Some gig pics...

[Tony M.]

The guitar was already stripped when I bought it.
It's a good piece of mahogany and is incredibly resonant.

The one on the left is a special. The serial # tells me '72.
I got it at a garage sale for 150 because nothing worked
on it and it was completely corroded but the neck was right.
I put 240 into it to get it up and running again and have
played more gigs with it than any other guitar I have owned.
It has one of Larry's PAFs from 1977 in the bridge and one of
his Humbuckers from Hell in the neck now and is very versatile.

The one on the right is a completely stock '61 RI.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

All 3 are real Gems, Tony

 

[Tony M.]

All 3 are real Gems, Tony

Yes. They are "keepers".

 

[Tony M.]

I AGREEEeeeEEEeEeeeEeeeEEee. never EVER SELL AN ES 355!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Especially a good one, and that was a really good one.
What it sounded like through that DR 103..........

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

NOW U r Killing me, A DR103 huh. WOAH

I cannot begin to tell you how much I love ES's and was always too poor to own one.
Then was Marshall and Fender Amps,,,,,,, as well as Hiwatts.

 

[Tony M.]

It's in back of me in the up in the air picture.
along with 2 EV SRO loaded 2 X 12 cabs.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

NOW I am dead,,,,, EV SRO Cabs

 

[Tony M.]

They were Pre CBS Fender Band Master cabs.
When I got the DR103 I loaded them with EV SROs.

 

[Sérgio]

Was it the pic angle/different stands or is the modern guitar slightly shorter/smaller than the vintage ones?

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Meanwhile, This is another picture from that same job.
This guitar is at the very top of the should not have sold it list.

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And these guys explainin a lot of good guitar history.

 

[Tony M.]

Was it the pic angle/different stands or is the modern guitar slightly shorter/smaller than the vintage ones?

I just pulled out the 3 guitars. The middle stand is slightly higher and the
narrowness of the SG special headstock combined with the picture angle
make it look longer. It also has a bigger neck heel that the other 2 but the
instruments measure up within 1/4 inch of each other all the way around.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Damn that 345 sounds friggin killer!!!

 

[Tony M.]

I have always wanted and never had a 345.
Who says no one uses them?

Jorma Kaukonen
Joe MacDonald
Elvin Bishop.
Danny Kalb

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

I have always wanted and never had a 345.
Who says no one uses them?

Jorma Kaukonen
Joe MacDonald
Elvin Bishop.
Danny Kalb

Alex Lifeson
Steve Howe

 

[Gahr]

Freddie King

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Pat and Doug talking about Amps, Guitar companies and Historical ebb and flow.