Walkin Guitars - New Barney Kessell and Bruce Foreman models

[jazzshrink]

Has any country had a guitar player for a leader?...

[guildx500]

Bruce played a blonde Ibanez most times when I’ve heard him live. Always sounded great.

[starjasmine]

Eeeew. That was so creepy I had to google it. The bot said:

The widely circulated photos of George H.W. Bush "playing" the guitar were
posed (or a lighthearted, staged photo-op), not a performance of actual musical talent.

• The Context: The photo was taken on January 21, 1989, at the "Celebration for Young Americans" concert during his inaugural festivities.
• The Reality: The 41st president was hamming it up for the cameras, essentially doing an "air-guitar" moment on a prop guitar while onstage with his campaign manager, Lee Atwater, who was a genuine blues/soul fan and guitarist.
• The Guitar: The guitar was an inexpensive, stock Epiphone Strat clone (likely an S-310) custom-painted for the occasion with "The Prez" on it.
• The Source: It was a choreographed moment meant to showcase a more relaxed"rock 'n' roll" side of the new, often buttoned-up president.

While the photos are genuine, the action was not a genuine, musical performance by Bush.

[Mick-7]

Eeeew. That was so creepy I had to google it.

A U.S. president posing with a guitar is not creepy, but one hawking them while in office is.