As I'm thinking of buying a new guitar, I always have "that list" in the back of my mind of the guitars that I have always wanted to own. To be clear, these are less about actually wanting to play them, but because they meant a lot to me growing up i.e. what my heroes played or just guitars that are iconic to me.
I could list loads but tried to restrict it to the guitars that had a bit of a mythical status to me .
So mine is an unusual list (especially as a heavy rock player now) but wanted to see what other people liked and also if anyone owns them!
Anyway, these are mine:
1) Gibson ES 295 - Best known as being Scotty Moore's fav BUT I loved it because of Geordie from Killing Joke. He used to get a massive sound out of one of these
Gibson ES 295 1956 Gold Guitar For Sale Guitar Giraffe (vintageandrare.com)
2) Vox Mark Xii - One of my first fav bands were echo and the Bunnymen and Will Sargent played one of these on their biggest single Killing moon. I also bought a Black telecaster because of Will Sargent and one of the key players that got me started, even though I don't tend to play this style of music:
3) Aria Pro ii RS800 - 12 string. I saw one of these played by Wayne Hussey from The Mission and it took me some time to find out what it was (this was a few years ago - easy to look up now). It looked black to me and I think he tended to play as a 6 string later on. In his hands, looked cool as anything!
Pin on My Guitar File (pinterest.com)
4) Yamaha SG 2000 in green - Big Country were quite an influence on me and I looked their SG's. The second guitar I ever bought (I still have it) was an SG1500 and I love it. I bought it in a closing down sale for £125, which was a lot to me then but an absolute steal even back then.
Yamaha SG-2000s, Translucent... - Elite Vintage Guitars | Facebook
5) Musicman EVH in purple - Not a huge EVH fan but loved the look of this guitar. I have a Sterling AX40 and love it, but tried an EVH/Axis and immediately feel in love. Spent quite a few years in vain trying to find one but could never find one/time it with having the funds
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Close but no cigar........... Washburn N4 ( becuase I'm a huge Nuno fan), White Falcon (well I've got one so ruled it out), Jake E Lee white charvel (not massively unique/unusual), Black telecaster ( again got one but was used by 3 of my fav guitarists!), SRV/Rory Strat....
Please share yours