Had a wee bit of spare time yesterday, so I took some photos...

slacker

HarrySeven said:

There's more I couldn't access - the second Stepp DG-1, the SynthAxe, etc...plus a load of other stuff.

@slacker - Re. Bond Electraglide - yes, I have 2.

Cool. You should start a Big Audio Dynamite tribute band  

5redlights

@HarrySeven What is this? 

http://urbanparanoia1.wixsite.com/harryseven/fullscreen-page/comp-iup9w0ly/4b8c8004-8cad-42a1-8f87-658748005402/0/?i=0&p=kpk97&s=style-iup93orz

HarrySeven

5redlights said:

@HarrySeven What is this? 

http://urbanparanoia1.wixsite.com/harryseven/fullscreen-page/comp-iup9w0ly/4b8c8004-8cad-42a1-8f87-658748005402/0/?i=0&p=kpk97&s=style-iup93orz

It's a Roland G-202  - Early 24-Pin GR-series (GR-100, GR-300 and GR700) controller.

Bridgehouse

You've accidentally put the Sonex 180 in the 'stay' pile - I think you need to correct that mistake - as we all know they are heavy, poorly playing firewood.

(and I really want it..)

Voxman

Why do you have so many, where do you keep them all, .....and how did you become so darned rich!   

blueskunk

Stay pile is well cool

5redlights

HarrySeven said:

5redlights said:

@HarrySeven What is this? 

http://urbanparanoia1.wixsite.com/harryseven/fullscreen-page/comp-iup9w0ly/4b8c8004-8cad-42a1-8f87-658748005402/0/?i=0&p=kpk97&s=style-iup93orz

It's a Roland G-202  - Early 24-Pin GR-series (GR-100, GR-300 and GR700) controller.

Ah lovely, they are not cheap. Perfect. 

Lovely collection though, a really nice range of stuff. 

mikeyrob73

ooohh the firebird on the Go pile is very nice :-) 

musicman100

my dad was getting as bad a you last year. lol.
we got to about 60. 
the problem we had was that we weren't enjoying the good stuff because we had so much to get through.
last year i managed to get him to start selling the lower end stuff off. 
so now we are down to around 30 mostly high end or vintage.
at the end of the day it's down to what you like but for us now it's more quality over quantity.

Steffo

How many fireplaces do you have with all that firewood? Lots of logs as well.
Joking aside, that's a nice  collection.

Shark_Eyes

Every time I look I find a new guitar I desperately want. The Shergold in the go pile is calling to me.

Some brilliant guitars there, I'd love to see the rest of the collection.

TheOtherDennis

Bridgehouse said:

There's a good number I'd happily take home with me there.. You'd have the most epic classifieds post ever if you thinned it does by 40 or so...

Classified post? He'd need an entire section all to himself!

Seriously, Harry, that is an astonishing collection.

Neil

Incredible!

Enjoyed looking through that lot Harry.

I have a sneaking admiration for anyone who is a serious collector.

ADP

5redlights said:

what are those strat copies with the 5 way switch at the lower horn? There's a few of them and I don't recognise the brand? (please say they're cheap, I don't think I can afford another addiction...)

The ones with the three-way switch and humbuckers are Roland G-202s. There is one with a five-way switch and single coils. That's a G-505. They can be had for very little at times. I bought one recently in nearly new condition, which is pretty amazing since it's over thirty years old, for £370 delivered, and it came with a 24-pin cable and a GR-700 in excellent shape. The GR-700 needs a new chip, but that's a minor issue. It was one of those finds that I thought only Harry managed to stumble upon. To my mind, I either got the guitar and the cable or the GR-700 for free when I bought the bundle.

Voxman

Some very fine guitars there Harry - the Jedson LP with Bigsby caught my eye (bolt on neck?) - I've never seen one like that before (typically these were just hardtail copies in black, and there was a 'super' one in natural with open pups as I recall).  I also liked your Black/Gold fittings Epi Semi - I initially thought it was a Sheraton but it has a vari-switch ala 345/355 - which model Epi is it? 

Also, I noticed a Strat with no neck pick-up, & wondered re the story behind that?

Cheers

Rich 

HarrySeven

The Jedson LP belonged to Geoff Nichols (Quartz, Black Sabbath, etc) - I believe he had it modified by John Birch back in the '70's).

The Epiphone Semi is a Lucille. Can't remember the year off the top of my head.

The Blue Strat has been modified beyond recognition by a previous owner - Fishman Powerbridge, single HB, Roland synth pickup, LED neck, Sperzels, etc.

Voxman

HarrySeven said:

The Jedson LP belonged to Geoff Nichols (Quartz, Black Sabbath, etc) - I believe he had it modified by John Birch back in the '70's).

The Epiphone Semi is a Lucille. Can't remember the year off the top of my head.

The Blue Strat has been modified beyond recognition by a previous owner - Fishman Powerbridge, single HB, Roland synth pickup, LED neck, Sperzels, etc.

Interesting stuff Harry - but it wasn't the Blue Strat I was referring to - it was this one:

http://urbanparanoia1.wixsite.com/harryseven/fullscreen-page/comp-irkm5hav/7bf24bbc-0471-4852-bf1f-bb97e49b7733/4/?i=4&p=q17v5&s=style-iup93orz

HarrySeven

Ah, that's my old USA Standard Strat - 1984, IIRC.

Note the original budget appointments (of this particular model) - no recessed/body-mounted jack socket, only two controls, etc. It has no rear trem cavity - the new 'Freeflyte' vibrato was front-mounted (and was quite pants, as I recall).

After a bit of fettling, this was my go-to guitar for many years - Kahler, roller nut, SD bridge HB, etc. 

It has no neck pickup because I never used it - I went through a phase of removing them from all my Strats (don't ask!)

impmann

Mr Seven,

A Shergold in the 'to go' pile... and you haven't contacted me first? And I thought we were mates. ;-)

Seriously, the Google image links don't work on my mac - probably an indication of the state of my mac more than anything but if you are seriously thinking about parting with a Shergold... drop me a PM, mate.

monofin

Hang on. How are we differentiating between stay and go piles?