OK! In lieu of starting a new section devoted to clips or guitar pics I decided to go with a new thread.
This is a pic of my number one. I acquired it as a total mess (see pics). I sent it to Lays Guitar in Ohio for restoration. All the routes were squared up and filled with Mahoghany blocks. Then the top and back were milled by 1/8" I think to make room for a top and back Mahoghany lamination to hide the filling blocks so I could go with a see-through finish. It has a Wolfetone Mean P90, Pigtail lightweight Wraparound Bridge, studs and bushings, CTS pots from RS Guitarworks (The ones they sold before getting their own taper), A Hoveland tone cap snd Original 50's black Plastic knobs. Oh....and the pickgard and control cavity cover was custom made by Pickgardian. Tuners are repro Klusons. All the work was done WITHOUT removing the neck so the neck joint has never been disturbed although the rest of the guitar was very disturbing when I got it
It is my number one because it is just THAT good. It is far more resonant than anything else I have. It just has something going on for me that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Oh lord...I love these threads. Here's my favorite, although I haven't been playing it much lately. 2000 Gibson Historic R9. I've modded this out with steel studs/posts, Throbak nos wire PAFs, vintage cloth wiring, 500k+ pots, pio caps, and it sounds and plays incredible. I aged all the hardware suspending it over a bath of muriatic acid.
I have too many, and most are shredders.
Hamer Phantom A5
Gipsun 1960 Les Paul Standard kit guitar loaded with stupidly expensive pickups
Charvel Model 88
Jackson DKMGT
Kramer Pacer Deluxe
A Tiesco clone
BC Rich Homebrew Bich
Aria Lawsuit Les Paul
If I showed a picture of a favorite, the rest of them would give me the cold shoulder for a long time. (But if you look at my avatar, it will reveal something ....... shhhhhhhhhhhhh ....... not a word, okay?)
I'll see if I can arrange a group-shot this weekend (though I dread it, it always seems an exercise in futility trying to get all of them to cooperate and smile at the same time).