I’ve kind of turned into a Fender guy over the years. Here are the three I play the most:

American Professional II Jazzmaster (blue)
Troy Van Leeuwen Jazzmaster (red)
Troy Sanders Signature Jaguar bass (silverburst)

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I’ve also got a Squier Vintage Modified Baritone Jazzmaster that I use for some down-tuned stuff.

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Prior to those, my main guitars were a an HH Jaguar, and a couple of Epiphone Les Pauls (one of which I’ve modified to house a built-in Kaoss Pad). I still have them all. Just don’t play them much.

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It is! I have the original pick guard, too. I kinda want to cut a plain black one. Either that or gold pearl (but then I’d also want gold hardware to make it extra gawdy).

I'm a Fender guy, but I've spent the last several days trying to talk myself both into and out of picking up a Les Paul Standard. I've almost pulled the trigger several times.

Update: I bought it!

I started playing guitar in '96, and as a teenager of the 90's who loved - and still loves - Tool, I've always loved the sound and aesthetic of Adam Jones's '79 silverburst LP. While this is a reissue with different specs, I've watched enough videos to conclude that it sounds close enough to fill a gap in my tone that I haven't quite been able to address with my Fenders (and I LOVE my Jazzmasters and my HH Jaguar).

This is my first Gibson (though I do have a couple of Epiphones). 16-year-old me would be shitting his pants right now. 43-year-old me is still shitting, but as Maynard would say, "vicariously" (or perhaps incontinence is setting in).

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Yeah, I think it clocks in at just under 10 pounds.

I picked up this pedal yesterday and it’s awesome!

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I've had both of these guitars for 20+ years, but added some puck lights to their display cases today. Neither of these are "good" guitars, mind you, but they're signed.

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The one on the left is a Kramer Focus 111S that I picked up probably around 2001-2002. I grabbed it because I'm a big Rob Zombie fan (I still dig his music - and he's a fantastic showman) and thought the custom airbrushed artwork was cool. The pickguard was signed by Zombie (I can't remember the story behind it, but there was legit photographic evidence provided of the actual pickguard getting signed when I bought it). I've also got a ticket stub in the case that's signed by Zombie and Riggs, and a CD signed by both on top of the case. Both of those items were obtained personally after a show here in AZ back in 2002. I was walking to my car after lingering at the venue, and as I walked by, Rob was right there on the other side of the fence, approached ME, and exited the gate to chat. We shot the shit for 5 minutes or so and he honestly could not have been any nicer. Super cool guy. He signed my ticket stub and CD, and then was like, "Hey, Riggs. Come here!" and got him to sign my stuff, too.

At a show in 2018, he jumped into the pit, stuck a mic in my face, and we got to scream "More Human Than Human" together. Good times!

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Now the one on the right...

When I started playing guitar in 1996 (I was 16), Eddie Van Halen was my hero. I still have VH stickers plastered on my first guitar. In 1997, for Christmas, my parents got me a '93 Squier strat that he signed at a golf tournament in 1994. The photos of him signing it are probably still at my parents' house somewhere, but it's legit.

I never got to meet the guy, and because I was pretty late to the VH party, I only got to see them perform once, so I've got my ticket stub from 1998 in the case (yes... the GARY CHERONE ERA. LOL).

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Thanks! I'm a huge horror fan, and I go to conventions all over the country to meet people and get stuff signed. In fact, I'll be adding Tom Woodruff Jr (Gillman) to my Monster Squad one sheet next weekend in Las Vegas. So far, it has all the signatures you mentioned, plus Carl Thibault (Wolfman), Michael Reid Mackay (The Mummy), Stephen Macht (Del), Stan Shaw (Det. Sapir), and Lisa Fuller (Patrick's sister). I've also met Fred Dekker, but that was before I had this poster (he signed my Night of the Creeps poster though).

That whole room is full of signed horror movie posters (all originals). If you look close, you can see the bottom of my Nightmare on Elm Street 3 one sheet peeking above The Monster Squad). I've also got a bunch in my game rooms, and even more in a big portfolio so that I can rotate what's displayed.