Joe's
Guitar Page
What's
more Rock and Roll than a Cool Guitar?
Nothin'- That's what! Rock music would never have been possible without
the invention of the Electric Guitar. There's nothing quite like strapping
on
an axe, cranking up the amp to eleven and trying to melt some faces!
In that spirit, I'd like to share some of my favorite guitars with all
of you!
Minarik
Inferno
This isn't just a fantastic guitar, it's a piece of art. Solid mahogany
body and neck
(with preciecly calculated "tone chambers" to keep down
the weight and enhance
the sound), dual hummbuckers, real abalone and mother of pearl binding
and
fret markers and a truly incredible attention to detail make this
guitar as much
of a pleasure to play as it is to look at! This particular model is
the
Inferno/Cherub in the newly available honey burst finish.
Check out this and other devastating guitars at the Minarik
Guitars website!
1966
Rickenbacker
450/12
This is one beautiful guitar. The '66 Rickenbacker 450/12 is the solid
body
version of the classic 12 string guitars made famous by psychedelic
60's bands
such as the Byrds. This particular example is 100 % stock with the
original
"toaster" pickups that give it that classic Byrds 12 string
twang. The fact that
this model is a solid body makes it an incredibly fun guitar to play
live: you can
kick on the lead overdrive with out fear of excessive feedback for
some really
wild sounds! This guitar is truly unique.
1965
Gibson
Melody
Maker 3/4
This Guitar is a lead monster! I'd like to say its in stock/mint condition
but it's
not. I bought it at a swap meet 20 years ago for $45, and unfortunately,
the previous
owner tried unsuccessfully to "hot rod" it. As soon as I picked
it up and
felt the neck, I knew I had to save it! It gathered dust for years until
I had a
really excellant guitar tech work it over.
So now it features a brass nut, Schaller tuners, a hotshot "baby
grand" bridge/tailpiece
and a Seymour Duncan Jeff Beck pickup. And it smokes! I guess that sometimes
you CAN teach an old Dog new tricks!
1976
Ibanez Destroyer
My first "pro" guitar! This beauty is one of the last of
the "pre-lawsuit"
Ibanez guitars. It is an almost perfect replica of a Gibson Explorer,
but
made out of Korina wood. A series of lawsuits caused Ibanez to change
the
later Destroyer body shape slightly.
This particular guitar is absolutely stock except for the DiMarzio
Super Distortion
pickup (they were very popular at the time) that I added later.
The neck is incredible. Something else I noticed..... ANYONE that
puts this
guitar on looks like a TOTAL ROCK STAR!
1978
Ibanez Iceman
This guitar was Japans answer to the Les Paul. After getting sued
in the mid-'70s
by Gibson and Fender for making WAY to perfect copies of Les Pauls
and Strats,
four of Japans guitar manufactures got together to create the Iceman.
Although it was never the most popular guitar offered, you've got
to admit
that this design ROCKS. Incredible attention to details such as the
cream binding,
trapazoid inlays, the half bone/half brass nut, and the brass sustain
block
embeded under the Rock of Gibralter bridge make this guitar one of
the
most reliable and best sounding axes in my collection! I found this
beauty
a few years ago in a guitar shop in Pomona, and they even had the
original
fitted case with the Olive green crushed velvet lining! Way too cool!
