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What musical instruments do you have in the house?

Oh, and I picked this up this morning. '89 Squier II in naturally aged white pearl. this is a pic from the ad.

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I have a 1977 Les Paul, I've had it for around 35 years. I never felt like buying something else but I finally bought my fist acoustic guitar, a Taylor T5. Thin body, feels small, I can't seem to leave it alone. If I go out of town I try to take it with me. imo great guitar to practice on and travel with, has an electric guitar feel to the neck. Honestly, I don't think it does "acoustic" great or electric great, it's more like a personal, entertain yourself, kind of thing, like a guitar walkman, to me anyway.
 
Nightcleaner said:
In UK the recorder was the comprehensive school musical tool. I have not heard one in years.. I rather not be reminded just how awful they sounded. My sister has several . So did a girl friend of mine . I remember her having a bass recorder .


Do they still use them . Did they make it across the pond to the USA . Must be a few around still.

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In The States the "recorder" did not hold much sway beyond a few swarms of dirty hippie types circa 1960s > early '70s. Past that I don't recall seein' any and the only time I heard 'em was when listening to Brit Folk recordings. The thing just didn't take off here ... er, there; I'm in France as I write this reply.

Maybe the recorder had an ardent following in France once upon a time?
 
Nightcleaner said:
Do they still use them . Did they make it across the pond to the USA . Must be a few around still.
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I learned it in 4th grade in the mid 70s in New Jersey... my 4 year old daughter has the one you posted but in brown... it was my Grandfather's and my Mother, Sister, and I cannot recall a time that it didn't exist.
 
I haven't owned a guitar in 10 years.
Same for Korg synth; flute, Yamaha keys; Moog something or other entry level pos; can't even find my drumsticks and pad.
Looking for a guitar bc not playing is killing me.
 
I have amassed a bunch of mostly vintage(youngest, a rare 1985 Gibson ES335 solid body & a early Japanese Fender Squire Strat) solid body electric guitars for over 30 years.
Oldest 1954 Gibson Les Paul.
Sad that I am unable to physically play any more, since 11/19/81, after I lost the use of my left arm/hand, due to becoming partially paralyzed.
 
Bill Ferris said:
I have amassed a bunch of mostly vintage(youngest, a rare 1985 Gibson ES335 solid body & a early Japanese Fender Squire Strat) solid body electric guitars for over 30 years.
Oldest 1954 Gibson Les Paul.
Sad that I am unable to physically play any more, since 11/19/81, after I lost the use of my left arm/hand, due to becoming partially paralyzed.
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Sorry to hear you can't play anymore, Bill, but it sounds like you have some incredible stuff. Any chance you could post a few pictures sometime?
 
Bill Ferris said:
Yeah me too, but that inability to play, is offset by some very talented player friends, who have forgot more than I would have ever learned.
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Wow, those are beautiful. I especially like those reverse-body Firebirds. Gibson sure made some funky stuff in the late '50s - mid '60s.
 
Not a musical bone in my body but I've got a nice Squire Strat for testing guitar amps, an older low-end keyboard and a dulcimer I built from a kit. Every now and then I try to learn to play them, but it takes practice and I never find time for it.
 
ConradH said:
Not a musical bone in my body but I've got a nice Squire Strat for testing guitar amps, an older low-end keyboard and a dulcimer I built from a kit. Every now and then I try to learn to play them, but it takes practice and I never find time for it.
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I know what you mean. I have a nice '95 American Standard Tele in sunburst/white that is a far better guitar than I am a guitar player. When I got it, a buddy advised me, "Get yourself a good guitar. That way, if you get good, you won't outgrow it, and if you don't, you'll have a saleable asset." I also have a black/white Fender Mexican Jazz Bass that I am (slightly) more adept on. Aren't all bass players failed guitarists?
 
noogies said:
Wow, those are beautiful. I especially like those reverse-body Firebirds. Gibson sure made some funky stuff in the late '50s - mid '60s.
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That "reverse" Firebird, is not what it appears, it`s a custom built guitar by my long dead customer/friend for one of the Skynard guitar players ser. # 002, who also sold me the baby blue strat, & Les Paul, when he needed money over the past 20 years, or so.

Back behind one of the Fender separates is a 1954 Les Paul with the soap bar pickups.
 
I should have been more precise, "Blackface" white tolex Tremolux...yours is the one I REALLY wanted when I found mine...I had borrowed one from a kid in the 7th or 8th grade, he wanted $75 for it, but my father wouldn't buy it for me :( At THAT time I had never seen a white Fender with white knobs!
 
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My only wind instrument is a genuine Aboriginal Yidaki (Didgeridoo) made by Kristian Benton in Australia. Not something you see every day busking on a corner unless you're in Sydney or in the Northern Territory! Mine has a wooden mouthpiece so I don't have to worry about maintaining a bees wax mouthpiece which a lot of them have. It's a great workout once you master circular breathing. I hear it can even cure sleep apnea...
 
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