My Other Guitars
1986 Ibanez 540 Radius:
This is the oldest guitar I presently own. It was my main guitar from 1986 'til 1991 when I bought my first PRS. She's black with a red airbrush design on it, black chrome hardware, and the Ibanez Edge locking trem in the style of a Floyd Rose bridge. It's been re-fretted once, and newer/better pickups installed. The top is a mass of pick scratches - it ain't pretty. Still, it has a great neck, and is generally a very comfortable guitar to play. I still play her, but not quite so much these days.
Carvin DC200 Koa:
If you could imagine a guitar with real tone control, then that would describe the Carvin. It's a real beauty, being made (body and neck) out of Koa, a wood that only grows in Hawaii. She's got gold hardware, active electronics, Wilkinson trem bridge, Sperzel locking tuners, and paua abalone blocks in its ebony fingerboard. Presently using PRS Dragon I pickups with awesome results!!
Charvel Spectrum:
This guitar is my absolute favorite 'strat-style' recording guitar. Modeled after a Jackson guitar that Jeff Beck used on his Flash album, it's whisper quiet and has an active tone control. This gives an extra bit of control over a tone selected on the 5-way. She's also the only other guitar I presently own with a 'Floyd Rose' style bridge. The color is 'surf green' and the tone is 1957.
Takamine Acoustic-Electric
This guitar was a birthday gift from Nora many moons ago. It is constricted almost entirely of flame maple, with a mahogany neck. Due to its all-maple body, its overall acoustic tonality is in the high/high-mid range - which basically means it sounds a bit trebly. Plugged-in is the way for this guitar. Through a P.A. system, she sounds really quite nice - seriously! Still, she's real purty in that cool translucent blue finish.
Seagull M6 Spruce:
I bought her new in Spring of 2001. My friend, Nate, had bought one while staying in Canada (where they're manufactured), and it turned out to be a great guitar!! While Nate's has a glossy finish, mine has a 'satin' finish. Mahogany back, neck and sides with a 'bear-claw' spruce top. I LOVE this guitar! It has a very *big* and balanced tone, and an exceptionally nice neck shape. Best bang for the buck anywhere!
These pics were taken by Nate Sands using a Pentax ME Super 35mm camera and Kodachrome 64 slide film. Thanks, Nate!!