Demoing my new Gibson L-5 CESN from 1996

[2bornot2bop]

Great playing Fred! I love how the guitars aging almost appears like an Amber finish. In any event she’s beautiful! Life is good in France!

[Gitfiddler]

Actually, Wes could play triplets as D/D/D, D/U/D, U/D/U, U/U/U. He had amazing control over his right thumb.

I can manage the alternating thumb stuff okay, after years of brute forcing my way through Wes' stuff. The D/D/D or U/U/U at speed is quite challenging. Heck, that's even difficult with a pick.

Wes also developed a callus on his thumb, making it easier to execute up strokes. But man, what velvety tones!!

[Flat]

I always think of perfection as something abstract, just an idea we can hold only in our mind. But then I see a guitar like that, and I have to reconsider.