I would like to just share the instruments I currently own and instruments I have owned in the past. I am not a great guitarist but I am learning. I started when I was 15 and have been trying to improve ever since. Back when I began it was difficult because I had injured my left arm and did not have feeling or movement in my pinky or half my ring finger on my fretting hand. This limited my playing and may be part of the reason I gravitated towards music that was dominated my power chords.

Over the last 35+ years I have gained more feeling and use of that part of my hand and find that I am aable to play things that I was never able to play when I was younger. I had been enjoying that very much. This may be what has lead me to start getting everything that I had wanted when I was younger. Who knows?

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1985 Jackson Rhoads

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This is my second 80’s Jackson Randy Rhoads guitar. My first was a Jackson Rhoads that I bought from Sam Ash when I was a teen. It was stolen in the early 90...

1987 B.C. Rich Warlock N.J. Series

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As I tell my stories about the guitars that I have owned you will find me referencing to major tramatic events. One is when someone broke into my appartment ...

1997 Fender Stratocaster American Standard

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I was at Rainbow Guitars is Tuscon Arizona with my buddy that rebuilt the dumpster guitar for me. We were in our final year of grad school at University of A...

2017 PRS Custom 24 10 Top

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The Custom 24 is the quintessential PRS guitar. This iconic instrument was the first model that Paul Reed Smith brought to the public at PRS Guitars’ first W...

2018 Charvel San Dimas Style 1 HH FR Pro Mod

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Southern California is a hotbed of guitar innovation, from new musical styles and sounds to hot-rodded high-performance guitar designs. The Charvel Pro-Mod S...

2018 Ibanez RG8520SDE J.Custom

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The Ibanez RG8520 has it all — looks, tone, playability — and then some. Its resonant African mahogany body is capped in beautiful AAA flamed maple. Its Velv...

2019 Charvel DK24 HSH Pro Mod

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Charvel® once again ups the ante for modern high performance combined with elegant style and crushing tone with the Pro-Mod DK24 HSH 2PT CM, a stunning new i...

2019 Music Man Majesty

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The latest version of the John Petrucci Majesty guitar from Ernie Ball Music Man and the iconic Dream Theater guitarist brings together all the refinements d...

2019 Charvel SoCal Style 1 HH FR Pro Mod

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Designed to inspire and with more than three decades of experience, the Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH FR E is a slick performer with premium features and...

2018 Jackson USA Select Soloist SL2H

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Walked into work on day and saw this on the used wall for less than half of MAP (Manufacturer Advertised Price). Someone had mispriced it when bringing it in...

2020 Ibanez Chrome boy JS1

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Now this guitar is stupid expensive and I really have no idea why I bought it. It costs so much that I am afraid to take it out and play it. It just sits in ...

2020 PRS Silver Sky

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The John Mayer Silver Sky electric guitar is here at Guitar Center. Based on Mayer and Smith’s favorite elements from 1963 and 1964 instruments, The Silver S...

2020 Fender American Showcase Telecaster

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Fender American Showcase Telecaster Rosewood Fingerboard Electric Guitar Olympic Pearl The Fender American Showcase Telecaster is only available at Guitar Ce...

2021 Fender American Performer Precision Bass

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Born in Corona, California, the American Performer Precision Bass with maple fingerboard delivers the exceptional tone and feel you expect from an authentic ...