FennRx Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 I once ordered a guitar from let's say Company X. They refused to ship the guitar to me (production problems' date=' as soon as possible, blah blah blah - I knew that wasn't true and that they were just jerking me around) so I bought a airline ticket and flew to their factory. I figured that if I kicked some *** there, they'd get their act together. It cost me $2500 roundtrip and I had to stay overnight in Minneapolis because I missed my second connecting flight, but I figured it'd be worth it. I'd been waiting for months for the guitar and the flight down there was terrible so I was really burning mad when I walked through the front door. I started screaming at the receptionist "WHOSE *** DO I HAVE TO KICK TO GET MY EFFING GUITAR?" She tried to calm me down but I figured that the time for reason was over. I kept pounding on the desk and yelling at her to go and get my guitar. So of course she calls security. Outta nowhere a couple guys come at me. They were probably a couple of Company X's luthiers, to judge by the looks of them. Pretty much right away, these two guys have my coat pulled up over my head. My arms are straight up in the air and I can't see a thing. Then they went to work on my midsection. Ham-sized fists are really doing a number on me. Each blow knocked the wind out of me but I did manage to sputter "why don't you goons go back there and finish making my guitar?" Then someone maced me and I was thrown out the front door. I went home without my guitar. When I got home, there was a message from my local music store saying that the guitar had come in. I'd spent $2500 to get my *** kicked. THE END[/quote'] haha. now that's a tale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdick2112 Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 TurkeyT - Hard to say how the axes will actually be numbered, but the certificate of authenticity should indicate that each our guitars are one of 300 made. Good question. Superdick2112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Admin Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 the serial numbers will read "Big Al" 001-300, and the back of the headstock will have silk-screened silhouettes of Barbies and dinosuars... just kidding... the serial numbers will be "AL" 001-300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enduroexpert Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Ha....you nearly had me then, yep I'm dumb............!!!! But I was scrolling down a compressed window at work so no one would see.................thats my excuse anyhow. Hope mines AL - 027 Cheers for the info Admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkeyT Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I plan to slap a few Barbie stickers on. I'll probably bring the stickers with me to the guitar shop and start the customizing right there. A hand-drawn dinosaur will be a weekend-project. A thick Sharpie should do the job, right? A "Big Al" serial number would have been great... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enduroexpert Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 What tunes are going to crack out of your new AL-SIG when it arrives....? Mine in choice order will be:- 1. Freewill 2. In the Mood 3. Limelight (....cause at long last I sorted the solo out, I never had that sounding right for years....) 4. Red Barchetta 5. The whole of "Hemispheres" 6. Roll the Bones ......then weep in pure delight that I got the mans guitar after all these years of lusting..... ....Who's next......?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Differentstrings89 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Heck Yes Freewill for sure my top five are Chemistry Tom Sawyer Circumstances La Villa 2112 cant wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Differentstrings89 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Administrator what do the cases look like are they just regular gibson custom cases or are the cases customized also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkeyT Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I was wondering that too. Maybe the case will have the Barbie and dinosaur designs on it... I'm thinking the longer we wait for the guitar, the more obscure the questions here will become: "Admin, how tight is the Varitone knob? Is it easy to turn?" "Admin, when you pick the guitar up, can you still hear it sustaining from your previous day's playing?" "Admin, what does the AL 355 smell like?" Actually, Admin, feel free to go ahead and answer these questions now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Admin Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Administrator what do the cases look like are they just regular gibson custom cases or are the cases customized also? standard 335 case with alex's signature silk-screened on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean ghannam Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 You guys are really cracking me up here!!...hillarious stuff!!I just ordered an AL 355...hope they ship soon too....can't believe that Gibson finally did this. Glad that they made Al's sig guitar a 355...so cool. I'm hoping that the custom shop quality really exceeds regular Gibson production guitars...(p.s. check out the top of page 30 in May 2008 Guitar Player!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuba Steve Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Sean, True that ...Gibson will release the guitar when it's ready and thats what makes it a gibson... keep playing that rush brutha !!! ALC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enduroexpert Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 .....YAWN..... So impatient..................!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilmusician Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 How can guys say there buyin one now ,if there's only 300 and there all sold? (apparently ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Differentstrings89 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I think they mean Guitar Center and other stores have bought them all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilmusician Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 standard 335 case with alex's signature silk-screened on it. It should have Rush silk-screened on it as well ,like the Cream on the Clapton 335 ,I know mine will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Differentstrings89 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Exactly same thing I was thinkin maybe even Exit Stage Left on it or some tours and dates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkeyT Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I think they mean Guitar Center and other stores have bought them all up. That's what I take it to mean. All 300 may have been ordered (how do we even know this?) but it's up to individual stores to actually sell them. I'm sure there'll be cases of people buying them off the rack at their local guitar store (though not a lot, obviously). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manoarain Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 So I was just wondering ....any one else going to remove their pickguard once their guitar arrives? I just was watching the vintage footage on R30 Disc II The Vault where Alex plays Circumstances and La Villa using his ES355... Ive been debating I like the tortise shell but I like his look of sans pickguard as well... Patiently waiting for a word from Gibson about a ETA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Differentstrings89 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Im definetly going to take off the pickguard I think it looks so great with it off in the videos for The Trees, La Villa and, Circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdick2112 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 The pickguard stays on for me. I also thought about ordering a shorter vibrato arm and an "ALEX LIFESON" engraved truss rod cover from a parts supplier, just to get it as close as possible to Lerxt's axe, but I think I'll just keep it stock. After all, I'm not Big Al, so no need for his name to be on my guitar, and as far as the shorter vibrato arm goes, I plan on actually using mine, so the longer one stays on. Maestros hold tune pretty well if you put a little powdered graphite in the nut slots & don't floor it like a Floyd Rose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean ghannam Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 this is a REAL rush geek! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enduroexpert Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Even got the white Strat, wasn't that around Moving Pictures & Signals when he used that one.....? "sean ghannam" - is that you in the photo mate.....? Any chance of some nice clear photos of those guitars..........? Are you in a tribute band......? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkeyT Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 The white Strat is in the Exit... Stage Left video. A true Rush geek would also have that crappy guitar Alex plays in the "Closer to the Heart" episode of Trailer Park Boys. And also the one he plays "Closer to the Heart" on at the end. I'm going to get a custom truss rod cover that says "NEIL PEART" just to mess with peoples' heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean ghannam Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 sure enduro, check out: http://hometown.aol.com/sonicplayg also: www.myspace.com/seanedwardghannam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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