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What is your Grail Guitar

PSUS2HPSUS2H Posts: 2,151
edited July 2012 in Musicians and Gearheads
I would love to have a Gibson Les Paul or a PRS Custom 22 or 24, both easily bought in a store.

My grail is an ESP MX-250 explorer in white or black. No longer for sale or in mass production by ESP due to a lawsuit by Gibson. These sell for quite a bit on the secondary market and rarely show up in stores.

What is your grail guitar?
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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    If the "Grail Guitar" is one you quest after, then for me, it's a great buy at a garage sale or pawn shop. Finding a vintage Fender or Gibson for $50, that sort of thing. I love a good buy, and the hunt for something valuable hidden in some junk pile. Some of my favorite gear are items that I got screaming deals on.

    The guitar I want most, but will probably never own, would have to be a Tokai Love Rock from the early- to mid-80s, honeyburst or goldtop. I'm also a sucker for 60s-70s Gibson acoustics, would love one of those (especially one owned by the dad of a friend of mine).

    The guitars I am most likely to buy (although not necessarily soon) are a Martin GPC-series acoustic/electric and a Gibson ES-339, which are also easily available on the market. Honorable mention goes to some sort of 12-string acoustic, nothing fancy just something to dick around with.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    A NON Gold Top Les Paul with P90's.... :?
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  • Beck..Beck.. Posts: 535
    I have a 56 epiphone gold top with p90s,sounds awesome through my marshall valvestate,id like the gibson version.
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,425
    I kinda already own it, Silverburst Les Paul Custom, but there's always something new popping up

    Love the Les Paul Custom in triburst finish. Had it narrowed down to this and silverburst when I bought mine, but it lacked the burst finish on the back of the body, neck, and headstock and only had the dark red, which I'm not a fan of.

    Had my eye on Jazzmasters lately(thank you Nels Cline) and I think that'll be my next guitar. Probably gonna go with a Warmoth build and find a really cool custom color.
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,170
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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    A NON Gold Top Les Paul with P90's.... :?


    Like...
    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ ... 0000003000

    ???
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    A NON Gold Top Les Paul with P90's.... :?


    Like...
    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ ... 0000003000

    ???

    I was not impressed with the quality of those at all.

    More like this.

    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ ... ric-guitar

    They did a limited release in Tobacco as well (My favorite color), but the price is in the :shock: range
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,425
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    I was not impressed with the quality of those at all.

    More like this.

    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ ... ric-guitar

    They did a limited release in Tobacco as well (My favorite color), but the price is in the :shock: range

    I bet that denim jacket makes it sound amazing though.
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    A NON Gold Top Les Paul with P90's.... :?


    Like...
    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ ... 0000003000

    ???

    I was not impressed with the quality of those at all.

    More like this.

    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ ... ric-guitar

    They did a limited release in Tobacco as well (My favorite color), but the price is in the :shock: range

    Jeez.
    A $6000 Gibson "Custom Shop" with "AMAZING" finish.

    Or essentially the same guitar with a subdued satin finish,
    for $800?

    Unreal that you can get a Gibson Les Paul (ahem, i'm sorry, "studio") for <$1000, handmade in Nashville, these days.
    or have i been blind for 10 years?

    PS - on topic, i guess - I never really had a "grail guitar". always more star-struck over amps and pedals. Guitars are like "cool to have" but a different flavor a day, for me. Amps are like, "mmmm. i want THISSSS oneeee."
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  • Caught a bolt of lightningCaught a bolt of lightning Posts: 88
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    If the "Grail Guitar" is one you quest after, then for me, it's a great buy at a garage sale or pawn shop. Finding a vintage Fender or Gibson for $50, that sort of thing. I love a good buy, and the hunt for something valuable hidden in some junk pile.
    This..
    MIG you got it (as usual)...i would love to see someone dust off a case and pull out a 52 tele lol.....and ask for 100 bucks.....we can dream
    That being said id love to get my hands on a muddy waters sig tele....or an es-355
    love these threads
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  • BerasapjBerasapj Posts: 292
    I'd love to have this guitar
    http://www.thomann.de/es/fender_classic ... ele_vb.htm
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  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    ???[/quote]

    I was not impressed with the quality of those at all.

    More like this.

    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ ... ric-guitar

    They did a limited release in Tobacco as well (My favorite color), but the price is in the :shock: range[/quote]

    Jeez.
    A $6000 Gibson "Custom Shop" with "AMAZING" finish.

    Or essentially the same guitar with a subdued satin finish,
    for $800?

    Unreal that you can get a Gibson Les Paul (ahem, i'm sorry, "studio") for <$1000, handmade in Nashville, these days.
    or have i been blind for 10 years?

    PS - on topic, i guess - I never really had a "grail guitar". always more star-struck over amps and pedals. Guitars are like "cool to have" but a different flavor a day, for me. Amps are like, "mmmm. i want THISSSS oneeee."[/quote]

    Well custom shops are built by hand in memphis. Unlike what comes out of Nashville.

    I don't agree with the price at all. That's the breaks. Guys have bought mid 70's deluxes and slapped P90's in them, but I'm not sure I like the deluxes necks or not.

    No offense to anyone, but I've never been impressed by Gibson's studio series, or the faded series. Not for the price. The quality on those have never impressed me.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    Taylor T5 with the Koa top.

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    Sigh.
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,425
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    No offense to anyone, but I've never been impressed by Gibson's studio series, or the faded series. Not for the price. The quality on those have never impressed me.

    I've seen some good studio's, but that Faded line they have needs to go.
  • PSUS2HPSUS2H Posts: 2,151
    I found a mid 80's Gibson Explorer across the street from the Watergate in DC a few years back. I was young and naive, it was in a beat gibson case that was destroyed. The finish on the guitar was wrecked, all the hardward was rusted and there were chips and dents through out but the neck was straight. I set it down because I felt like a garbage picker, I went back after walking a block away from it and thought I could probably get it restored. A homless man had it after seeing me look at it and said it was his guitar and started getting a little nutty. I regret not grabbing that and walking home with it at lease once a week.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    A pehlam (sp) blue ES-335.
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Mid 60's block inlay ES 335 or 345 or same era Casino/330 otherwise ES 125 TDC

    Pelham Blue SG with 60's style guard P90 neck pickup and humbucker bridge

    Pre CBS 59 - 65 Strat same era Esquire and or Telecaster

    oh oh... James Trussart Rusty Tele (non holey top or back, no shenanigans just plain)

    and since we're talking holy grail here... Pre War Martin
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,170
    damn.... i wish i had $4 grand burning a hole in my pocket....

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