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I now own my current dream guitar. A nice 335.
I guess the very first guitar I wanted was probably a Strat, but my first proper dream guitars were Japanese models I saw advertised in the first few issues of Guitar Player I bought, around 1981:
Ibanez Artist AR300, Washburn Falcon, Aria Pro II CS400, Yamaha SG2000
I still love those guitars, I still think they look brilliant, still get excited when I see them on eBay... but I know most of them weigh a ton - as was the fashion at the time - and I'd find the necks too skinny. I do actually own a CS400 now, and it's not bad, but I'll probably never buy the others although it's still not too hard to find nice examples in good condition.
I don't think I really have a dream guitar now, but I like conventional stuff like Strats, Teles, SGs and LPs.
I didn't hate it or anything, I loved it, sounded good, had that neck profile I was craving, had the weight too (which I assumed impossible to find in my budget). Yeah.
At first:
https://shop.guitarpoint.de/media/images/popup/Dean80ML_CSB8001690_19.jpg
Then:
http://www.ibanezjem7v.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ibanez-jem7v-test.jpg
Then (conquered this by building a lookalike MJT):
http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/images/features/fender-custom-shop-gallery/metallic-green-strat.jpg
Then (I also conquered this by buying one):
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7479/16341046645_1b2962fc8c_o.jpg
Now? I couldn't tell you. At the minute, probably this:
http://www.theguitarmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Guitar-Bass-May-2016-3.jpg
I did like the star shaped guitars of the Glitterband and Dave Hill of Slade .....................oh dear
It was always the Kossoff/Greeny Les Paul thing when I was a teenager. I never had an interest in Strats other than liking Floyd and Gilmour but never saw or heard myself with one and only did a partscaster to scratch the itch.
As all these stay pretty much above my budget I get distracted by alternatives and shiny things.
PRS Private Stocks are like crack cocaine, Its like I stumbled on the first one now always looking for the 2nd LOL
The long wanted wishlist
A good vintage 50's Les Paul (now being fulfilled by the Greco)
A good Vintage Junior (Being satiated by a home build GSP DC)
A good Vintage 59/60's Strat (still probably want a CS rather than an original )
A 000 Martin ( convincing myself my 300 quid Cort Adirondack is nearly as good lol)
I see loads of things that catch my eye or ear my love of PRS came long before they were popular or I even new what they were it was something I tried and it was the best I had ever played at the time and its still a guitar that makes me play way above my pay grade.
Which is good because now I can concentrate on playing guitars rather than buying guitars.
Now Gretsch Power Jet is my main guitar, the tele is my number three and can't stand 7 string guitars and low tunings.
I don't care now, I've got a s/h Fender MIM P-bass and an old Yam BB1100s - both play well and sound good, they are all I want.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
If 16 year old me were in charge, I would be all over a Classic Player HH but the offset range has expanded significantly since 2001...
Now I’d probably say my dream guitar is a really nice acoustic, as it’s mainly the acoustic that I pick up, these days. Then again, I’m quite happy with the acoustic I’ve got, so maybe I don’t have a dream guitar, now..
they mostly played Strats.. and there was Schenker with the V..
a little later, Van Halen... super-Strats..
I'm still a big super-Strat fan [have several RG's and a very customised Fender USA]
and I now play what are essentially super-Strats that have V shaped bodies
Now my dream guitars are mostly single coil and curvy.
So, yes.