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Current
Owner: Steve W.
Current Location: Lafayette, CO
Original Owner: Yes
Purchase Location: Wildwood Guitars
Alterations: None
042 is a
stop tail piece, sunset glow guitar. Here's what Steve has to say about
his axe:
I've been playing off and on for 30 or so years, bass player in rock and
jazz groups through high school and college and all. I even got to play
with Paul Butterfield once when his guy was sick. When I stopped playing
in bands I gravitated to finger style and classical acoustic music but,
lacking "talent" it was mostly a rainy day hobby. Along the way I
acquired a mint, original 62 ES-335 with a Bigsby with the intent to learn
how to play lead guitar. Before getting very far, it along with my Martin
d-28, an EB-2 bass, and my Alvarez classical guitar were stolen.
Miraculously, the police recovered all but the ES-335. Ever since (this
happened in the late 70's) I've been looking for something that sounded as
good as the ES but never found one I liked. Just in the last year or so I
started playing a lot and re-kindled my desire to learn how to play lead
guitar. I bought a PRS at Wildwood Guitars (Louisville, CO) and became
friends with the owner. I kept going back to the store and playing
hollow-bodies and was zeroing in on either an ES-175 or a historic reissue
ES-335. I was actually a day or two away from making up my mind and
buying one when I happened to be in Wildwood the day these guitars
arrived. Its looks blew me away and its sonic properties when played
acoustically were everything I'd been dreaming of. Then we plugged it in
to a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and it was all over...out came the checkbook.
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