Members mightysasquatch Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 I have a '92 Fender American Standard Tele that is my main guitar, I also have a modded MIM Strat, and a Hagstrom Viking Deluxe (ES-335 style). I love the Hagstrom. I love the way it plays and the way it looks. It is light, comfortable, and has a very fast neck. It's fit and finish is superb. However, i never seem to find a use for it in my songs, the Tele covers almost everything I need. I just don't require the sound of the Viking. I am thinking the humbuckers are the issue, but I don't care for P-90's either. I only have one amp now, a heavily modded Deluxe Reverb Reissue. I am thinking of selling the Hagstrom and using the money to buy either a SF Vibrochamp or a Lil' Dawg 5E3 Tweed Deluxe lunchbox head to run in stereo with my DRRI. Anyone else run into this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 Hmmm... not really. But if you never play it, then maybe it's better to trade for something you'll use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kit_strong Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 I was that way with my Parkwood hybrid. Great guitar but I just never played it so I ended up trading it in towards my Gretsch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BigTimeFun Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 My Explorer's that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 I have one of those Charvel Jeff Beck models. I always wanted one and it came up cheap on ebay a couple years ago so I picked it up. Played it for about 10 minutes and never played it again but I am happy knowing I own it. It's one of the only guitars I ever owned with a fancy trem system and I have never changed the strings on it for that reason. I think he played an American one and this one is Japanese but it's the one I remember seeing in the AMS catalog way back in the late 80s/early 90s and it was the color I wanted. Also have what was sold as a TV Yellow (more like French's Yellow Mustard) Gibson SG that sounds good but hasn't seen the light of day in a few years. It was cool for about 15 minutes in the 90s and a Les Paul Goldtop that sounds good but I bought an older one since buying it so I don't play it that much. Kind of dumb to hang onto this stuff but I guess it's kind of sentimental and I have the closet space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 I often find guitars I love but don't use. Every once in a while, I get really honest with myself about what those guitars are and rid myself of them, no matter how much I think I like those guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 My Charvel falls into this group. I love the guitar, and it plays great, but the bridge has an intonation screw that won't hold the saddle down. I could get it fixed, but the guitar has such huge sentimental value to me, I don't want to mess with it. So, it lives in the case, safely out of harm's way. I guess I should fix it, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 my dano convertible. it was my only "acoustic" for years and has become something of a beater in the years since i got my Taylor. it's not really good at anything except being a cheap, funky guitar. it's not really an acoustic. it only has one pickup, and that pickup is in the middle of the soundhole, so it has feedback issues with distortion. so right now its strung in New Standard Tuning. if it can't be useful, it might as well be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vcnyls Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 My Explorer (pic below) - I love it but it's not one I grab that often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slushpup96 Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 I still have my first guitar. An old, brandless acoustic. Spanish style with nylon strings. I still keep it because it has a lot of sentimental value and very little monetary value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 concise definition: COLLECTOR, thnx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yavin Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 I have a Taylor T5. Fantastic guitar, beautiful blue, nice neck, wonderful tone. But, I play my strat 75% of the time and the tele 25% of the time. The biggest reason, volume and tone knobs are up by the neck area and the pickup switch is on the side of the body up in the same area. Thayare a pain to adjust on the fly...may sound silly, but they are just inconvenient. I noodle with it a good bit, but seldom play it live. Probably wouldn't get rid of it though because I like it so much, I just don't see myself using it live much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 I play all of mine, but the strat gets most of my time. Probably 80% or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fenezz Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 I have a '92 Fender American Standard Tele that is my main guitar, I also have a modded MIM Strat, and a Hagstrom Viking Deluxe (ES-335 style).I love the Hagstrom. I love the way it plays and the way it looks. It is light, comfortable, and has a very fast neck. It's fit and finish is superb.However, i never seem to find a use for it in my songs, the Tele covers almost everything I need. I just don't require the sound of the Viking. I am thinking the humbuckers are the issue, but I don't care for P-90's either.I only have one amp now, a heavily modded Deluxe Reverb Reissue.I am thinking of selling the Hagstrom and using the money to buy either a SF Vibrochamp or a Lil' Dawg 5E3 Tweed Deluxe lunchbox head to run in stereo with my DRRI. Anyone else run into this? had an '88 ibanez radius that I just couldn't connect with. I bought it because I got a good deal on it, love how they look and thought maybe I'd find a soul in there eventually. Ended up trading it for something I'd use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Backlund Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 I've had this guitar for at least two years, maybe three....I haven't played it for more than two hours total in that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 Ever have a guitar you love, but don't use? Yup.Fender 52RI Telecaster Hotrod.Fantastic guitar that just hangs on my wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 My twelve stringers--a Rick 360 and an Epi Elitist Riviera. I love playing them, but they don't see much action. I did have the Rick out for my church gig last Sunday. Christmas music--I Wonder as I Wander and Away in a Manger sounded sweet with the 12 string along with an acoustic guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mightysasquatch Posted December 20, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 Yup. Fender 52RI Telecaster Hotrod. Fantastic guitar that just hangs on my wall. I'll trade ya a Hagstrom for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 My twelve stringers--a Rick 360 and an Epi Elitist Riviera. I love playing them, but they don't see much action. I did have the Rick out for my church gig last Sunday. Christmas music--I Wonder as I Wander and Away in a Manger sounded sweet with the 12 string along with an acoustic guitar. that's exactly why i bought a Dano 12. i couldn't justify spending $1500 (at the time) on a Ric 660/12 for it to get played 3 times a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Strung_Out Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 Of all my guitars my Les Paul special probably gets the least amount of play time. It's an amazing sounding and playing guitar but my SG, tele, and strat always seem to end up taking preference over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 My Gary Moore sig LP. I love that guitar and I don't think I'll ever part with it unless a better Les Paul is within my financial reach (not likely). I rarely use it but when I do, I enjoy it a lot. At present, my most used electric is my PAC904. My SA2200 is still my favorite guitar but I'm not reaching for it much these days being so "involved" with the Pacifica at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vibroluxman Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 My Fender Strat. High school graduation present. Modded to all gitout, but I could return to stock if I wanted to. Don't think it's going anywhere though, lots of memories in it. EDIT: Here it is pre mods in 2006. It now has fender deluxe locking tuners, new neck plate, BWB pickguard and BG pickups with cts pots, mojotone blend pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 Absolutely. I have a pretty large git collection and I have this warped habit of babying the best of them. I feel the most comfort playing mid priced guitars, in that 400 to 1200 category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 I have several like that. Most notably, my two oldest guitars, which I've also had the longest. Each has some playability issues, especially the '60 Duo-Sonic, but also the Ovation Breadwinner from a decade or so later, which has always been finicky. I keep these mainly for sentimental reasons. Of the more active stable, there are still a few that get played considerably less than others. Especially my Daisy Rock Retro-H 12-string. To a lesser extent, my Ric 620, '52 Tele RI, Gretsh/Electromatic Special Jet, and Brownsville Choirboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 I used to have a Bad Boy blue deluxe strat and it was a thing of beauty but with the combination of an ebony board and ash body, it was just too bright for me. The neck was quite small too but I kept it for a year, just because. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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