2016 Scream And Fly Guitar Thread!

[Scream And Fly]

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The 2016 Scream And Fly member guitar and gear thread. Post them up!

Post your newest or favorite guitars, amps, or any gear here

My main guitar right now is my Gibson Les Paul Custom Lite. I absolutely love this guitar. I've always liked Les Paul guitars, and the Custom Lite is a fantastic guitar because of its unique design features. The Custom Lite has a thinner body than a traditional Les Paul as well as a contour inside the body like a Stratocaster. Despite the name, it is only about one pound lighter than a standard model Les Paul. The Custom Lite was originally introduced in 1987, and then reissued in 2014. I had a 1987 Custom Lite and sold it, ironically, to pay for a major forum software update here on Scream And Fly back in 2010. Ever since, I missed it and when Gibson announced that they were reissuing it, I had to have it again.

And what made this model very appealing was the price. When these were released in 2014, it had a street price of $1200. I also had a 10%-off coupon for Sam Ash, and so I was able to get a brand new Custom Lite for about $1100, which was amazing. I added a Gibson TP-6 fine-tuner tailpiece. The toggle switch is a factory-installed coil-splitter. This guitar sounds as good as any other Les Paul I've owned, in every regard. Some people claim that the thinner body will have a negative effect on tone or sustain but I've never noticed it.

I play this one every day. It's almost like a best friend. When I need to pull myself away from the computer for a few minutes, this guitar is waiting. Gibson once again reissued the Custom Lite, but they're priced higher now. Still a very good price I think, but when they were $1200, I felt it was an incredible price for an amazing guitar.

[Scream And Fly]

I had to remove the previous thread - it seems there was data corruption in it, and so it had to go, and I started this over. I'm sorry for losing the replies.

Greg

[dagodiver]

That guitar is absolutely beautiful.!

Im just a beginner but having a lot of fun.
Been cranking out Foggy Mountain Breakdown
on my new Gold Tone BG250F.
The cast bell brass tone ring really makes a difference.
Banjo weighs #13

Dago

[Scream And Fly]

Thank you for the compliment - I absolutely love that Les Paul. It just fits like a glove.
I love that Banjo! I really, really want to learn to play one. I just don't have the finesse needed for finger-picking. Do you have recordings of your playing?

[dagodiver]

The finish work on those guitars is just awesome.
I look at them at the music stores.
Never any banjos to look at.!

I've been playing less than a year.
Newbie for sure.
I did post a video on my FB page back in
January when I was learning Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
It's on my Fender 5 string.


Dago

[doc_texoma]

A few of mine.. The Jackson being my pride and joy as its a PC-1 signature series guitar (Phil from Def Leppard..)

[Scream And Fly]

A few of mine.. The Jackson being my pride and joy as its a PC-1 signature series guitar (Phil from Def Leppard..)

What an amazing collection! I am so jealous of your PC-1! And you own the most desirable color too. That is a beautiful guitar and I am so envious. I love that Destroyer, too.
Best of luck with those beauties and thank you for posting them. That PC-1 is giving me guitar-envy in a major way now.

Greg

[Scream And Fly]

This is my daily practice guitar. I use this one for basically everything to do with practice and also a lot of recording. It's an Ibanez 25th Anniversary RG and one of the nicest playing guitars I've ever owned. I keep this one set up to perfection and it almost plays itself. It sounds fantastic too - the two pickups it has are [bridge] Dimarzio Deactivator and [neck] Dimarzio Air Norton. I usually do not like super high-output pickups but these really sound very good; nice and level across the tone range with no harshness. They're great for recording. This guitar is my workhorse, and I keep it tuned to E-flat.

[CDave]

Those are some cool guitars!
I like the light weight LP's. I got a Gibson BFG Les Paul a while back and love the sound of it and the look.
I did change the pickups; SD PearlyGates in the bridge and a SD Custom in the neck.

This pic is from the eBay auction I got it from. I'll try and post some pics of some of my collection later. I picked up a cool aluminum Strat.





EDIT: found this X-Ray pic of a BFG that shows how hollowed out they are.

[CDave]

Here are a couple of guitars I bought for investments to sell when I turn 65. With the state of the economy I decided to invest some of my money in stocks and some into non-stock market items. So here are two guitars I bought in hopes I'll make some money on them when I sell them; plus I can play them from time to time.

The first is an odd Fender Strat where the body is made out of aluminum. This is a 40th Anniversary Strat too. It's a hollow aluminum body, not solid.
Here is an article on the Aluminum Strats.--->http://www.vintageguitar.com/1834/fender-aluminum/





This one is a 1974 20th Anniversary Les Paul Custom. These 20th Anniv. models was the first time in Gibson's history to make an anniversary model guitar. This one is 100% original down to the "fretless wonder" frets.

[Hippie459MN]

Its nothing fancy, just an old Stinger SSX but it was my very first electric guitar I got about 24 years ago. I had gotten it from a friend who had it for a number of years before me. I did a full resto on it about 2 years ago. Before that it was that typical 90's turquoise/teal green and I had a huge AC/DC decal on it. Got rid of all of then, stripped it down, gave it a fresh gun metal grey paint job, all new knobs, pick ups, and some other junk. Some may say it wasnt worth it but to me, it was what I learned to really play on and what really started it for me. I always say, cant put a price an sentiment. Sure I will have this for as long as i'm alive.



I dont have any pictures at the moment of my other guitars handy.

[CDave]

Kevin, it look like you did a fanstatic job refinishing your guitar!

One of my favorite guitars to play is a Schecter C-1 Classic. I only paid 300 dollars for it and it plays as good as any guitar I've played.
A used made in Mexico Fender Strat can be bought for around 200 bucks and with a set of used American Fender pickups sounds/plays as good as an American made Strat.
I got the BFG Les Paul for around 650.00 and it plays great. I'd love to have a PRS with one of those beautiful quilt maple tops but they are way too expensive for my blood. I know someone who has one of the 3k dollar PRS and the action and playability isn't any better than several of the guitars I have that cost way less than what he payed for it.
The expensive guitars I have are for investments and I got them all bellow what they usually sell for.

If it plays good and ya enjoy it that's what matters.

[Scream And Fly]

Alright, who remembers this guitar from the Miami Boat Show a few years back? At this show, Mercury Remanufacturing was giving away a custom painted Fender Strat Standard. I entered the contest and I wanted this guitar so badly. Alas, I did not win, and I never found out who won it.

Fred Kiekhaefer showed me some custom Mercury guitar picks that day as well, and they also had a flame design on them. He actually gave me his, which I still have of course. I keep it right on my desk and no, I don't use it. I'll take a photo of that later today.

[mikiedreb]

Haven't been playing much the last couple of years unfortunately, but retirement is on the horizon, and I'm gunna be ready!
I've accumulated a couple of special-to-me Strats, a Tele and Les Paul Standard......and most recently a '60's Vox Bulldog.
Back in my '60's garage band days, our lead guitarist was fortunate enough to own one. I picked one up in reasonable shape
off of FleaBay and proceeded to renew.....somebody along the way chucked the zero-fret nut, so my luthier did some reconstruction.
EKO, an Italian company built these for Vox. Definite Mosrite influence for sho!

[CDave]

Greg, that Merc strat is frickin' sweet. Maybe Randy could paint one for ya?

Mikiedreb, that is cool Vox guitar; never seen one like that before. Those pickups look kinda like Lego's.