Collection - Class of '81

wishbonz · Apr 19, 2011

Thought it was about time I shared - here's part of my collection, all from 1981. L to R: Love Rock LS100S ON, Love Rock LS70GT, SS70R Limited and ES100R. Special thanks to Mark, Mike and Paul for helping me put this part together. They all get played and gigged. An LS100S Old Red would make a nice addition?

Cali Girl · Apr 19, 2011

Wow. That is an amazing group. Some rare birds flocked together in your garden!

marcusnieman · Apr 19, 2011

Wow... that's great!

krall · Apr 19, 2011

Very nice!

Which one is your overall fave?

wishbonz · Apr 20, 2011

Favorites change on regular, pretty much weekly basis - from this bunch its probably the latest addition (SS70R), I'm not usually a Stat person, they need to be really 'worked' to get anything back in my experience - but this one is different, its light, resonant and sounds just great with the stock 'U' pick ups. They are all great to play, and all have their different attributes.

jacco · Apr 20, 2011

What do you think of the quality of the LS70GT compared to your former Navigator? You just beat me when buying it from Mark btw..

wishbonz · Apr 20, 2011

Jacco, Yes I jumped on that one, just lucky I saw it a few minutes after Mark put it up there. I think it beat the Navigator hands down in feel, playability and build quality (IMO) plus it was definitely lighter. In terms of sound there's not much between them, the pick ups looked to me the same manufacture, certainly had that same classic P90 sound.

krall · Apr 20, 2011

wishbonz said:
In terms of sound there's not much between them, the pick ups looked to me the same manufacture, certainly had that same classic P90 sound.

Do these P90's sound as good as the real Gibson P90's?

wishbonz · Apr 21, 2011

As always its in the ear of the beholder - I still have a '56 TV Special and a '68 Standard (Gibson) with their stock P90s, vintage Gibson P90s vary from one to another anyway, add a different body shape, density, age and wood type, and thats before you get to the amp, well you can see where I'm going. All I will say is that (for me) the P90s fitted to the early 80s Tokai and Navigator (only one's I have experience of) do have that 'classic' P90 tone with 'character' that stands up to any Gibson P90 I have tried, in direct comparison.

marcusnieman · Apr 21, 2011

Love the color of your ES100

spikeymikey · Apr 21, 2011

Fantastic!!

Now we just need to see Marcus's collection.......;-)

PS: M., got it, it's amazing!!

Mick51 · Apr 21, 2011

spikeymikey said:
Fantastic!!

Now we just need to see Marcus's collection.......;-)

Never mind the guitars, what you want to see is Marcus's collection of rare and exotic carpets and rugs!

marcusnieman · Apr 21, 2011

Mick51 said:
spikeymikey said:

Fantastic!!

Now we just need to see Marcus's collection.......;-)

Click to expand...

Never mind the guitars, what you want to see is Marcus's collection of rare and exotic carpets and rugs!

:wink:

spikeymikey · Apr 21, 2011

Mick51 said:
spikeymikey said:

Fantastic!!

Now we just need to see Marcus's collection.......;-)

Click to expand...

Never mind the guitars, what you want to see is Marcus's collection of rare and exotic carpets and rugs!

That hadn't gone unnoticed either.....he has great taste in both!!

Cali Girl · Apr 21, 2011

I keep coming back to look at this picture - I am very jealous of that refined vintage collection! Nice job getting the rare colors and models, and lovely examples at that.

wishbonz · Apr 21, 2011

Glad you like, I just love that faded red (almost salmon) on the ES100. You mentioned rare birds in your previous post - there are of course the Vs (tenuous 'flying' connection) - I'll post them in a while along with the others.

Emiel · Apr 21, 2011

wishbonz said:
Glad you like, I just love that faded red (almost salmon) on the ES100. You mentioned rare birds in your previous post - there are of course the Vs (tenuous 'flying' connection) - I'll post them in a while along with the others.

Yes the ES100 just looks AMAZING. I bet it sounds the same way.

Would love to have either of your Tokai's btw.. love the look of your LS100 as well. You got some fine taste. What amps do you use with these beauties?

Cheers,

wishbonz · Apr 22, 2011

Amps: Beat-up Fender 15w '74 Princeton Reverb, with 12" ToneTubby squeezed in - for smaller venues, 40w mid-60s Bandmaster in a combo cab with 15" Weber mostly for everything else. Various boosts and overdrives on the floor to suit different guitars.

RyanC · Apr 22, 2011

Stunning. Congrats on these beauties!

Collection - Class of '81

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