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Amps, on the other hand, I don't seem to have the same attachment to and plenty have come and gone down the years.
The other is a Breedlove acoustic which I've had for 16 years. It's a truly inspiring guitar that is a genuine joy to play.
Both of these were bought in memory of grandparents so they have sentimental value way beyond their monetary value which is possibly a factor in why I love playing them so much. But they both (excuse the cliche) feel like home when I play them.
Will never get rid of either.
My Gibson LP Custom 1990 - My kids will inherit this one
Also my first ever guitar, a 1970 Yamaha FG300 acoustic - bought by my Dad in the early seventies from a guy who ran the Orange amps factory. My Dad then left it in the loft for decades until I discovered it in the mid 90's when I was 17- and I've been playing it ever since. It sounds great to me so no need for me to ever buy another acoustic.
Best strat I've ever played in 30 years playing - and I'm usually a Gibson scale man.
Unfortunately my forever bass had to be sold as it was too heavy for me after surgery. It was a Marleaux Consat Custom 5 string. Never had a bass sound or play better irrespective of price.
It's been gone 2 years and I'm still gutted.
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I used to think it was my Charvel San Dimas and although it's a great guitar to play, I just don't pick it up much these days. I always thought I'd never sell it, but I maybe will at some point I think, just not yet.
I'm pretty sure my Les Paul LPJ is my forever guitar now. I've put so much time into it, and changed absolutely everything on it since new. It's got a super thin finish on it which just falls off if you so much as look at it, but it's my go to guitar and just feels so comfortable now. It's had various guises over the years but this is how it stands at the minute. I'll maybe put a humbucker back in the bridge at some point, but I'm enjoying playing about with this set up at the minute.
These two:
2011 Tom Anderson Classic and a 2012 Forshage Orion.
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Purchased with some 'left over' mortgage money, and my first 'proper' guitar. Purchased without seeing it, and it's amazing. Superb finish (which now has a natural relic'd look to it due to the natural wear and tear from being played on the satin top), plays amazingly well (action is about 0.8mm at the 21st fret with no buzz), and sustains for days.
Never seen another Les Paul like it - and have had numerous offers from people to purchase it!
Then I have 4 others which I intend to keep forever but would probably move if I absolutely needed to for financial reasons - SG Std, MJT Jazzmaster, WezV/Guitargeek62 Cabronita, Martin HD28.
In recent years I haven't bought anything that isn't good enough to potentially go into one of those categories. I'd like to add a Jaguar, a Rickenbacker, a Gretsch and an LP Junior/Special DC eventually
My band, Red For Dissent
My head said brake, but my heart cried never.
Personally, I'm an utter faithless slut when it comes to these things: fuelled in the main by this very forum's classifieds, I have bought and sold probably scores of the wretched things in the last few years. Through all that there are but two to which I have stayed True and Constant:
(i) my Les Paul Standard that I bought new from Peter Cook's Guitar World in 2004 with the proceeds of the first sizeable work payout I'd ever had, now lavishly appointed with BKP Mules and push pull things that to my cloth ears serve absolutely fuck all purpose, and
(ii) my now heavily modded TVL Jazzmaster that I scored from eBay of all places in c.2015 as a beat up wreck, and on which I learned my extremely limited soldering, repair, set up and modification skills. Now sporting Mastery hardware, Creamery and Novak pickups and the most expensive piece of plastic in the history of ever in the form of a Spitfire scratch plate.