symbolic253
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bc rich stealth
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Man! You guys have listed some killer guitars. When I was a kid I didn't know the first thing about electric guitars. I barely knew how to play (and pretty much still barely know how to play). I just wanted something modern for the time that would look awesome and help me get chicks. My friend got one of those Ibanez Jem's with the grip handle in hot pink with some other crazy colors on it. He could play some awesome Kirk Hammet, Alex Lifeson, and Vernon Reid leads, and he could do these killer screaming dive bombs with the Floyd Rose. Because of him and how crazy people, especially chicks, went over seeing him play I wanted EXACTLY what he had.... the Ibanez, his TC Electronics pedals, whatever kind of solid state amp, and whatever kind of picks he used which were the little jazz-III picks. I think I eventually got some of those picks, but that's about it. Thankfully, I eventually lost interest in his gear and developed my own taste. The Ibanez was the only thing I would settle for for a couple of years though. 
Neeklaus
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I always had a stiffy for those Ibanez JEMs that were...something like the "industrial" JEM...had a chunky black paint job, and the inlays looked like screw heads.
oh and every other guitar over around $500 bucks in MF lol
ahhh the good old days, so young, so stupid.
oh and every other guitar over around $500 bucks in MF lol
ahhh the good old days, so young, so stupid.
spawnofthesith
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When I first started I wanted a marshall full stack, a gibson lp, and an ibanez. I knew nothing about gear then, so of course I figured it was all the same, so no particulars in mind 
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Hard&Heavy
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Growing up as teen in the 80's all I wanted was a marshall stack with a gibson v and and ibanez Iceman. I've had many marshall stacks and still have one of my gibson v's but never got the Iceman.
glassjaw7
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Gibson LP Standard or Custom. (I love my Studio 
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Rectifier(got one)
Also a Bogner half-stack(still want one)
Gibby Explorer(still want)
KH's Ouija ESP (There are many guitars I want more than that one now.)
I'll also note that as a teenager I hated Marshalls, even though many of my heroes played them. Every time I plugged into one I was disappointed. I just needed to hit one with an od or play a modded one!
)Rectifier(got one)
Also a Bogner half-stack(still want one)
Gibby Explorer(still want)
KH's Ouija ESP (There are many guitars I want more than that one now.)
I'll also note that as a teenager I hated Marshalls, even though many of my heroes played them. Every time I plugged into one I was disappointed. I just needed to hit one with an od or play a modded one!
Digital Jams
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Kramer Nightswan
Ibanez JEM LNG
Jackson Dinky
Reverse hockey stick ESP
Charvels
Some things have not changed
Ibanez JEM LNG
Jackson Dinky
Reverse hockey stick ESP
Charvels
Some things have not changed
tnourse
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Very happy with all my guitars and amps right now. Would love a nice Kramer Night Swan though!!!!!
Lucky for me, back in the day, I was able save and buy most what I wanted. These days it's bit different. But I also have different tastes now....
Lucky for me, back in the day, I was able save and buy most what I wanted. These days it's bit different. But I also have different tastes now....
Marshall Freak
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I was a pretty simple kid I guess. I wanted a sunburst Les Paul, and a Jackson of some kind. Any kind, I didn't know enough about them to know there were differences, and a Marshall stack.
gbsmusic
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I wanted the black destroyer that Phil Collen played!!
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fishyfishfish
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They had a white BC Rich Wave at a shop downtown with all the switches I wanted so bad, and a white Jackson Soloist. All I could afford was one of those Kramer Pacers, and a transistor Marshall.
steve_k
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I wanted that chrome Les Paul that Ace Frehley played in Kiss..... 
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tonmazz
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Randy's polkadot V!!!! I came so close to a real Sandoval copy, I think he made like 18? Some black with white and some white with black, this was a white with black polkadots. I flinched at the price at the time...wish I did it now...of course I'd be divorced? 
gibson5413
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Always wanted Alex Lifeson's white Gibson ES-335.
Strat+Marshall
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Randy's White LP custom: have an LP custom but its not white 
SRV's strat: have an early fullerton 62 RI
Yngwie's strat: have a Yngwie signature and a white 73 strat
Jimi's strat: white 73 does double duty
Steve Morse EB/MM: Got one
Scott Gorham's LP deluxe in clown burst: This still eats away at me
Glen Tipton's black floyd/humbucker strat: have a project 78 strat that has been in the works forever
Billy Gibbon's Pearly: Have a flametop classic, close enough for now
Amps: Old Marshall stacks and blackface fenders. I am doing ok on the old Marshalls but could always use more. Have a drip edge pro reverb that does the fender thing.
I bought most of that stuff before I hit 20, so much for patience.
SRV's strat: have an early fullerton 62 RI
Yngwie's strat: have a Yngwie signature and a white 73 strat
Jimi's strat: white 73 does double duty
Steve Morse EB/MM: Got one
Scott Gorham's LP deluxe in clown burst: This still eats away at me
Glen Tipton's black floyd/humbucker strat: have a project 78 strat that has been in the works forever
Billy Gibbon's Pearly: Have a flametop classic, close enough for now
Amps: Old Marshall stacks and blackface fenders. I am doing ok on the old Marshalls but could always use more. Have a drip edge pro reverb that does the fender thing.
I bought most of that stuff before I hit 20, so much for patience.
glpg80
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Strat+Marshall":1th9yh1r said:I bought most of that stuff before I hit 20, so much for patience.
Strat+Marshall
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glpg80":2hxhnqpn said:Strat+Marshall":2hxhnqpn said:I bought most of that stuff before I hit 20, so much for patience.
I worked throughout highschool and when most of my friends were spending their money on dimebags and their cars/trucks I was buying guitar stuff. I remember a few of them telling me I was wasting my money. 
Ventura
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Anything pointy and sharp and extreme. Hell, I thought BC Rich was the bidniz as a youth!! But I'd ALWAYS had a hankerin' for Lesters, and now that I'm all adult and shit, I have my Lesters and much more - love every one of my ax's for their own individual personality.
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Zachman
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I've always been a gear head.
Me in 1979 (8th grade) LOL Fender Princeton Reverb, 4x12 cabinet, Gibson Les Paul Standard, EHX Big Muff, EHX Electric Mistress, EHX Memory Man, EHX LPB2, MXR Dyna Comp, Univox Phaser, Cry Baby Wah,
Back in around 1986, I was slaving Boogies and had a blast. It was around 1987 that the gear insanity struck, after hearing a massive stereo rack rig at Lab Sound. That is when I got into the high-end rack stuff.
Now:
This is the same Les Paul Standard I had in 1979, in the pic from the 8th grade. LOVE this guitar!
Me in 1979 (8th grade) LOL Fender Princeton Reverb, 4x12 cabinet, Gibson Les Paul Standard, EHX Big Muff, EHX Electric Mistress, EHX Memory Man, EHX LPB2, MXR Dyna Comp, Univox Phaser, Cry Baby Wah,
Back in around 1986, I was slaving Boogies and had a blast. It was around 1987 that the gear insanity struck, after hearing a massive stereo rack rig at Lab Sound. That is when I got into the high-end rack stuff.
Now:
This is the same Les Paul Standard I had in 1979, in the pic from the 8th grade. LOVE this guitar!
Laura
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I did not like 80's metal in the 80's (I was into punk rock, hardcore and thrash). When I started playing guitar, I wanted a Les Paul Custom because Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) looked cool when he played his.
