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Thanks for the information ghostwolf, I looked up some of the properties of Sen wood and it sounds close to alder or ash. The guitar is definitely a workhorse for about any style of music I play with it!

I would have to say a Les Paul Deluxe with the mini-humbuckers. The mini's don't get muddy like full sized humbuckers sometimes do.

I saw the Eagles back in about 1976-the first thing to amaze me was the army of guitars they had lined up on guitar stands before the band even hit the stage. They played several of their hits and then announced they were going to play some James Gang tunes-I didn't even realize Joe Walsh had...

I have had this guitar since the early 1990's and it plays just as good as my 1974 Fender Sunburst Strat. I had to replace the neck due to a broken truss with a Tele neck, which plays wonderfully. I have looked online for the body wood and found several possibilities from Basswood to Alder-I...

I've seen Adrian Belew twice, the first was with Zappa and the next was with King Crimson on the Discipine tour. The Zappa show was really good, but Crimson just blew me away-Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Bill Buford, and Robert Fripp-it was totally magical!

I better sign in here as well, Green Hornet. This thread has gotten huge!!!:twisted:

I agree with the majority of the other posters in this thread, stripping that 78 Strat and refinishing it will destroy it's value. I have a 74 sunburst that is now worth many times what I paid for it, and having painted several guitars myself-it is one hell of a job to do!! Make yourself a...

The G-400 is a great slide guitar, total access to the fretboard and fairly lightweight as well. I found a 3 year old G-400 at a local store for $180 a few years back, I sure couldn't pass up that deal! I think a cheap Tele from Rondo would make a cool slide guitar-also their Les Paul Jr...

Thanks Paul, not a day has gone that I don't play it for as least an hour since I bought the guitar. The P-90's are very much like a chameleon-they adapt to Fendery bright & clean to a Gibson rude and dirty, and a lot of tones in-between!

Thanks for that information savofenno, I would say that the technology today makes the Wrap-around tailpiece bridge much more accurate. I thought about possibly bidding on a Gibson Les Paul Junior a few years ago but ended up with a Les Paul Melody Maker. The MM had a tuneomatic bridge and a...

Hmmm, that sounds like a religion that is perfect for me!! I need to hunt down a United Church of the the Smoking P-90's in my location.....:twisted:

That Rondo Special is a fine looking guitar-I sure don't recall any that looked like that when I searched. I have trouble when searching their website, even when I have the exact name entered-I still don't have much luck. I think their website needs an overhaul.:confused:

And yet another amazing deal--congrats!

Wow! A nice Gibson Les Paul for an Ibanez-you got one great deal.... Whats the weight of that swamp ash anyway?

The guitar just kept haunting me and I finally gave in and ordered one...:twisted: Didn't you get a Les Paul Junior last year? How is the intonation with that tailpiece bridge anyway? The Special is thinner so its a pretty light guitar-I'm very happy with it.

Thanks for the comment ghostwolf, I also looked at the Rondo L P Special style guitars. The only thing I didn't care for was the switch being located in the cutaway area. The Xaviere having the maple veneer was a plus as well. I did a comparison this evening with my Epi Les Paul with...

Les Paul Special copy This is one of the guitars distributed by the GFS company-it's a XV-440 that is a nice Les Paul Special clone. Originally I had my eye on one of their Les Paul Jr. copies but when I saw the Special it changed my mind. The Junior would have had a single P-90 and the...

I agree, traditional electric guitars are fairly simple to mod and repair where these robots are loaded with microprocessors and who knows how many ribbon cables. I'm sure that the electronics will end up being non-repairable when the fretboard will require to be torn apart when the robot's...

Those Fernandes Strats are sweet, I have a 1985 that is my favorite Strat style-and the other 2 are a Fender 1974 MIA sunburst and a Fender 2003 MIM. I prefer the Fernandes' pickups for recording, they aren't overly bright like the Fenders are. I believe the pickups are alnico on the older...

That guitar is quite a beauty now, glad you gave it a new life. That maple on the back is very fine-and the headstock has the same inlay as my Sheraton. Congrats on a great guitar!!!!!!!!

Yeah-for sure, his Police era Tele was beat to hell and had extra switches and a pot added. I got to see the Police in the mid 1980's on the Synchonicity tour-what a great show it was! Here is a custom shop copy........

That's a beautiful Tele, Fenson-no reason to cover up that fine maple with a pickguard! Show off that curl....:)

I think there were 2 main experiences that made me realize I needed a Tele in my collection... 1. Seeing Roy Buchanan play one live-with a small cranked Fender amp and some reverb-Priceless............:twisted: 2. When I got to play one of the rosewood Telecasters like the one George Harrison...

Sorry I missed your question-I do believe they are alnico pickups, they are very full sounding p'ups. I have a MIM Strat with ceramics and Fernandes pickups are hotter and way better sounding. The headstock was like the one in this photo-it's from an ebay article about Fernandes Strats. Here...

3 Strats & 5 Teles! That probably changes the ratio a bit....:grin: