A classical guitar I've owned since childhood. My first guitar.
There's also two guys here who make custom electrics, a handful of guys who make pedals, and a guy who's going to start making amps soon.
very cool
acustic mainly in nylon are very tradicional here in brazil , we call Violão
its very expensive depending the guitar .
I have a Digiorgio Estudante classical acoustic that was made in Brazil in 1992. It was my first acoustic so it got pretty beat up and abused, but despite all the paint, cracks and extra holes in it now it still plays and sounds beautiful.
Maybe (approximate) age of guitars/ time owned? Brand would be another one--some mentioned it in this survey; some didn't. Or short scale/ full scale, maybe. Perhaps that's already been done, though.
James wrote:52 respondents so far, a pretty good response. I'll leave it running for a little while longer and then start making some graphs and shit.
Any ideas for another similar survey?
I haven't even replied so I can't really talk about what surveys should be done, but it would be nice if this one included when they were made, so that we could see for instance how many American guitars from the seventies there are compared to the sixties, or how many Japanese guitars there are from the eighties/nineties and whether that market, or value, had shifted to China or Indonesia in the noughties.
I find it difficult trying to do this survey because my guitars are a bit all over the place at the minute,
custom paul/strat/explorer hybrid: rome Georgia, 1986
Carvin DC200K - califorinia.
Ibanez Artist 2618 - This guitar was made at the Terada Plant, Japan, 1977, Production Number: 5404.
custom USACG strat - parts in washington state, built in utah in 2009
Carvin Bass LB70 - california, late 90's
James wrote:52 respondents so far, a pretty good response. I'll leave it running for a little while longer and then start making some graphs and shit.
Any ideas for another similar survey?
i'd be interested to know what colour finish people's fender/squier guitars are (i choose these specifically because A. i like them B. they have a pretty well defined collection of colours and C. due to the nature of this board there are a lot of them).
i guess it's a bit more mundane, but i'm curious to know how the general trend of most common colours nowadays (i.e. black, sunburst, red etc) compares to the overall taste of SS folk.
Yamaha APX500II Acoustic-Electric - Indonesia
Squier Hello Kitty Strat, Pink - Indonesia
Squier Hello Kitty Strat, Black - Indonesia
Squier Badtz Maru Bass - Indonesia
Daisy Rock Retro-H Deluxe - China
Aria Cardinal Series Bass - Japan
Fender Mustang '73 RI - Japan
Fender Mustang Kurt Cobain - Japan
Fender Aerodyne Stratocaster - Japan
Fender Mustang Bass - Japan
I'm going to sell the Aerodyne and will be acquiring a Vista Series Jagmaster, but regardless, the numbers will stay the same, Indonesia x4, China x1, Japan x5.
USA - 1
Japan - 2
China - 3
Korea -1
Mexico - 1
Parts - 1
The Japanese and USA made stuff are great. The only thing I find with the Chinese and Korean stuff is that the elctronics let them down. The Finish is first class, the routing is a bit rough and ready but, I just wish they would spend an extra £20 -£50 on better pots, caps, swictches and jack sockets to save me the work! Epiphones are a perfect example, my SG and Les Paul look great and are very nice bits of wood. The play fantastic, the pick-ups are decent but the stock wiring and components just suck!
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