The story of the Dewey Decibel FlipOut guitar.

Bert – a.k.a. ERiC AiXeLsyD – rocking the Dewey Decibel FlipOut Lit Cigarette model.

OK. So, you probably know I like weird guitars. Someday I will have profiles up of all of them on another blog. You may have even read about my Dewey Decibel FlipOut before, or have seen the FlipOut before (or even the knock-off Flipped brand). While the Galveston BB Stone certainly started my weird guitar obsession, the FlipOut solidified it. Sadly, I came to it after AiXeLsyD had been done for a while, and I think even after Gasoline Dion. It some incredibly small and ancient circles I will always be known as ERiC AiXeLsyD. I did, get to gig out with the FlipOut, quite a lot, with Ernie and the Berts.

A while back, I had the opportunity to reach out to Jimmie Bruhn about the Indy Custom Flycaster, and way way back I did some research on the BB Stone. (I have to try to recover all the stuff that used to live on SquareGuitar.com, all those links are now dead.)

I thought it would be fun to try and track down Dewey Decibel (a.k.a. Joe Jerardi – or is it Joe Geradri? Stage names are fun.), and get some insight on the inception and production of one of my favorite axes!

After some emails exchanged, here’s the story from the man himself!

Hi Eric,

I’m awfully sorry there was a delay on getting back to you.  I honestly have had my hands full this year, and it slipped my mind.  Just for your patience, I can offer the most information I’ve shared about my FlipOut days to this point.  And thanks for asking.

I was performing solo in NY back in the 90s, playing CBGBs and many of the NY clubs. My stage name was Dewey Decibel, and I always performed hooked up to an IV pole.  Just a thing I did – never mentioned it on stage.  Played electric guitar, with synth sequencers for backing, plus voice. 

One day I thought of this backward guitar – Its just wood I thought – so it would play the same, just super unsettling, and deeply rock and roll to my mind.  I found one shop out of all the NY guitar techs who would follow my instruction. It was Rick from Carmine Street Guitars.  I love him because he didn’t even blink, just said “sure, I can do that”.  I went on to form a band called… Dewey Decibel, and kept doing shows, and finished up my third album “Unnecessarily Beautiful” with those guys, great players Jon Howard, and Martin Miller.  We did good work.  I always played the original FlipOut, which started its life as a Fernandes brand Strat.  I always had the IV drip by my side.

Back cover for the Dewey Decibel album Unnecessarily Beautiful | Original FlipOut prototype of a modified Fernandes Strat copy pictured!

We did no real promotion for the album, for any of my albums, so they reside in resplendent obscurity, rarely to surface.

Here is what exists online, though there are 3+ albums and an EP somewhere:

https://deweydecibel.bandcamp.com/

Dewey Decibel | Unnecessarily Beautiful | Pictured: Martin Miller (Drums) ● Dewey Decibel (Voice/Guitar/Keys) ● John Howard (Bass)

At shows, my guitar got so much crazy attention I conceived of the nutty plan to use a release of these guitars to bring attention to my band.  In 2003 I went to the NAMM show on the recommendation of a friend, to look for a manufacturer.  There I approached many confused factory reps from Asia, and ended up having luck with a Korean group who were ready to please.  I ordered some prototypes during that year, and tweaked things.  Then at 2004 NAMM I introduced them to the unsuspecting earthlings, took orders, and started shipping out of San Francisco once the container ship arrived.  That first NAMM show was funny funny stupid funny. 

Art from the Dewey Decibel website.

The stupid part was that Fender lawyers sent me a letter on the opening day of my NAMM  launch that I was in breach of their trademarks.  This is a much longer story but I ended up licensing with Fender later, which was great for name dropping and demonstrating to folks that it was a quality guitar.

I was living in a warehouse with boxes of these guitars and my drum set.  It was a time of odd existence, taking orders, shipping, doing R&D, and lining up reviews with the big guitar magazines.  The FlipOut got strong thumbs up reviews in Guitar Player as well as Guitar One.  I did care about the feel of the neck and the pickups.  It’s self evident I think when you handle one.

I was moving forward on the BottomOut bass, having received a few prototypes which worked nicely.  Even took orders.  The problem was that the whole business had me working in too many directions, and exhausted.  I’d gone to Europe, and did a bunch of sales, there and in Australia too.  I was overworking, and getting wiped out.  This was all on my own, and I’d been living with some fantasy that these cool guitars would elevate the music, and demonstrate my sovereign rock and roll whimsy.   But alas, the FlipOut project ended at around 500 guitars because I was exhausted, the R&D was too slow, and I couldn’t parlay the thing into working for another manufacturer.  I was too much of a lone wolf for them.  So I went back to graphic design and animation.  I’m an animator today living in incredible San Antonio. I also continue writing and recording a new album, to be released secretly into thrift store bins.

The guitar colors were just my favorites at the time, the names were inspired by memories. Barry Leventhal was I think a kid I played in little league with.  Austin really had cabs colored like the guitar.

I’ve seen the FlipOut rip-offs coming from Europe/China, and they look ridiculous, all backward and stuff.  Just joking – I guess it was inevitable someone would cash in.

Hey thanks for your interest.  Hoping it fills in some detail. 

Thanks

joe

Until now, this is pretty much all that was out there on the FlipOut!

FlipOut models & colors

How cool is that? The entire story from the man himself! I urge you to go check out the music of Dewey Decibel.

The only mods I had done to mine is the inimitable Aaron Hutzel drop in some GFS Lil Killer rails. This was not a kock at all to the original sound, but the humbuckers are more my thing.

Check out the Facebook fan page if you’re a fan, would like to share photos of yours or you with it in action, have one for sale, or are looking for one: Facebook | Dewey Decibel FlipOut

I would also, of course, love to hear from you in the comments!

If you want to see me and my FlipOut in action, check out the stuff below this list of links.

Also, check out these links if you’re looking for more:

• Dewey Decibel | Reviews
• Dewey Decibel ‘Flip Out’ demonstrated by Paul Brett
• Guitar List | Dewey Decibel
• Stratoblogster | Dewey Decibel FlipOut is a Crazy Guitar!
• Guitarz | Dewey Decibel’s FlipOut guitar
• Guitar Patrol | Dewey Decibel’s FlipOut Invisible
• RigShare | Dewey Decibel FlipOut
• JediStar | FlipOut
• Premier Guitar | Premier Collector #4: Oddballs
• The Other Room | Flip Out Guitar
• Five Cool Things

Ernie and the Berts “Toybox”:

Ernie and the Berts – “Everybody Poops”:

Ernie and the Berts – “Kate Winslett” (A poor cover of The Silver Brazilians):

Ernie and the Berts – “Ikea”:

Me just rocking this one in the basement in 2016:

My guitars have been rated and roasted! 🔥🎸🔥

Well, some of them anyway. Anyone watch Ryan “Fluff” Bruce‘s channel Riffs, Beards, & Gear on YouTube? He does some really cool stuff outside of normal reviews & unboxing, including tearing apart Reverb listings & a Rate or Roast My Rig feature. I don’t watch a whole lot of guitar YouTubers, but Fluff and the “Why This Song Stinks” guy, Pat Finnerty, are the best. See if you agree with Fluff’s rating out of 5 possible beards.

I believe Terry (Lobby Boys Podcast) & Dave (Nothing But Stars Inside) encouraged me to submit some of my gear to RateOrRoast@Gmail.com. It must have caught Fluff’s eye because, I made it into Episode 48. I’m rig 5 at the 6:11 mark, but just watch the whole damn thing, then check out more of them. Ha ha.

I tried to pick the most odd & attention grabbing of my herd. Do you think I missed the boat by not including some of my other notable oddballs? He didn’t even mention the amps or pedals. Ha ha.

Shout-out to my peeps at Actual Ugly Guitars! It’s a Facebook group focused on looking for guitars ranging from the weirdest of the weird to just pure abominations with strings and sometimes even frets. If you’re gonna join, answer the questions or you won’t get in.

Here’s a rundown of what’s pictured if you’re interested:

• Guitars:
  • Glen Burton GB2009-RWB ● [Video 1 | Video 2]
  • Galveston B.B. Stone ● [Blog Post | Video 1 | Facebook Fan Page]
  • IndyCustom FlyCaster ● [Blog Post | Video | Facebook Fan Page]
  • Russ Lorenz Shitar ● [Blog Post | Video]
  • AliExpress copy of Doyle’s Annihilator ● [Blog Post 1 | Blog Post 2 | Video 1 | Video 2 | Facebook Fan Group]
  • Dewey Decibel FlipOut ● [Blog Post | Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3 | Facebook Fan Page]
  • Six Flags Batman Logo ● [Blog Post 1 | Blog Post 2 | Video]
• Pedals:
  • Planet Waves PW-CT-04 Chromatic Tuner
  • LiveWire Solutions ABY1 A/B/Y Box
  • DigiTech Trio & SF3X Footswitch
  • Quinnamp Dirt & Ernie ● [Video (Not Mine)]
  • Ammoon POCK LOOP Looper
  • Ernie Ball 6185 Wah
• Amps n’ Cabs:
  • Fender Blues Jr. (Yes, it’s surf green.)
  • Orange Micro Terror
  • Laney GS212IE 2×12 cab
  • Positive Grid Spark
  • Yamaha MSR100 Powered Speaker
  • Lil Smokey
• Picks:
  • Dunlop Tortex 1.14mm Fin (Purple)
  • Dunlop Nylon 1.07mm Fin (Black)

Click the links on the guitar names to go to my Instagram posts where I posted all my axes at the beginning of the Covid shutdowns. You can check out most of them (& more) at Posting #AllMyAxes. 🎸 (Part 1) & Posting #AllMyAxes. 🎸 (Part 2) too. I posted all of them individually and some fun group shots & extras under the #AllMyAxes hashtag on Instagram.

If not rocking the Spark for practice or jamming along to YouTube or the built-in drummers, I like to rock a guitar through the tuner then into the A/B/Y into both the Blues Jr. and the Micro Terror through the Laney. Sometimes I put the wah up front, or sometimes on just one amp. I had a Dunlop CryBaby for years, then once I heard the “tone-suck” even when it was off, I couldn’t un-hear it. Same with the Dirt & Ernie… sometimes I just use it as a boost. It will come in handy if I ever get back to live stuff. My “sound” is pretty much gain on 10 master volume on 2 through both amps because I love the sound of the overdriven amps, so I don’t really need to add much dirt. If I set up the Trio, I run the “band” out to the PA so drums & bass come out of that nice & clean instead of one of (or both of) my amps. I am terrible with the POCK LOOP looper. The Lil’ Smokey is also a ton of fun, and I have used to to drive a 4×12. I think I need simpler one or more patience. Maybe both.

So, that’s my setup. Yes, I do play these guitars. Yes, they’re all playable. (I have a go-to guitar guy that is like a guitar-whisperer.) Yes, I have gigged & even recorded with some of them and would gig with all of them.

Which ones do you dig or hate the most? Got any oddballs you want to share? Hit me up with some comments!

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So, you’re buying someone (or yourself) a first guitar?

I’m in a lot of guitar-related Facebook groups. I’m probably in a lot more guitar -related (and general music-related) Facebook groups that ought to be allowed. I see a lot of talk about guitars, and a lot of opinions about guitars. People are very strong and vocal about their opinions. (Did you see the guitar bingo cards?)

One post I see quite often is someone who is buying a guitar for their kid, or even one for themselves. It usually contains no details or insight and boils down to “I am buying my kid a guitar, what should I get?” or “I want to try playing guitar, what is the best one to buy?”

The responses come in swiftly and are predictably all over the place. Guitarists who frequent guitar-related Facebook groups are a wild bunch. It’s hard to get a good feel when advice is all over the place.

I am certainly no guitar expert. Hell, I’m not even that great of a player. Ha ha. I have, however, played a very large variety of guitars over the years. I happen to own a wide variety of guitars and am a bottom-feeder of sorts… All of which I feel plays well into qualifying me to dole out advice on the matter of a starter guitar.

First, you need to ask yourself some questions. We need more to go one than “Which guitar should I buy?”

• What’s your budget?
• What kind of music do you listen to?
• What guitarists (or musicians, bands, artists) do you enjoy?
• What would you like to sound like?

If this is a GIFT guitar, this becomes tricky if you want it to remain a surprise. You’ve got to do some homework. If a kid is dreaming he wants and Explorer or a Jaguar and you get him a Stratocaster or an SG, there may be some disappointment or it sitting in the corner for a bit.

What do you see yourself or what does the recipient see themselves playing? What kind of noise is yearning to be made? Get an idea of a shape in mind, maybe even a color… or whatever is there sparking that interest.

Learn the difference between single-coils, humbuckers, and P-90’s. See what the people you want to sound like play.

Don’t rush it.

Look at Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp, ShopGoodwill.com, ebay, Music Go Round, Reverb, Craigslist, etc. See what floats your boat or calls out. Something will catch your attention. Something will call you. Something will pull you. It might not be the exact guitar you want, but it gives you a place to start looking, at styles or brands.

Check local Facebook sale groups too. I help moderate one for my area and it is a FANTASTIC place to get great deals on gear, ask, & answer questions, etc. It’s also all invite-only so it’s relatively drama free.

I’m largely ignoring acoustics, but that may be what you want. They are so versatile and a great place to start learning.

Go to a music store and pour over the stuff. (I know things are different right now with a global Covid-19 pandemic, but I hope they will eventually return to a much more normal state of existence. Please follow the guidelines in a store or if meeting someone to purchase via an online ad.) Play it all. See what feels good.

Soon you’ll have a Pinterest board for beautiful, weird, ugly, and random guitars you find on the internet.

All the references I can think of for name-dropping for guitar players are ancient. But if you want to play like Slash and you get a John Mayer guitar, it’s not going to be as exciting, right?

Get your budget set. I personally stick to cheap guitars and I love them. You can get some really nice guitars for $300. One group I frequent calls anything $500 & under cheap. I can dig that. You can also get some great guitars for $100 if you’re looking in all the right places.

Used gear is a great place to start. Stuff depreciates rapidly. Stores pay pennies on the dollar for value so they’re able to make a profit, so the best bang-for-your-buck may be some sort of local online sale. Although, Music Go Round seems to have reasonable used prices in person.

Avoid any listings online that say “great for beginners” or “great for a first guitar” or “great for kids.” Loosely translated this means “this guitar is a steaming pile of poop.” Usually it has terrible action, won’t hold a tune or even intonate properly, or has some other hidden issues.

If anyone lists something online for free and says “Make an offer” they are the worst kind of person, so just keep scrolling.

Don’t pay over $50 for a used First Act unless it was one that came with a Volkswagen. They were $50 new at Walmart. Some brands with great budget axes can include Squier, Lotus, Hondo, Dean, Hamer, Schecter, Ibanez, New York Pro, Galveston, G&L, Peavy, Epiphone, Kramer, and so many more outside of the ones everyone seems to know like Fender and Gibson. Don’t pay too much attention to the headstock logo though.

I would also probably be wary of new “starter packs” that come with a tiny amp. Do your research & read reviews on that kind of stuff.

Stick to your budget & play everything that you can that resembles what you’re looking at online. You might like a heavy guitar or a light guitar. You might like a wide neck or a skinny neck. You might like a thin neck or a heavy one.

If you want a cheap new guitar and are not concerned with the logo on the headstock, I cannot recommend Agile or SX and Xaviere enough. I hear nothing but good things and they’re just great axes. I have heard mixed reviews on Hard Luck Kings.

Whatever you buy, I suggest, and a I cannot stress this enough, get a pro setup. Find local music shop… preferably from work of mouth or asking locals online. Find someone that recommends a tech or luthier that does great work. This person will ask you questions. Give honest answers. I suggest getting a lighter gauge pack of strings at first. Tell them you want 9’s. I would say $75 for a pro setup and a few bucks for a new pack of strings will make even the rattiest of guitars into beautiful machines. Figure it into your budget if you need to.

If you’re close to Pittsburgh’s southern suburbs, I may even recommend the guy that has polished some of my proverbial turds and made them into rock n’ roll machines.

Amps? Well, amps are whole different animal. There are headphone amps, practice amps, and combo amps. It’s all in the budget/preference mix. Maybe that will need to be another blog post?

You (or the gift recipient) will fall in love with the guitar if you get the right one. Soon you’ll have GAS.

Don’t hesitate to ask me any specific advice here in the comments or with the contact form.

Feel free to add to my advice, or contradict it in the comments!

Guitar-Related Facebook Forum Bingo!

Back in the day, I used to go to websites, message boards, chat rooms, or forums, & blogs. Now it’s mostly Facebook groups.

I’m a simple man. When not enjoying real-life things like family time, noodling poorly on the guitar, drawing mazes, or watching some funny or sci-fi-ish stuff on the TV, I enjoy reading things on the internet. This would include subjects like guitars, gear, guitars, music, Star Wars, guitars, guitars, and surprisingly enough …Guitars.

https://guitarsquid.com/flowchart-do-you-have-too-many-guitars/

Picking up a theme? I’m in some guitar groups of varying purpose, from celebrating the instrument in general, to celebrating ugly ones, celebrating cheap ones, celebrating unique ones, alternating between building camaraderie or trolling between fellow guitarists, and making fun off bass players & drummers. I may have G.A.S. – It’s gotta be a real thing.

After a while, you start to notice a repetitive pattern of seemingly-canned responses.

At first, I thought of a drinking game. But, I’m too old for that, and I’m currently on antibiotics. Ha ha.

Bingo then? I made two crude BINGO cards with some free online help from My Free Bingo Cards and Bingo Baker,

It may seem light a slight, but it’s not. I’m in there. I have said the thigs. I have typed the things. I have read the things. I have heard the things. We all have a common interest. This is a celebration of you, & us. 🍻

How quickly could you get a line, or even fill up the card?

What responses have I missed?

Please, elaborate in the comments.

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GUITAR BINGO!

What would go on your Bingo card or cause you to take a drink?

What do I need to add to my pin boards?

I would love to hear what you have to add.

What are your favorite places to discuss and ogle guitars on Facebook or online in general? You can even share some of your favorite guitar photos or memes in the comments.

You may want to take a look at the Guitars & My Guitars categories here at the blog.

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Posting #AllMyAxes. 🎸 (Part 1)

Since the world is a bit strange right now, I decided I wanted to see more guitars on social media.  Maybe it’ll start a trend, maybe not. 

I like classic guitars, I like modern guitars, I like classy guitars, I like ugly guitars.  I like guitars.  I like playing them.  I like looking at them online.  I like looking at them on my wall.  I like looking at them in the store.  I like hearing them.  I like arguing about them on the internet.  I also like other assorted stringed instruments.

Maybe this will make the world a little brighter.  Maybe people will like these guitars.  Maybe people will argue about these guitars.  Maybe absolutely no one will notice.  Who knows?

Below the collage, here are the ones I have posted so far via Instagram with the #AllMyAxes hashtag, minus today’s.  The rest will be in the next post.  This is the bulk of my guitar collection.  The rest of the stuff in the house are my ukuleles and mandolin, the wife’s ukuleles, and the kids’ guitars and ukuleles.

There is a little bit written about each guitar if you click through to Instagram or follow me on Facebook.  I hope to blog more in-depth about each of them, or more than I have in the past anyway… reaching out to some manufacturers and designers, especially for the most interesting ones.

🎵🎶♩♪♫♬🎸♬♫♪♩🎶🎵

Epiphone Les Paul

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. Epiphone Les Paul, made in Korea. Probably a 1997 according to the serial number dater search I found online. It's been dropped, and modified with cheesy knobs and a skull-shaped bottle opener. #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #Epiphone #LesPaul

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Dewey Decibel FlipOut (Lit CIgarette)

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. DeweyDecibel FlipOut guitar. Lit Cigarette model/color. I forget what year, 2004-ish I think? I gigged with this one quite often. Pickups replaced with @gfs_guitarfetish Lil Killer Rails by the inimitable @ironhead_guitar_works. (Sorry that the string ends are not trimmed.) #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #DeweyDecibel #FlipOut

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Indy Custom FlyCaster by Indiana Custom Guitars

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. Indy Custom FlyCaster by Indy Custom Guitars. I got #059 out of 100. Not sure of the year? I gigged with this a handful of times with Ernie and the Berts. I strive for the ridiculous. This one seems to make people lose their minds. It is comfortable to play and sounds so good I didn't even feel the need to swap pickups. I wanted to drop rails in it so bad. But, why? #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #IndyCustom #Flycaster

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Waterstone Voltaire by Mod Guitars

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. Waterstone Voltaire by Mod Guitars. This was a posthumous gift from a dear friend and fellow bandmate who understood my penchant for odd guitars. Modded ever so slightly with purple tolex over the pickguard in honor of Erin "Ernie" Payne and his penchant for brightly colored amps. I need to get a clear plastic pickguard cut for over top of it. If I understand correctly, this Thunderbird/Firebird style was mainly a bass model by boutique builder Mod Guitars, but they did make a few guitars… and some of them are this green color which is nearly impossible to photograph correctly. My dad would have called it "Baby Shit Green." Fuzzy strap also from/in honor of Erin. This thing sounds and feels great and warms my heart to jam on. #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #Waterstone #Voltaire #ModGuitars

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Glen Burton GB2009-RWB

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. Glen Burton GB2009-RWB. American Flag themed USA map guitar. These were online while I had disposable income and here we are. They also inexplicably made a Confederate flag model even though this wasn't the shape of the Confederacy. I can hope these were inspired by the Gibson and Epiphone models. I would maybe someday sort of like to have it painted (or printed on) like an old school pastel map that the social studies teacher would pull down in front of the chalkboard. The flag is a bit over-the-top, but then again it has a certain charm. @ironhead_guitar_works did some serious work to the bridge/saddle (and other stuff?) to make this playable! It was sort of a turd out of the box, but at the price point I knew that going in. I have never gigged with this. I don't think, anyway? I mean, it's not terrible. It sounds OK. I should start another band. #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #GlenBurton #GB2009 #RWB #GB2009RWB #USA

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Galveston B.B. Stone

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. Galveston B.B. Stone. This started my obsession with weird guitars. Purchased in 2000 at the American Music Café in Murrysville, PA. Traded a Cimar by Ibanez Super-Strat style guitar for it that I hadn't had very long. I eventually tracked down & received correspondence from the creators. (I was even on their website for a minute!) Not sure on the model year? Jerker Antoni the designer, Orjan Jacobsson owner of Eagle Instruments in Sweden, and Dae Young Suk (a.k.a. B.B. Stone), salesman at UnSung. The guitar was built by UnSung in Inchon Korea, branded as Eagle in Sweeden, and exported at Galveston and even Brownsville (by Sam Ash) in the USA. From what I can gater there are 12 to 18 Eagle branded ones (with a different headstock altogether) and about that many Galveston ones. I have seen them online in a black/grey finish. I have never seen a Brownsville branded one. I gigged with this guitar a lot with AiXeLsyD and Gasoline Dion, and it shows. There are some dings, most notably in the body by the jack. Guitar shenanigans used to be my thing and sometimes there were casualties. Friend and frequent collaborator (co-conspirator?) Dave Warren @nothingbutstarsinside dropped some @gfs_guitarfetish humbuckers in it for for me a long time ago. #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #Galveston #BBStone #UnSung #Eagle #Brownsville #SamAsh #EagleInstruments

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New York Pro Stargazer (by Galaxy Guitars USA)

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. This is a heavily modded New York Pro. I believe New York Pro is now branded Galaxy, but this may be a Galaxy New York Pro Star Gazer model. Not a whole lot can be found about them on the internet. There is no model name or serial number on the guitar. I picked this up for a super cheap price with more traditional hardware, a boring white pickguard, questionable pickups, and a twisted neck from a magical place in Bedford PA called Hoke-E-Geez. I loved that body and woodgrain. I dig the black hardware look and for some reason love leopard print or cheetah print or whatever this is. Hardware from GGS pit on by me. Lil' Killer bridge & middle pickups, & a lipstick neck pickup from @gfs_guitarfetish have been dropped in by the guitar guru @ironhead_guitar_works… he also twisted that truss rod into submission when I thought I was going to need a new neck. Pickguard from somewhere thanks to Google, and Tigerwood knobs from AllParts. (I remember Aaron questioning the choice of lipstick pickup at the bridge, but going with it despite his best judgement – to later be pleasantly surprised.) This thing plays beautifully. I have used it to record and I think to gig a few times. It is usually the electric I pick up first to jam at home. It feels so good, it sounds so great. I feel like it's all mine. #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #NewYorkPro #StarGazer #Galaxy #GalaxyGuitars

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B.C. Rich Dagger

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. BC Rich Dagger. "Metal" headstock. Matte black. There are a ton of variations, glossy, other headstock, some have a Bigsby-style trem, I have even seen a red one online. No crazy pickup mods, I did add straplocks. I have no idea where the serial number is or how to date it, or if they had specific numbers for each of the model variations. There's no neck-plate as it's not bolt-on, and that's where all the stuff online says to find the serial number. I wanted a hollowbody because I hadn't had one yet. Izzy Stradlin and TimnArmstrong had to be on to something, right? I had thought about an Ibanez Artcore because I think I noticed that Rob from @AnnBeretta had one at a show once. I think @hornertommy had one too? When I saw this, it fit my fondness for weird guitars more than any other hollow body I have ever seen. Is it punk? Horrorpunk? Psychobilly? Metal? Sure. I always thought my first BC Rich would be one of those translucent green Warlocks from the late 90s. I still kind of want one of those… even though I do not shred and am generally not into axes setup for that. This thing has a beautifully smooth neck and just sounds full and warm. A good eye can catch a glimpse of the Chewbacca-inspired seat belt cover over the strap. #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #BCRich #Dagger

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Fender Stratocaster (MIJ)

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. @Fender Stratocaster. The guitar dater project says it was made between 1984-1987 at the Fuji-jen factory in Japan. I thought it was early to mid 90s as that's when my parents got it for me. It was my second electric, to replace my first little weird Cruise student model. Obviously there are some mods. @nothingbutstarsinside dropped in a @dimarzioinc rail pickup for me, and I added the #StarWars knobs from Fernandes… and some stickers. (Just to make purists cringe.) I never use them tremolo so those locking screws up top are out. This guitar has fallen out of the case and down a flight of concrete stairs. It is a little chewed-up on the back of the body & headstock. It was once spattered in actual blood from a hangnail I had and it looked awesome. I played a lot of AiXeLsyD gigs & made a lot of recordings with this guitar. I may have gigged a few times with it or even recorded with it in Gasoline Dion? I forget. As much as I have gravitated to odd guitars, and was probably a fan of more Les Paul and SG players than Strat players, this guitar feels fantastic and is built SOLID. The humbucking rails cut that glassy twang, but it still sounds like a Fender. It feels better to me playability-wise than the Mexican made or USA Strats of the same era. You can't knock a classic too hard if it's got such mass appeal without becoming a curmudgeonly contrarion. It probably needs some love, but I don't want to polish off any of that punk rock mojo. (I do need some screws with flush heads so those silly knobs spin better!) #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #Fender #Stratocaster #MIJ #AiXeLsyD #FiendClub #Strat #CrimsonGhost #Misfits #DarthVader

A post shared by Eric Carroll (@aixelsyd13) on Apr 22, 2020 at 3:36pm PDT

No-name LP copy w/ chalkboard paint

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. Les Paul style copy of indeterminate origin. This used to be a more traditional looking Black Les Paul copy… maybe a kit guitar, probably one that people would incorrectly claim as a "lawsuit guitar." It didn't have a logo when I bought it. It's a physically heavy block of chaos and that's what drew me to it at Warehouse Music in Apollo PA. It was $60. @awelsh138 was there with me. I went home to get cash & went right back to get it. Ha ha. For a long time, it was my "Gotham Bat Paul." I had a vinyl logo cut to look like the Gibson logo that said "Gotham" and had a Batman logo sticker on the body. It was really in need of a re-fret and probably not worth it. For a while I wanted to draw a maze on a guitar, and I also wanted to try one with chalkboard paint. This way I can do both when the mood strikes. I don't know how @ironhead_guitar_works can handle the crap I take to him. I had him replace the neck after I repainted the body with the chalkboard paint. While he was at it, I had him drop in @gfs_guitarfetish P-90 pickups. I don't have anything else with P90's and we gotta have some diversity, right? Someday I may get the itch to drop one of those goofy quad rails in here or the Epiphone Les Paul. Nothing is sacred! I think the neck & all the black hardware were also all from #GuitarFetish. Oh yeah, you probably noticed those @drstrings Neon's too. #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #ChalkboardPaint #drneonstrings #LesPaul #LP #LPCopy #maze #mazes #chalkart #P90

A post shared by Eric Carroll (@aixelsyd13) on Apr 23, 2020 at 2:50pm PDT

No-name acrylic Strat-style with LED’s

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. Stratocaster copy with no headstock logo. It came from @ebay, shipped from China. So, it's probably the same stuff that @AliExpress sells. I have always liked the green acrylic BC Rich Warlocks, and all the Acrylic guitars by Galveston… but when I saw them online with LED's in the body and the fret markers, I had to have one. Now I see them with Acrylic necks too and wonder if I should have waited? Ha ha. Is there a difference between Acrylic, Lucite, and Plexiglass? I have heard these called all of the above. This still has the stock pickups, they actually sound pretty good… but I may get bored and put rails or something crazy in it someday. It came with white knobs, and I replaced them with clear. If I can find a clear pickguard that is guaranteed to fit the same screw holes, thay may be fun too. I also sewed some LED lights into a strap to make one that matches because… well, I have no good reason. Again with the @drstrings Neon's too, this time all green. I have yet to gig with this. Maybe it's time to start another band after the current pandemic? #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #LED #Stratocaster #Strat #SStyle #LEDGuitar #AcrylicGuitar #Acrylic #Lucite #Plexiglass

A post shared by Eric Carroll (@aixelsyd13) on Apr 24, 2020 at 5:12pm PDT

Cort SG-style Doubleneck

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. Cort (@cort_guitars). No idea on official model name. Doubleneck SG copy, looks a bit like Jimmy Page's doubleneck SG. I got a good deal on this at a guitar show in Monaca a while back. Traded in my Ibanez acoustic 12-string as part of the deal. I still need to get a case that actually fits this. It's fun to play, not ridiculously heavy, and feels good in my hands. Doesn't sound all that bad either! The necks are set, not bolt-on. I don't see a serial number anywhere. I would appreciate it it anyone would let me know if they have any information on the official model name, or even a year or range based on the design or logo. I know it could have been manufactured in South Korea, China, or Indonesia. All my emails to Cort (and DM's on Instagram) have gone unanswered. This one hasn't seen a gig yet either. No mods. (Yet.) #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #Cort #Doubleneck #CortGuitars #SG #SGCopy #DoubleNeckGuitar

A post shared by Eric Carroll (@aixelsyd13) on Apr 25, 2020 at 6:50pm PDT

Esteban Midnight Legacy

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. Esteban Midnight Legacy. I think I made between 2000 and 2002? It as so cheap I couldn't pass it up. I am intrigued by the traditionally Fender Stratocaster style pickups/knobs/switches on the traditionally Gibson Les Paul shaped body. If you couldn't tell I like guitars that make purists cringe. I also liked the "E" (or "𝓔 ") shaped headstock. This is a cheap guitar in quality also. If I laid this at sea level, the action near the 12th fret would be about the same elevation as Mount Everest. It has a truss rod. It is so bad I may tinker. The black hardware feels painted, not actually black. It is a nice weight. The back of the neck is smooth. The fingerboard is "eh," and the pickups are like some cheap guitars. If I hang on to this, it's totally getting GFS Lil' Killer Rails. I do like the body, but surely someone else offers this. I also like telecaster with 2 humbuckers. Haven't gigged out with this yet, either. You're welcome. #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #Esteban #MidnightLegacy #StratPaul #Lesocaster

A post shared by Eric Carroll (@aixelsyd13) on Apr 26, 2020 at 12:27pm PDT

Bohemian Moonshine

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. @bohemianguitars Moonshine Model. 2x single coils. This was a present from my awesome wife @bcarroll_13 because she knows I like weird axes. This certainly looks like a snarling little fuzz machine. The only issue is that it was an "outlet guitar" (according to the manufacterer) and the frets need some work. They are sharp on the edges and uneven. The neck may be a bit warped too. I wrote to them asking about the issue, and inquiring about just purchasing a replacement neck… but after a "let me get back to you" I have heard nothing. All of their stock seems to be marked as sold out on their website, and now emails bounce back instead of simply going unanswered. I would live to plug this in and give it a real run, but the fret issues make simple chords in the first position unplayable. Someday, with help from the guitar whisperer, this will (hopefully) be a mean machine. #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #BohemainGuitars #Moonshine #BohoGuitars #BohoNation #OilCanGuitar

A post shared by Eric Carroll (@aixelsyd13) on Apr 27, 2020 at 3:10pm PDT

Six Flags Batman Logo Guitar

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. @sixflags @batman logo guitar! I sadly, did not win this at @sixflagsovertexas (the TX address and "Made in China" is printed on the back) or any other Six Flags location. I won it dirt cheap on @ebay. I could not pass it up. I mean… it's a guitar, it's the classic Batman logo, and it's me. Right? I have written to Six Flags to get some information, maybe in which factory it was produced or if it's a brand we know just without a headstock logo. No answers there. I didn't try @dccomics yet. I doubt they would know. It says this on the back; SIX FLAGS, INC. GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75050 MADE IN CHINA BATMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics. (s11) 11-04 Not sure if the s11 or 11-04 are model, serial, or date codes? This one needed some help, so of course I had @ironhead_guitar_works do the deed. He added the string tree (maybe the wrong name for the solid bar?) and a @seymourduncanpickups SH-6 pickup. Unfortunately the nut is super crooked, so it will never be perfect, but it is playable and I have gigged with it… usually whipping it out for the last song. Yes those are @drstrings neons (again). I should have this one on display all the time. #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #SixFlags #Batman #DCComics #BatLogo #BatmanLogo #SeymourDuncan #SH6 #drneonstrings

A post shared by Eric Carroll (@aixelsyd13) on Apr 28, 2020 at 7:19pm PDT

SX Country 6-String Banjo (from Rondo Music)

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. @rondo_music Rondo Music SX Country 6-String Banjo. You can call it a #guitjo or #banjitar if you will. It's got a @remopercussion head too. This was another gift from @bcarroll_13. She supports my weird guitar habit. I was interested in this because I had been digging Flogging Molly, The Devil Makes Three, and music in that vein… but I had no interest (yet) in learning the alternate fingering for a traditional 5-string banjo with that weird short string. With this, I have learned that I am utterly useless at fingerpicking. I will keep trying though. This thing is a lot of fun. Maybe I'll get a pick that wraps around my thumb and those weird metal clip on rings? Also, it will never not be funny to play the riff from "Crazy Train" on this. Another setup by @ironhead_guitar_works because that bridge goes wherever it wants and Aaron is a guitar ninja. Shaman? Samurai? Kaiju? One of these days, I need an Agile. Rondo makes great stuff. #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #SX #SXCountry #6StringBanjo #Rondo #RondoMusic

A post shared by Eric Carroll (@aixelsyd13) on Apr 29, 2020 at 4:21pm PDT

Fender Gemini IIE (G-IIE)

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. @fender Gemini IIE (or G-IIE) acoustic/electric. This was another gift from my parents when I was in jr. high or high school. I had taken a guitar class in school and this was a good practice-at-home guitar. The label inside said it was made in Korea. This guitar has been a staple/workhorse for many many years. It's my main "going to camp" guitar. I recorded (& wrote) some AiXeLsyD stuff on it. It has been my "that annoying guy with a guitar at the campfire/picnic/party" guitar. I learned to play and sing at the same time, to lead sing-alongs, and to entertain a crowd on this guitar at church camp from Rev. Jeff Welsh. I have it stringed with @ErnieBall Super Slinkys just to make purists cringe. I may switch to some bronze strings though? The pickups aren't the most fantastic, but it sounds great mic'd. It shows some wear on the fingerboard in the "cowboy chords" position. There are definitely scratches and cracks… but it's nowhere near as cool as Willie Nelson's Trigger (yet). This guitar feels like an extension of my hands because I have played it so much. #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #Fender #GeminiIIE #GIIE #AcousticElectric #ErnieBall

A post shared by Eric Carroll (@aixelsyd13) on Apr 30, 2020 at 6:10pm PDT

Xaviere RTS 550D Rich Tonewood Series (from Guitar Fetish)

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Posting a guitar (or other stringed instrument) per day until I forget, work too long, or run out. Xaviere RTS 550D Rich Tonewood Series acoustic from @gfs_guitarfetish. This guitar is loud and bright. I love the look of this top that is not sanded smooth (except for the "pickguard" area and dyed black. It's got a great feel on the neck, and those tone markers are classy too. This is a really beautiful sounding dreadnought style axe for a crazy reasonable price. I even wrote to them after I received it to praise the quality and ask what kind of strings were on it. The answer? Olympia strings. They're bronze and they sound gorgeous. This axe hangs above the couch in the living room on an angled mount. When I feel the urge, it is right there ready to jam. #AiXeLsyD13 #AllMyAxes #Guitar #GuitarFetish #Xaviere #RTS550D #RichToneWoodSeries #OlympiaStrings

A post shared by Eric Carroll (@aixelsyd13) on May 1, 2020 at 4:54pm PDT

 

OK.  Now post yours on your social media!  Tag me (@AiXeLsD13 on most everything).  Post them in the comments here.  Use #AllMyAxes or your own hashtag!

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Want a bonus video of my daughter and me playing a short snippet-sized cover of the Ernie and the Berts classic “Everybody Poops?”  Of course you do!

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#EverybodyPoops honky-tonk style by Molly Carroll featuring Eric AiXeLsyD.

A post shared by Eric Carroll (@aixelsyd13) on May 2, 2020 at 10:32am PDT

So, I set up a living room rig. 🎸

This morning I felt like playing the guitar. I didn’t feel like jamming in the basement by my work bench where all my stuff is set up. I didn’t bring up the Laney 2×12 or the Orange Micro Terror. I brought out the Fender Blues Jr. & a Yamaha MSR100 powered speaker so I could run my new DigiTech Trio into two different outputs.

The Trio was a birthday present from my wife. It was on backorder from Sweetwater for a while & we have been really busy so this was my first chance to try it out.  I set it up like this…

It started out as a pile of stuff in the corner.  Then I remembered that I had an old RCA-Victor TV cabinet in the garage purchased from our house’s previous owner that I thought about turning into an amp someday.  The Blues Jr. fit where the TV went, and the Yamaha PA fit underneath where the speaker grille is.

Then I had a cabinet and I pile of pedals.  So, I cut up a milk crate and made a goofy pedal board with a Donner power supply & some zip ties.  The “board” fits inside the cabinet with the blues Jr. too.  It was a morning long project but it felt good to get it done & know I can jam a lot more easily.  It may be tricky if I just want to use the Trio & some headphones.

I do have a Dirt & Ernie pedal & an A/B/Y that I use to run the Jr. & Micro Terror at the same time.  Maybe a board extension will eventually be in order?  How cool would it be if the doors came off & were the pedalboard?

Oh well.  Enough monkeying.  Time to jam.

I will eventually have to give a serious(?) evaluation of the Trio.  I do already know I want a looper now.  Ha ha.  It was pretty intuitive & loads of right out of the box.  My 4 year old told me to turn it down right away, so it had to be cool.  Right?

 

Monkeying with the DigiTech Trio:

I apologize for the “living room while the wife and kids are home” volume, and the Crocs.

 

My little dude seemed to like the idea.  He has all the moves down.  Maybe some day he will want to play too!

Do you have a living room, bedroom, or other small setup rig?  Share some in the comments!  Any thoughts on any of this equipment?  Any tips for the Trio?  You can comment below here at the blog with WordPress, Facebook, Twitter, or a Gravatar login.

Should you be featured on #GuitarHoarders? 🎸

Narrator: “Up next on Guitar Hoarders; Jim, 48, a self-professed ‘Blues Lawyer’ from Oaklahoma is going through a divorce due to his recent failure to remove 27 partscasters from his bathroom, leaving his soon-to-be-ex-wife to do her business in the rose bushes out back.”

Narrator: “Jim’s wife, Tonya, thought the rented apartment two towns over was for another woman, but it was way worse than she could have imagined. It was full of Chibsons and falsely advertised ‘Lawsuit Era’ LP copies that were actually nothing of the sort.”

Tonya: “I wish his browser history had said PornHub or RedTube, but no… it was all Reverb, eBay, ShopGoodwill, Craigslist, and the lowest of the low… local & national guitar forums on Facebook!

Don’t even get me started on LetGo and OfferUp. I wish I had found Tinder or even Grinder. That, I could deal with.”

Narrator: “Tonya did at least see a bright side to all of the madness.”

Tonya: “I mean, I guess at least it wasn’t Reddit.”

Jim: “I guess I don’t need that many guitars. I mean, I don’t get to play as often as I like. Most of my time is spent online explaining to n00bz how tone wood makes a huge difference, why I think Gibson is overrated and how they have gone downhill, the best types of wood for a fretboard, you know… the important stuff. There are some real idiots out there. How can you have fun if you’re not getting the best possible tone from your fingers?”

Narrator: “Jim is seemingly unaware that he has a problem.”

Jim: “GAS? No, never heard of it. Wait, is that the psychobilly jam-band that plays every open stage night at Free Beer Tomorrow over in Tulsa? No?

Anyway, did you know that Slash’s Les Paul that he used on Appetite for Destruction wasn’t even a Gibson?  And now they endorse him?  I mean.  If you don’t know that, you shouldn’t even be allowed to play Guitar Hero.”

Tonya: “I’m currently living with my sister.  Her husband plays the bass, so he can’t afford to have a hoarding problem.”

Jim: “That guy?  He doesn’t even know the difference between active and passive pickups.  Heh.”

Narrator: “At this time, Jim refuses counseling.  He thinks they can work it out.”

Jim: “I was teaching her how to play, but Mel Bay is so dumb.  We re-started with a ‘Top 50 riffs of all time’article form an old guitar magazine out of my pile.  I mean, there are only 8 notes, right?  Or is it 12?

I was trying to tell these guys at the county fair that they were playing the riff for ‘Lay Down Sally’ wrong, but you just can’t tell some people things.  I have a tabographic memory.  That’s where you can instantly remember every guitar tab that you have ever seen.”

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TLC, I have another TV show for you.  This is a comment from a guitar group gone awry because I amuse myself way too much.  Who wants to do a YouTube sketch comedy show for a very specific audience?

Messing around with some of my guitars 🎸

Guitars Demoed this time around

The other night I broke out some of my toys for some fun.  Some cats demo their stuff online, so I decided to make a video of my jam…

Here are the guitars used:

• Dewey Decibel FlipOut (GFS Lil’ Killer Rails Installed)
• New York Pro StarGazer (GFS Lil’ Killer Rails & a lipstick tube Installed)
• No-Name Acrylic Strat Copy w/ Green LED’s
• No-Name LP copy w/ Chalkboard Paint (GFS P-90’s Installed)
• IndyCustom FlyCaster

Here was my setup:

Ran it into a Planet Waves tuner pedal, out to a Y-splitter cable. One end went into an Ernie Ball wah pedal then into a Fender Blues Jr. The other end went straight into an Orange Micro Terror rockin’ a Laney 2×12 cab.

Here are some photos if you’re into that kind of stuff:

I’d be interested to know what you think, if you own a guitar like one of these, or if you have something even wackier to share.  Please, comment up.

If I ever buy another guitar…

I certainly don’t need another guitar.  I’m always looking at them though.  There are just so many different kinds out there, and I can appreciate almost all of them.  Some I actually sort of drool over, & eventually I end up with one.  I don’t think 13 Guitars in 2013 will ever become a reality.  I can always add cool guitars to my Pinterest board, right?

These are some that I’m always thinking about…

Epiphone USA Map Guitar

Like this…

The Epiphone USA Map Guitar – It has to be ridiculously cumbersome to play, but no more than my Galveston B.B. Stone.  The brown finish is neat, but I’d love it to look like an old-school pastel textbook map of the USA.  They pop up on ebay every once in a while, but none are ever priced low enough that I feel it’s a “must buy” because I’ll never see the same deal again.  There are other companies that make them too.  I’m not picky, I just like the shape & the idea.  It would certainly be a fun one on stage.

Fernandes Ravelle

Deluxe

The Fernandes Ravelle – I’d like any of them really, but the green Dave Kushner model is awesome.  I dig the green color, and the sweet pick guard with holes in it.  I love how it takes the classic Les Paul shape, and makes it a little Alien.  The curves are awesome.  I dig the sound too, on the Velvet Revolver albums & live show.  I’ve seen a few in action at shows around here, but I’ve only seen one for sale at Guitar Center in Robinson.  I almost dropped more money than I could afford on it… it was only around $500 which seemed reasonable.   Sadly, I made a sound financial decision that day.

Fretlight Guitar

Fretlight® Guitar – It seems like it would just be really fun to play with one.  I might even learn a scale other than the pentatonic with one.  I like the old school one with the knobs & switches.  I don’t know if I’d even gig out with it, unless you could program it to make a cool light show or spell out the name of your band or something tasteless & offensive on the fretboard.  Maybe even the word “POOP” because, well, that’s always funny.

Hallmark Guitars Wing-Bat

Hallmark Guitars Wing-Bat – Or the George Barris Batman guitar.  I’ll probably never have enough money to own this thing, but it sure is cool.  No Batmobile beats the 60’s Batmobile… and this thing looks like it was in the trunk all along.  If anyone has one that needs a good home, let me know.  I’ll play it & take care of it quite well.  I’d gig out with it too.  It’s a shame when these collector guitars hit a shelf somewhere never to be played again.

DIPinto Mach IV

DiPinto Mach IV – One of my favorite guitars playersplays one of these sweet-looking axes. It’s very eye-catching.  It’s almost like a Mosrite, but not quite.  Gel from The Eyeliners is one hell of a guitar player, & the reason I want one.  I’m generally not a fan of red guitars, but with this… I’d like a red one.

Annihilator

Annihilator copy by Oktober Guitars – I’m not nearly as cool as Doyle, but I’d love to play one… being a Misfits Fiend for all these years.  I’m not sure I’ll ever have $600 lying around for a guitar that I wouldn’t play all the time.

I do also want a bunch of other stuff that’s not so specific.   I’d love to have a hollowbody, something like an Ibanez Artstar/Artcore or Epiphone Flamekat.  I’d love a custom Millennium Falcon guitar.  I’d love one of Tom Bingham’s creations like the Record guitar or suitcase guitar.  I like weird stuff, like the Bigfoot Guitar or the Electric Ant Farm guitar.

I’d like a translucent guitar.  I did want one of those lime green BC Rich models that were out a while back.  They had them in Warlock, Bich or Mockingbird styles, but I’m not sure I could pull that off.  I’d also like a see-through Galveston (or any “off “brand) Les Paul or Telecaster.  A translucent guitar with LED’s in it would be incredibly fun.

I would like a Fender Toronado or Gibson Firebrand too.  Maybe any sort of double-neck or even a 6-string banjo.  I’m sure there are other guitars out there that I want that I just don’t know about.

Check out my Guitars Board on Pinterest for an ever-evolving list.

What’s on your wish-list?

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