Let's see those "back in the day" photos!

[mikey]

1983 with my first 'good' guitar. A Vantage Avenger.

Cool! My first guitar was an Avenger as well, pretty sure I got it in '83. I don't have the original anymore but I picked up a twin to it on ebay a few years ago. ...Mine was natural with a single hum.

 

[BenoA]

Cool! My first guitar was an Avenger as well, pretty sure I got it in '83. I don't have the original anymore but I picked up a twin to it on ebay a few years ago. ...Mine was natural with a single hum.

Same here!!! "natural with a single hum" too!!! Do you have any pics to share of that guitar?

 

[butnut]

One of my first gigs....back in mid 1970's...my first Fender, $100 Mustang.

and last months gig...hehe, am I playing the same damn chord? LOL

 

[DGDGBD]

Can you tell us a little about the strat? Was it a nice one?

It was an E series with locking trem system - played very well, but I prefer the tradition six point trem. You can see that i removed the locking mechanism from the nut. I bought it from one of the shops on 48th st in NYC for like $350. Sold it in the 90s to a guy I worked with.

 

[kmacfly]

Late '79 early '80 can't remember.

Warren Zevon anyone?

 

[Bob Womack]

1978 with '50s band Diamond Dan and the Cut Gems

Dig the Addidas Rom. The bassist used a Fender PS300 for the lows and an SVT for the highs. 3x18" and a single 4x10" box for the highs. I was running a stock '74 Les Paul small-script Standard through a '65 Gibson GA-55RVT Ranger with an external 2x12 cut down from a Hammond tone cabinet. Also dig the blackface Princeton Reverb for backup. I've still got the cab and the guitar.

Bob

 

[FFTT]

Warren Zevon anyone?

Actually, people told me all the time that I looked like a spitting image
of Greg Hawkes from The Cars.

Roxanne, my old high school friend was a professional Hollywood film & casting image consultant & hairdresser.

She came up with this look as something super practical that I could refresh
quickly between sets with a hand towel.

Back then I was also scrawny enough to wear 31 waist trousers and no shirt!

The rest of the band soon followed with the greatest improved image impact on Mike the guitarist with the long hair, bangs and beard going to a short layered cut keeping the beard.

I wish I had before & after pix.
Roxanne took him to more of a short hair Pete Townshend with a beard look
wearing a white jump suite with NASA logos.

 

[frijoleghost]

I think flyin brian's pic of the '66 teenage hullaballoo freakout is the best I've seen so far

 

[FFTT]

We finally had a slick polished act and wanted to look the part.
In our late 20's early 30's the garage band look, or the glam rock look was too far in either direction. We kinda wanted to outclass the joint just a bit where ever we went.

More avante guard I suppose.
The ladies seemed to appreciate how we cleaned up.

 

[deanmass]

Some of you with no scanner...iPhone/droid cams work great as"scanners" in a pinch..

Great thread. Digging out mine tomorrow.

 

[Ascension]

1987 playing an Aria Pro II Urchin

Same band 1989 playing a Gibson showcase U2

1990 with the U2 again

1994 Playing a Carvin DC 200

Playing a 1990 Carvin Ultra V at the Southeastern Carvin bash 2005

Wailing on a Carvin bolt Playing with David Jones 2006

Playing a 1990 Carvin X220C 2010

Playing "pinky" September 15 2012 Kelly Ingram Park Birmingham on the 49th anniversary of the 16th street Church bombing for Redigging the Wells.

 

[cuz'n eddie]

Here I am in 1974.

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And here's the 1981 version.

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[JDW3]

1978 with '50s band Diamond Dan and the Cut Gems

Dig the Addidas Rom. The bassist used a Fender PS300 for the lows and an SVT for the highs. 3x18" and a single 4x10" box for the highs. I was running a stock '74 Les Paul small-script Standard through a '65 Gibson GA-55RVT Ranger with an external 2x12 cut down from a Hammond tone cabinet. Also dig the blackface Princeton Reverb for backup. I've still got the cab and the guitar.

Bob

Were the rolled up cuffs stock?

 

[William Braddell]

Old thread but man I had a blast scrolling through all of this. I was born in 1991 so wasn't around for a lot of it!

 

[2leod]

Updated my post because of the PhotoBucket thing...

Let's see those "back in the day" photos!

 

[John Vasco]

Old thread but man I had a blast scrolling through all of this. I was born in 1991 so wasn't around for a lot of it!

This should scare the crap out of you, then!
Posted before, but, February 1971.
1970 lefty SG Standard into a Marshall Plexi 100w head into 1960 & 1960B 4x12 cabs.

 

[BuddyGuit]

Earliest one I have.

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[C-RAM]

1976, with my still-new '74 Standard.

 

[kd2024]

1989
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vqe643niaqmw7pu/Photo Jul 20, 11 12 36 AM.jpg?dl=0

1993
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h6lqusttyd8j47m/Photo Jul 20, 11 19 16 AM.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kekdhz5eg5rpaa4/Photo Dec 02, 7 34 34 AM.jpg?dl=0

1994
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c4bjdi5i5rktb2g/Photo Dec 02, 7 35 28 AM.jpg?dl=0

2017
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ucgl1hr17gso021/Photo Apr 18, 8 44 20 PM.jpg?dl=0

2019
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gkb3dly7xeoxbci/Photo Aug 09, 2 56 12 AM.jpg?dl=0

 

[mr. moon]

Fun stuff!!

First show I ever played in front of people other than friends, with my band that was named "Viper" "Warlock" "Fallen Angel" or some crap like that. I am the guitarist, stage left, sporting the taped Lotus running through a Peavey head into a Sonic 6x12 cabinet. I even have a recording of the gig!!