Family portrait

[jakebass]

Love that Europa Jazzyvee
Jake

[tbrannon]

Jazzy,
 
Did you sell the purple quilted maple Elan with the double P setup?

[jazzyvee]

Sell that Elan....... are you crazy. No, when I was taking the photo's the colour of it was quite loud compared to the natural wood tones of the others and the rug they  are laid out on so that's why i excluded it.
Purely for aesthetic reasons.
 
The Elan is still mine.
 
Jazzyvee

[tdukes]

 
Here are most of my favorite guitars that I currently own. The Tribute and Series I are what I play most of the time.
 
I did the wall when Brook Mays went out of business. I was able to get the hangers for pretty cheap.
 
Todd.

[jazzyvee]

I often wonder if it is a good idea to hang guitars up like that all the time.  I notice many of the guitar shops do that. I hang my acoustic guitar and one other electric guitar on one of those brackets and everytime  I pick the acoustic up to play, the tuning has changed. It is noticeably warmer up there on the wall than it is when seated so I presume thats one of the reasons. All my others are kept in cases.

[tdukes]

I normally don't leave the Birdland or the Eastman archtop out. They usually stay in their case with a humidipak.  
 
How sensitive are solid body guitars to being out of their case? I do have a humidifier in the room.
 
Todd.

[olieoliver]

I used to keep all my instruments in their cases unless I was playing them. I kept noticing a lot of fret buzz when ever I played them do to the neck not have any relief. After the bass sat out for a few hours I would notice the buzz gone and the relief back in the neck.  
I now keep them all on wall hangers in my little studio. The necks all stay in perfect shape now.  
 
OO

[hendixclarke]

[hendixclarke]

I have a Dis-functional family (I know...), and they don't all carry the Alembic Pedigree, but I still love them equally.

[altgrendel]

Hal:
 
What's the blue one? Looks really interesting.

[hendixclarke]

That's a OHagan full neck through bass.  
 
It was a rare find for the company is no-more...
 
I removed/replaced all the electronics and hardware and added bigsby.
 
The neck is very skinny and fast. Just like I like them... Broom Stick Quick...
 
I almost gave this bass proper burial, but after retro-fitting its the best (homemade) fretless bass I ever played (so far).
 
Having my Alembic as the yard stick, helped.
 
Yeah, OHagan was one of those companies that tried to go mainstream, and in the process, the quality fell big time... I personally understand why...  
 
But, I gave it a new life from a peanut butter spread, to now spreading smooth like butter on soft bread.