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tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:33 pm

The three LP copies.

I had a Magnum (not sure if that's the brand or the guitar). It was a LP copy with cheap unpotted pups. Took me a little time to square it into playing like an actual LP. It was the first time I swapped pups. A JB and a Jazz. Bolt on copy of a LP Custom Black Beauty. Amazing tone and action once I set it all all up. Lasted about 2 years and needed a fret job and the neck split at the headstock.

Had a Cimar this time a LP Standard copy the frets kept on popping out. It was my car guitar. No case. I'd throw it into the leg well of the back seat and cover it plus my pignose amp with a beach towel. It was just okay but I had a few warn frets as well as a nicked one on the 20th fret. I worked two jobs and between shifts I'd have about an hour and a half free time to practice. A buddy of mine brought his daughter into work one day and saw me playing. What Daddy's little princess wants Daddy's little princess gets. It was an okay players but I didn't have any attachment to it.

Mitchell 3/4. This was another Black Beauty copy. Though it had P90's and was small and real playable. It sounded like a Blueshawk. I took it on stage onetime when I was doing the blues jam circuit and everyone wanted to buy it from me. This time I resisted well sort of. I was dating this girl from Brazil who was on a Education Visa. I gave it to her. She had been living here on a student visa which had expired and legally couldn't work. The only thing available for here was menial labor that paid sub minimum. So she broke my heart, took my guitar and went back to Brazil to be with her husband.

I've got many more stories of lesser brand guitars that I can't recall now.

The Noodlist · Post by **The Noodlist** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 7:21 pm

Hayman 4040 Bass most probably traded for a nominal amount, my first bass, seen the prices WTH. It came with a Carlsbro CS40L 2×12 which I gave away in my drug daze 90's. Point to point Mullard tubes, etc. I have an habit of giving things away. Both squandered. The best amp I've ever had the pleasure of playing.

Owned vintage Orange, Marshall and VampPower.

VampPower sold and transported from the UK to Australia.
I also have a modern Carlsbro TC 60 that will no longer fire up, output tubes not glowing. Been nothing but trouble, been repaired once.
https://themusiclocker.co.uk/shop/vinta ... ier-combo/

Westbury Deluxe
A Kay of some sort.
Marlin Sidewinder.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 5:32 am

Kay was a US company for a very long time. Though it was distributed via the same people who distributed univox (which later became Korg) The "quirky designs just made it seem like they might be Harmony or Airline or Tesco.

I had an early 80's Kay of very similar design to the link you provided. It was a satin brownish pink sg shaped thing. I paid $120 for it. Honestly I think my "kay" was a knock off. It was as common back then as it is today. Someone would take a knock off model and then try to dress it up as the real thing.

Hink and I have similar double cutaway neck thru's His is a Daion? Mine was a Washburn Falcon.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:10 am

I had a USA JB player strat type guitar same as this one but in mint condition (bought new)
https://reverb.com/item/26959014-jb-pla ... rce=google

The USA production lasted about a year and then it was shipped off to Korea. When that happened they ceased producing the neck thrus and thickened up the necks a little.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:27 am

crestwood.jpg

I had a crestwood astral II in the late 70's Similar to Jack Whites and this pictured above. Mine was tobacco sunburst and had a standard tailpiece not a bigsby type;
the previous owner had carved out the center area between the single coils and installed a diarzio humbucker

an-electric-heart · Post by **an-electric-heart** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:28 am

I've got one of these (left handed too), picked it up second hand really cheap... and man it's good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LO_3p1MWME

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:48 am

In the 80's I had more guitars than doans had pills.

I had a Kaman / Ovation GTX 23

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:53 am

an-electric-heart wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:28 am I've got one of these (left handed too), picked it up second hand really cheap... and man it's good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LO_3p1MWME

Way Cool. I used to watch Jon Way reviews like they are going out of style.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:05 am

Had one of these. A Raven West RG450. Not a traditional semi. The center block is only under the bridge and tailpiece. So more hollow body than one might think.

Bombadil · Post by **Bombadil** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 4:53 am

60's Teisco Del Rey;
Belltone amp.
Espanã semi-acoustic.

samsam · Post by **samsam** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:39 am

Westone Thunder 1a, not sold but not sure where it ended up :/

http://www.westoneguitars.net/guitars/t ... reloaded=1

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 7:45 am

I had a silver Marlin Sidewinder in the late 80's

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:46 pm

Ahh, the Marlin Sidewinder - from a catalogue?

Got this, 'Jay Turser' hollowbody off a mate at work a bit back. Apparently a US company - built in China. Used it on a few things, but it's main function I've found for me is that it sings like a bastard with the ebow, like no other geetar I've ever used. Weird, but good.

jayturser.jpg

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:54 pm

The first guitar I bought was a “Satellite” branded Strat copy.

It was a low budget made in Japan guitar that played great but had dull sounding pickups. I put a DiMarzio Super Distortion in the bridge position and a cheap humbucker in the neck position and played it for quite a few years before selling it to fund another guitar.

Magic Russ · Post by **Magic Russ** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:40 am

My first guitar was an Aspen Les Paul copy in white. Bolt-on neck, but nice binding. OK pickups, action could be better.

The lesser or more obscure brands / guitars you've owned.