| Jools beat me to it with the SG2000, I am also a big fan of the old Antoria guitars. They are still very cheap at the moment my favourite is a model called Rockstar which is a copy of a Gibson ES. I paid bugger all for mine and yet they seem to be now selling for about £350 to £500 on ebay. They also did a Jazz style semi called Jazzstar which are also fetching good money now. I play in a band and used to leave much more expensive guitars at home and just take the Antoria rockster and a Jap strat as a spare to gigs! Have a look on Harmony central for user reviews on these old jap classics. For the kind of money you have to spend I would find myself looking for either a Tele or a Strat relic, played a couple and they were great and I love the worn in vibe they have even from new. I saw a guitarist playing one recently and it looked as if it had been dropped off a tall building and it was brand new! You really could not tell the difference between that and an original 50s/60s one.
There was a lot of great Ibanez 1970s models I think the one I used to like was the Bob Weir model. I am still trying to find someone selling an example of my first ever guitar which was a Hondo 2 / SD Curlee I can only ever find the bass version of it.
By the way I am thinking of selling my les paul if you fancy that? Its a limited edition one from 1980. Its a Les Paul Standard Heritage 80 Elite with original case etc. It was Gibsons first reissue of the famous 1959 standard. Again have a look on Harmony central for specs etc. It really is quite a special guitar. I just darent leave it lying around in pubs anymore. I need to get rid of a few guitars and amps so I also have a Marshall AVT275 combo for sale that will be going on ebay anyday. Have just sold my little Mesa Boogie Subway blues amp to a bloke in Ireland.
Some of the early Tokais were excellent guitars as well.
[Edited on 14-9-2005 by MARTIN H]  |