Show off your favorite pre-60's guitar. [Archive]

JumpJunior59

05-16-2010, 03:54 PM

I will start it off. Whats your favorite pre-60's archtop or solidbody guitar. I would love to see what other people are holding onto these days. Anything with some vibe puts a smile on my face. Heres mine.

1940's Kay K42 Artist Series (also have original monkey on a stick DeArmond)
Mint with like no wear and plays like a dream!!

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/129/l_12be4c813d974a008b66e5f47eae1f8e.jpg

nmiller

05-16-2010, 04:31 PM

1958 National Town and Country:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3605/3319260782_053ced3e06_b.jpg

cherrick

05-16-2010, 04:38 PM

1946 Gibson L5

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa223/cnherrick/Misc%20Guitars/L5_1.jpg

JumpJunior59

05-16-2010, 04:44 PM

God Dog those are bad!!!

mondaythursday

05-16-2010, 04:51 PM

1952 ES-150
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h54/roybrooks/IMG_0002-20.jpg

1956 ES-175D
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h54/roybrooks/IMG_0001-12.jpg

1959 ES-330TD
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h54/roybrooks/IMG_0003-7.jpg

seafoamer

05-16-2010, 04:53 PM

Either my '57 ES-175, or this '57 ES-225:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/remaofaes/fiddies.jpg

JumpJunior59

05-16-2010, 04:59 PM

I want one of those Gibson Amps Bad!!

treeofpain

05-16-2010, 06:34 PM

As far as pure cool factor, it would have to be this 1840's era Stauffer style:

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z21/treeofpainphoto/stauff.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z21/treeofpainphoto/stauffback-1.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z21/treeofpainphoto/stauffbackclose-1.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z21/treeofpainphoto/stauffbridge-1.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z21/treeofpainphoto/stauffrosette-1.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z21/treeofpainphoto/stauffhead-1.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z21/treeofpainphoto/staufftuners-1.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z21/treeofpainphoto/stauffcase1-1.jpg

JumpJunior59

05-16-2010, 06:53 PM

Wow!!!! Thats sick!!

zombywoof

05-16-2010, 08:28 PM

Here are three of the five - take your pick cuz I can't decide.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g5/zombywoof51/Guitars/GUITARS002.jpg

JumpJunior59

05-16-2010, 09:02 PM

The middle one is badass is that a custom kraft kay?

Mr. E

05-16-2010, 09:06 PM

1958 National Town and Country:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3605/3319260782_053ced3e06_b.jpg

Total lust :love:

DANOCASTER

05-16-2010, 09:44 PM

It's still less than week old ( to me ) but it's a current fave

'56 Gretsch Silver Jet :dude

http://danocaster.smugmug.com/Other/Various-Pics/jet-top-2/864984221_vfxHA-X3.jpg

JumpJunior59

05-16-2010, 10:18 PM

damn thats thing has got class

Ginglymus

05-16-2010, 11:01 PM

1949 ES-300.
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh9/xxooliver/ES300-1.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh9/xxooliver/miniDSCI0018.jpg
Rock around the clock! :JAM

TravisE

05-16-2010, 11:17 PM

I don't have a very good full pic but this is my 1951 Fender Esquire (and a '62 SG Special). This guitar is just freakin' unreal!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/TravisE/DSC01239.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/TravisE/DSC01235.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/TravisE/DSC01231.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/TravisE/Resize1.jpg

XmasTree

05-16-2010, 11:17 PM

All of these are fantastic!

JumpJunior59

05-16-2010, 11:26 PM

Wow es300 and that amp are amazing, what model gibson amp is that

Ginglymus

05-16-2010, 11:44 PM

It's a BR-1 from 1948. Two 6L6s and a big Jensen field coil.
Danny Cedrone played his famous solo with Bill Haley & the Comets on that guitar/amp combination.

stevieboy

05-17-2010, 12:17 AM

It's not just my favorite pre-60's guitar, it's my ONLY pre 60's guitar. 1959 ES125.

http://thestevieboy.tripod.com/1251.jpg http://thestevieboy.tripod.com/1253.jpg

JumpJunior59

05-17-2010, 12:51 AM

es-125, a classic it was said robert lockwood jr recorded with one of these and a es175 on all the little walter and sonny boy stuff. Awesome

Jura

05-17-2010, 02:49 AM

My '57 ES-225
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/1971/img8711s.jpg
Sometimes I wish it had a neck pickup, but the middle one makes it sound quite unique..

JumpJunior59

05-17-2010, 11:00 AM

es225 a classic, love middle position

zombywoof

05-17-2010, 11:50 AM

The middle one is badass is that a custom kraft kay?

That is one of the last of the Kay Kraft Model Bs - made in '35 or '36.

Tuberoast

05-17-2010, 12:24 PM

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z264/tuberoast/IMG_0775.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z264/tuberoast/myg5.jpg

Pair of 58's.....A D-28 and a J-50

amc

05-17-2010, 12:25 PM

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q199/amc115-photos/IMG_0526.jpg
1958 tele that i bought in pieces in 1969 for $90

TravisE

05-17-2010, 12:53 PM

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q199/amc115-photos/IMG_0526.jpg
1958 tele that i bought in pieces in 1969 for $90

Damn, that's cool. :beer

Jahn

05-17-2010, 12:54 PM

I have one, and it's a doozy - beat to hell but not beat to death '46 Gibson J-45. Gotta love that totally incorrect hershey bar bridge:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/jahn0603/Gibson%20J45/333003.jpg

musicofanatic5

05-17-2010, 01:25 PM

This one's pretty good (yeah, I know the t.p. is not original...):

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t195/musicofanatic/P6150002.jpg

On the other end of the spectrum, this one sounds nearly as good:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t195/musicofanatic/PB060013.jpg

One sort like the OP's, but with a Harmony neck installed:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t195/musicofanatic/Kmony8.jpg

travisvwright

05-17-2010, 01:35 PM

I think "Larry" might be my favorite guitar on this board. There's something so Rock and Roll about taking a potential collectors piece and carving your name in it. Makes me think of someone buying an action figure collection and removing everything from the box to actually play with it.
I don't have a very good full pic but this is my 1951 Fender Esquire (and a '62 SG Special). This guitar is just freakin' unreal!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/TravisE/DSC01239.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/TravisE/DSC01235.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/TravisE/DSC01231.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/TravisE/Resize1.jpg

Wiz-ski

05-17-2010, 02:24 PM

My 56 ES-225....bought by my dad when he was in the Navy for $100 at a pawn shop...given to me a few years ago because I'd "get more use out of it".

http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k388/theflskis/041.jpg

TravisE

05-17-2010, 03:40 PM

I think "Larry" might be my favorite guitar on this board. There's something so Rock and Roll about taking a potential collectors piece and carving your name in it. Makes me think of someone buying an action figure collection and removing everything from the box to actually play with it.

Thanks. Yeah, I love this guitar...and I love the fact that Larry carved his name in it. I'm thankful that I was able to get it directly from Larry so I have the back story and a face to go with the name. I wish I still had my old '56 Gibson Country Western that had "Don" painted on the top. I sold that one to a fellow board member...and he won't sell it back!! Damn it. Hehe.

openG

05-18-2010, 04:04 AM

a pair of 1957 Dano's...
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w255/1956sp/telenordia907.jpg

a trio of 1930's Dobros...
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w255/1956sp/3blondes021.jpg

nmiller

05-18-2010, 04:40 AM

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w255/1956sp/3blondes021.jpg

That is the greatest album cover I have never seen.

JumpJunior59

05-18-2010, 10:44 AM

Awesome green dano, I wish I had that sucker

kelvinator60

05-18-2010, 10:54 AM

1956 ES350t

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq47/kelvinator60/IMG_5404.jpg

vkennedy

05-18-2010, 11:22 AM

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z48/victorkennedy/DSC09840.jpg

1959 Clipper

musicofanatic5

05-18-2010, 11:22 AM

1956 ES350t

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq47/kelvinator60/IMG_5404.jpg

Yeah, I had a blonde one of those, but could never play that short scale in tune. That might be my ideal hollow gtr with a 25 1/2" scale!

Thinsocks

05-18-2010, 11:56 AM

[QUOTE=openG;8325614]a pair of 1957 Dano's...
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w255/1956sp/telenordia907.jpg

Wow. I'm in love with the U-3! I've actually never seen one in that color. The few I've seen were the Black/Gray burst. I have several old Danos and would love to add a U-3 to the mix some day.

kelvinator60

05-18-2010, 12:48 PM

Yeah, I had a blonde one of those, but could never play that short scale in tune. That might be my ideal hollow gtr with a 25 1/2" scale!

Yeah you have to have good tuners and heavy strings. I use a Not Really Slinky set of 12s with a HUGE unwound 3rd. It stays in tune pretty well.

It is worth the trouble. That guitar is just cool and when the light hits it right it really looks like it is on fire.

JumpJunior59

05-18-2010, 01:57 PM

Love the Gretsch cool simple box, nice and the 350 WOW

chrisr777

05-18-2010, 02:01 PM

I'd like to, but my favorite pre-sixties guitar belongs to Dave Orban.

:love:

Thinsocks

05-19-2010, 12:36 PM

My '56 Esquire (with added neck pickup and refin)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/frankiethetut/56tele.jpg

DANOCASTER

05-19-2010, 01:51 PM

I had a '66 refin tele that looked almost identical. It belonged to Arlo Guthrie. Shouldn't have sold that one //

Nice one , Thinsocks

My '56 Esquire (with added neck pickup and refin)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/frankiethetut/56tele.jpg

musicofanatic5

05-19-2010, 03:52 PM

I'd like to, but my favorite pre-sixties guitar belongs to Dave Orban.

:love:

I expect you're referring to his 175? Yeah, it makes my eyeballs do that too!

Thinsocks

05-20-2010, 11:00 AM

I had a '66 refin tele that looked almost identical. It belonged to Arlo Guthrie. Shouldn't have sold that one //

Nice one , Thinsocks

Thanks. That's the guitar I was telling you about. I'm going to take the paint off this weekend and hit it with some wood bleach. Hopefully, it can be brought back to it's trans blonde glory.

treeofpain

05-20-2010, 09:22 PM

Here's my 53 Gibson ES-140-3/4 - a cute little bugger...

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z21/treeofpainphoto/140.jpg

TravisE

05-21-2010, 06:00 PM

Bump. Gotta keep this one goin'. ;)

JumpJunior59

05-22-2010, 01:05 PM

Come on guys I know theres more out there!!!

nmiller

05-22-2010, 01:21 PM

I'm not sure if this is stretching the definition of a Guitar, but it's from 1935:

http://www.valcopages.com/Yours/NM9.jpg http://www.valcopages.com/Yours/NM7.jpg
http://www.valcopages.com/Yours/NM8.jpg

StJimmy

05-23-2010, 10:43 AM

This 57 Les Paul Junior is my favorite.

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x167/virtualjazzbo/Juniors/body-full4.jpg

Barely makes the cut but my runner up is this Fiddy-Nine Strat. Nice guitar but I prefer playing the Junior.

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x167/virtualjazzbo/1959%20Fender%20Strat/full1-web.jpg

JumpJunior59

05-23-2010, 05:12 PM

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/150/l_83308316228840de8a3fbcb7a73cdd5b.jpg

1950 es-125

Drew816

05-23-2010, 05:25 PM

karma1

05-23-2010, 08:21 PM

The acoustic hanging on the wall is a Harmony from the 50's and is the guitar I took lessons on when I was a kid.

http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo238/diamondsound/guitars.jpg

DANOCASTER

05-23-2010, 08:39 PM

here's a little 1940s Larson Bros ( "Euphanon" ) acoustic I've had for over a decade. I bought it at Broadway Music for $150

when a good friend alerted me to it's very high value , I elected to have Gruhn's sell it ( just a few weeks ago ) so it's no longer mine - but it was a cool little gtr !!

http://danocaster.smugmug.com/Other/Various-Pics/Larson/876783268_jnH5Z-X3.jpg

Brian

05-23-2010, 08:55 PM

:)Wow!
thats ex.........zatly whot I waz think N if I kuld pla.

Arjan

05-24-2010, 05:57 AM

Here is my Rickenbacher B6 lapsteel guitar, made somewhere between 1940-1950. Bakelite body and horseshoe pickup (although not the most deisred one from before the war). This thing sustains for days!

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab56/ArjanEgges/Rickenbacker%20B6%20lapsteel/Foto0048.jpghttp://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab56/ArjanEgges/Rickenbacker%20B6%20lapsteel/Foto0049.jpghttp://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab56/ArjanEgges/Rickenbacker%20B6%20lapsteel/Foto0045.jpg

hazel-rah

05-24-2010, 08:19 AM

My '59 lp special. It seems that I've developed an addiction to selling off gear---so that I can buy more gear. Of my electric guitars, I've had this one the longest (since october; I bought my j45 about a month before that). The funny thing is this: I keep deciding to sell it---because of all of the cool stuff that I could buy with the proceeds!---but every time, I plug it in and realize that I can't find a guitar that suits me better. On the other hand, I'm DYING for an es225t...thanks for the pics, guys...

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu358/skunkboycreatures/IMG_3787.jpg

JumpJunior59

05-25-2010, 12:34 AM

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/149/l_4f6e87dc23a940219158d44ef778da45.jpg

Jura

05-25-2010, 02:28 AM

EuroCool

05-25-2010, 05:50 AM

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/2012/img0145pf6.jpg

+ 1
hard to put down those.

db62

05-25-2010, 07:11 AM

What great guitars! Here's my 1955 Guild X 375

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm250/dab62/Guild1.jpg

hazel-rah

05-25-2010, 04:08 PM

Dude, I wish that I still had that 330---but I didn't like it as well as I like the 225's, so I sold it when I needed cash last winter. I have a couple of cool old slivertones, though...interested?

Jura

05-26-2010, 12:26 AM

Dude, I wish that I still had that 330---but I didn't like it as well as I like the 225's, so I sold it when I needed cash last winter. I have a couple of cool old slivertones, though...interested?
that's a pitty.. thanks but no I'm not, the 330 is what I'm after..