# what guitar do you WANT to have **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 30, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guitar-do-you-want-to-have/386142 "2006-12-30T20:33:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guitar-do-you-want-to-have/386142/21 "2006-12-31T03:14:39Z")
I just want a nice plain Taylor with an ebony fretboard. I don’t like any fancy designs or inlays. I just want their best plain model. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guitar-do-you-want-to-have/386142/22 "2006-12-31T04:09:36Z")
It seems most of you have chosen what could be considered “conventional” guitars. If I could have _any_ guitar, this is the one I’ve wanted ever since the first time I saw it way back in 1969. The Dan Armstrong Lucite Guitar: [http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/wolf\_meister/danarmstrong1.jpg](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/wolf_meister/danarmstrong1.jpg) [http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/wolf\_meister/danarmstrong2.jpg](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/wolf_meister/danarmstrong2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guitar-do-you-want-to-have/386142/23 "2006-12-31T04:40:06Z")
If I was to be getting a new 6-string, I would get an Alvarez [AD90SCK](http://www.alvarezgtr.com/productpage.htm?CatID=38&ItemID=66). I would like to get a 12-string though. If money wasn’t an option, I’d by an Alvarez Yairi Masterworks [DYM95-12](http://www.alvarezgtr.com/productpage.htm?CatID=35&ItemID=152). Of course, I probably won’t get either for a while… Brendon ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guitar-do-you-want-to-have/386142/24 "2006-12-31T04:55:57Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] An Epi Special is a 'bucker Les Paul knockoff that doesn’t really approach the real deal - I am sorry if this comes off like I am a wine-snob; the differences are obvious when played. [/QUOTE] Not really a big deal: we got it used ten years ago, I was 14 at the time and I’ve loved it since then, even though lately I’ve been spending more time with my bass. I don’t remember exactly how we came to the conclusion it was a Les Paul Jr. Special; I think it involved my father checking the serial number in an index. It may be a copy in some way. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guitar-do-you-want-to-have/386142/25 "2006-12-31T05:24:49Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] It seems most of you have chosen what could be considered “conventional” guitars. If I could have _any_ guitar, this is the one I’ve wanted ever since the first time I saw it way back in 1969. The Dan Armstrong Lucite Guitar: [http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/wolf\_meister/danarmstrong1.jpg](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/wolf_meister/danarmstrong1.jpg) [http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/wolf\_meister/danarmstrong2.jpg](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/wolf_meister/danarmstrong2.jpg) [/QUOTE] you mean like this one? > **[Guitar Doctor](https://guitardoctor.com/)** > > Guitar Doctor provides expert repairs, custom modifications, luthier design and building. Selling new, used and vintage guitars, amplifiers and accessories. what’s stopping you? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guitar-do-you-want-to-have/386142/26 "2006-12-31T06:06:35Z")
I’d go for a high-grade archtop acoustic. It’s too distant a dream for me to have picked a brand and model yet. ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guitar-do-you-want-to-have/386142/27 "2006-12-31T06:54:55Z")
Suprisingly enough, I am not a huge gear head. I have my Les Paul and a decent acoustic (Ibanez) but there are not any guitars I am really, really dying to have. I do want to try a [Steve Morse Music Man](http://www.ernieball.com/mmonline/specs/instruments_stevemorse.html), though mainly to check out the pickup/switch/volume combo to see if I like it. I am going to get another electric but I am not sure what quite yet. I think I may get a 7 string but I am not sure. Whatever it is, it’ll have a double octave neck. I also want a good nylon string acoutsic. And of course I need to get a 12 string. I also need a bass for recording (doing bass lines on a keyboard sucks when you don’t play the keyboard very well), probably a 5 string, though that will be a bit. Right now my biggest desire is an new amp. I really, really, _ **REALLY** _ want a Mesa Boogie but I just cannot spend that much\*. I’ll probably end up with a [B-52 ST-100A](http://www.b-52stealthseries.com/STSeries.html) with a slant 4x12 cab. I am not sure if I will get a B-52 cab. I like BIG cabinets and theirs are kinda small. Slee \*Actually, I could afford it but man, the price is just nuts. A Boogie is 1/3rd of my car. ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guitar-do-you-want-to-have/386142/28 "2006-12-31T11:28:37Z")
A banjo. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guitar-do-you-want-to-have/386142/29 "2006-12-31T11:39:43Z")
A left handed Fender Broadcaster so I can turn it upside down and play it right handed. Ok, ok, a tourquoise blue Jaguar. I had one that turned out to be a Philippine copy, and traded it off in College for a skateboard. Always regret that trade… ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guitar-do-you-want-to-have/386142/30 "2006-12-31T15:03:10Z")
\*\*Marley23 \*\* - got it. As long as you like it and you enjoy playing it - that is what comes first. \*\*Slee \*\* - man, too funny - we both play rock but our styles couldn’t be more different. 2-octave, 7-string - shred that prog rock, dude!! And yet you play a Les Paul - decidedly less shreddy (unless you can play like Zakk Wylde!) and more in line with the stuff I play… As for amps - oh yeah. I am not a Mesa fan myself - the Triple Recto’s have their signature tone, though, and do it incredibly well…I can’t remember, have we discussed my amp research?? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guitar-do-you-want-to-have/386142/31 "2006-12-31T15:29:20Z")
I am very happy with [my current guitar.](http://www.takamine.com/?fa=detail&mid=1082&sid=352) But if we are letting our imagination run wild…I would really like to have [one of these](http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Martin-D1228-12String-Dreadnought-Guitar?sku=514768) or possibly [one of these.](http://www.music123.com/Breedlove-J25-Walnut-Walnut-12-String-Acoustic-Guitar-i264152.music?mr:referralID=48607180-7e5f-48a6-acb2-71b45759c497) ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guitar-do-you-want-to-have/386142/32 "2006-12-31T21:14:45Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] I just want my old guitar back – the one that was stolen out of my car 30 years ago. It was a Guild D-25 12-string. An honest to God thing of beauty. [/QUOTE] Same here. Someone broke into my house on Christmas day many years ago . They stole my Ventura ES-335 knockoff, the flying V that I built in high school woodshop and the amps that were broken or didn’t have any value, but they left the Rickenbacker 360, the Martin 12 string and the 1X12" Silvertone amp. Thieves–not only do they not have any respect; they don’t have any taste! I miss that old Ventura. It was a cheap guitar, but I sometimes wore that thing for hours as I played around in the house. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-guitar-do-you-want-to-have/386142.md?page=1)