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08-13-2017, 11:30 PM
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How Long have you Owned your Oldest Guitar?
The question is not who owns the oldest guitar; it's the guitar you've owned the longest. It has to be one you currently own. Pictures required
 The one I've owned the longest is my Kazuo Yairi Conquistador classical. I got it early 1978 in a trade for a Gibson J-50, so I've owned in for 39-1/2 years. This is a trade I have never regretted - K Yairi instruments are sweet sounding and well built. This guitar is an absolute gem. Looking at the picture of the back, it's hard to believe that the back is laminated - but it is.  
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08-13-2017, 11:59 PM
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I bought this Takamine new in 1972 for $49.95.
 
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08-14-2017, 12:09 AM
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This one, since 1980 when I bought it new. My third guitar, and second electric.
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'17 Tonedevil S-18 harp guitar '16 Tonedevil S-12 harp guitar '79 Fender Stratocaster hardtail with righteous new Warmoth neck '82 Fender Musicmaster bass '15 Breedlove Premier OF mandolin Marshall JVM210c amp plus a bunch of stompboxes and misc. gear
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08-14-2017, 12:15 AM
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08-14-2017, 01:15 AM
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08-14-2017, 02:41 AM
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I bought my Guild D-55 new in 1977.
Sorry, can't post pics any more.  List price 40 years ago was $595 and I doubt I was savvy enough to negotiate. That's $14.88 a year. $1.24 a month 29 cents a week 4 cents a day to enjoy a Guild D-55 for 40 years is absolutely the best money I've ever spent!!! 
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08-14-2017, 02:50 AM
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No records for old age here, but the guitar that I have owned for the longest time is my 0028, made by a local luthier in 1998.
download fail - pic to follow. Back in the '90s it was not easy to find 12 fret guitars, nor to find small bodied guitars. This luthier was cabin crew for British Airways, and frequently flew from Heathrow to New York, whereupon he would take a bus to a place called Nazerth in Pennsylvania. He (told me ) he was pals with Dick Boak, and was permitted to wander around the workshops and gather rejected pieces of tonewoods, which they would pack up for him so he could get it onto the bus and latterly his aeroplane. At that time thwer was no thought of smuggling illegal woods, or avoiding Excise duty. (Apparently). Anyway he had gathered together an appreciable stock of spruce tops, and EI rosewood tops and backs. I can't remember if the mahogany necks were stock blanks or finished. I saw both. This guitar was built to celebrate my fiftieth birthday - and was commissioned and paid for by my wife. (It cost an appreciable amount of her savings at that time. As you can see the body profile is not exactly a Martin copy, but has the Martin shorter scale of 24.9" with 1 & 7/*" nut and 2 & 3/8" string spacing. The top was cut down from a top cut out for a Jumbo of some sort. and the EIR back and sides were made originally for a deeper bodied design. Martin precut wooden parts often with small "ears" in order to fit into the machinery - a broken "ear" will cause a top to be rejected, even if the top is ok. We had a lot of problems with intonation initially as the bridge was wrongly placed, and this has it's third bridge (which is why it is a bit larger thanther standard pyramid bridge. The top has an unusual medullary ray pattern which I like a great deal, and it has turned a lovely honey brown and even more surprising the rosewood sides have turned a beautiful pale. It lives on the wall of my little office listening to talk radio much of the day, and has developed a surprisingly beautiful tone - more like a Dreadnought than a 00. I'll try to put some pics on another mail.
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Silly Moustache, Just an old Limey acoustic guitarist, Dobrolist, mandolier and singer. I'm here to try to help and advise and I offer one to one lessons/meetings/mentoring via Zoom! Last edited by Silly Moustache; 08-14-2017 at 03:14 AM.
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08-14-2017, 03:58 AM
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41 years ago I bought this new from Veneman Music in Springfield VA, I was 17.
1976 D-28 
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08-14-2017, 04:29 AM
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My second guitar is a 1962 Gibson ES-125T that I traded a moped for in the early 80's. A friend of my Father's had Parkinson's and couldn't ride a motorcycle anymore. So I've have it for about 35 years.
My oldest guitar is a 1940 Harmony tenor guitar that I've had for 4 and a half years.
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08-14-2017, 05:29 AM
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It was the first guitar that was purchased new. I've owned it for 40 years.
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