Show us your #1!

[KevinWaide]

Hey, guys. First time poster here, too. Here's my #1.



It's a 1998 American Standard, 3 color sunburst, with the Delta Tone Control System. I actually sold all the other guitars I had when I got this one (Ibanez Iceman, Fender HM Series Strat, Kramer Striker EVH, Kramer Striker ST 300, Gibson Flying V with Steinburger TransTrem) because I didn't touch them anymore. Now, every time someone plays my Strat, they end up trying to buy it from me. lol It's the best sounding Strat I believe I have ever heard.

[boobtube21]

Uh, I don't know if I can do this, but here's my other #1...



I don't have a name for this one yet. Maybe I'll start a thread looking for suggestions just kidding!

[MMP]

I go back and forth on which guitar is my #1 too, but it's got to be one of these. Just depends on my mood and what the song calls for.

My '01 American Series


My '02 Gibson R8

[KevinWaide]

I just call mine #1. Seems fitting for me.

[nabskater]

MMP- Nice grain on that strat!

[lure555]

Honestly, I've determined that my "#1" depends on the project. When I've been more of a "lead guitarist," my 83 MIJ 62RI was the one. When my the music is "big," it's 99 Les Paul Classic. Nowadays, my music is more lean and mean so it's my 06 homemade "Bella" JM...

[usc96]

[usc96]

To be fair, I split my time with the one in the foreground.

[TonsofBlues]

Hey, guys. First time poster here, too. Here's my #1.



It's a 1998 American Standard, 3 color sunburst, with the Delta Tone Control System. I actually sold all the other guitars I had when I got this one (Ibanez Iceman, Fender HM Series Strat, Kramer Striker EVH, Kramer Striker ST 300, Gibson Flying V with Steinburger TransTrem) because I didn't touch them anymore. Now, every time someone plays my Strat, they end up trying to buy it from me. lol It's the best sounding Strat I believe I have ever heard.

You should really get your #1 to stop smoking! Those things kill!

Nice strat!

[KevinWaide]

Yeah, but it gives it that growl that I just can't live without. :-)

[lodeli]

My # 1 and only guitar for many years (63 model in my possession since 66) has just come back from the guitar maker who has returned it to its original colour.

[Gunner]

My # 1 and only guitar for many years (63 model in my possession since 66) has just come back from the guitar maker who has returned it to its original colour.

Now this is a guitar!

Funny, people try to obtain street cred by buying relic'd guitars and you restore your MojoCaster to its original glamour. This is what I like!

The mojo isn't in the dings IMO. Beautiful guitar, just beautiful

[GuitarG]

My Number 1 Strat. '84ish '57RI I bought it new and have played it on almost every gig since. Used but not abused.

[BassmanTweed]

56 NOS

[Stratoclutter]

Don't hate my babies !!! they're sick ...

[Stratoclutter]

So I like 70's Strats ... and the AVRI 70's is a sweeeeeeeeet axe ... but when you want a classic twangy bangy Sound without no compromise ... you gotta love the legacy !

[Tosprops]

Here is my #1 (and only) Eric Johnson Strat, my Taylor 801, and my Stelling Red Fox Banjo.

[Mike Duncan]

http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL664.../170534068.jpg


http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL664.../202815323.jpg


SRV Strat and '60 Relic

[TT100]

Sorry for the same old pic.

'01 R4GT (Historic 1954 RI) with the Weber 5e3x2 I built a few years ago.



TT

[slikwili]

My R4 VOS Goldtop is one of my favorites.

Absolutely INCREDIBLE TONE!!!!!!!!

[stevechilders]

My 50th Anniversary Masterbuilt!

[marek]

hail the power of the stratocaster
fender lite ash (mik) but hey....the neck is perfect for me, slight v feel, and the SD ssl's are not bad for blues at all.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h9...teashstrat.jpg

[RBscrim]

1996 Custom Shop carved top Strat #188. As I understand it, this Strat was designed by John Page and John Suhr and was built by Gene Baker.

[Fripperton]

I've just recently started using the Strat on the right as my new #1 with Wave Invasion. It's a '01 US standard and except for some Fender locking tuners I installed which are a dirct replacement for the original tuners it's stock. Right now I'm splitting duty with it and the 87 US in the middle.

[IplayforJC]

Here's my current set of #1s:




Top to bottom: Carvin LB75, Carvin BB75P, Carvin DC135M, 2006 Fender AmDlx Strat HSS, 2006 Gibson Les Paul Classic.

Old pic. Sold Carvin CT4M last month.


#1 Acoustically speaking:
Taylor 310ce

Michael Kelly Phoenix 5

[MadStork]

My (lately) #1. It's pretty much all I've used the past few months.

[Marco]

This is mine, '94 Am. Std. bought new in USA...

[KevinWaide]

My (lately) #1. It's pretty much all I've used the past few months.

Man, that is beautiful. How does it sound?

[Cottage]

my #1 strat

Great looking setup. Did you do anything to the speakers in that Bassman? The reason I ask is that years ago I had a similar amp that I played an LP through. For some reason, stock Piggyback Bassmans always sounded very dull for guitar to me. I wasn't until I used an oversized cab with a D130 that the amp really opened up. At the time I thought it was that they used speakers specifically for Bass and that the baffling in the cabs was different than say Bandmasters. Granted, I don't think I ever played a Fender through one in those days. Can anyone enlighten me on this?

[MadStork]

Man, that is beautiful. How does it sound?

Thanks for the compliment. Sounds great to my ear. I use Gibson Les Paul Preferred 9-46 strings, plugged straight in to a Marshall AVT-50 amp. When I use the amp, which isn't often at home. It took me a long time to warm up to this guitar (I've always preferred Gibsons to Fender) but it's my #1 by a long stretch these days.

[KevinWaide]

I've always been a Strat fan. I've had one LP-type guitar, and I just couldn't get used to it. Got my first Strat (1989 Fuschia HM Series Strat) in 1992 and realized what a guitar should sound and feel like. Sold the HM series Strat when I got my American Standard, because I just didn't touch the guitar anymore.

[pauly64]

Thanks for the compliment. Actually when I bought the bassman the speaker cab was empty, so I really can't comment on the original speakers that came in it. I have tried a few different speaker configurations in it and settled on an eminence red fang, and a red white and blues. If it came with a speaker designed for bass, it probably was high powered and that can make it sound somewhat sterile. (I did try some higher powered speakers in it and didn't like them nearly as much.) FWIW

Great looking setup. Did you do anything to the speakers in that Bassman? The reason I ask is that years ago I had a similar amp that I played an LP through. For some reason, stock Piggyback Bassmans always sounded very dull for guitar to me. I wasn't until I used an oversized cab with a D130 that the amp really opened up. At the time I thought it was that they used speakers specifically for Bass and that the baffling in the cabs was different than say Bandmasters. Granted, I don't think I ever played a Fender through one in those days. Can anyone enlighten me on this?

[Mike20]

.a couple of elderly DC's..



...'71...

[Erock_Germany]

Well, these guys are currently enjoying the most favored status in the flock!







In our last small gigs this is all I took with me and guess what.....it all worked, sounded great and my back did not hurt

[StorminNorman]

'57 refinishe/repaired non tremolo. This was blue 20 years ago.

[deeb]

me fav, even over the old ones.
http://www.willcuttguitars.com/morei...p?stock_id=566

[gadzooka]

Bringing back this old thread to post my updated #1 pic: 2003 AmSe and 1967 ES-335 ~ whichever one is in my hands at a given moment is my #1.

http://home.att.net/~njsignals/es335/strat335.jpg

[Tonedrip]

Glad this thread is happening again..... here's a recent aquisition that I really dig. Hard to believe the quality of the first run of these JVs . Honestly rivals the custom shop 50's models I have owned.


I982 JV Squier 57 reissue JV0xxxx

[ampdan]

.

[longhair55]

New one on the left, I really like it! ('54 ThinSkin),but they are both numbers 1's