Inspired: what is your holy grail guitar?

[zosoKing5]

I thought this would be a cool idea for a thread.

 

 

To you, which guitar would be "the one"?

 

the one that makes you and when your away from it.

 

Im curious to see what you all would play, for, for example i see aenemated playing a big gretsch white falcon (ive never seen the guy lol), and rock lobster would play a hello kitty guitar as their number one guitar:p.

 

 

for me, its

 

 

oh how i want it....

[catsandstrats]

You would never see me play without an American Strat. I dont get too picky about years and such, but I think the best ones I have ever played were from 2003.

[BoredGuitarist7]

Monterey Pop Guitar

[sylvesterlowery]

This.

 

or this.

[Joe Neal]

[Doctor Morbius]

My ultimate guitar is a Strat that meets the following specifications...

 

1) plays great

2) sounds great

3) looks nice (preferably in a vintage color)

 

It doesn't matter if it's an MIM, MIA, Squier, MIJ, CIJ, or clone. That being said, I tend to gravitate toward MIMs for their bang for the buck value, them mod as necessary.

[rock-lobster]

firstly: hello kitty?

 

also:

 

i have 2 guitars that i consider to be my "holy grail"

 

the first, which i own, is my deluxe players strat.

 

the other, which i will own, is an SG classic.

 

both fit the two very specific tonal niches i am after.

[karma279]

So far my Hwy 1 Strat is the best guitar I've owned....

and I've had 'em from Gibby to Ibby to Gretsch

[Roy]

this one

 

[Tube_Tone]

My custom Made in USA ESP M-II it Sings and it has so much sustain for a bolt-on

[billy budapest]

1981 Ibanez AS-200 - The original Scofield guitar.

 

bb

[larry50]

I wouldn't mind having one of these:

 

 

[steve_man]

Someday, I'd really like to own a really nice Custom Shop Tele with double binding and a nicely tinted maple neck....

 

mmmmm....like this....

 

[Stratmaster458]

 

beast loaded with Lace Sensors Blue Silver Red

 

and yes that is a gold mini toggle that engages the neck pickup at any time

[Carbohydrates]

A black Les Paul with a Bigsby, '54 to '58 neck (fat), and chambered.

 

Or maybe it's a strat? I can't live* without one of each.

 

 

*minor exaggeration

[Highway_61]

Still looking...quite unfortunately

[songsforbears]

Own it. For some reason, I can only find pictures of the back of mine, so here's somebody else's pictures:

[CompleteGuitard]

Its a tough call.

 

 

I would kill for a wine red les paul standard. My studio is pretty close, but lacks the aesthetics that a standard has. But, me being a University student with more degrees and student fees ahead of me, I'm content with the studio. the studio I own was also a gift from my girlfriend last christmas (which makes it particularly special, especially because the serial number indicates that they were both born on the same day albeit different years).

 

 

I would also really REALLy like a white falcon.

 

I really like the one chris cheney (the living end) has

 

 

I do know, however, that I will always come back to this. My very first good guitar, the one that has been with me through Europe, Asia, 9 years of abuse, high school, university, now a post graduate degree. It is the one that I will be buried with.

 

 

So I guess the final answer is my trusty strat.

[panther_king]

Well, if I could have anything;

 

Les Paul Custom Shop:

25.5 scale, 24 fret, maple oil finished neck

set-through, no heel joint

Mahogany, Quilt Maple cap

Blue top, creme binding, natural back

chrome hardware

creme rings

Zebra JB/A2Pro combo

[Schtang]

The only guitar I need to finish off my collection is a Gibson 335 - so that is what I am after at the moment. It will be the final guitar to accompany my Gibson LP Std, Classic, Gem, Sg Std, Fender USA Strats and tele.

[whitegreyblack]

For many of us, it's less of "the one" than it is "the next one"

 

For me, my next one I dream about is a good Explorer.

 

I've always wanted to get all of the Gibson "futuristic" shapes - Moderne, Futura, Explorer, Vee, Corvus, Firebird, RD...

[satannica]

A USA BC Rich Warlock and a Jackson KV2.

 

Then I'd be very happy man!

[zosoKing5]

For many of us, it's less of "the one" than it is "the next one"

 

I believe it! Im looking to pick up a tobacco burst Custom, and do the jimmy page wiring so ill have split coils, series/parallel, and all that! I dont think ill need anything other than that haha. Maybe a big hollowbody and a tele. but thats it.

[aenemated]

for example i see aenemated playing a big gretsch white falcon (ive never seen the guy lol)

 

no sir.

 

here you have aenemated holding what aenemated would play:

 

 

a p90'd gibson les paul goldtop.

 

that very one, in fact.

 

gretsch white falcons are {censored}in rad, though.

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

I own my Holy Grail now, and no {censored}er is taking it away from me:mad:

 

Gibson Historic 54 VOS