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A friend of mine, Buck Wilkerson, with whom I used to play frequently, died two years ago. His widow contacted me recently to see if I could help her get rid of some of the guitars he left behind (he...
To keep the post count/how annoying I am down, I took notes throughout the year. So here is a mashup of the more interesting entries. It seems a unique approach leads to unique ideas; so I will...
Here are a couple of original pieces I am working on. ***Disclaimer: I am not a schooled player. Never had a lesson or read music. I play by ear. Elmore James and Jim Hall are two big inspirations,...
So, a little update on this. I did find one that popped up on eBay overnight, shipped from Canada. This is the one in the configuration I wanted but interestingly there is no inlay that says "Pat...
I may be interested in that, we will see. It's definitely exciting. Would need to get my hands on one when they are out
Thanks. I've no intention to sell it. I should play it more!!
D'Angelico electrics (the ones where John D'Angelico only made the necks) are NOT Excels. Those guitars were not even recorded in his ledger. The Style A, Style B, Excel and New Yorker models were...
No need to apologize. A well played, great looking Favino deserves a double look. Looks like a keeper.
Actually that's not true a lot except for The New Yorker was made by someone else out of plywood and he just put on the necks....A few months ago, I bought a vintage D'Angelico electric. I've tried...
Not to derail you Chris, but there is the new Metheny model with the CC pickup coming this summer if your search continues that long....
Vince Magol, a lawyer, guitarist, and once-co-owner of Heritage talked about breakage. He said 2-3%. That includes all damage. Nothing will protect against an amuk forklift impaling a box. Here...
The Korean made Excels are not identical to an original Excel at all.The originals were hand carved, solid wood archtops and the Korean made examples are pressed plywood guitars. I own an original...
The neck on the 59 reissue is pretty fat. That took me awhile to get used to. Some guys actually like that, I tolerate it. And with the skinny frets, unpotted pickups and light build, the 59 reissue...
I see a lot of "missing part X, which is like ten bucks..." nonsense. Just buy the damned part and install it yourself, and add the $10 to price already.
McCoy Tyner style Pentatonic sequence with 5ths,...
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