Every musician that I've ever known, when asked about their arsenal of instruments, have a difficult time shutting up. Other musicians are usually responsive and entertained, some drool over their colleagues collections, others may quietly chuckle.

I will start this thread off by listing my guitars and banjo. At this moment in history, these are them:

1962 Fender Telecaster
1976 Ibanez Artist AR50
1978 Rickenbacker 4001
1980 Deering Sierra Banjo
1982 Rickenbacker 360-12 String
2001 Rickenbacker 360 Carl Wilson Limited Edition
2006 Simon and Patrick CW Mini Jumbo Acoustic

I usually only talk about my instruments (such as they are) at pistol point.
Actually, I value listening above playing these days, which has been interpreted in some circles as laziness...

My list pales into insignificance (quality-wise) compared to Roger's but I can live with that...

At present I have a Yamaha DX-7, still a fine keyboard IMO, a Viscount organ module thingy which is being repaired at present and a Roland KR-55 keyboard which looks impressive but is actually falling to bits. I hope to replace it soon.

I am also the proud owner of a Jew's harp, a bottleneck (sans guitar) and other rubbish.

My wife has a spinet, a bass recorder (as in huge flute), two darrabukkas (Turkish drums) and a primitive Morroccan stringed instrument whose name eludes me at present.

To be continued (maybe)...

Maybe of more interest than all of the above is the fact that I used to own a Clavioline in the mid-sixties (the third illustration down). I bought it in London and the thing weighed a ton. It blew a gasket and no-one in the area could fix it. The local music instrument store certainly broke their @sses trying to.

Eventually a Swede bought it. Can't beat the Swedes.

you can with butter and plenty of black pepper

My guitars,keyboards,pedals and amps

Guitars

1, Fender Jaguar-surf green

2, Fender Stratocaster with seymour duncan humbuckers

3, Epiphone Les Paul-Gibson sunburst

4, Original Epiphone semi-acosutic (rare)

5, Encore (which i burnt the tone knobs)

6, Eko Acousitc-old beater /other acoustics

7, Lamick bass

Keyboards

1, Roland RD-300 SX

2, Roland RS-9

3, Gem-RK7

Pedals

1, Boss GT-8 (Best pedal in the world,got everything)

2, Ibanez distortion pedal

Amps

1, Marshall 60 watt

2, Marshall 120 watt

3, and some bass amp dont know the name


Also my borthers got Tama drum kits etc

Very cool instruments...you've got me drooling. CCW's Surf Green Fender Jaguar must be unreal. I always wanted a Jaguar, but it never happened. I've listed my guitars and banjo, here's the rest:

Yamaha Tenor Saxophone (model something or other.)
Yamaha DX-7 Keyboard (A superb instrument, can't imagine ever needing anything else.)
Gibson F-Style Mandolin (Most likely from 1942. Pretty rare I'm told, I'm frightened to look at it the wrong way.)

Vox AC30 amp from the 1970's I think
Fender Twin Reverb also from the 1970's as far as I know
A 1980 Pork (I kid you not) class A tube amp custom built for me by Antoine Pork (again, I kid you not, that's his name) in Chicago, IL, USA.
Roland JC-120

Cool stuff "EA" Like the Gibson F-Style Mandolin in there more be awesome to play???

Now you're talking.

And when you're fed up with playing it you can always f@rt around with the algorithms.

I've always wanted a Telecaster and a Rickenbacker never got round to getting one.

Wow i bet the 2001 Rickenbacker 360 Carl Wilson Limited Edition is an eye catcher EA??

Today I wrote out an arrangment of part of "Chapel Of Love" for tenor and bass recorders. It's for a colleague of my wife who's getting married (the colleague, not my wife; she's married already). It sounded really cool when I played it on a keyboard. Unfortunately, both the bass recorder and its player aren't up to the job so I've spent most of the evening covering up crochets with self-adhesive labels and turning them into dotted minims and breves. It's knocked the stuffing out of my arrangement, that's for sure...

Oddly enough, I prefer my friend's 2006 standard 360 which has been re-fitted with vintage style "toaster" pickups. It sounds better to me and has a much nicer sunburst (fireglow) finish. He likes my CW LE, and is willing to trade, but the CW LE is worth considerably more and he hasn't got the cash to make up the difference.

All of my guitars and my banjo appear, in fanciful settings, in the Time Winder's MySpace slideshow along with George Louis' guitars.

Also, you are quite right about the Gibson mandolin. It is simply amazing, but I am almost paranoid to play it. I don't know exactly how much, but I'm sure is worth a fortune.

Yes, I've had the same problem with arrangements. Tends to take the wind out of the sails, doesn't it?

By the way, thanks for pointing out that your wife is already married. I would have lost sleep trying to sort that one out.

Haha cool stuff

I tend to only play a couple these days, though I still have a bunch. I mostly play a junky Fender japanese acoustic. I haven't plugged into an amp in years. I use the mac and headphones these days. I had the most dear ones ripped off about ten years back. Made me very angry and sullen for years, but gradually I got over what I had lost monetarily and adjusted to what I lost as far as the instruments themselves. To that end I am still pissed off over a couple of them, but for the rest I have realized I would have sold them or someone would have hit me if I hadn't gotten hit then. That maybe would have been worse as they keep increasing in value. If I were to replace what I lost in today's vintage market I would be out anywhere from $30 grand to $50. So someone made out off the addicts who stole them. I don't have those problems, so I guess in a way I am lucky.

Among the ones I have left are:
52 Tele Reissue
67 Jazz Bass
68 Tele Bass
63 P Bass
64 EB2
83 P fretless

There are a few more, but those are the fun ones.

In spite of your loses you've got a sweet collection there eb2. You are only the second person I've ever encountered with a Tele Bass. It is a very desirable, not easy to find instrument. Very cool!!!

Pretty cool stuff you have eb2 like the "52 Tele Reissue" in there

Thanks, they are pretty fun things. I was lucky in a way in that I had taken my Fender basses with me when I got ripped off. So they stayed around. I like the 52 Tele reissue for guitar. It really is the no-nonsense guitar and it looks cool in its homely way. The old style Tele basses are odd these days. Most got destroyed in the 70s by dumb kids who wanted something else. Mine wasn't that much because almost everyone wanted a P or J back then.

Did you ever wake up in the morning completely unaware of what the day would bring you? I certainly did today. It's a very long story.

Addendum to my guitars list:

2005 Alvarez Artist Series AC60SC Classical
2007 Rickenbacker 360

No offence to the 'muso's here....but...

"...Musicians seem to go almost gaga at the thought of laying their hands on certain electrically wired pieces of wood, and not only that, but who can play the most like Jimi or who doesn't use their little finger enough when soloing [ I have actually heard a guitar player criticize another widdly-widdlyer along these lines during a 'jam session' ,as i happened to mention to him that I liked how "that guy' plays!!].
By the way, I used to own a vintage Gibson 335, but sold it once I realized that I was not 'worthy' of my axe [and that I could get a heck of a lot for it!]

Once again...I hope no one takes offence....just my personal opinion folks!!!"

[this post was originally longer btw, but I reread EA's original entry, and had second thoughts]

'The use of ones' pinkie when soloing, whilst highly desirable to both listener and axe-merchant alike, need not necessarily be an impediment to those lacking a full complement of digits. Take Django Reinhart for example. I believe he lost at least 2 [possibly as many as 3] fingers in an accident [I forget quite how], but didn't let this setback deter him.
I would like to see a number of todays' so-called 'Guitar Aces' say that!

There is the "Stupid" side of the vintage instrument world that most of us are comfortable talking about at least once in a while. There is a small percentage of vintage guitars that actually have some noticeably superior feature over well-made instruments of today. And some things are just not being made anymore. Most of it is baloney. Some of it - like pre-CBS Fender Strats - are rediculous to some degree. These began to increase in value from being an almost worthless used guitar due to the Hendrix connection. Problem was he was almost never seen with a Pre-CBS Strat, and seemed to prefer then-new Strats. Fender, Gibson, Martin and Rick all turn out great guitars that actually cost less today. In all honesty I tuned into the older guitar thing in the late 70s, and never really paid more than $700 for anything ever. Some of the stuff I bought for $100 out of the local paper back then I could have sold for tens of thousands today.

Ultimately they are lots of fun, great conversation pieces, and playable. But you can't take any of it with you, so in the long run Colin's viewpoint is a healthy one.

For the most part I agree, but there have been serious declines in quality for certain manufacturers spanning various time periods. That doesn't mean that really good instruments made during the "bad years" are non-existent, only there are fewer and trickier to find.

I do have one very strong opinion though. I believe that Rickenbackers have always been consistently well crafted guitars throughout their entire presence in the market.

I was in a very English institution called a brass band when I was a boy- the closest you'll have in America would be a marching or a high school band. I used to play this hefty looking instrument called a euphonium, which was a large tuba type instrument that weighed a ton.

suddenly, i am thinking that excellent film "Brassed Off"

As my old Roland KR-55 is definitely on the way out (a broken key refuses to stay put), I elected to buy myself a new keyboard to supplement my trusty DX-7. And this is it, the Nord Electro 2-73. It was the bass guitar player in the blues band I play in who pointed me in this direction.

To tell the truth, it's not actually in my possession yet but it will be this weekend. Yesterday I went to my local music megastore with the band's lead guitarist, who came along to give a second opinion and help me clinch the deal (I tend to dither, especially where vast sums of my own money are concerned ).

No synths, just piano and organ sounds. (I use the DX-7 for pitchbending and stuff.) I can safely say it's a vast improvement on the Roland and the organ module I've been using up to now. And it's fairly straightforward to operate and programme.

This one is for Mark, mainly to see if he really monitors the action here. I have read where Ringo has dissed Ludwig’s quality during certain time frames, but acknowledging that the company had gotten better. Did he originally choose Ludwig because of the cost or quality? What was THE kit to have during the 60’s, 70’s? Did you like the “Pudding Sound” of the Get Back sessions? I think Dave Clark’s drums seemed weird sounding. Not talking about Clarks’s drumming.

So Mark, you going to leave me hangin' on this, or what? I know a important man like yourself can't take time for all of the masses, but take pity on a old fa-t like yourself.

I do try to read each and every post but on days my health isn't top notch some might slip through the grate as this one did Dave used Rogers , they were the most expensive drums of that period ( I never cared for Rogers as they were too booming in the bass drum area ). Keith used a set of Premier ( I loved the sound of Premier as at that time they used a great wood )which were strictly a English group set as the drum heads were NOT a standard size back in those days. Ludwig was the set that most folks used as they made cheap sets and also expensive sets depending upon the material of the drums. I think Ringo is talking with hindsight (maybe ??) as the set he used was the top of the line Ludwig. At the cavern Ringo played a premier set then when fame came went to Mid sized Ludwig and a year later stayed with Ludwig but went to the larger style set which he stayed with for the period of 65 and 66. I used to have a great book about the Beatles and their axes and traps and I just cleaned house and can't find it. So by asking this question I was walking around to all my book shelves cursing Sir Walter and Sir Kale :)Maybe it's in the garage book shelves now ???? If I do find it I'll list exactly what he used each year but what I'm saying here is off the top of my head. Thats just in case someone jumps in and says your wrong. I may be wrong but I'm not as young as I once was and the memory is fading, you dear Miller certainly can have sympathy, correct ???

Musicians, this is the thread for you.

I've got a new set of Ludwigs and am really surprised at the quality. They're nicer than my old Pearls, but they were 20 years old, too. I bought the Ludwigs partly out of past loyalty, although I have had Pearl, Rogers and Slingerland, too.
The best part is the cymbals:
Paiste 14" Hi-Hats
Paiste 22" 2002 Ride
Paiste 20" Flat Ride
Zildjian 17" Medium Crash
Paiste 19" Medium Crash
Paiste 10" Splash
Zildjian 20" Pang
Paiste 14" Thin Crash
Paiste 17" Thin Crash
Also have mounted Latin Percussion Black Beauty Cowbell & Wood Block
Guitars: Fender Stratocaster / Alvarez 12-String / Framus 6-String
Casio Keyboard
Washboard & Kazoo

To add to my collections, I have a Telecaster now USA aswell wicked guitar great live aswell . Here a shot from our last gig in December "The Ladykillers"



if your wondering what i am doing i'm wipeing the sweat of my nose it was hot under the spot lights!!



Guitars

1, Fender Jaguar-surf green

2, Fender Stratocaster with seymour duncan humbuckers

3, Epiphone Les Paul-Gibson sunburst

4, Original Epiphone semi-acosutic (rare)

5, Encore (which i burnt the tone knobs)

6, Eko Acousitc-old beater /other acoustics

7, Lamick bass

Keyboards

1, Roland RD-300 SX

2, Roland RS-9

3, Gem-RK7

Pedals

1, Boss GT-8 (Best pedal in the world,got everything)

2, Ibanez distortion pedal

Amps

1, Marshall 60 watt

2, Marshall 120 watt

4, Pevey 300 watt --loud!!!

3, and some bass amp dont know the name


Also my borthers got Tama drum kits etc

Congratulations on getting your Telecaster Rich. I've made some changes to my collection recently. First, I had to sell my banjo and acoustic guitar to avoid a financial meltdown awhile back. I also gave my Ibanez Artist to a friend.

I have added a few new items:

2003 Michael Kelly Custom Shop Deuce Phoenix with a Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates neck and a JB bridge pickup
2008 Godin Freeway SA with a Roland GR-20 guitar synth
2006 Alvarez PJ85SCDVS jumbo acoustic guitar

In the amp world, I've had a Vox AC30 and a Crate V30 for some time now.

Yeah tis a great guitar to be in my collection. & some nice new stuff you've got too.

In regards to the fellow who said he wouldn't pay too much for a guitar:

I had a guitar teacher named Charlie Robinson. He salvaged an old guitar, fixed it ect. Wasn't much to look at but in his hands sounded heavenly!

Now I'm not a Charlie Robinson so I need help

2003 Martin 00028h auditoreum acoustic (makes me sound better than what I am)
Yamaha 12 stg
Fender Acoustasonic amp
Epiphone Studio with Burstbucker pickups
G & L Legacy
Fender Deluxe 90
Pedals:
Boss RV 3; Compression; Blues Driver; OS2; V-wah; Line 6 MM4 chorus modulator

Despite these toys I don't play anymore being too busy. It's tough growing up.

It's comments like these that make me keep putting it off.

I too have a DX7. Love it, although I haven't really delved into playing around with the programming of the thing. If I had a computer with a little more power, I might patch it in there... of course, if I was a racehorse, I might be looking forward to the Kentucky Derby. so...

Finances have prevented me from buying instruments the last couple years... but I'm hoping to get a piano, drum kit and vibes eventually.

Great stuff.

After reading this with interest (that remark about algorithms was just me trying to be funny), I looked back at the rest of the thread and had to roar at Landy's remark about Swedes. How I missed that (or simply didn't find it amusing) the first time is beyond me...

You're looking cool Rich

A thread for the ages.

Here I go again. This guitar acquisition thing is like a disease . I've sold the Michael Kelly, replaced it with an Epiphone Sheraton II and added a Vox VT30 as if money grows on trees.

I sold my Crate V30 amp, bought an Epiphone Casino guitar, a lovely transparent cherry red number. Full hollow body with P90 pickups. It simply wreaks, sound wise, of John Lennon from the White Album and Let It Be albums. I love this guitar.

Any of you newer guys and gals fancy contributing to this fine thread?

OK...Here's my latest excursion into madness. A few months ago I bought a Joe Morrell lap steel guitar because I got the urge to learn to play one. Since I got the instrument, I found the pickup to be quite good, but the other components were lacking, so here goes...

I replaced the tuners with Grover 18:1 tuners, replaced the bridge with a massive chrome plated brass Fender-like thing which also required me to convert the instrument to a string through. Then I replaced the plastic nut with a bone nut (so far I suspect I've caught the attention of our resident guitarists).

Here's where it gets interesting (at least I think it will be). I have a Roland GK-3 split pickup on order to use exclusively with the lap steel and my Roland GR-20 guitar synthesizer. I'm pretty freaking excited about the possibilities.