I actually was on the hunt when I was in Cairo for musical instruments. There was a shop down the street from our hotel in Heliopolis, but that contained mostly western instruments (guitars, amps, etc). The only other place I saw instruments was at the Khan El-Khalili market, but those seemed to be pretty much tourist junk.
Lotta great axes in this thread!
I have a few axes as shown here along with my several sitars and banjo.
I also have a couple acoustic guitars and another sitar that are not pictured.
I came close to buying one at Khan El-Khalili but, you’re right, it was junk, so I didn’t. I got this one at a music store; there were three or four stores right in a row that all sold ouds. I can’t remember what part of town it was in, though.
Not mine, but my contribution to serious guitar porn:
What’s that brown one in the back with six knobs?
Coral Electric Sitar…I think.
I think you got it in one. That’s gotta be what it is.
No kidding, this is cruel. I keep telling myself I have no need to buy an electric yet, as I certainly have not plumbed the depths of my acoustic and in fact dropped out of my lessons for a month and a half and have just gotten back, but you people keep having threads on guitars!
<sigh>
You guys are making me jealous. I first picked up a guitar about 20 years ago… I never really made it past hobby stages, and as of now I haven’t picked it up in several years.
My guitar is not nearly as cool as the ones displayed here so I almost didn’t post it. (Squeegee’s '71 is amazing. That guitar has some genuine love in it you can just see) Nobody is going to be going to bed tonight dreaming of my girl. I used to love to go to Guitar stores and drool… but was too practical to actually drop the dough on a “Real” Guitar.
But, whatever, she is mine and here she looks like.
http://www.islemusic.com/catalog/images/raptor_black.jpg
It’s made by Peavy and essentially a Strat copy. Obviously this isn’t my specific guitar. I’ve made a few adjustments, changed out one of the pickups most specifically.
It isn’t much, but has been a great guitar for a hobbyist/perpetual beginner. I bought it off some guy who had been using it in a Metallica cover band of all things- and was making a serious upgrade.
Right! So here are three publicity shots of me and my Ed Klein classical - sorry about the grinning git in the way.
Ed Klein 1
Ed Klein 2
Ed Klein 3
And here are a couple of shots of my 2006 Nashville Power Telecaster - pay no attention to the man in the pink shirt. These were taken by one of my students at a gig - that’s my teacher with the bass, and the rest of the performers are various of our students.
Here are two shots of me with Voyageur , the Six String Nation guitar.
And in compliance with the SDMB rule that you can’t have a photo thread without kittie pictures, here’s a guitar/kittie picture of my teacher’s classical.
Sleeping Soundly
Further photos may follow - at present, I don’t have any photos of the other three axes. The beater classical and the steelie I can take care of sometime in the next couple of weeks - the eight string will have to wait until much later as she’s in storage for the next little while…
Still no sign of life from the web site (sigh…)
Very cool - I love that look on a Tele.
Hey **M. Le Ministre ** - what kinda a guitar is The Voyageur and what does it mean for it to be “the Six String Nation guitar?” Did you refer to it in a previous thread?
Thanks. When I was looking at guitars I decided I also like red with a maple neck. I didn’t like red before, but it’s grown on me. Not that I need another guitar. The Vintage White is my fave.
My apologies - I thought I had made reference to it sometime earlier, and I also could have sent you a better link. Perhaps it is more fitting that I explain it in words rather than relying on technology to do my storytelling for me.
The Six String Nation guitar came from an idea of Jowi Taylor’s - to create an instrument that truly belonged to all Canadians, and that would use the guitar as a focal point, like a story stick in traditional cultures, for us to tell our own stories. Jowi used his persuasion and reputation as a CBC broadcaster to convince many different people to contribute historical and cultural artifacts to go into the making of the guitar.
The luthier was George Rizsanyi , and he enthusiastically threw himself into the project. In the end, the guitar was made from 64 diverse elements.
It’s an intimidating thing to hold in your hand - the awareness that you are holding a piece of Maurice Richard’s ring, Pierre Trudeau’s paddle, Wayne Gretzky’s hockey stick, one of Paul Henderson’s sticks from ‘72 (one of our biggest stories, the Canada-Soviet Summit series), a piece of Lawren Harris’ studio, and one of the most amazing elements, the piece of The Golden Spruce, which makes up the bulk of the soundboard. It was an incredibly generous gesture on the part of the Haida people, as they had determined that this sacred tree would return to the earth after its death at the hands of a crazed individual.
Then there’s the list of people who have played it - some of the cream of Canadian guitarists, and many of the rest of us. It’s quite a feeling just to hold it.
The sound is incredible - full, warm, rich and hugely resonant. It has a great action, easy to play (a very good thing, considering part of its conception was that it should be a guitar that could be played by anyone.) On the day I played it at a concert featuring the teachers and some of the students of the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Community School, there was a problem with the Conservatory’s amp, and so we played it acoustically in what used to be a high school auditiorium. It filled the hall easily and admirably.
Now that the guitar has been finished, it is the case that is accumulating artifacts - there was a pair of Don Cherry’s boxer shorts protecting the soundboard and one of Pierre Burton’s bow ties protecting the nut. (Probably the closest those two individuals have ever come on anything…) Earlier this year, the results of a long running poll were announced, and the guitar was given the name “Voyageur”. I had been pulling for it to get named after one of our many fantastic Canadian guitar players (Ed, Lenny, Lorne, Domenic…) but I have to agree that the “Voyageur” holds a unique place in our nation’s history and culture. An intermediary between European peoples and First Nation’s peoples, between cities and the untamed landscape, it is a fitting name for a guitar made of 64 disparate elements, like different overtones that make up one unique voice.
And now, if you’re interested, the earlier link will make more sense to you, or you can follow this one which leads to a PDF of the original press release.
Yep, nothing special here either (and excuse the reflected legs - it is shorts weather here in the UK).
The electric is a Squier Protone strat copy - that is a Fender 50th sticker on it, so I guess I got it in '96. I’ve put in a Seymore Duncan humbucker, and blocked the tremolo, but it is otherwise stock.
The acoustic is a Sigma Martin cutaway that I have had since 92-93ish. It does have a solid spruce top, so was never bad. I like it, but am looking for a new acoustic cutaway - it looks and sounds and feels … tired (a bit like me really). Plus the preamp is a bit dodgy.
I have always purchased the best I could afford at the time, and so ended up with the top end of the cheap guitars, not the bottom end of the great guitars. I do hope to rectify that, but my wife needs a new kitchen first <sigh>. But this thread has triggered a severe case of G.A.S. desire.
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Wow, **M. Le Ministre ** - that sounds cool; what a fascinating story. How great that you got to play it.
The only guitar I have left: here .
Had to sell my 12 string when I came down with arthritis. However, the new drug I’m on has me seriously thinking about a new 12.
And if money were no object, I would love something like this .
Or this .
Or this.
I gotta stop looking at these now… 
I used to have one of those! I liked it, but didn’t use it much, and gave it to my brother for his birthday or something.
Wordman is right…it’s an electric sitar. Mine’s a cheaper model built by Rogue. I’ve played the more expensive Jerry Jones and Danelectro models but didn’t hear any difference to justify the higher price. I removed the pickguard because it was flush with the height of the strings and inhibiting my strumming chords and picking on the high E string.