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Top 10 guitar models of all time
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Great idea about the Instagram message Skip, and here’s to your poetic magic with words Jacki.
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Thankyou to both Skip and Jung… That just came fresh off the top of my head….PS– Skip:Deal….!!
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Sorted
uploading now – keep your eyes peeled
P:)
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For sales, price, popularity, and general playability, it would have to be the Strat.
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Well Daniel, I would say some of the greatest guitarists of all time would agree with you about the Stratocaster.
From a guitar article about the strat:
“Eric Clapton – Everybody’s favorite guitar hero, Clapton has played the Stratocaster since 1970. His first Strat, named “Brownie” was featured on the original recording of “Layla.” His guitar “Blackie,” was made of parts from 3 different guitars and was ultimately sold at a charity auction for $959,500 in 2004. His own nickname, Slowhand was given to him by producer Giorgio Gomelsky and is the title of the album that contains “Lay Down Sally,” “Cocaine,” and “Wonderful Tonight” three of Clapton’s most popular singles. The first model in the Signature Series was the Eric Clapton Signature Strat. Sorry to say, you missed Sam Ash’s exclusive Eric Clapton Antigua model in a beautiful off white Antigua finish with part of the proceeds going to the Eric Clapton Crossroads foundation, but you can still get the Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster and the Eric Clapton Custom Shop Stratocaster. Both guitars are built to Clapton’s exact specifications and feature a soft “V” shaped neck, block tremolo, and Vintage Noiseless Pickups. Owning either is like being invited by Eric Clapton to take one of his favorite axes.
Jimi Hendrix – possibly the most influential blues/rock guitarist of all time, Jimi Hendrix is closely associated with the Fender Stratocaster. A lefty, he turned his right handed Stratocaster upside down and reversed the strings. He owned many Strats during his career and gave many away as gifts. One of his 1968 Stratocasters with a sunburst finish sold at a Christie’s auction for $168,000. There is no Jimi Hendrix artist or signature model, but if you want to be Experienced with his guitar, get a white Squier Classic Vibe ’60s, a Fender Classic Series ’60s Strat, or the Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster Reissue, play it through a Marshall Stack, with a Vox Classic Wah Wah pedal, a Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Face Distortion Pedal, and Dunlop UV1 Univibe Effect Pedal (for that Leslie rotating speaker effect). If, like Jimi, you are a lefty, also consider the Hal Leonard Picture Chord Encyclopedia for Left Handed Guitarists and the Hal Leonard Guide to Left Handed Chords for Guitar to help your technique.”
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In honor of all the great guitars mentioned here, there is nothing better than watching Mona and Lisa do their magic with this wonderful instrument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN2KDTXZd6c
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Howdy all,
I believe the best guitar lists are always subjective, and based on ones opinions. I’ve been playing for more than 40 years, and my favorite guitar is a Gibson SG… while I’m not really a fan of the Les Paul. I’d give anything to obtain an original Gibson Firebird. I’ve never owned a Stratocaster. Although I have several guitars, my current favorite (in addition to my SG) is a guitar I’ve designed and built myself. I carved an SG style body out of solid mahogany. I machined the bridge, tail piece (inset in the back), and string trees myself. The neck is a Chandler Birdseye Maple Strat style neck. The pickups are a Bill Lawrence L500 Blade, and a Seymore Duncan Cool Rail neck. A three position and pickup split switches give me a variety of different tones. The guitar plays and sounds incredible!
As for acoustic guitars, I absolutely love a 12 string dreadnaught, and I own a doozy – a rare Hohner model, with a sound hole pickup that I designed and built myself (using the coil from an old Tiesco gold foil pickup). Anyway… back to the list – in my opinion, it really depends on feel and what you’re using it for… and it’s definitely subjective! Included are pictures of my SG (a Gibson Firebrand model), my custom build, and my Hohner 12 String.
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Hi Paul, thanks so much for sharing your guitar photos with us. They are beauties indeed! I like the dark burgundy/maroon look of your middle custom guitar there. It sounds like a one of a kind and you endowed it with everything that makes it sound special I bet. Your acoustic guitar, has an impressive name “dreadnaught”. What characteristic of the guitar does this cool name refer to? Anyway it’s great you have the know how and skill to be able to customize your guitars like that. It must make the experience of playing them that much more special on one of your customized creations! 🙂
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I don’t know why they name Dreadnaught… because that name is more closely associated with an early “Heavy” British Battleship. I think it’s because of the size of the body, which is very large and thick. Anyway, they really project the sound!
I really like working with wood. I’ve built several guitars over the years… some successful, some not. The one I spoke of has been by-far my best. I have another I designed and built about 20 years ago. It has a solid mahogany body with a book-matched figured maple top. I bound the body too. I used a Mighty-Mite “Strat” neck and it’s set with epoxy. For pickups, I used a set of Reflex Active pickups, but I really don’t like them. Additionally, the guitar’s finish wasn’t the greatest, and got a little damaged by water when my basement flooded one year. I’m going to disassemble it some day, refinish it and replace the pickups with something better. Here’s a picture. You can see the damage to the finish when it sat in the water. Fortunately, the wood wasn’t damaged.
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I think I’m going to disagree with myself here. I don’t know how I can put the Rickenbacker 360/12 together with the Rickenbacker 325. So here’s my revised list:
1. Gibson Les Paul
2. Fender Stratocaster
3. Gibson ES 335
4. Fender Telecaster
5. Rickenbacker 360/12
6. Gretsch Country Gentleman
7. Epiphone Casino
8. Gretsch Duo-Jet
9. Rickenbaker 325
10. Paul Reed Smith Custom 24
Better?
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