gtr shite
for yrs, i've prided myself on playing black stratocaster clones "exclusively," because they're the only $150 electric gtrs left on earth. at a certain point, i discovered that i sound the same no matter what piece of wood/box i'm using, because my ears have a certain set of freqs they like to hear and i'll optimize any gtr/amp/effect combo accordingly.
the indonesian squier i use now was gifted to me by keith wingate (bless him) after i'd sold off _all_ of my gear while i was writing for the paper. i also have a squier telecaster clone that was given to me by my son-in-law, which i've been dinking on around the house and may yet use for some sinister future purpose.
of all the gtrs i've sold over the yrs, there are three that i wish i had back. the harmony-built sears silvertone 1478 jazzmaster copy that i'm holding in the default pic on my myspace thingy was the first electric gtr i ever owned. you could talk into the de armond pickups and get signal thru the amp. i think i paid $50 for it; now, these ppl want _eight bills_!!!
i've owned two different gibson sg's: the first one, which i now believe was a '68 special, not the '65 it was sold to me as (i was a dipshit and wouldn't have known that pre-'66 sg's had the itty-bitty little scratch plate); i bought it 'cos it had p-90s and looked like the ones pete townshend usedta play (and smash). the second one was prolly a '71 standard; it had humbuckers (from which the guy that owned it before me had removed the covers) and the lyre tailpiece like the angus young signature model they're selling now. it was a real nice piece of work. i paid less than $300 for each of those gtrs; now they sell for two or three grand apiece!
epiphone has a "limited edition '66" version of their g-400 sg clone, which seems to sell for about $400 at all the online sellers. i'm hoping when our income tax return comes in, maybe i can swindle a deal on one if i walk into gtr ctr with cash. film, as they say, at 11.
the indonesian squier i use now was gifted to me by keith wingate (bless him) after i'd sold off _all_ of my gear while i was writing for the paper. i also have a squier telecaster clone that was given to me by my son-in-law, which i've been dinking on around the house and may yet use for some sinister future purpose.
of all the gtrs i've sold over the yrs, there are three that i wish i had back. the harmony-built sears silvertone 1478 jazzmaster copy that i'm holding in the default pic on my myspace thingy was the first electric gtr i ever owned. you could talk into the de armond pickups and get signal thru the amp. i think i paid $50 for it; now, these ppl want _eight bills_!!!
i've owned two different gibson sg's: the first one, which i now believe was a '68 special, not the '65 it was sold to me as (i was a dipshit and wouldn't have known that pre-'66 sg's had the itty-bitty little scratch plate); i bought it 'cos it had p-90s and looked like the ones pete townshend usedta play (and smash). the second one was prolly a '71 standard; it had humbuckers (from which the guy that owned it before me had removed the covers) and the lyre tailpiece like the angus young signature model they're selling now. it was a real nice piece of work. i paid less than $300 for each of those gtrs; now they sell for two or three grand apiece!
epiphone has a "limited edition '66" version of their g-400 sg clone, which seems to sell for about $400 at all the online sellers. i'm hoping when our income tax return comes in, maybe i can swindle a deal on one if i walk into gtr ctr with cash. film, as they say, at 11.
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