Which guitar do you pick up first after you've been away?

[Kerry Brown]

I was away from home on business for four days. When I got home I couldn't wait to play my guitars. I picked up my SG Special and spent an hour or so before I turned to my other guitars. I realized this is always the first guitar I pick up when I've been away. What is your first guitar you play after you've been away?

 

[JohnnyGoo]

This Precison Guitar Kits 61 JR clone.Thats a Gretsch Filtertron Pup in there to.Love it. My favorite guitar.

 

[Kerry Brown]

ThisView attachment 7139 Precison Guitar Kits 61 JR clone.Thats a Gretsch Filtertron Pup in there to.Love it. My favorite guitar.

That looks like quite a short scale length. The bridge is quite a bit forward of where it is on most SG's. Nice looking guitar. Bet it rocks with the Filtertron in that position.

 

[gball]

It's about an even split for me lately, between my '16 LP Traditional and my '79 LP Custom. Either way, it's always a Les Paul that I grab first.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Well its Gibson scale length,in fact if you look on Precision Guitar kits web page there JRs dont look like this anymore.They got a nasty gram from Gibson i heard.Yes the Filtertron is great.I bought it new and had it laying around and decided to try it one day.Love it.And for anyone whos never tried a Gretsch Filtertron i say to try one.68$ Thanks for the compliment on guitar Kerry.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Oh ya the tailpiece studs are angled on these like the original 61 Les Paul JRs. After 61 they were straight in line .

 

[jtcnj]

I never go away, I've always been here.

Usually I have in mind what songs or tones I want to work on and that dictates what guitar I pick up, and sometimes I just want to play a particular guitar and just have at it.

 

[syscokid]

That looks like quite a short scale length. The bridge is quite a bit forward of where it is on most SG's.

That's just an optical illusion because of the angle of the pic. And since it's a wraparound bridge, the absence of a Tailpiece or a Vibrato system exaggerates the illusion.

PGK at upper right. And yes, it was JohnnyGoo's fault...

 

[DonP]

Always this one for me...

 

[JohnnyGoo]

What in sam hell is that 8 string Fender Don ??? Ive never seen such a thing. Nice PRS by the way.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Oh its a Mandolin it looks like.Had to adjust my glasses.

 

[DonP]

Yup, it's an 8-string Fender Mandocaster. They're getting a bit hard to find these days. Plenty of 4-strings around.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

For a bit i thought it some odd model like a BC Rich 8 string i seen in a music store.Once i took a second look i realized it was a Mandolin of sorts.Very nice.

 

[Tony M.]

It's random for me.
I don't have a favorite.
I like them all.

 

[Kerry Brown]

It's random for me.
I don't have a favorite.
I like them all.

My favourite changes quite a bit. My "old faithful" that I can always count on sometimes isn't my current favourite.

 

[Biddlin]

Easy question.

 

[WavMixer]

Up until a couple of days ago, it was Burla, my highly modified Epiphone G-400. Now there is a new love in my life. Bird, a PRS SE Custom 22 Semi-Hollow Tobacco Sunburst. I'll make an official NGD page soon as I get time.

 

[RobV]

What ever is on my stand.....I love my SG & because I do it resides in the case when I am not home, would hate to come home and Dawn or Jack knocked over

Now a couple other things!

#1 Kerry Brown, nice SG! What year? Looks identical to my 89' before it got hot rodded!

#2 Sysco....nice wall of SG's! And that LP looks sweet to! Would like to see more of it

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

1987 Cousin to Kerry's Red one

 

[RobV]

Oh I also forgot #3...Sysco....please PM me and I will send you an address to dispose of that White SG