Cruznolfart Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I stumbled across this shop and this instrument. Wander around in the shop, there's some pretty cool stuff. (image is link) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 There has been on in display at the Nashville airport for a while. Each has a different color pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 That's pretty cool, Stiff, it's the first I recall seeing one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 The Edge also auctioned his prized 1975 LP Custom to help the same cause. He has a ton of guitars so he said he would auction off one that was meaninfgul to him and he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65 Casino Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Douglasville is about 50 miles from me, guess I have to go take a real vs. virtual tour. That 59 reissue was just too much for me. I pray that I never stumble across a tea burst. 29 years of marriage down the tubes... did I say tubes? Yea, I guess a true tube amp would have to be an accompanying item...but then she would probably get the marshal after me...did I say Marshal? the cards are stacked against me....did I say Stack? Marshal Stack! That would be the ticket! Did I say ticket? ya bet yer ars I did... I would need a winning lottery ticket. My how my mind travels when I am tired. Did I say Tired? Yep, gotta get ready for bed with this guitar in my head, and do some serious dreamin...more like a wet dream. Naw... a number "9" dream... Thanks (I think) Cruzn...for the post. I am off the next two days, may just have to wander over there for a sneak peek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I got one when they did the original auction great charity that helped replace instruments lost in the Katrina Hurricane and flooding. The guitars were sold with each store getting one and only one there were 200 total if I recall. The wood on the pick guard and TRC is a actually wood recovered from the flooding. The poster they used to advertise them was also great looking had a old National Resonator covered with flood water and plants etc. The only thing that is weird on them is they used a thick red wax like used for sealing letters to distress the finish and the wax makes it kinda rough to play. A few years back when I first posted pics here people called the finish Puke which isn't half as pretty of a name as Mardi-Gra which is what Gibson called the finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65 Casino Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I am with you - Mardi Gra is much better. Maybe the wax was in case another Katrina, Heaven forbid, comes again. One of my best friends is in Gulf Shores. He is one mile off the beach but 500 ft. off a canal that connects to a lagoon. His house flooded up to the last stair going up to the second floor, entire first floor was underwater. You did a great thing for a great cause. *tips hat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Ya haven't experienced life until you meet a woman called Katrina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 A woman named Katrina coverred in hot wax[blush] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 A woman named Katrina coverred in hot wax[blush] Sorry i couldnt find one with her in hot wax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 They look kinda cool, the only reason I wouldn't buy one is I don't think I would play it that much. The finish is a little too out there for me, but it's a cool collectors piece, and if ya got one, might as well play it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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