Members fretmonster Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 Mine in no particular order: G&L Strat, US Masters Rogenberg (NGD thread), any Rick Turner (another NGD), any pre-Roman Baker, any Robin, any Suhr, any Melancon, any Maton, any Flaxwood, Agile 3000 or above, Malden Liquid, Oh, US Washburn Idol and N4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BB123 Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 All of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashasha Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 Lately I'd love to take a Suhr for a spin. I'm not interested in buying one, but I'd like to see what all the rage is about. I'd also like to have a few minutes alone with and Axcess with a Floyd Rose and I wouldn't mind fondling an EBMM Gamechanger. None are really purchase goals right now, just interested in checking them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members magmadeth Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 Any guitar that's not crusty like 90% of Guitar Center guitars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted February 26, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 Lately I'd love to take a Suhr for a spin. I'm not interested in buying one, but I'd like to see what all the rage is about. I'd also like to have a few minutes alone with and Axcess with a Floyd Rose and I wouldn't mind fondling an EBMM Gamechanger.None are really purchase goals right now, just interested in checking them out. See if you were local, I'd have a field day test drivin your stuff and of course you need to discover Hamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members ashasha Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 See if you were local, I'd have a field day test drivin your stuff and of course you need to discover Hamer. Yeah, I can't believe I left Hamer off the list. Definitely one that I'd love to take for a spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 Man, not many folks mention Robin. Back in the day, I lived in Houston and I bet I played literally 50 of them... Minimum. My buddy had 4 or 5 of them. I even borrowed one for several months. Forget the model name, but it was a strat type, bucker in the bridge, single coil in the neck, Floyd, reverse headstock. That was a great guitar. The next guitar I got was a Beretta as the Robin was just too much... I think it was at least $400 more than the Beretta though it did have two pickups. Then we lived in Dallas for a while and I went to both guitar shows each year and I played pretty much everything that was out then. That's when Vigier was starting to do the carbon fiber thing. One of the most impressive companies as a whole was Valley Arts. Nothing radically exciting, but every one at the booth was dead perfect. This was before Surh was on his own, they were Pensa-Surhs and they were kinda blingy, but they were very impressive as well. As for as guitars I'd like to play... I don't know. I've never played a Zemaitis. And I've only played one Trussart and it was an LP-ish one. I'd LOVE to get one of his Paisley strats but that's well out of my comfort zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted February 26, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtSUHb6DvS0 Thanks for the vid BB, I somehow forgot to mention any dobros. That sounds like the ultimate blues machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjcarl Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 Vox 33/55 series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted February 26, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 Man, not many folks mention Robin. Back in the day, I lived in Houston and I bet I played literally 50 of them... Minimum. My buddy had 4 or 5 of them. I even borrowed one for several months. Forget the model name, but it was a strat type, bucker in the bridge, single coil in the neck, Floyd, reverse headstock. That was a great guitar. The next guitar I got was a Beretta as the Robin was just too much... I think it was at least $400 more than the Beretta though it did have two pickups. Then we lived in Dallas for a while and I went to both guitar shows each year and I played pretty much everything that was out then. That's when Vigier was starting to do the carbon fiber thing. One of the most impressive companies as a whole was Valley Arts. Nothing radically exciting, but every one at the booth was dead perfect. This was before Surh was on his own, they were Pensa-Surhs and they were kinda blingy, but they were very impressive as well. I pretty much discovered Robins on Ebay and sometimes rue the fact that I never took a chance on one when they were goin cheap. My friend has a Valley Arts Tele and to be honest I think I like my Washburn Laredo better. Beretta huh? Any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 I pretty much discovered Robins on Ebay and sometimes rue the fact that I never took a chance on one when they were goin cheap. My friend has a Valley Arts Tele and to be honest I think I like my Washburn Laredo better. Beretta huh? Any good? I've played a couple less than perfect Valley Arts since then, but I meant at the show... Most makers if you play 5 of their guitars, one or two will stand out even if they are all excellent. At the Valley Arts booth, they just seemed to be incredibly consistent, almost as if they were all made from the same three trees. I liked my Beretta OK... It was my second new guitar and it was a big step up from the one it replaced, plus we got a full pro setup on it so yeah... it played like a million bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted February 26, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 I've played a couple less than perfect Valley Arts since then, but I meant at the show... Most makers if you play 5 of their guitars, one or two will stand out even if they are all excellent. At the Valley Arts booth, they just seemed to be incredibly consistent, almost as if they were all made from the same three trees. I liked my Beretta OK... It was my second new guitar and it was a big step up from the one it replaced, plus we got a full pro setup on it so yeah... it played like a million bucks. Cool, I can see you've got a few more notches on your guitar belt than I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members voxfreak Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 Id love to try out a Rickenbacker one of these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fiveoclockhero Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 I don't want to buy one because they're pricey and they're really not my style but the new Zelinsky guitars are supposedly AMAZING players with absolutely wonderful ergonomics and tone and build quality to match. Again, I don't feel the need to own one but I would love to play around with one out of curiosity. Also, any Vox guitar. Is it weird that I've NEVER played a Vox guitar? (Their amps, obviously, are terrific) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Strat87 Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 A pre-cbs strat and tele, just to say I've done it. A rosewood tele cause they look amazing. I'm very curious about the solid rosewood neck and would really love to play anything with one. Also that vulcanized maple some companies are starting to use intrigues me. Finally an R9 or other high end LP, because I've never been a Gibson guy and wonder if I just haven't played the right ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 I'd love to try a handmade boutique guitar from a guy like Chihoe Hahn or Ron Kirn, just to see what the fuss is about. I'd also like to try a Dean Flying V; I tried out an older ML a couple of years back and that thing immediately spoke to me. I strummed a few chords and went, "Okay, now I understand why people go nuts for these guitars." I was very close to taking it home but didn't have the $$$. That 12-string resonator Bbreaker showed looks freakin' awesome as well. I love the sound of 12-strings. Yeah, I can't believe I left Hamer off the list. Definitely one that I'd love to take for a spin. Hamers are incredible guitars. I've never met anyone who's tried a USA Hamer and didn't like it. Well, no one I liked anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 Cool, I can see you've got a few more notches on your guitar belt than I do. I think you just said I was old. In a kinda, sorta nice way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted February 26, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 I think you just said I was old. In a kinda, sorta nice way. No just old as a guitar player. I'm actually in my 50s but just a young player of only eight years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted February 26, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 Id love to try out a Rickenbacker one of these days I tried one (a 360, 12), just not the right one. My feeling with Rick and Gretsch is that you have to find the right one. PS Vox, Dean, Zelinsky, Zemaitis, wow, thanks guys, more guitars for my list. Not that I'm in the market or anything, kinda like being single, it's just fun to shop around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 One of those nice carbon fiber guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 A Gibson 339... though I've played one many times, I really want one, and I want to keep testing them out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fiveoclockhero Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 Regarding the thing I mentioned earlier: After leaving Dean, Dean B. Zelinsky is focusing on hand-crafted luthier style guitars with a new outfit called DBZ http://www.dbzguitars.com This guy from Premier Guitar magazine seems to think this guitar, The Peacemaker, is about the nicest playing thing he's ever touched: [video=youtube;Fq77nRspmTU] Visually, it does nothing for me but I would love to get my hands on it to see what it's like. He's not the only one who really loves DBZ, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted February 26, 2011 Members Share Posted February 26, 2011 Just this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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