My Number One. Yamaha Pacifica #L014144 (alder body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard) upgraded with Planet Waves tuners, a bone nut, DiMarzio Blue Velvet, Red Velvet and Air Norton pickups, the Aslin Dane Full Contact tremolo system, and an ever-dissolving and reforming custom pickguard.

My Number Two. A Carvin CT-6 California Carved Top, stock.

Currently my Number One acoustic for gigging in the Old Standard Tuning, this Ovation Custom Balladeer, model 1862, #360380 is usually set up for the New Standard Tuning introduced by Robert Fripp through Guitar Craft. It is upgraded with a Corian nut (the Coyote's paw-work) and the Coyote Bridge Upgrade (a Cipriani adjustable bridge and a Highlander transducer). It will soon return to the New Standard Tuning. 

This way cool Malden Karma, #04011026, is set up for slide guitar with a raised nut and saddle. I switch between open D and open G tuning, and the strings are H-E-A-V-Y, approximately .016 to .060.

My go-to electric 12-string, a Yamaha Pacifica, #OX16109. Half the tuning buttons have been swapped from chrome to amber so I can identify the octave strings by touch.

Abe Wechter is one of the coolest luthiers on the planet, and his Pathmaker is an amazing guitar for the working musician. Acoustically, it has an even response like a small-bodied acoustic. Electrically, it has both a piezo bridge transducer and a magnetic soundhole pickup. As soon as I get information from Abe on converting to a split bridge to correctly intonate for my personal fave-rave string gauge, this will become my Number One acoustic axe.

One of two nearly identical Washburn semi-hollow guitars. This one is a work in progress, upgraded with Seymour Duncan 59 pickups and a piezo bridge pickup system.

The other of the Washburn twins. The body wood is flamed sycamore, very similar to flamed maple, but you could never get that buttery golden color with maple. 

No self-respecting hippie guitarist should be without an electric sitar. Mine's the Rogue brand, distributed by Musician's Friend. It's a brilliant value, currently selling for under $300 and comparable to - perhaps even superior to - the original Coral model from the 60's. This was a gift from my wife, a combination birthday/Christmas present from about 2004.

This Ibanez is a rarity, known as an Artist 2700 series model, #A788078. It was my number one go-to electric from about 1984 (when I first bought it, used) to the turn of the century. I'm looking forward to refretting it and putting it back to work. It's beautifully designed and executed, a poor man's Alembic of sorts. This symmetric cutaway shape seems very rare - it was probably only made in late 1977 and 1978 before being eclipsed by the "Musician" series models. Here is a link to an excellent collection of these models.

The custom-ordered Mesa Boogie Lonestar Special. The good people at Mesa Engineering put together this unique blend of cosmetic appointments at my request. The covering is leather textured in "bone croc," the head size is referred to as a "short chassis" (19"), and the wicker grille is also a custom touch. Read on for my own customizations to this lovey little kit...

This close-up of the head shows the creme knobs I added to replace the original black knobs.

This view of the back of the head shows the coat hooks I bolted onto the aluminum U-channel crossbar which allow me to wrap up the AC power cord without having to stuff it in the bottom of the head against the power tubes. The crew at Davidson Electronics swooned at this upgrade - "Totally pro!" pronounced Cory and Alex.