OT: Okay Guitar Players.... Let's see your axes!!!

And Bio can feel free to talk about guitar playing midget wrestlers too. [img]wink.gif[/img]

Over the years I've owned dozens and dozens of guitars (at one point I had eleven at one time) Here are the ones I currently own.

http://baimun.home.comcast.net/guitar1.jpg

Left to right... Baritone Ovation (27" Scale neck, round back, active electronics with EQ), Toothpaste Logo Charvel (not one that I've played on stage, but one just like one I owned in the past), and the last guitar I ever built.... A bookmatch topped Mockingbird with George Lynch Neck. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Now for some closeups:

http://baimun.home.comcast.net/guitar2.jpg

I should point out that I play a VERY unusual stringing and tuning. I tune my instruments to perfect fifths... which means instead of the fifth fret being equal to the next string, it's the SEVENTH fret.

Tunes to FCGDAE instead of EAGDBE... Gives me an extra octave range... and the guages of string step progressivly from a normal unwound 9 all the way up to a 107 bass string.

http://baimun.home.comcast.net/guitar3.jpg

The Charvel is vintage 80's metal band era. The middle pickup isn't even wired in. Only the EMG SA in the neck and the EMG 85 in the bridge. Of course it has a Floyd Rose trem, but I throw the bars away to keep me from being tempted to play like a wanker. [img]wink.gif[/img]

I've built about a dozen guitars, but many also end up being "baimunized" and disassembled in my closet while being reconfigured.

http://baimun.home.comcast.net/guitar4.jpg

The neck was custom made by ESP back before George Lynch had his endorsements and custom guitars. It was made exactly to his specs (1 3/4" nut, super huge jumbo frets, reverse explorer headstock) except I had them make it with no inlays.

The body began it's life as a square edge Warmoth body... I contoured the front edge, the fret access, sculpted the back, and slimmed out the neck joint. Seeing as how ALL manufacturers started doing that soon after, I should have patented the idea.

The bridge pickup is an EMG 81 (Heavy Metal pickup) and the middle pickup (when wired) has a coil tap so it can be a second humbucker or a single coil.

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ March 14, 2004 07:57 AM: Message edited by: baimun ]</font>

My axes


http://members.cox.net/guitardeth/myguitars.jpg

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http://baimun.home.comcast.net/guitar2.jpg

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's pretty sweet looking.

Awwww crap.... I just found two more guitars in storage. [img]eek.gif[/img]

One is a Hardtailed Carvin with a set neck... originally came with just a humbucker in the bridge but I routed it out for a single coil in the neck too.

The other one isn't really a guitar... just kindof an "oddity".... It's a primer-only body and neck from Silver Street guitars. It was one of the last pieces left from when they closed the factory here in Elkhart. The two pieces are in a Silver Street hard case... looks like a gun case. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

http://www.backstagemusic.com/archives/82_taxi3.jpg

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ March 14, 2004 08:02 PM: Message edited by: baimun ]</font>

Here's my ukelele. I've had it forever, but have no idea where I got it or why. I couldn't play a note if you offered me a two up.

[img]http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0QADPAhwT!Gu9r8Mr4hg7BEZMOutDu6aGZ1c1VR4iRRO84vesO w*np6AzzNbQP5q7kzz*YMb!7JyhBo8lSezpplSqdamUuR*szoz PAgBwdBg/geetar.jpg?dc=4675463840298350857[/img]

http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/cou...u%20guitar.jpg

I was really getting into to it. [img]wink.gif[/img]

No pics but I have a white Gibson SG special. The last year they made any in white.

I had a burgundy SG for a while (Looked just like Angus Young's)... but I got rid of it because the headstock was so heavy (and the body so thin and light) that I always felt like I was wrestling the neck to get it up to a comfortable playing position.

Do you wear it really high or really low? It had good tone, but just wasn't comfortable to me.

I know what you mean by the balance, so I got a fabric and leather strap with lots of grip on the shoulder. I tried a nylon strap and the damn guitar just slid all over the place.

The SG neck was made for my hands IMO, and I love the sound. I still regret trading in my old Ibanez Blazer back then....That guitar had a light body (ash?) and it screamed...feedback and squeals with total tone control.

But I played some SG's and fell in love with the neck feel....Ibanez and Fenders are a bit wide for me, and I don't like having to "work" for every note.

Sad thing is...with my age/ bad shoulder, playing ends up with a sore shoulder for days...I need to play more despite the pain....If anything, I always play Little Wing so I don't forget at least ONE song...LOL&gt;

I play through a Marshall Valvestate but usually play it clean and use my Zoom 505 effects pedal for all the cool trippy sounds.

One of my favorites is CD backing tracks...I have some 12 bar blues backing tracks that I just go insane playing over...production of the tracks are pretty good too.

Oh yeah to answer your question...I play it neither high or low..about middle...

Ah yes... that reminds me.

I stopped playing guitars with a 24 3/4" scale (I had that SG, a Les Paul, and an Explorer)... I have long fingers and the frets just seem jammed too close together.

Even Paul Reed Smith's are kinda tight (25" scale).

My Charvel (and most Strats) have a 25 1/2" scale... and my Baritone guitar has a 27" scale. That feels much more comfortable to me. [img]smile.gif[/img]

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ March 15, 2004 08:34 AM: Message edited by: baimun ]</font>

Me with my Explorer (1984)...

http://www.skyenet.net/~baimun/baimun-84.jpg

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Cool Baimun....I remember a quote from Ritchie Blackmore...who fell in love with Strats because you "Have to work for every note".

BTW: Have you ever heard anything by Danny Gatton, AKA World's best unknown Guitar player?

Listen to Funhouse from Cruisin Dueces, and you'll be blown away.

Back when Guitar World used to put those flexible plastic singles in the center of the magazine... there was a single by Gatton. It was pretty amazing.

My favorite living guitar player is Eric Johnson. [img]smile.gif[/img]

this isn't mine, but it's the same model, and the 1st pic I found...
I couldn't find it on Ibanez's site... [img]confused.gif[/img]

http://images.snapfish.com/339%3C558...3B%3A495ot1lsi

light as hell, still sounds good, and has a fairly fast neck for a cheapie bass. and it didn't cost me a dime. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ March 15, 2004 12:26 AM: Message edited by: Peter Peeker ]</font>

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Originally posted by baimun:
Hey JOR!!!!....

Why don't you take that white strat that you've beat the crap out of and turn it into one of those TECHNO DIORAMA THINGAMAJIGS!!!!!

You could paint the entire freakin thing black, dry brush silver and gold on it.... it could have all those cool gizmos and LEDs on it....

.. hell you could put a HUGE freakin cooling fan on it that would blow air up into your face and cool you off while you play!!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">...and glue some wings on the side while you're at it dammit!

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My favorite living guitar player is Eric Johnson. [img]smile.gif[/img]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Eric Johnson was the most listenable in G3. Satriani overshredded himself to embarrasment, and Vai is so hit and miss, but that's the result of Vai being an insane alien genius...

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Baimun...go to Kazaaa, or any of your download thingy's and pick up these songs by Danny Gatton:

Funhouse
The Simpsons Theme (he plays the theme but unbeleivebly)
Sky King


That's a helluva start.

OK First off,
The one in my avatar is a pic of one of mine.
Ibanez Destroyer II "Phil Collen" Model.
I've had this guitar for 20 years now and it is still among the best guitars I have ever played.
Ibanez made a hell of a neck /fretboard..This guitar plays like a dream. [img]smile.gif[/img]
http://www.electricguitar.50megs.com/Chix/d1.jpg

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ March 15, 2004 05:14 PM: Message edited by: DARTH POOH ]</font>

For Bass work I primarily use a Ric 4003 like this:
http://www.americanmusical.com/images/b/p2232b.jpg

I've always loved the melodic sound of a Ric Bass.
Of course there are times where one needs to get "phat" So I reserve my rude Necro Green Warlock for those moments.
http://www.sol.co.uk/r/ronz/images/warlocks/bcrich.jpg

http://www.hostboard.com/cgi-bin/ult.../f/7870/t/2604

Last but not least..My workhorse. Fender American Strat..Pic courtesy Guitar Trader.
http://www.guitartrader.com/itm_img/EGFNJJ+BKMSS-f.jpg
The quote buy Ritchie Blackmore pretty much sums it up about having to "work for every note" but
every note is worth that work. Still my favorite guitar sound on the planet. [img]eek.gif[/img]
I have other guitars in my collection, an Ovation
Electric/Acoustic, an old Gretsch Corvette,
Fender F10 Acoustic etc.. but I just wanted to snag up some pics of my main workhorses when it comes to recording and playing.

I have just an old strat/copy...beater type beast that I've had for nearly 20 years...tweaked it, tuned it....slapped a 'Screamin' Demon DUNCAN in it with a supressor switch. (takes the dual humbucker down to one active coil). Never been the greatest, but I've learned a few tricks over the years w/it.

sorry no pics, the bitch is tempermental!

Hey JOR!!!!....

Why don't you take that white strat that you've beat the crap out of and turn it into one of those TECHNO DIORAMA THINGAMAJIGS!!!!!

You could paint the entire freakin thing black, dry brush silver and gold on it.... it could have all those cool gizmos and LEDs on it....

.. hell you could put a HUGE freakin cooling fan on it that would blow air up into your face and cool you off while you play!!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I have no camera to take pics, but it doesn't matter since all I have right now is a crappy little Yamaha accoustic, but My last electric 6 string was an awesome metalic blue Jackson SLSMG.
I also had a Gibson/Epiphone 12 string Les Paul electric.

Out of all the guitars I've owned though, I still thought the Washburn Mercury series was one of the best.(believe it, or not)
It became a part of my hand. I haven't had a guitar that I've been as comfortable with since getting rid of it.