb units for effects. All of this is going into a modified Crate 4X12 celestion cabinet with celestion 30s.

    This pretty much is my dream setup.

    Like I said I write my own tunes that are all instrumental rock guitar. I really am into Animals as Leaders and Scale the Summit right now for things I am listening to.

    Here is one of my tunes:
    https://soundcloud.com/james-marshall-9/reign

    Jim
  • tynger112
    tynger112 Posts: 351
    I'm pretty simple, fell in love with the song "I'll be your Lover too" Van Morrison, ill just play it over and over again. Own a fender acoustic, would love to have Lucille....love BB n Clapton and all things Blues.
  • saamantha
    saamantha Posts: 74
    What I wouldn't give for a Martin.
    I dabble with the acoustic and own a Norman B.. something? I'd love to get something a bit smaller though, as my baby hands don't stretch quiiite enough :P. My favourite song to play is probably Landslide, or anything Stevie.

    I post covers on YouTube under the username 'xloveisnot'. Ahh, the embarrassing usernames we give ourselves at a young age.
  • BlackStarDeceiver
    BlackStarDeceiver Posts: 590 Member
    I have been playing 16 years. I have 5 guitars.
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    hmmm....does a 1920 Gibson A2 mandolin count?
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    I'd love to get something a bit smaller though, as my baby hands don't stretch quiiite enough :P. My favourite song to play is probably Landslide, or anything Stevie.

    I am the same. :)
  • ladymiseryali
    ladymiseryali Posts: 2,555 Member
    I'm learning to play ukulele. Does that count? lol

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