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I have bought this Epiphone Elitist Goldtop instrument for the best price.

I used to have a Les Paul Elitist. They also went under the Elite name for some time. It was a great guitar, sounded good, but nothing special. Probably on par with the entry level Gibson Les Pauls, but nothing like a vintage, or high-line model. Never bonded with it, and sold it some time back.

As is often the case with these sorts of things, if you want a Gibson, and you buy an Epiphone, it doesn't matter how similar it looks and sounds, you will still want a Gibson. My only advice is to buy used, and get the best one you can afford.
 
The obvious:

1980 Gibson Les Paul Custom Silverburst

Just thought that I would share. I feel so dirty when I admire it alone. :)


That is a piece of art man! Insanely beautiful and it sounds awesome :)

Got this one - Gibson SG:


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With brass parts.

Also got a Japanese Strat from 80 and this Höffner thing...




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I believe I owe this thread a photo of my strat :) in the case was the only hard case I could find at uni, last one in the shop as nobody wanted a pink inside. Kept it safe all these years.

Serial E92… Made in Japan so 1984-1987 production, given the serial number it’s almost at the end, and I got this 87/88 from my parents whilst at school. Pretty good condition for a 36 year old.

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Hi Folks,
I stumbled accross this thread and was reminded that I have been wanting to get back into playing guitar again. It's just a hobby for me but I wanted to share the pride and joy of my guitars.
I had my Carvin DC400 built in 2004. It took me 20 years of drooling over their catalogs before I could afford one. The specs:
DC400
Ebony fretboard
Abalone inlays
Carvin locking tuners
Flame maple top with honeyburst finish
Gold plated hardware
Active electronics
Dual humbuckers
Carvin tremolo
Dunlop straplocks
Thank you for allowing me to share.
Dave M.
 

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Few of my units. The Jazz is tuned to C for the band I'm in, the Orange bass is a my most recent build. The 5 string Ibanez SR1205 was my main bass for ever, literally wore the frets out and last is my Steve Harris signature P, he's the reason I'm a bassist.
 

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Hi Folks,
I stumbled accross this thread and was reminded that I have been wanting to get back into playing guitar again.
I have known about this thread for years and admired a lot of the goodies shown here. I have several guitars stashed away, but I need to start playing again, so where do I start. How about a guitar that I have owned for about 50 years.

I was doing some part time repair work for a CB radio shop in Miami when a guy walked into the shop with a guitar in hand asking to trade it for some radio equipment. The shop owner told him that he wasn't running a pawn shop, go away, I followed him outside and offered a swap, the CB radio in my car for his guitar. The Hagstrom that I got in 1970 had been stolen and I had no guitar at the time, so the swap was made. I now had a Japanese made, Univox branded Mosrite clone. It sold new for $89 which was about the same as the radio I traded for it. I played the frets off the thing and eventually retired it to the closet in favor of something newer and shinier. Guitars came and went and I got a Squire Strat in the early 90's that I recently rebuilt after a spontaneous self disassembly event in the mid 2000's.

I recently dug the Univox out of storage, cleaned it up and put some strings on it. I had to raise the action a bit to compensate for the fret wear, but it still plays pretty well, and doesn't look bad for its age and neglect. The serial number dates it to 1972. I think I got it in 74 or 75.
 

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I recognize that guitar! I bought a new one of that Univox model circa 1973 (I don't remember the fancy brand-name plate, I think mine was the usual decal) for $99 new. It got lost after a couple years.

Mine was just like this one - wait till you hear what they sell for now! Starts 20:45 not sure if the link is working right:
 
I did some Googling when I first got my Univox out of the carton that it had been sleeping in for 10 years. The serial number says mine was made in either 72 or 82 and I know that the CB radio shop folded in the late 70's, so mine is a 1972 model. This article reinforces that by stating that the fancy logo disappeared in the early 70's to be replaced by a decal under the finish. Mine also has the ugly black single coil pickups that changed to humbuckers in the mid 70's. Yes, they go for stupid money ever since Kurt Cobain made them popular.

http://vintageunivox.com/guitars/hiflier.html

http://vintageunivox.com/guitars/uni-opinion.html
 
I posted some more pictures of the self disassembling Strat and its busted bridge in the "What did you last repair" thread when I dug its remains out of a box earlier this year after a 10 year long sleep. It is in post #3629 here:

https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/what-did-you-last-repair.313739/page-182

Digging this stuff up reminded me of the Roland JV-1000 that is now alive and well after being near death from Roland red glue disease. Who knew that you could fix a musical instrument with Draino drain cleaner (90% sodium hydroxide), a hammer, a chisel, and a collection of old screwdrivers. I had to remove every key, cut them apart, and soak them in a Draino solution for several days. Some of the bad ones needed almost a week in heated solution. Fortunately the key weights that were stuck to the PC board came off without chemical intervention.

It is currently sleeping in its road case ever since a total basement upheval for Radon remediation earlier this year. I'm slowly building a new bench for my ever growing synth collection and modular mayhem rack. The big Roland will push the 49 key MIDI controller off the bench top......once I have a benchtop big enough to hold it.
 

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