Presumptious but here's my Guitar collection

NICE! Is that a PRS I see in there?

dude how much for that violin bass?

CrazyChester said:

I just have to show it off every once and a while. I've been collecting them since 1962.

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Shit man, that is a really sweet collection!!! I haven't even owned half the amount of guitars you have in the 20+ years I've been playing. It's pretty pathetic after seeing your collection, but here's a pic of my meager rig:

Helvet..Actually that's 4 PRS's. A custom24, a Hallow Body, a McCarty and a McSoapy.
Rob...I got that Violin Bass in trade for installing a car stereo about 25 years ago. It sounds great. My son sues it for all of his recordings.
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Sabby...That's a great looking rig. I'd be happy to gig with your gear.
I still love to play the guitar. I play guitar, bass and drums every day. I played a 4 hour gig last night and a 3 hour gig the night before and still practice an hour and a half today.

CrazyChester said:

Helvet..Actually that's 4 PRS's. A custom24, a Hallow Body, a McCarty and a McSoapy.
Rob...I got that Violin Bass in trade for installing a car stereo about 25 years ago. It sounds great. My son sues it for all of his recordings.
MySpace.com - THE PROLES official myspace - SACRAMENTO, California - Indie / Rock - www.myspace.com/theprolesmusic
Sabby...That's a great looking rig. I'd be happy to gig with your gear.
I still love to play the guitar. I play guitar, bass and drums every day. I played a 4 hour gig last night and a 3 hour gig the night before and still practice an hour and a half today.

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Hey again. There's nothing wrong with my gear, it just looks pathetic when compared to your fiddles. I LOVE playing. I started when I was 15, and played in various bands growing up, but then I became a parent and quickly learned that music would have to take a back seat to everything else so after a while, I just sold everything I had. Then about 10 years later, my dad suddenly passed away and I remembered playing actually got me through some rough times before, so I bought another guitar and amp to get back into things, and eventually practiced enough and worked my chops back up to the point where I felt I could justify getting some nice equipment.

Unfortunately, I seems to live in a part of the state that's devoid of decent musicians who actually own their own equipment and as such, I'm getting sick and tired of looking for other people to play with and I'm thinking about selling everything and just getting a really nice acoustic.

cool tell him to expect an add from the smokes .. me band

Holy smokes what a nice collection!!! Don't I see a vintage Hofner bass there?

When I became a parent (27 years ago) I thought maybe I should quit playing, but at the time it was my main source of income. So I kept playing and quit smoking. This decision created a love for music in both of my kids. They both play professionally now. My son plays in 43 bands and my daughter sings and plays guitar in a blues band. I quit smoking until my son asked me if I wanted to get loaded with him. Now I'm a retired teacher, playing in three bands one of them has my son as a drummer. So if I were you I'd keep your current gear and buy more. Go ahead you have my permission.

potpimp said:

Holy smokes what a nice collection!!! Don't I see a vintage Hofner bass there?

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Actually its a Crown bass. There weren't to many of them built. It sounds and plays great. If I could find a good Hofner Beatle bass I'd buy it. But I'd always keep my Crown. Its great for recording.

I've got a 67 Gibson Trini Lopez that I bought new. I've never owned anything else that long. I've got another couple of nice axes too, a Jackson/Charvel model 6 and a Taylor accoustic but I'm not much of an accoustic player. I don't play the Trini much anymore because it goes out of tune pretty easy and I play hard but it sure does make some sweet notes - especially blues.

I'd go ape-shit for a Trini Lopez. That's a real keeper. Someday it will be worth a fortune. Guitars with trapeze bridges tend to go out of tune it played hard. Especially with real light strings. (which I use, 9s and 10s) My biggest problem with these guitars is feedback. But for Jazz gigs they are great.

TY Chester! It's a real sweet axe and has the best blues tone of anything I've ever heard. I use 8's and I know that's the main problem with keeping it in tune. Hopefully it will be worth a lot of dough one day; they only made 2,000 of them in a 3 year period. I could have bought a Les Paul Custom for the same price ($495) but I chose this one instead, LOL. I think the LPC is worth about $25K in good shape.

I've sold every LP I've owned including a Custom Fretless Wonder. I'd much rather have a Trini Lopez. The TL will be worth more than any LP except for maybe one that's really old or collectable due to being owned by some star. Hang on to the TL for ever. Ten years from now you'll thank yourself.