Tatty guitars used by pros?

Funkfingers

Tim Smith's green Westone Thunder.

Jalapeno

Dave Peacock (of Chas and Dave) bass is pretty knackered - under his playing hand it's worn down like a saucer

thegummy

Jalapeno said:

Dave Peacock (of Chas and Dave) bass is pretty knackered - under his playing had it's worn down like a saucer

Oof I love that, it actually looks orange in a good way

Philly_Q

As always in such threads, I feel it incumbent upon me to post this pic:

guitars4you

The Green/Moore LP is not exactly in museum grade condition

further

SlopeSoarer said:

Pete Shelley's Starway springs to mind.

Watched him play that guitar in, I think 1976

maltingsaudio

In view of some people’s attitude to knocks and dings on guitars especially when buying that’s every guitar ever used on stage!

DulcetJones

+1 Mark Farner!  I had all the early GF albums and always wondered what that guitar was.

guitars4you

John Frusciante's Strat

Jalapeno

Clapper's Blackie was pretty knackered

NickL

To add to the list, Gilmour's "Workmate" Telecaster and Sting's '57 Precision are pretty beaten up.

danishbacon

Jalapeno said:

Clapper's Blackie was pretty knackered

Guaranteed that was relic’d with a stencil

ICBM

skullfunkerry said:

Some of Seasick Steve's gear...

Mostly fake I think. I know someone who built some of his "dumpster find" guitars for him... expensive custom-built gear pretending to be junk.

thegummy

ICBM said:

skullfunkerry said:

Some of Seasick Steve's gear...

Mostly fake I think. I know someone who built some of his "dumpster find" guitars for him... expensive custom-built gear pretending to be junk.

Makes me wonder if he gets off stage, changes in to a finely tailored Armani suit and speaks with a posh, English "actore" accent.

EricTheWeary

thegummy said:

ICBM said:

skullfunkerry said:

Some of Seasick Steve's gear...

Mostly fake I think. I know someone who built some of his "dumpster find" guitars for him... expensive custom-built gear pretending to be junk.

Makes me wonder if he gets off stage, changes in to a finely tailored Armani suit and speaks with a posh, English "actore" accent.

One of my crap claims to fame is having bumped into Steve on the street and he definitely wasn’t wearing an Armani suit. Although, the fakery stuff is a bit tiring. 

LastMantra

ICBM said:

skullfunkerry said:

Some of Seasick Steve's gear...

Mostly fake I think. I know someone who built some of his "dumpster find" guitars for him... expensive custom-built gear pretending to be junk.

It's funny that. I mean that was kinda his "thing" wasn't it.

57Deluxe

...but what about good guitars used by tatty pros?

DulcetJones

What about that red Airline Jack White used to play?  http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=wakIHZhFFJI

ICBM

57Deluxe said:

...but what about good guitars used by tatty pros?

Anything played by Joe Walsh?

skullfunkerry

One of Pete Townshend’s guitars after a gig...