PRS Modern
Eagle, as close to Private Stock as you can get without spending
10 grand. Brazilian Rosewood neck, RP pickups, very thin satin
nitrocellulose finish, just ouses quality
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PRS Singlecut
Brazilian Neck Limited Edition 10 top (only 250 made) from 2001
- amazing sustain everything you would want a Les Paul style guitar
to be - pure quality |
PRS Modern
Eagle, same amazing quality as the Abalone one but this time a Tiger Red hardtail, these two just might make most of the others redundant! |
Rob's Babies
The Red Strat (It’s a Californian series, 1997, I think. Bought new in 1998 from the [now closed] Chappell’s music store in Central Milton Keynes shopping centre.
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Rob's Babies
The Yamaha APX-7A
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Rob's Babies
The Candy Apple Red Telecaster – she’s beautiful!
Bought for me by my family on Father’s day 2010.
It’s now my favourite gigging guitar!
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1984 Tokai
Strat, loverly smooth sound from its Lace Sensors |
Candy Apple
Red 98 Strat Plus much modified now shown in its current guise
with noiseless pickups & and S1 wiring for a huge range
of sounds, without losing that classic look, now one of Ron's
babies, it's been reunited with a set of Gold Lace Sensors and
very nice it sounds too. |
1986 Fender
Strat 60s reissue, one of the made Japan ones that were arguably
better than the American strats of the period, its got Texas Specials
as well and that colour ! |
PRS 513, 5 single coils configurable as single
coil, medium or high power humbuckers, 13 different sounds in
one guitar, Brazilian Rosewood neck, Mahogany body with Maple
top, just awsome |
PRS Santana
II Limited Edition Brazilian one of only 200 made - darker sounding
than the Modern Eagle but a smooth sustain to die for - this is
the model Santana played on Supernatural |
PRS McCarty Hollowbody II Piezo double 10 top in Ablone, carved Maple top and back, Mahogany sides, great variety of sounds and as light as a feather
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Gibson Les
Paul Standard (1990), the voice of Rock what else is there to
say?
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PRS Custom
22 Soapbar, three Seymour Duncan P90s with PRS's unusual switching
options give some great sounds, kind of like a strat on steroids but with PRS's build quality, now in Germany.
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PRS Custom
24 one of only 300 made with Indian Rosewood neck (Wide Thin),
for some reason PRS have held off making Rosewood neck CU24s,
McCarty & CU22 models seem to crop up quite often. Also came
with Vintage Bass & Original Dragon Treble pickup, (CU24s
usually have HFS at bridge), currently fitted with Bare Knuckle
Mules. Absolute joy to play, McCarty style wiring but with push/push
tone pot. |
Aria TA-61 very nice 335/330/345
hybrid with switch to split the humbuckers - lots of great sounds
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Gibson 335
80s version nicely aged and upgraded with Seymour Duncan Antiquity
pickups and 500k pots (like the early ones had) super vintage tone, another one gone to Germany.
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Yet another Strat but this time in a loverly light blue with a rosewood board (how many more colours do they do ?
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Ibanez RG560 Pearlescent Purple, Wizard Neck, Ibanez Edge Trem, 1991 speed machine from the Fujigen factory in Japan that produced some of their best guitars. |
PRS Standard
24 1994 version with small heel, HFS & Vintage Bass pickups and McCarty wiring, wide
thin neck for those speedy moments, now in the Netherlands via Ebay
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Fender
Strat Sunburst Relic another of Ron's babies, loverly sound and
a real way back when vibe too ! Another one gone the way of Ebay
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PRS Custom
24 birds, 10 top, all the goodies unusual because it has Dragon
II pickups usually found on CU 22s, plays and sounds like a
dream incredible range of sounds from two pickups, now living
in Stockton on Tees.
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Patrick Eggle Berlin Pro,
this one was apparently a custom order so it has both the 9
way switching and a tone control making it very versatile, Seymour
Duncan pickups, Wilkinson trem and Ebony board not to mention
the colour make it rather special, this is now Ron's baby.
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PRS Custom 24 10 top and
when I bought it unusual because it had PRS7 pickups (usually
only found on singlecuts) its now got BareKnuckle Mules which
can be coil taped to give some awesome sounds. After being reunited
with its original pickups (HFS & VB this fine guitar has
now gone to Manchester via Welwyn Garden City.
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70s Aria PE
top quality example from when they still made them in Japan. |
Rickenbacker
360 V64 reissue the sound of the sixties, and it sounds as good
as it looks! |
Ron's Telecaster
Thinline, does exactly what you would expect a good Tele to do
and looks good too |
Strat Plus Deluxe Red, Silver & Blue Lace Sensors this one has an Ash body could this be the Strat model Martin has been looking for?
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Strat Plus Deluxe Red (hot bridge), Silver & Blue (neck sounds like p90 great blues sound) Lace Sensors this one has an Alder body in a loverly shade of blue, moved just down the road to Luton.
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PRS Custom
24 with Artist Pack (gold plated hardware, Brazilian Rosewood
fretboard and amazing top) regular neck carve and for some reason
the lightest CU24 I've come across, moved to Leeds to keep music live.
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PRS singlecut,(Martin's
first PRS) not quite as much grunt as the Les Paul but a precision
and smoothness thats second to none, now in Nottingham with another
PRS fan. |
PRS Studio
from 1988 pretty rare H/S/S config for a PRS only in production
for a couple of years, small heel, one piece Milcom bridge, , Brazilan Rosewood board all the "Early" PRS
goodies another one gone the way of Ebay
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PRS McCarty
Rosewood Neck, pair of tapable McCarty humbuckers, slightly thicker
body than most PRS's and that amazing solid Rosewood neck gives
tones to die for. The Rosewood necks really do feel like silk,
if you ever get the chance, try one (but only if you are prepared
to be unhappy with all your other guitars), now living in Ireland
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Suhr Custom Classic with
SSC (no single coil hum) and a Villex passive mid boost. Beautifully
made Swamp Ash Strat by the man who made those very special
guitars for Mark Knopfler - a quality piece of kit, now gone
the way of Ebay - Martin just can't get on with Strats no matter
how good they are :-( |
PRS singlecut
Soapbar SE Mark 1 Ron's latest squeeze, P90s give that raunchy
Les Paul junior vibe, another one gone the way of Ebay.
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Patrick
Eggle Berlin Pro - excellent build quality and materials Ebony
fretboard Seymour Duncan pickups and 9 way switching arguably
British guitar building at its best, gone to Manchester via
Eay.
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Clapton Strat,
noisless pickups, midboost, v shaped neck all you could ask of
a strat and more. This one now lives with Sam in Hull, Martin's
home town |
Wouldn't be
fair to miss out Martin's old Eko, doubt you'll ever see this
one at a gig. |
PRS Custom
22 Soapbar, three Seymour Duncan P90s with PRS's unusual switching
options give some great sounds, sorry they don't make them any
more ! This one has made the short move to Shefford but sometimes
gets to gig in London |
Custom shop Gibson (Q-200)1985,
believe it was designed by Chavel Jackson when he worked for
Gibson, ebony fingerboard, P90 and dirty fingers humbucker a
joy to play. Now keeping music live in Berwick on Tweed
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Gibson Custom Shop
CS336, cross between a Les Paul (minus the weight) and a 335
but not as big, carved from mahogany and maple, a treat to play,
great sounds and pretty too in tangerine burst, another one
gone the way of Ebay.
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The original PRS Custom
24 this one is from 1990 with all the pre factory move features
(small heel, sweet switch) HFS and Vintage Bass pickups modern
classic ! now rocking in Litchfield
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PRS Swamp
Ash Special, one of the most versitile PRS's this one has had
acoustic saddles fitted for even more sounds, this one has returned
north to Grimsby to help keep music live.
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Patrick
Eggle Los Angles Pro, early model with Kent Armstrong pickups
(tapable giving 10 pickup options), Wilkinson Trem and a "Blower"
switch this one is wired to switch to the bridge humbucker (something
you find on some Tom Anderson guitars not sure who had the idea
first, but its a good one) This one has now living and rocking
in Chesterfield
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Old telecaster,
real bitser but its got treble like
you would not believe and bit by bit it is departing to Ebay |
Gibson Blues Hawk, 2 P90s
and unusual for a Gibson it has a Fender length scale and Varitone
for an amazing range of sounds ! Now gone the way of Ebay.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan Strat,
Texas specials, very middly sound for a strat, probably due
to the pickups and large neck, nice though. Now keeping the
Blues alive in Cumbria
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1975 SG Custom, heavily
modified to allow any pickup combination, tiny neck, they did
not call them fretless wonders for nothing, now making someone
happy in Oxford.
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Unusual JHS through neck
construction 24 frets and active electrics - huge range of sounds
believed to be an XG250 - 70s vintage, now keeping the blues
alive in Surrey.
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Musicman Axis SuperSport
Piezo, two buckers with a 5 way switch that give a simular set
of sounds to a PRS CU 5 way plus a piezo bridge for pretty authentic
acoustic sounds, seperate outputs options as well if you want
to feed the desk, then there is that 60s profile oil/waxed maple
neck that just feels great, now rocking in Italy
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Active electrics, slim
carbon fibre neck even a guitarist can play super Fernandez
now keeping music live in Leicester
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Brian Moore
8i.13 not bad for a cheapie, huge range of sounds from 2 Seymour
Duncan humbuckers plus a piezo loaded bridge and Roland compatible
Synth output. This one is now working its magic in Cornwall! |
Martin's Freshman Apollo electro-acoustic excellent value for money and very handy for knocking up a tune, another one that's unlikely to get to a VS gig
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Vintage 335
copy, actually a very nice guitar but it didn't get much of a
look in with all the others so hopefully its keeping someone happy. |
