Your DOB guitar

DrJazzTap

So were acoustic guitars just as bad in the 1980s?

Jez6345789

Thought about this a good few times but being born in 1959  has pretty much kept anything nice out of my range.

I have thought several times about a 59 Reissue of some sort but its not quite the same.

I also nearly got a 59 faded sonic blue Strat reissue after visiting the Fender factory as they were just starting the production on these a few years ago. My Californian friend got his local store to get one but I did not really like the D shaped neck so it stayed in LA. 

So other than something a bit old and weird I would seldom play the only other thing is probably a player grade 345 or junior something like that. That said so many of these are just old rubbish. Some have so little of 59 in them they are simply not worth the dollars. 

But still thinking about getting something. 

usedtobe

1962... SG? Jazzmaster..?

jd0272

1972 was shit all round. I'd not even bother me arse.

markblack

Hi have a 77' SG, my old man owned a music shop and he took it in part-ex... and I ended up with it by fluke it turned out to be a 77'! It's a great (if not that desirable) SG.

ThePrettyDamned

I was born in 1990 so mine would be a top quality Japanese Ibanez superstrat.

speshul91;429589" said:

Was there anything nice made in 91?

Rg!

Lixarto

No, he said "nice".

ThePrettyDamned

Lixarto;429867" said:

No, he said "nice".

Yeah, I know! That's why I said -


Tsk, oh you

Lixarto

marantz1300

markblack said:

Hi have a 77' SG, my old man owned a music shop and he took it in part-ex... and I ended up with it by fluke it turned out to be a 77'! It's a great (if not that desirable) SG.

I desire it.

robinbowes

Resurrecting this as I'm 50 next year!

I saw this, which is only three days out: http://nottinghamcityguitars.com/product/1968-fender-telecaster/

It's also a bit pricey!

Starting to look more seriously now...

R.

tone1

I quite fancy a 4 screw 71 Strat ( I think they still did 4 screw in 71?) 

richardhomer

robinbowes said:

Resurrecting this as I'm 50 next year!

I saw this, which is only three days out: http://nottinghamcityguitars.com/product/1968-fender-telecaster/

It's also a bit pricey!

Starting to look more seriously now...

R.

That is pricey. It may be a lovely guitar but I played a '68 a while ago that was a dog. Thick poly finishes were part of the deal by then - as were some odd neck shapes. The one I played was £4000 - it may lack the romance of a 'real' old guitar - but a CS one may well be better....

Gassage

I have my DOB Guitar.

Jan 1964 Sonic Blue strat. Fortunately I wasn't a blue baby.

JezWynd

I've been watching mine for a while. Watching is all I'm able to do atm.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1957-Gibson-EB-1-Bass-GIB0224/332195292956?

Gassage

tone1 said:

I quite fancy a 4 screw 71 Strat ( I think they still did 4 screw in 71?) 

Up to April.

Gassage

miserneil said:

I'd love to get a DOB guitar...but 1981 was hardly a glorious year in guitar production!

  It was a magnificent year for forged birth certificates though, so I'm told.

tone1

Gassage said:

tone1 said:

I quite fancy a 4 screw 71 Strat ( I think they still did 4 screw in 71?) 

Up to April.

Ta 

dealmaker

I was lucky enough to find an early 68 Les paul Goldtop (when I was born) . It had been badly routed for Humbuckers - so bought it and got it tidied up - with a pair of real PAF's fitted (so looks like a 57 now)  - plays really well - as it benefits from the shallows angle headstock (14 degrees instead of 17). Its heavy but the tones...the tones.... 

Iamnobody

dealmaker said:

I was lucky enough to find an early 68 Les paul Goldtop (when I was born) .

You started early on guitar!