Instruments, 'Brand Names', etc.

I know that there must be quite a few people here who play an instrument, be it piano, guitar, or an orchestral instrument. So, I'm wondering, who plays what? And what name is the best when it comes to your instrument?

Myself, I can play violin, but my instrument of choice is viola. Right now I've got a cheap but good student viola, but what I'd kill for is an Amati Viola. Unfortunately, only like three still exist...so I've got a feeling that the one I've been looking at (a 1620 Antonio Amati) is just a wee bit beyond my price range...But I'm very excited about the new Pirastro Obligato strings I just ordered - they're gorgeous (even if they do cost about a third of what I paid for my viola...)!

Ja ne!

I play piano, And have a Casio PX-300 digital grand. As far as the best goes, I have no idea. But I do know that my piano does everything I need it to. ;)

My Guitars:

Jackson STX6
Fender Strat
Squire Strat with humbucker
Cort Strat (in peices)

I used to have a red and white Fender Precision, like the one John used on Radio Ga Ga at the Freddie Tribute. I sold it 2 years ago, great guitar. I also have 2 Marshall amps.

I too play the violin. I used to use Obligato strings as well, when they first came out, but switched to Dominant after a while - they just didn't let my instrument project its natural beauty correctly.

I also play the piano (Yamaha CLP-880 Digital Piano, along with several grands and baby grands that I do not own, but often play on when I go various places).

Guitar too. I have a really nice Yamaha acoustic guitar that used to belong to my grandfather, a Washburn N1 electric, and the king of them all, a Burns Red Special copy.

I have a pretty cheap acoustic Johnson guitar that's practical for right now. I'm saving up for this, though.

http://www.music123.com/Burns-Brian-May-Signature-Electric-Guitar-i72138.music?match=1

It's the cheapest one I could find. ;-)

I have a battered old roland ep7 II digi piano which has been my baby for 10 years and still sounds great for a "portable piano", a korg triton on loan, an epiphone viola bass, my lovely spector sea-blue bass (which I use most of the time), a yamaha electric acoustic guitar and a couple of crap basses from when I wasn't a real bassist! And a beautiful Puchner oboe.

I used to have a Carvin 6 string Bass, an Ibanez Roadstar2 Bass, and a Epiphone SG style bass..

Guitars.. shit too many to count... a Burns Red special was my last one, Maybe one day I will be able to get another Guitar.. and this time learn how to actually play it..

I've got an Ovation Celebrity acoustic guitar and a piano that I inherited from my great-grandmother. And a recorder somewhere around here, from when we were forced to learn it in 3rd grade!

Ooh... I was forced to learn recorder too in third, fourth, and fifth grade. They make the most irritating sound.

SergeantPepperDG wrote:

Ooh... I was forced to learn recorder too in third, fourth, and fifth grade. They make the most irritating sound.

Lol, I took recorder lessons in second grade too. Only they were called "flutaphones."

Hahahahahaha...

I was never allowed to practice my recorder inside the house because it pissed off my dogs. I could've been a recorder prodigy, but now we'll never know!

When my dog hears a weird noise, he rotates his head like 90 degrees. It's really funny.

One of my dogs is completely scared of musical instruments. She'd howl whenever I played the piano (or the recorder!) and now she barks at guitar cases. And my guitar teacher.