Show ToneShark the Guitars you've Played for > 10 Years!

[BackNtheSaddle]

Originally Posted by ToneShark

...I'd be more excited about a "I'm still playing this guitar after 10 years" thread...

OK... I'll start... even though we are a Tele forum, the only guitar that has stood the test of time for me, is my '81 LP Custom. I bought it brand new, in January of 1982.

31 years and counting.

I am hoping that my new 60th BGB will last as long, even if I don't <sigh>

[xtrajerry]

My 74 strat, I was the 2nd owner bought it myself when I was 15.. Earned the money washing dishes & bussing tables.. Still play it, still love it..

[Jupiter]

Not the most expensive or most beautiful, but the one I'd save from a burning building is this Ibby Roadstar II RS135. I like the way it sounds and the way the neck feels, and it was given to me about 25 years ago by a dearly departed friend.



I don't even pick up other strats when I'm in a guitar store.

[Sea Devil]

26 years for this one...

[arem]

Been playing this '97 Am Standard since it was brand new:


And I've had this '72 Strat since the early 90's:

[Muttcaster]

My D-28. Since 1979.



My B-Bender. Since 1997.

[Beachbum]

28 years on my 83 Ibanez AM 205.

Here we are when we were both a lot younger.




And now.


Just got the body this year but I've played this neck on three different guitars over the last 26 years.



39 years on my Guild D40. I bought her brand new right after I got out ot the Navy in 72.

[Twang Guitars]

73' Gibson J-50 Dlx & Gretsch Tennesee Rose

[IPLAYLOUD]

Got the guitar in 1982, the Bass in '86.
Guitar is not in the rotation as much as it used to be.

[Strat62]

My 62 Strat. Played from 1968 to just recently. I sold it on, as I couldn't justify hanging on to it any longer, considering what it was worth and the fact that I never play it anymore. I got an excellent price for it, and the guy that bought it was overjoyed to have it, so hopefully, it'll get played a lot more.

[hemingway]

24 years of the Hohner G3T

[trev333]

my old '78 Ibanez has had some use.. another one for the old Ibanez club..

and the '91 strat I've had for 15yrs mabye?.. and well played when I got it.. I thought it was much older by it's looks... salt air ages guitars prematurely it would appear ...

since the teles arrived, a few short years ago, they don't get a lot of use these days..

[studio1087]

2 Martins. The D15 (right) is 16 years old. The OM16GT (center) is 14 years old.



The OOO15M (left) is only one month old.

[RevMike]

This is a cool idea. Here's my two longest standing electrics. "Nelly" my 80's Squier, and "BlackJack", my parts Tele both sitting on top of my old AMI/Rowe Jukebox. I've had Nelly for about 26 or 27 years. Blackjack has been evolving since around 1996.

[OlRedNeckHippy]

1985 Guild D35
Bought it brand new off the showroom floor in 85. All those scars are mine. We've made a lot of music together over the last 25+ years. New frets and a reset bridge in 02. Got a Barcus in it.
The ol boy sounds Great! Through a 67 PR with a EQ, a chorus, and a BD2, it's a really big sound. Love it!



All these old guitars looking all prestine and pretty and Mint. Makes me wonder, do they get played? With Passion? Ain't no doubt about mine. This is one very well loved guitar. Different strokes for sure!

[Warm Gums]

Interesting thread..
I tend to have evolving interests, so it's unusual for me to hold on to anything that long, although I still have the one and only new car I have ever owned, bought new in a fit of flush ness, yep 10 years ago.

I also have a trumpet or two that has stuck around, but guitars are just so varied, that it's difficult to settle on just one, and in 700square feet, you can only have so many...

[Muddslide]

Well, this is a Synchromatic Gretsch made in Korea. Sorry I don't have a better pic of it.

I bought it for $70 at a pawn shop in Oklahoma in 2001. It's a little parlor-sized acoustic. Plays and sounds really nice for an offshore cheapie.

Everyone in my family plays this guitar, and my daughters have used it to learn some chords and a few riffs on.



I had some other guitars and basses that I'd owned more than 10 years, but they got destroyed in a flood last year.

[Dan German]

It makes me feel old that 21st century guitar purchases qualify for this thread...

...but I'll play anyway!

I've had my Deering banjo since '96, my Hohner mandolin since '87, but if you're limiting it to guitars, the oldest still in use are my Danelectros. The MOD 7 is from '01 or '02, but this '65 Convertible I've been playing since I bought it in '85:

[Michel347]

Two of them have more than 10 years.

My 1987 MBernard BE-140 (Mason Bernard), bought new in 1987.



My G&L Legacy Special, bought new in 1997.

[Jack FFR1846]

I've been playing this since my parents bought it for me new in 1969.

69 Guild Studio 302 ch (hoboken). Technically, I haven't played for the last 10 years because I just gave up playing from about 1978 to 2008 when it sat in a case under my bed (literally).