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Show us your number one stringed instrument. The one you would choose if you could have only one. You can put more than one in the photo, but put number one on the left.

I can play the big box tenor on the left in any key, plugged or unplugged. Center is my fave guitar, but not as versatile a player in open G. For plugged in, nothing else makes me sound as good as the swampy.

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on October 25, 2016 at 1:41pm

This one, not very pretty, but a bigger box gives it a big sound unplugged, though it leans to the bassier tones,[ that may be due to too much sound hole area], it sounds great plugged in as well, but like UJ, my swampy is the one i go to if i want to get LOUD

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on October 25, 2016 at 6:30pm

My all time faves are in this video; oddly, they are all commercially available:

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/oily-s-guitar-lounge-12-ron-oil...

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on October 26, 2016 at 1:49am

Excuse my drool, please.

Jim, a really nice pair. I know first hand that you build good players.

Bill, good luck and we'll stay tuned. You kind of exemplify the attitude that, 'This build will be my best."

Roger, I love the metal one.

Tom T, that is a really fine sixer.

Funky bridge, Turtle. Love the resonator. I've heard that one enough to think it is special. And the looks suit me well.

Dan, classy and almost understated.

Hound, nice. Mag pup and rod piezo?

Darryl, nice self build and great Swampy. Maybe the most historic swampy?

Ron, I re watched that video. Man, you got a lot of that T stuff.

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Permalink Reply by Jim_N on October 26, 2016 at 4:20am

Clockwise from top left:

“Copperhead Road” is my all-around favorite, nicest to play, homemade 3-stringer.

For me, “The Way” is one if the most entertaining guitars I've made. It's crazy fooling around with the sounds and effects one can get from it.

“Sakura” was a fun build- an experiment in cubism, of sorts. There's just something about this one that speaks to me.

“Blues Cat” is simply a good-sounding box that I really enjoy slapping.

(Click on the pic to see entire photo)

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on October 26, 2016 at 4:36am

All nice and I love your art. Blues cat is my fave.

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Permalink Reply by Jim_N on October 26, 2016 at 10:07am

Wayward... I mean, Wayfinder > Of course; it was a no-brainer. :D

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on October 26, 2016 at 12:47pm

that's a great set Jim

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Permalink Reply by Lane Martin on October 28, 2016 at 6:03am

That's a neat little three-stringer leaning up against "Blues Cat."

Curious, how do you usually use "The Way"? I mean, do you go back and forth between the necks during a single song, or what?

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Permalink Reply by Jim_N on October 30, 2016 at 5:41am

Thanks, Darryl and Lane. And Lane, the little 3-string up against Blues Cat is a McNally Strumstick. Examples of 'em on youtube, etc.

“The Way” was inspired by the song of the same name by the '90s group, Fastball.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0wfu3tOrtQ

And yeah, I'll switch necks during a single song, playing chords and a little lead on the 3-string, a quick attack on the high string, perhaps, and maybe a short break of a bass run. (With any luck, I'm able to untangle my hands from the guitar's necks within an hour or so after all this.)

“The West is the Best” -Jim Morrison

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on October 26, 2016 at 6:34am

T stuff?

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Permalink Reply by Diglydog on October 26, 2016 at 5:10am

Sorry, Uncle John, but you didn't specify home-made and I do love my Tele. This isn't mine but it's the same model. Edited to add ......except mine has a maple fingerboard. Edited again.... and a modern bridge. OK, it's not really like this but it is a red Tele :-\