flatbaroque Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Em7 mentioned "If I was a carpenter" on Zomby's drop D thread. I was looking to see if youtube had Tim Hardin playing it. Check out the headstock on the guitar...I'm sure people here know the guitar...it's not an epiphone is it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA0IGlvDDPY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Yeees, , , it's excellent – bulls eye version. . . Epiphone Frontier, isn't it, , , backed by one ceramic bridged Bird or SJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 good guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 I would say that it's a 'woodie' guitar in the background.....What a CLASSIC....LUV IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 keith must have been busy making a cup of tea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 I 'll see your headstock and raise you a headstock!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 . I call - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 . I call - Now this one is just TOO FUN. What a piece that would be to strap on & play. Aster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Here's a headstock not many here will recognize: one of the Bacon&Day Senoritas, similar to the one John Fahey played on some albums. Not surprisingly, B&D is better known for its banjos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunningham26 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 the epi frontier and excellente are my holy grail guitars. if you ever see one, even with those big ol headstocks...buy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 I like that picture. Reminds me of the old days when I'd go to some park and play my guitar. The young women used to do the same thing as this young lady. God bless'em. Look at Jagger's face...lol...Looks like he's saying "Heh, heh, heh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 To me Mick looks a little shy (to rather surprising effect). BK – the Paul Les would work New Years Eve, wouldn't it. MissouriP – did they really go that far. You must have had tremendous force. Okay, it was back in the day of easy livin', but still. Never experienced anything that strong while playing public, but once when I was 20 a circa 30 year old woman rose and gave me a kiss after hearing me play Young's Albuquerque from an ordinary seat in a quiet all nite bar. I can hear it sounds (Christmas)sweet, but it was one of the most uplifting responses I ever received. Never got rich from all this playing, , , or did I. . . . Regarding Keith, there must have been 2 chicks in the beginning - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Never got rich from all this playing, , , or did I. . . . "Wealth" in this case is a matter of context. Think how much poorer your life would be if you had never taken up guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 "Wealth" in this case is a matter of context. Think how much poorer your life would be if you had never taken up guitar. You got it Nick - chin chin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 That's no headstock; this is a headstock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 That's no headstock; this is a headstock: JT, Who makes MOTS these days, and is it the same as it has always been? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Nick, This is my Kim Walker "scrap" guitar featured in Fretboard Journal a year or two ago: My idea was that when Kim found sonically superior but visually challenged woods he'd throw them in a pile. When he got enough pieces, he'd build me the "scrap" Nick Lucas and finish it in black varnish. It roughly corresponded to his 33rd year in lutherie, so the "One Third Century of Progress" was born (with serial number .33!). That's 100 year old European spruce over Honduran mahogany. The MOTS is a scrap of 1930s Italian celluloid that Kim got through his connections. That wild binding is the last piece of 1950s Rickerbacker "checkerboard" binding left on the planet. Kim mixed up several batches of gold sparkle glitter for me. The winner was a mixture of gold, yellow, orange, red, and, of course, champagne: It's an incredible guitar. Kim's wait is now about 9 years but this project tempted him. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 It's an incredible guitar. Kim's wait is now about 9 years but this project tempted him. :) Yes, I remembered the guitar, but forgot the details. That is one wild-looking beast. Almost a throwback to the 20's/30's type of over-the-top detailing, as in the B&D's, CoP, and couple of other very strange Gibsons from that period. Wretched excess, in all its glory. Pretty cool, I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Yes, I remembered the guitar, but forgot the details. That is one wild-looking beast. Almost a throwback to the 20's/30's type of over-the-top detailing, as in the B&D's, CoP, and couple of other very strange Gibsons from that period. Wretched excess, in all its glory. Pretty cool, I'd say. Nick, Thanks. The over the topness is by design. It started as a homage to Gibson's 1930s Century of Progress guitars. But then I decided to make it a visual celebration of as many genres of visual arts as was aesthetically possible. Kim was more than game. The logo script is Victorain, the floral inlay Romantic, the gold sparkle is Art Deco (and inspired by my 1931 Gibson L-2), the binding is Op Art, the spiral inlay is Post Modern. I think that the visual effect is stunning. Others might disagree. But one thing is certain: the guitar's tone is among the finest ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 The above Walker instrument and headstock is in a league of its own – look at the binding mirrored in the tuners and see the motif tip its hat to a well known G. JT – one cannot play that guitar in just any pair of shoes. But when you wear the right ones, please post us a sample - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 JT – one cannot play that guitar in just any pair of shoes. But when you wear the right ones, please post us a sample - Maybe red shoes. Pointy toes. High heels. Rhinestones. Fringe. It rings of the low spark of high-heeled boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 YEAH, Back when bands were bands and not just a bunch of MTV 'pretty boyze....Ha!.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 ]But when you wear the right ones, please post us a sample - EM7, Choosing shoes is tough! When I gig with the Walker Century, I also usually take my Islander Deluxe (which has a pretty amazing MOTS headstock, too): Picking appropriate garb is a real challenge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 . Very nice. Dorothy would approve. . B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 . Very nice. Dorothy would approve. . B) Yeees ! , , , and so would the three fellows. But did you notice Wily's h-stock, , , , right out of Emerald City. Naturally one green goes your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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