re: What instruments do you own..

1980 Gibson les Paul
fender select strat
Martin d-18

Loud as hell and pure. Just had it refurbished last year and tried to keep it as original as possible.

1 acoustic guitar
1 keyboard
2 Ukulele
13 harmonica
1 ocarina


I play my guitar the most but play harmonica most when I play with people.

It's New Guitar Day. Trying to avoid the urge to get out and track down the UPS truck.

1974 Fender Stratocaster - originally looked like Eric Clapton's "Blackie". I've replace pretty much everything on it and now it looks and sounds like Gilmour's "Black Strat".

2008 Fender "Mark Knopfler" Signature Stratocaster - '57 swamp ash body with a '62 neck and Texas Special pickups

Custom Telecaster - Unknown year, Fender MIM neck on a generic tele body that has silk Asian print fabric decoupaged onto it. Has a Duncan Hot Rails pickup in the bridge position and a single coil lipstick in the neck.

Jay Turser Semi-hollowbody - I don't know the year or the model number. This one is similar to a Gibson ES-336 or CS-336. Has humbucker pickups and scrollwork inlay on the neck. The picture below shows the neck inlay but the body is different. Mine is a double cutaway flame maple carved top with gray transparent dye finish.


1959 Gibson Les Paul Junior - Needs a lot of work and someday I plan to restore this one to its former glory.

Alvarez-Yairi acoustic - I don't remember the model number on this one but it was a limited edition. Not really that special, just your basic dreadnought.

Rickenbacher Electro B lap steel - Dated to 1945-1950. No serial number so not possible to date to the exact year.

I was taking some pics of the new 'bird this morning so thought I'd revive this one for a minute. Here's all my "kids." Excuse the shitty phone pic.

Home built Strat. Fiesta Red relic Mark Jenny body. I can't remember where I got the neck, but it's Fender licensed and a heavy relic. Klein "Jazzy Cat" pickups. RS guitar works controls. Aged gold hardware.

Wildwood guitars "New Vintage" Gibson Hummingbird. I am absolutely loving this guitar so far. Definitely a keeper.

Martin D-28P. The one I fell in love with from the first strum.

Heavily modified Hamer Echotone. I was in the market for a 335, but this played better than any 335 I was able to get my hands on, true story. I put Manlius T-Top pickups in it, replaced the controls with RS Guitar Works stuff, and moved the input jack into a more traditional 335 position instead of on the heel like a Tele. It needs new tuners now, and after that I'm done.