Because there's some awesome guitars out there.
Some obvious stuff, the Ibanez AR:
The 2663 (later the Iceman) - this is actually my dad's, from around 1976:
The Aria PE series, this one being a high-end model (actually from 2007 but IIRC based on their old stuff, beautiful anyhow)
Some not-so-obvious stuff now - a particular favourite, the rare Westone Thunder III:
An Aria Pro II Mockingbird:
A Greco Bich, not sure there are enough switches:
I'd sell limbs for an Ibanez AFD:
Or a Yamaha Pacifica 1221M, the rare high-end model from the early 90s:
Or, indeed, a Yamaha Pacifica 1412, the really really really high-end one:
That's before some of the beautiful LP copies that came out in the 70s and 80s.
Any other fans among us?
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Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
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1982 SG400
Westbury is quite a different thing though! They were much classier. Great bargains today for the quality and playability - I do sometimes wonder if the low values are because people confuse them with Westones.
My favourite brand was always Aria, because I was lucky enough to stumble on one of their sort-of Strat copies as my first electric guitar. I also had an SB1000 as my first bass, which is now a true classic and worth serious money... wish I'd kept it!
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I can't stop grinning when I play it and for some reason it just invites you to hammer out some Black Sabbath riffs.
Absolute bargain of a guitar.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself