ValveTubeHead
TDPRI Member
From the looks of things, all of ‘‘em are beaters…
What is your "Beater Guitar"
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teletail
Friend of Leo's
I don’t have one . If conditions are too inclimate or dangerous for my guitar, then they are for me too.
Not a beater, but I did buy a Squier Vintage Modified Stratocaster and hard case for cheap a month or so ago.
I sold my acoustic guitar before Christmas so I’m thinking of taking the Squier and a small amp to a birthday party tomorrow for and old band mate. The other members will be there and I was asked to bring a guitar.
Chester P Squier
Friend of Leo's
I don't know that any of my guitars could be considered beaters, but if I did, it would be my Squier Affinity Strat, US$169 in 1999.
It does have 2 or three nicks in the finish. There are two in the area of the horns.
It does have 2 or three nicks in the finish. There are two in the area of the horns.
Chester P Squier
Friend of Leo's
Hey, gridlock, at least Squier went to the trouble and expense to put "ocaster" on yours. Mine is just a "Strat."
Yesterday I became aware of a company called "Death by audio" and the band "A place to bury strangers"
And that guy, Oliver Ackermann, takes the concept of "Beater guitars" to the next level.
He plays Fender Jags, which he thrashes within inches of their lives and just glues them back together afterwards. Although with the one on the far right, a fan nabbed the piece of the body.
Yeah, our beater guitars have a very privileged life compared to his jags.
"What do you mean, the neck came off? I'm still playing, aren't I?"
And that guy, Oliver Ackermann, takes the concept of "Beater guitars" to the next level.
He plays Fender Jags, which he thrashes within inches of their lives and just glues them back together afterwards. Although with the one on the far right, a fan nabbed the piece of the body.
Yeah, our beater guitars have a very privileged life compared to his jags.
"What do you mean, the neck came off? I'm still playing, aren't I?"
That’s a nice dark board. Almost Ebony.
Fendereedo
Doctor of Teleocity
Yesterday I became aware of a company called "Death by audio" and the band "A place to bury strangers"
And that guy, Oliver Ackermann, takes the concept of "Beater guitars" to the next level.
He plays Fender Jags, which he thrashes within inches of their lives and just glues them back together afterwards. Although with the one on the far right, a fan nabbed the piece of the body.
Yeah, our beater guitars have a very privileged life compared to his jags.
"What do you mean, the neck came off? I'm still playing, aren't I?"
Music is music, whatever works I suppose.
Fendereedo
Doctor of Teleocity
A few days ago I had nothing, and then this happened suddenly......
Lunch meat
TDPRI Member
Where did they buy it, Music West?
KyAnne
Friend of Leo's
Oh I do remember those. 1966? '67? Did it come with a built in "case amp"?
Pointmonger
Tele-Afflicted
Mine. I mean, I can't make it look any worse.
HootOwlDude
Tele-Holic
This little dingbat Aria is probably my closest true beater. I think a beater is one you don’t case when you carry. I do that to this poor little thing all the time. I take it to my teaching job now and then and play a few ditties for the cute little nimrods. I’ll even let ‘em pass her around and have their chance at trying to make a pleasing sound. It is a great little guitar. Sounds much louder and sweeter than a jumbo I have.
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It was so long ago—I don’t recall the name. It was a little mom & pop, maybe in Raleigh Hills or Beaverton? I DO however remember the shop owner explaining that although it was a laminate body with minimal cosmetics, the guitar did have a solid spruce top & it mattered. He advised this made it a good value for a beginner instrument.
At the time we didn’t really comprehend. But thinking about it now, forty-plus years later, that shop owner was truly trying to help us out. I remember him helping my cost-conscious dad arrive at an economical but value-driven option. Even as a kid, it was obvious to me that he cared about the instruments he sold & the advice he gave. Pretty cool.
Lunch meat
TDPRI Member
Oregon is blessed with a culture of small chain and mom n pop music stores. To this day you find them in Independence, Portland, Keiser. Usually a pretty good player behind the register.It was so long ago—I don’t recall the name. It was a little mom & pop, maybe in Raleigh Hills or Beaverton? I DO however remember the shop owner explaining that although it was a laminate body with minimal cosmetics, the guitar did have a solid spruce top & it mattered. He advised this made it a good value for a beginner instrument.
At the time we didn’t really comprehend. But thinking about it now, forty-plus years later, that shop owner was truly trying to help us out. I remember him helping my cost-conscious dad arrive at an economical but value-driven option. Even as a kid, it was obvious to me that he cared about the instruments he sold & the advice he gave. Pretty cool.
None of mine are really beat up (I’m generally not hard on gear) but I built this one to be able to take a licking and keep on ticking
No beaters for me either, really, but this 40-year-old "lawsuit" Takamine F-312S goes in the trailer on road trips, and if I ever carry out my threats to go busking....
Ed Driscoll
Friend of Leo's
2020 LPB Sixties-Vibe Fender Squier Strat that I purchased during the unfortunate unmentionable unpleasantness when we were vacationing in nearby Vrbo homes, and I wanted a near-indestructible guitar to throw into the trunk of the car. And a mid-1990s-era Danelectro DC-3 that my wife bought on eBay in the early 2000s when we were still living in California, because the color matched a number of items in our living room. I keep it tuned to open-G, and it's a great guitar to take onto the porch at night and explore songwriting ideas.
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