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Old 12-09-2017, 06:31 PM
Dru Edwards Dru Edwards is offline
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Default What's the oldest Electric Guitar you own?

As the title says, what's the oldest Electric Guitar you own? My oldest would be my first electric, a Series A Strat type guitar I got back in 1987. I still have it but it's not worth playing compared to my other guitars.

My oldest "great" guitar is my 1999 Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus that I bought new.
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Old 12-09-2017, 06:43 PM
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Dru, I have an 88 Strat plus in mint condition, 88 Tanqueray Strat of which there were about 100 built for the Gin company, dead mint with the original strings still on it. I recently sold a mint 87 E series Strat made in Japan. I have been downsizing. -- Darwin
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Old 12-09-2017, 06:49 PM
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My 82 SG followed by my 85 Les Paul custom.
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Old 12-09-2017, 06:56 PM
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Dru, I have an 88 Strat plus in mint condition, 88 Tanqueray Strat of which there were about 100 built for the Gin company, dead mint with the original strings still on it. I recently sold a mint 87 E series Strat made in Japan. I have been downsizing. -- Darwin
Original strings on the Strat? I take it it's never/rarely been played? What's a Tanqueray Strat?


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My 82 SG followed by my 85 Les Paul custom.
Sweet. Gotta love both the SG and the LP. Are they stock pickups? What are they?
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Old 12-09-2017, 06:57 PM
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I have two from 1986, a Guild X=170 (bought new) and a Guild T-250.
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Old 12-09-2017, 07:03 PM
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'93 LP Studio Wine/Gold. Stock except for a Golden Age roller bridge, an RS Guitar electronics upgrade under the hood, and I changed the A5 to an A2 on the bridge to smooth it a bit more. I love it.
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Old 12-09-2017, 07:06 PM
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I have a 1960 Fender Musicmaster.
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Old 12-09-2017, 07:23 PM
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Original Boogie Bodies, mid-late 70s, hard tail swamp ash body with birdseye maple/ebony neck... looks like it was made a few days ago...
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Old 12-09-2017, 07:44 PM
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a JV series Squier strat I bought new in '85, the actual date of manufacture is late '83.
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Old 12-09-2017, 07:49 PM
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Gretsch 6117 Double Annie I bought new in May '64, along with its companion Ampeg top-panel/no 'verb Rocket R-12A - both in semi-retirement...
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Old 12-09-2017, 08:19 PM
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'68 blonde Tele that is a beast.
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Old 12-09-2017, 08:49 PM
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My 1976 Fender Strat which I've owned since, 1976. (It's the blonde in the middle).

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Old 12-09-2017, 09:29 PM
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I have an original Danelectro 59, the double-cut with two lipstick pups, just like Jimmy Page used to play. Date unknown, but it's an old one.
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Old 12-09-2017, 11:41 PM
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I have a Thinline Tele made in either 1968 or 1969 (can't tell exactly which year because Fender overlapped serial numbers in these two years). I bought it from the original owner in 1976.
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Old 12-10-2017, 05:53 AM
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Currently it's a 2011 Gibson SG '60s Tribute.
Oldest I've ever owned was a 1952 Les Paul.
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