I love my Ibanez RG. I'm looking at getting a PRS 24 Custom next...

I consider myself a drummer nowadays but put in a couple of decades playing guitar. Having had various fenders, an Ibanez, some epiphones and a couple of cheap LP copies I think my favourite has been the Epiphone 335 style Dot in vintage sunburst purely for looks. If I could've given that guitar the sounds of the Mexican tele but considerably louder I had I would've been a happy boy.

Good to see you all like Tele's here, I did love to record with mine but as a 6' 2" guy it always felt too small for me even though it was really heavy. In fact so heavy it confused the sales guys, they were convinced it had a Mexican fender employee's severed hand buried inside it somewhere as they handed it over.

That is odd, I've never felt a relatively heavy Telecaster. My American Standard almost seems weightless compared to something like a Les Paul Custom (which is absurdly heavy).

I owned this for a while and it was just under 10 pounds.

http://www.nealmoserguitars.com/imag...xt_9-28-13.jpg

If the wood is still "wet" when it's sealed it can end up weighing a lot.

Looks like a weapon. Any other gorgeous natural finish guitars you've been hiding from me?

My guitar history. Those in bold I currently own.

1. Anderson Pro Am
2. Baker Junior Select
3. Brian Moore C90
4. Brian Moore DC1
5. Briggs Avatar Special Humbucker
6. Briggs Avatar Special P90
7. D’Pergo JK Classic
8. Edwards Jimmy Page Relic LP
9. Fender 52 Re-issue Telecaster
10. Fender 52 Telecaster w/Humbucker
11. Fender 57 Re-issue Stratocaster
12. Fender 87 American Standard Strat
13. Fender American Standard Strat
14. Fender CS 60 Time Machine Strat
15. Fender Lone Star Stratocaster
16. Fender Mustang
17. Fender Stratocaster
18. Fender Stratocaster Plus
19. Fender Tex-Mex Stratocaster
20. Fender Tex-Mex Telecaster
21. Fender Wildwood 10 Custom Shop 57 Strat
22. Gibson ES335
23. Gibson Les Paul Classic
24. Gibson Les Paul Custom
25. Gibson Les Paul Historic R9
26. Gibson Les Paul Standard
27. Gibson Les Paul Studio
28. Ibanez AH100
29. Ibanez Artist ES335 Clone
30. Ibanez JS1000
31. Ibanez Musician MC300
32. Ibanez RG570
33. Ibanez S2020AV
34. Jackson Soloist
35. Kirn Barnbuster Tele
36. Mayones Setius GTM6
37. McInturff Glory Standard
38. McNaught VSC
39. Melancon Custom Artist
40. Musicman Petrucci Custom
41. Musicman Petrucci Standard
42. Neal Moser CS SST
43. PRS CE24
44. PRS CU24
45. PRS CU24 Artist
46. PRS SCT
47. Suhr Classic-S
48. Suhr Classic-T
49. Suhr Standard
50. Thorn Artisan Deluxe
51. Thorn Artisan Standard
52. Tyler Ice Water Classic
53. Tyler Landau Classic
54. Tyler Studio Elite
55. Vigier Excalibur
56. Vigier Expert
57. Vigier Shawn Lane Master
58. Vigier Shawn Lane Signature
59. Vinetto Relic Stratocaster
60. Yamaha Strat

Holy sweet ****

The overwhelming majority of these were acquired after the age of 45 and once I'd busted my ass enough to have some disposable cash. I bought most of them used and then would re-sell for about the same price to try another flavor.

Thinkin' I might start doing that, seems like a pretty reasonable way to sample as many as possible. Was re-selling usually pretty difficult? Did you just use Craigslist?

Ebay or join the forums of the builders. In the cases of the guys that have long lead times you end up making a nice profit.

I ordered a custom Thorn Artisan and it took 18 months to build. Got it and realized it was all bling and no sing and then sold it a few weeks later for a $600 profit. Same with one of the Briggs.