What Do You Collect?

[Street Glider]

Everyone seems to collect something.

I collected $2 bills for a while. I don't know why, I just did. There's no special value to them, they just seem to be an oddity.

I used to collect vintage guitars and amplifiers, but that got a bit spendy. My late wife once took umbrage at me spending $17,000 on a custom color Fender Stratocaster some years back, but she relented when I sold it for $31,000 some years later. For a while I collected Bald Eagles; figurines, photos, stuffed animals, etc. That got way out of hand, though, and I started running out of room. I spent a while collecting fine watches, but that gets to be an expensive hobby real fast. I now have just a few very nice pieces which I enjoy wearing.

I now collect vintage cameras and Kodak memorabilia, and have a pretty formidable collection of each.

So, whaddya' collect?

 

[LurchAddams]

Everyone seems to collect something.

I collected $2 bills for a while. I don't know why, I just did. There's no special value to them, they just seem to be an oddity.

I used to collect vintage guitars and amplifiers, but that got a bit spendy. My late wife once took umbrage at me spending $17,000 on a custom color Fender Stratocaster some years back, but she relented when I sold it for $31,000 some years later. For a while I collected Bald Eagles; figurines, photos, stuffed animals, etc. That got way out of hand, though, and I started running out of room. I spent a while collecting fine watches, but that gets to be an expensive hobby real fast. I now have just a few very nice pieces which I enjoy wearing.

I now collect vintage cameras and Kodak memorabilia, and have a pretty formidable collection of each.

So, whaddya' collect?

Stolen 2020 trump ballots.

I own a 78 Fender Strat, Black with a tremolo bar.

 

[Street Glider]

Stolen 2020 trump ballots.

Ah, so that's where they went...

I own a 78 Fender Strat, Black with a tremolo bar.

What do you think of the three-bolt neck?

I had a '79 for a while and, despite all the negative press that CBS got for the three-bolt neck, mine was pretty rock solid...

 

[NiftyNiblick]

I collected guns when I was a kid--I still have nine, I believe, somewhere in storage--
but I completely lost interest after my military service.

 

[LurchAddams]

Stolen 2020 trump ballots.[p/quote]

Ah, so that's where they went...





What do you think of the three-bolt neck?

I had a '79 for a while and, despite all the negative press that CBS got for the three-bolt neck, mine was pretty rock solid...

I have not heard the term, "three bolt neck". Prior to the 78 Strat, I had a white 76 Strat with a "bird's eye" maple neck. No tremolo bar. Without the tremolo works it made the instrument much lighter. It caught a lot of people's eye before it was stolen from my high school music room along with a bunch of other instruments. That's when I bought the black one.

 

[NiftyNiblick]

I have not heard the term, "three bolt neck". Prior to the 78 Strat, I had a white 76 Strat with a "bird's eye" maple neck. No tremolo bar. Without the tremolo works it made the instrument much lighter. It caught a lot of people's eye before it was stolen from my high school music room along with a bunch of other instruments. That's when I bought the black one.

My friend is a guitarist in a ten-piece band--five horns, two keys, guitar, bass, and drums.
The two keyboard players are the male and female lead vocalists.
Whoever has the lead vocal plays his or her keyboard in piano voice, while the other plays in a different preset like organ, accordion, or string ensemble.

His secondary or "dirty" guitar is a black Strat with maple fingerboard and white pearloid pickguard.
His clean guitar for then usual "Freddie Green" work is a Sadowsky SS-15 jazz archtop.
He also has a nylon string classical guitar that he doesn't play with the band, but I can't remember the luthier. who made it

In addition to the gamers, he has an entire collection of vintage guitars that he keeps in a climate-controlled vault.
I understand that the collection is worth a few bucks, so I'm sure that his two kids will sell them when he's gone.

I think Fenders with rosewood rather than maple necks look unfinished if they have the standard maple headstock.
The maple necked ones look ok, but the dark-necked ones should have either black or matching headstocks by my aesthetic tastes.

Sorry. I guess this thread was about collections, not specifically guitars.

 

[Street Glider]

I have not heard the term, "three bolt neck". Prior to the 78 Strat, I had a white 76 Strat with a "bird's eye" maple neck. No tremolo bar. Without the tremolo works it made the instrument much lighter. It caught a lot of people's eye before it was stolen from my high school music room along with a bunch of other instruments. That's when I bought the black one.

After CBS bought Fender from Leo Fender in '65, their bean counters tried all kinds of ways to cuts costs. Going to the three-bolt "micro tilt" neck was one of them (actually at the behest of Leo, who had been kept on as a consultant). They also started making their own tuning machines instead of buying Klusons.

The two biggest changes CBS made with Fender, though, remain the three-bolt neck and the addition of a Master Volume control to many of their amplifiers.

I used to have a blackface Showman, which came as a piggy-back set-up with a 1x15" cabinet with a JBL-D130. At 85 watts, it was like a Fender Twin, but in a head (it also lacked reverb). Thankfully, it also lacked the Master Volume.

I swear, that amp would damn-near give you a haircut...

 

[LurchAddams]

My friend is a guitarist in a ten-piece band--five horns, two keys, guitar, bass, and drums.
The two keyboard players are the male and female lead vocalists.
Whoever has the lead vocal plays his or her keyboard in piano voice, while the other plays in a different preset like organ, accordion, or string ensemble.

His secondary or "dirty" guitar is a black Strat with maple fingerboard and white pearloid pickguard.
His clean guitar for then usual "Freddie Green" work is a Sadowsky SS-15 jazz archtop.
He also has a nylon string classical guitar that he doesn't play with the band, but I can't remember the luthier. who made it

In addition to the gamers, he has an entire collection of vintage guitars that he keeps in a climate-controlled vault.
I understand that the collection is worth a few bucks, so I'm sure that his two kids will sell them when he's gone.

I think Fenders with rosewood rather than maple necks look unfinished if they have the standard maple headstock.
The maple necked ones look ok, but the dark-necked ones should have either black or matching headstocks by my aesthetic tastes.

Sorry. I guess this thread was about collections, not specifically guitars.

Man, what treasure chest you friend has! Nice!

 

[Hawkeye10]

Everyone seems to collect something.

I collected $2 bills for a while. I don't know why, I just did. There's no special value to them, they just seem to be an oddity.

I used to collect vintage guitars and amplifiers, but that got a bit spendy. My late wife once took umbrage at me spending $17,000 on a custom color Fender Stratocaster some years back, but she relented when I sold it for $31,000 some years later. For a while I collected Bald Eagles; figurines, photos, stuffed animals, etc. That got way out of hand, though, and I started running out of room. I spent a while collecting fine watches, but that gets to be an expensive hobby real fast. I now have just a few very nice pieces which I enjoy wearing.

I now collect vintage cameras and Kodak memorabilia, and have a pretty formidable collection of each.

So, whaddya' collect?

As I sit here I cant think of anything that I have ever collected, not even as a kid did I do that.

 

[LurchAddams]

After CBS bought Fender from Leo Fender in '65, their bean counters tried all kinds of ways to cuts costs. Going to the three-bolt "micro tilt" neck was one of them (actually at the behest of Leo, who had been kept on as a consultant). They also started making their own tuning machines instead of buying Klusons.

The two biggest changes CBS made with Fender, though, remain the three-bolt neck and the addition of a Master Volume control to many of their amplifiers.

I used to have a blackface Showman, which came as a piggy-back set-up with a 1x15" cabinet with a JBL-D130. At 85 watts, it was like a Fender Twin, but in a head (it also lacked reverb). Thankfully, it also lacked the Master Volume.

I swear, that amp would damn-near give you a haircut...

LOL, I have a tiny "Crate" amp, the casing is made of natural wood. It has a gain and a "master gain dial and reverb. It's plenty good for personal use. I'd have to "mike" it if I ever had to perform anywhere.

 

[NiftyNiblick]

LOL, I have a tiny "Crate" amp, the casing is made of natural wood. It has two gain dials and reverb. It's plenty good for personal use. I'd have to "mike" it if I ever had to perform anywhere.

The band to which I alluded doesn't have amps on the bandstand. Just a few monitors.
The electric instruments are "direct input" to the mixer.
Rock bands don't like to do that because the amp sound is part of the music, I'm told.

 

[LurchAddams]

The band to which I alluded doesn't have amps on the bandstand. Just a few monitors.
The electric instruments are "direct input" to the mixer.
Rock bands don't like to do that because the amp sound is part of the music, I'm told.

I'm a rocker from the 70's. Rush, Ted Nugent, Boston, Grand Funk, Deep Purple, etc.

 

[Geeko Sportivo]

I collect Guitars and amps! I currently have 38 guitars, 14 are electric US Fender Strats or Tele's, and 15 various tube amps, mostly Fender! I usually have a booth at the guitar shows in my 5 state area. I also repair and set-up guitars. Give guitar lessons, and play guitar in a local band. It's crazy I know, but I have over 100 pedals!

But that's not the craziest collection I have. I am the only nut I know that has over 30,000 45 rpm records, mostly all hand selected, mostly in NM condition, I have collected over the last 60 years. Not just from the US, as I have records from all over the world. Every one is a classic, mostly with it's original factory sleeve, or a color sleeve, mostly Black, and protective plastic clear outside sleeves to protect them. It's one of the largest Garage Band collections on the planet, same for my revered Rockabilly collection, and also the same for my rare Northern Soul collection. They are all for sale now! I sell on various Media platforms, and at most of the big record shows across America. I have over 1,000 Beatles 45's from just about every country on the planet- and 100's of their picture sleeves. Rolling Stones same thing!

I also have over 12 thousand albums. And I have approximately 2500 Radio Station PROMO 12 inch SINGLES records from the 70's and 80's! I sort of bought out a radio station once.

This may explain why I also collect Ex-wives!

But Hey, they are still one of my favorite collections!

And no, I don't keep them in the basement or attic! LOL!

 

[Street Glider]

LOL, I have a tiny "Crate" amp, the casing is made of natural wood. It has a gain and a "master gain dial and reverb. It's plenty good for personal use. I'd have to "mike" it if I ever had to perform anywhere.

Hah! That was my very first amp. I bought it off a buddy of mine for $50 after he bought a Dean Markley amp...

 

[Street Glider]

I collect Guitars and amps! I currently have 38 guitars, 14 are electric US Fender Strats or Tele's, and 15 various tube amps, mostly Fender! I usually have a booth at the guitar shows in my 5 state area. I also repair and set-up guitars. Give guitar lessons, and play guitar in a local band. It's crazy I know, but I have over 100 pedals!

But that's not the craziest collection I have. I am the only nut I know that has over 30,000 45 rpm records, mostly all hand selected, mostly in NM condition, I have collected over the last 60 years. Not just from the US, as I have records from all over the world. Every one is a classic, mostly with it's original factory sleeve, or a color sleeve, mostly Black, and protective plastic clear outside sleeves to protect them. It's one of the largest Garage Band collections on the planet, same for my revered Rockabilly collection, and also the same for my rare Northern Soul collection. They are all for sale now! I sell on various Media platforms, and at most of the big record shows across America. I have over 1,000 Beatles 45's from just about every country on the planet- and 100's of their picture sleeves. Rolling Stones same thing!

I also have over 12 thousand albums. All different.

This may explain why I also collect Ex-wives!

That's nuts!

At the height of my collecting, I had 48 guitars; electric, acoustic, Gibson, Fender, Martin, Taylor, Guild, Rickenbacker, PRS.

After a while I decided to liquidate and keep only a select few.

I've had many amps through the years, but my favorites were a Marshall Bluesbreaker reissue, a '62 (brown) Fender Princeton and a British made (1965, maybe?) Vox AC-15. That may have been the sweetest sounding amp I've ever played through...

 

[Geeko Sportivo]

That's nuts!

At the height of my collecting, I had 48 guitars; electric, acoustic, Gibson, Fender, Martin, Taylor, Guild, Rickenbacker, PRS.

After a while I decided to liquidate and keep only a select few.

I've had many amps through the years, but my favorites were a Marshall Bluesbreaker reissue, a '62 (brown) Fender Princeton and a British made (19665m maybe?) Vox AC-15. That may have been the sweetest sounding amp I've ever played through...

I've always wanted one of those new re-issue Bluesbreakers- mostly because I was Big fan of Clapton when he was with the Bluesbreakers! Hey, I'll trade you my MINTY QUEENY SPECIAL AC30CC2 w/Alnico Creambacks for your AC15 RIGHT NOW!

Yep this stuff gets in your blood don't it? LIKE A VIRUS! LIKE A POISON!

It's nice to know we have some other hopelessly and totally sick guitfiddlers round' here!

 

[Street Glider]

The band to which I alluded doesn't have amps on the bandstand. Just a few monitors.
The electric instruments are "direct input" to the mixer.
Rock bands don't like to do that because the amp sound is part of the music, I'm told.

It varies.

A lot of bands have moved away from having amplifiers onstage and going through their pedal board then into a DI box.

Personally, I always liked having an amp on stage, even if it's only something like a Deluxe Reverb. I figure I can always slap an SM-57 in front of it and run it through the mains...

 

[Geeko Sportivo]

As I sit here I cant think of anything that I have ever collected, not even as a kid did I do that.

I must confess, I was in the Boy Scouts from CUB to Eagle- and we got merit badges for collecting things. Back in those days, it was like Model Cars and planes and things, Baseball cards etc. But I lived my whole life collecting something ever since!

 

[Street Glider]

I've always wanted one of those new re-issue Bluesbreakers- mostly because I was Big fan of Clapton when he was with the Bluesbreakers! Hey, I'll trade you my MINTY QUEENY SPECIAL AC30CC2 w/Alnico Creambacks for your AC15 RIGHT NOW!

Yep this stuff gets in your blood don't it? LIKE A VIRUS! LIKE A POISON!

It's nice to know we have some other hopelessly and totally sick guitfiddlers round' here!

The problem with the Bluesbreaker is that it's freaking heavy as fuck. It always went into a venue on a hand-truck. No way was I carrying that thing in and out.

And I sold the AC-15 about 15 years ago.

Yeah, I regret it...

 

[Geeko Sportivo]

The band to which I alluded doesn't have amps on the bandstand. Just a few monitors.
The electric instruments are "direct input" to the mixer.
Rock bands don't like to do that because the amp sound is part of the music, I'm told.

I jam with all kinds of people and a lot of people do that now that show up at the jams. Me I lug in my 65 lb Twin like a fool! But, Hey! I am totally in control of what I sound like. Here of late, I have been playing a lot of acoustic, and my Fender Acoustasonic 150 is lightweight and I even play my electric guitar through it, and I can drive right through the mix with confidence!