Okay, I guess I am bored so I decided to add up the known ages of my current guitar collection. Right now I have 24 guitars (sick I know) and the total ages adds up to 570 years - so if you divide that by 24 comes out to 23.75 years on avg.
If I pull out the 10 guitars that are from 2000 or later The average age jumps to 36!
Note: I also did my amps and they add up to 270 years for an average age of 33.75!
What about yours?
Here is my current crop:
- Jim C.
GUITARS
1942 REGAL (or SUPERTONE) Parlor slide guitar - from CL in Albany NY - sweet old time slide!
1955 SUPRO COMET 1950’s LAP STEEL w/ case – just like you'd imagine - a classic
1959 AIRLINE (by National Valco) Town & Country - Weet Mahogany guitar w/ killer pups -
1959 HARMONY H-53 ROCKET – classic ca. 1959 thinline hollowbody in RED with one DeArmond pickup - aftermarket tuners - sweet and very cool guitar
1963 SILVERTONE 1487 (by Danelectro) - two lipstick picjups - I replaced switch - sounds great!
1963 HARMONY H-75 (1963) Semi Hollow ES-335 type 3 pickup guitar – super nice neck, classic blues, rock or Jazz tones, - like Dan Auerbach's Silvertone 1484 stage guitar -
1968 REGAL R-250 Archtop (for Fender) - my songwriting guitar - plays like no other.
1979 FENDER Natural Ash hardtail Strat – Grey Bottoms pickups – all orig 70's Strat - low action - sounds insanely good
1980 FENDER (1979-82) Sunburst Maple Neck Hardtail Strat – Sweet 70’s vintage Strat - you won't find another at this price
1985 FENDER LA BREA ACOUSTIC (Korea) – classic 80's Acoustic in glossy black w/ 6-on side tuners and hardcase - I am original owner -
1983 FENDER Telecaster - Oly White Cream body w/ rosewood board - I am original owner.
1992 FENDER SQUIRE MIJ Wayne’s World Strat – nice Japanese reissue 60's neck w upgraded pickups -
1998 GIBSON LES PAUL SPECIAL SL – USA Gibson Gloss RED finish perfect - Humbuckers w Gibson USA gigbag - this one has Gold Tuners
1998 GIBSON LES PAUL SPECIAL SL (2nd one) – USA Gibson Gloss RED finish
1993 EPIPHONE LES PAUL STANDARD – beautiful rare Birdseye maple - great neck and nice vintage TONE but like most LP's it's too heavy for me.
2003 FENDER MUSTANG '69 RI - CIJ - Sweeet Oly white w/ Tortoise guard
2003 CARLO ROBELLI BASS – copy of a MusicMan – solid rock bass guitar in Maple (or is it Ash?)
2003 EPI 59 KORINA EXPLORER – nice set neck guitar - I added Gibson Zebra Velvet Brick pickups and locking tuners - awesome rock axe -
2005 MARTIN D12X1 – Nice USA 12 string w minor cosmetic damage (scratch and a 1 inch patch)
2005 MARTIN DX-1 - My best sounding acoustic - nice bassy tone. Sounds like a Martin should.
2008 OSCAR SCHMIDT RESONATOR – nice vintage looking biscuit cone Dobro-style Resonator w vintage case
2008 ROGUE Hofner Beatle bass Copy – nice set neck violin elec bass - perfect shape - sounds and plays amazing
2009 PRS SE 25th Anniv Custom 24 - Curly maple w/ birds on board - awesome pups and great player
2010 PRS SE ONE - my only Soapbar P90 guitar and one of my best gigging guitars.
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VINTAGE TUBE AMPS
1948 MASCO MAP120 - 18 watt "tone of the gods" 10" Tweed combo
1965 AIRLINE 92-6013 15 watt al tube 1x12 combo - vintage crunch monster.
1974 FENDER VIBRO CHAMP – Nice clean 70's Silverface w Line out and Weber speaker
1976 FENDER CHAMP – I added a Weber Speaker and new grill cloth
1977 UNIVOX ULM-6 – Very cool 6V6 small amp; I replaced the 10 inch speaker with a new Jensen - now it sounds BETTER than a Champ!!
1982 MARSHALL STUDIO 15 - Rare and great sounding lil 6V6 1x12 tube combo.
1983 FENDER Concert Reverb (Rivera w/ Lee Jackson Mods) - 60 watt monster combo.
2005 FENDER '65 Deluxe Reverb RI - love this amp - most useful overall amp.
? HANDBUILT 6550 Tube amp – Studio amp (no exterior case) vintage NOS RCA tubes - you won't believe the incredible tones – sags like an old woman - LOUD AS HELL!
That's awesome. I have a 1965 Princeton, a 1966 Bassman and a 1964 Ampeg J-12-A. That's an average of 45 years.
ReplyDeleteMy guitars are all just a few years old though. Nothing impressive there.
I have a Montgomery Wards guitar that was bought for me App. 1948. This guitar has a western wagon train scene painted on the front. It is in pretty fair shape. Can you or anyone give me some info about it ? Value of it?
ReplyDeleteHey Jim I wanted to ask if you were looking or would be interested in any rare/unique guitars? I work for Sam Ash Music and at my store we have a collection for sale. Mostly modern guitars in mint condition with original cases ect. Fenders, gibsons, martins, taylors, rickenbackers, epiphones.
ReplyDeleteIf you get this mesasge before sunday please email me back darklocke.1@gmail.com I will send you over a list of whats available. We can sell them to you and mail them if you see anything you are interested in.