JA 089

Current Owner:  Ed H.
Current Location:  Prairie Village, Kansas
Original Owner: Yes
Purchase Location:  Unknown
Alterations: None

JA 089 is a right handed, Bigsby equipped, sunset glow finished instrument and it's new owner is Ed who has this to say about his guitar: 

I am 39 years old, and I have been playing for only about 9 years. I eBayed my collection up to 30 axes, and then sold down to 8, and now I'm back up to about 40 guitars. I own mostly Gibsons, including an L5 Wes Montgomery, a 1962 blonde Byrdland with Florentine cutaway, a 1990s Jimmy Page Les Paul with the tags still attached, a natural 1975 Les Paul Custom with a maple fretboard (only year of regular production: 1977), and a 1980 Custom Artist (sort of a souped up, handmade prototype 355 with different inlays at each fret). I have two caramel finished Gibson Pat Martino models: I had to get another, because the first one is signed by Pat BIG on the back. Only one Fender these days: a 1981 Strat Elite (pre-Blackie model with push-button pickup switches. Various others, including 3 RainSong jazzboxes, one black and two are white. The JA is an extremely versatile guitar, and very light to hold for a few hours. Together with the Martino, it is my main axe for jazz and blues, but it can play anything, even slide!