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The longest time a guitar has been with you?
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Wow! Thanks for picture! Still looking great at 91-years old! This guitar is a “family inheritance”....Yes, Awesome Grandma!
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The guitar I've had the longest is an asian-made "Drifter" by Continental (??) that I bought 47 years ago and is now basically unplayable. I wanted it because it looked like the ones I saw being played on TV. I was about 15 years old and while I'd been playing for about 3 years. I didn't know the first thing about guitars beyond knowing about a dozen chords but I saw what people on TV were playing and I knew my little starter guitar just "wasn't it"
My oldest still playable guitar is my Applause acoustic that I bought in 1982-3 (can't remember exactly when). She's about 36 years old or so and still sounds pretty good. She lives in our vacation home and I still pull her out from time to time. Best, PJ
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Rayna's guitar |
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Thanks for the reminder STORMIN.... |
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You’re an awesome Grandma too! While reading yours and Woodbox’s stories, this song came to my mind, though not exactly related...one of my favourite country songs... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IHU...&feature=share
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Great pictures!
Hi Jim. Thanks for sharing your story! Great pictures!
You’re second or third in the running for “The Record Holder”!!! There’s so many posts that I kind of lost count already... Quote:
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My 62 gibson SJ and I have been together for 48 years
I got a phone call from a music girlfriend in 1971 about a gibson for sale for $165. She had another girlfriend whose brother was in army overseas (VN) and he was wanting her to sell the gibson for him.
It has been my "go-to" guitar all my musical life and has survived a lifetime of being a river guide and living and traveling all over. I got the crappy plastic/metal bridge replaced with a custom mahogany bridge in about 1975 by luthier Mike Stevens in college days in Austin, before Mike became in charge of the fender custom shop. That really changed the tone and Mike's set up was also amazing. I think all the travel dried up the wood and gave it an amazing tone over time. I wore out the frets and had the neck refreted by a very skilled luthier using original sized frets. 2 winters ago I had it hanging near a humidifier for a month and I noticed the bridge starting to peel up on the back corners. I need to get it to a good luthier that will not muck it up, till then it sits in it's case, detuned and has fresh bovida pouches changed out every 6 months. Poor Gibby! It has been my best buddy for a long time and I am sure it will be with me to the end. I have quite a nice collection of awesome guitars that come and go, but the Gibby stays. Not sure how to attach image for this site, looks like I need a URL?? |
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Thanks for story! For me, I use (download) the App “Tapatalk” on my I-Phone. It is a breeze to take pictures and post them on AGF. Maybe you can try it....
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All I can say its been a long time !
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In 1962, my brother Bob and I found a 1958 J-50 that neither of us could afford, but we chipped in and paid the $125 and took it home.
About 1969, I came home from a year long hitch-hiking trip overseas and was flat broke, so I sold my half to Bob. He still owns the Gibson and it's still a great guitar. It has had the adjustable bridge made into a fixed bridge, has new buttons on the Kluson tuners and had a re-fret about 6 or 7 years ago, but otherwise is all original. I still get to play it every time I visit. Here is Bob playing his old J-50 in his dining room while I play his Epiphone 12-string.
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Jim _____________________ -1962 Martin D-21 -1950 Gibson LG1 -1958 Goya M-26 -Various banjos, mandolins, dulcimers, ukuleles, Autoharps, mouth harps. . . Last edited by PHJim; 11-16-2019 at 11:58 PM. |
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I own a 1988 Guild GF-60 maple, which I bought new that year. So 31 years, nearing 32. I think I bought it in the spring.
It’s only upgrade. Grover Sta-tites. Sorry, I thought the headstock picture was bigger.
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Sweet, lovely guitar! I put Sta-tites on my D35 too, the originals were horrible.
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Gibson ES-335 Studio 2016; Furch OM34sr 2015; Fender MiJ Geddy Lee Jazz bass, 2009; Taylor 414CE 2005; Guild D35 NT 1976; Fender MIM Classic 60s Tele 2008; Fender US Standard Strat 1992; G&L ASAT classic hollowbody 2005; Ibanez RG350MDX 2010(?); Ibanez Musician fretless, 1980s; Seymour Duncan Tube 84-40; Vox AC4TV; Ex-pat Brit in Sweden
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A 1982 Yamaha 420s.Don't play it much anymore. It is a right handed guitar Im left handed but started out playing it upside down for my first 18 years.Then traded a boat for my strat (lefty) and learned all over again.Was not easy
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Bourgeois Custom OM SS all mahogany (current favorite ) Collings CJ35 (German spruce top) Collings 01SB Martin OMJM Martin Jeff Daniels custom OM #33 Martin Eric Clapton Custom Signature Martin CEO-7 Martin 0-18 Guild F65ce Waterloo WL12 MH Fender Stratocaster 1980 (American My biggest fear is when i die my wife will sell my guitars for what I told her they cost |
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I'm a bit of a pack rat. None of my guitars are especially valuable and I only play three of them with any regularity. My oldest is a 1973 (making it 46 years old) Kay folk size guitar that is pretty low quality and unplayable. I'm also the second owner of a 1973 Takamine that I've owned since 1991 but I dismantled it because of a lifting bridge, decaying neck angle and a split brace so it's unplayable as well. My oldest playable guitar is a 1989 Kramer electric that is pretty much a case queen but far from vintage. After that, my remaining guitars are 20, 13, 10 and 6. I play the 13 year old one - a Larrivee OM-03R - the most. It's aged quite well, though it's far from pristine in appearance. The way I see it, guitars are tools made to be played without any sort of a suppression of passion.
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(2006) Larrivee OM-03R, (2009) Martin D-16GT, (1998) Fender Am Std Ash Stratocaster, (2013) McKnight McUke, (1989) Kramer Striker ST600, a couple of DIY builds (2013, 2023) |
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My fender dg5. Been with me 15 years, my daughter was a baby when I got it. Still my main guitar.
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You don't stop playing when you get old, you get old when you stop playing! Fender DG5 natural Tanglewood Discovery Super Folk DBT SFCE TBL Tanglewood TU13M ukulele Brunswick BU4B baritone ukulele Valencia VC204H hybrid Deacon MA100 Mandolin |