Guitars: Electric
Make: Vintage stratocaster
Colour: Blue/green - AMAZING COLOUR. <3 With a white/silver scratchplate.
Bought: June 2003 from Hillanders [shop in Kirkwall]
Price: £165 [special deal with a 10 watt amp, strap, case + 2 plectrums]
Specs: 21 frets, maple neck, I think, dunno about the body, 3 single coil pick ups
This is my first electric guitar, bought it on 7th June 2003 (Charlie Simpson's 18th birthday strangely enough - and he's one of the reasons I play guitar in the first place). It's a blue vintage strat, nothing that special but it has quite a nice sound, although I'm thinking of changing the pick ups on it because they're not that great. I have to say the colour of it is amazing, I'll get a better picture soon.
Make: BC Rich Bronze Warlock
Colour: Black
Bought: Christmas present 2004 [bought from eBay]
Price: £140-ish
Specs: 24 frets, agathis body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, 2 humbucker pick ups
It's second hand and the bottom corners are a bit worn, but it's nice to play, and sounds good, despite what people have been telling me. I prefer playing the strat, though. The main problem I have with it is the action's a bit high, so it can shit for bending... but it's got a light action as well, so it would be great for bending otherwise lol.
Make: Yamaha Pacifica 112XJ
Colour: Natural stain, black scratchplate
Bought: May 2006 from Wrigley's [shop in Kirkwall]
Price: £170
Specs: 22 frets, alder body, maple neck + fretboard, 2 single coil pick ups, 1 humbucker in the bridge position
Fucking yes. I'd had my eye on this for MONTHS, and they had a big sale on, so I went for it. It's absolutely gorgeous - the colour of it is so nice. I think I stroke it more than I play it though, cause it's so smooth, haha. I love it so much, eeee.
Guitars: Acoustic
Make: Westfield Pro
Colour: Yellowish
Bought: July 2004 from a shop in Manchester
Price: £90
Specs: 20 frets, ?? body, Martin Bronze light strings
Equipment
10 watt Kustom amp - not that great, but adequate for practicing with. Came with the strat, but on its own would normally cost around £30-40.
I FUCKING LOVE THIS. My parents bought it for me, Christmas 2005, about £110. It's a Line 6 pod (version 2), and it's basically an amp modeller with some effects (chorus, delay, flanger to name a few). It actually makes my amp sound good, ha. It has all sorts of amp settings on it - Mesa-Boogie, Fender, Marshall, it has some clean ones, some more punk ones, and there's loads of different settings for each one. I love it.
My overdrive pedal. I got this from Kevin (<3) and it cost about £30.
Other instruments
Posh keyboard! It's very good, it has so many features. It's much better than my old Yamaha (which I got in like, 1999 lol), I think this one has more keys as well.
Harmonica!! I bought this in April 2005 randomly, because Harry works in a music shop in town and it was only £6. I... can't play it. I'm trying though. :-D It's in the key of C.
I used to also play the violin, but I gave that up as I wasn't concentrating on it enough. I want to play bass, I might buy one, but amps suck when it comes to prices.