Official Off Topic Discussion Thread #1

[Ulu]

Now I also own:

The 2004 Schecter C-1


The 1965 Silvertone 1448
(By Danelectro & sold only thru Sears.)
The custom tailpiece and bridge was designed and manufactured by yours truly.


The 1967 Silvertone 1479
(The Harmony Bobcat, as sold at Sears)


It’s missing the knobs and the whammy bar but it’s a nice player.


The 2020 Rogue lapsteel (from China)


The 2023 Fojill bass (also China)

Whoa! My very first bass guitar!

 

[Ulu]

And these:

The Squier Telecaster (Indonesia)
(Fender owns Squier, so a Tariff loophole?)


And finally, the best of all, The Eric Clapton signature edition 1999 Fender Stratocaster.

The real thing. It cost the same as I spent on the other 9 combined.

This is assembled in Corona California, but because of environmental protection regulations, The parts are sanded and painted in Mexico.

Ok , it’s nearly the real thing. It’s not actually signed by Clapton himself. It’s just a decal, painted on. It would’ve been another $10,000 with his real signature. I paid $1500 with the black case shown under the Telecaster.

Nonetheless it is by far the nicest guitar I have ever owned and played and even held in my hands. If I had an instrument this fine back in 1969 I probably would have skipped engineering and computer school and just gone straight into becoming a bohemian guitarist.