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These
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Modified Trans red
Schecter Deluxe Strat c.1987.
Dotless birds-eye maple neck and side jack. |
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Heavily
modified Cherry Sunburst Schecter Deluxe Strat c.1989.
Birds-eye maple neck/ebony
board. |
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Trans amber Schecter Deluxe Strat c.1989.
Solid Quilt maple body, EMG VG-20 electrics.
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Fender 60s Classic Player Strat c.2006. Sonic Blue. |
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Fender California Series Strat 1997. Candy Apple Red
Tex-Mex pickups. |
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An
exact replica of Mark Knopfler's red Schecter Telecaster
built for me by
my dad in his workshop.
Piranha Pine body and Schecter pickups. |
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Red
1987 USA Fender Stratocaster. |
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Fender Mark Knopfler
Strat, 2003. Hot Rod red,
Bare Knuckle 'apache' pickup upgrade. |
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Replica
of Mark Knopfler's Schecter / Suhr white strat.
Built by my dad. |
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Black
Fender Japan Strat c.1990. |
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Antoria Stratocaster c.1977. 3-tone Sunburst, large headstock.
Fender Texas Special pickups. |
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Wine
Red Gibson LesPaul Standard c.1992 |
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Cherry
Sunburst Hohner LesPaul, no pickup covers c.1984.
This was my first "playable"
guitar. |
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White
Custom Maison LesPaul. This guitar was restored
to its former
glory with
all new hardware
and repairs in 2003,
by my dad in his workshop. |
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Custom
Blues Machine (originally a black Marlin Slammer).
Modified in the mid-eighties. |
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Red
Marlin Sidewinder c.1987. Standard tremelo, tone knobs
replaced with dome
knobs to mimic Schecter. |
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Red
Marlin Sidewinder c.1988. Locking tremelo, locking nut removed, volume knob
removed to give more space. |
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White Marlin Stingray c.1988.
By far the worst guitar I have ever owned. |
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Hohner
Steinberger copy c.1986.
Custom paint-job by Hugh Manson's apprentice. |
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White
Telecaster built by my dad in his workshop.
Tortoise-Shell pickguard, Schecter
pickups with
5-way
special switching. |
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Amber
Burst Epiphone LesPaul c.2002. |
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Yamaha
nylon-strung Electro-Acoustic with cut-away c.2002. |
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Cherry
Sunburst Columbus 'Gibson Hummingbird', steel-strung c.1975 |
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