You can only take 5 albums to a deserted Island...

OMG no Stenen Wilson or even Porcupine Tree?

Hand.Cannot.Erase
Deadwing
Grace for Drowning
Isurgentes
Led Zepplin iii
Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring
abbey road

Well, Thom, if we’re taking five guitars and/or amps instead of albums, I’ll play:

James Goodall Dreadnaught
Schroeder Chopper (LP style)
Tom Bills "Falling Leaf" archtop
Hughes & Kettner Grandmeister 36 amp
Fractal Axe effects processor

I’m borrowing your strings and plugging into your AC.

Well, we could have fun on the same island. Would that be cheating the rules of this game? ;-)

BTW, there's a fellow selling a Jason Schroeder guitar on thegearpage.net at the moment.  It's his interpretation of a Tele.  Jason has a beautiful design aesthetic.

thom_mackris, Are you suggesting, you’d rather listen to yourself playing for infinity, as opposed to having other music available? Just asking.

It’s not even close. Five records vs. infinite possibilities to learn and master ;-)

Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier Design

Baslmg good one!  NY on the beach.  I'll be spinning that one tonight.  

Thom and Martykl would love to hear you guys play.  As Neil says "live music is better, bumper stickers should be issued."

For you guys hoping for Ginger and Mary Ann, don't forget about Mrs. Howell!

Thom,

Funny thing about Teles (and the variants thereon)...

I own several really outstanding boutique variations, but I end up playing my good old, modestly priced Fender American Standard (tho it's been modded with Barden pups) more than any of em.  If anyone can top the original tho, Jason might be the guy.  

Jason's take on the LP is IMO downright fantastic and his quirkier designs - including a variation of the Turner Model 1 - are pretty tempting.  He's an outstanding luthier for sure.

The other "go-to" in my electric collection is a Henman-Bevilacqua that combines a bolt-on neck and long scale with humbuckers to make a cool Gibson/Fender hybrid (definitely more Gibson flavored, tho).

if we get another couple of axes on our Island, the Fender and the H-B are coming along, for sure.