My Pinstriped Fender Telecaster “Big Tex”

HOW do you know? HAHA

I can see why you barely see it, The guitar hangs on your strap, but from audience point of view, I see ummm.
The guitar has been pinstriped since 2017.

I’ve looked at it from every angle it can possibly be looked at—including pictures of me playing it and watching other people (friends) playing it.

It hangs on the wall in my office/library/guitar room/lair, so I see it (and look at it every day).

The design is based on a combination of something Billy Gibbons has on one of his Esquires and a picture I pulled from a hot rod website. The pinstripe artist threw a few things back and forth and we agreed this was the coolest design.

The intent was something you’d see on the trunk of a hot rod.
Nothing more.

If you see something untoward (or as you put it “ummm”), that speaks more to your mindset and maturity level than it does anything else.

No one who’s seen it in person has said a single thing or even questioned what it was—most of them say, “That guitar looks so cool!”

Maybe I hang out with people whose mind doesn’t reside near the gutter.
 
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The guitar has been pinstriped since 2017.

I’ve looked at it from every angle it can possibly be looked at—including pictures of me playing it and pictures of other people (friends) playing it.

The design is based on a combination of something Billy Gibbons has on one of his Esquires and a picture I pulled from a hot rod website. The pinstripe artist threw a few things back and forth and we agreed this was the coolest design.

The intent was something you’d see on the trunk of a hot rod.
Nothing more.

If you see something untoward (or as you put it “ummm”), that speaks more to your mindset and maturity level than it does anything else.

No one who’s seen it in person has said a single thing or even questioned what it was—most of them say, “That guitar looks so cool!”

Maybe I hang out with people whose mind doesn’t reside near the gutter.
Oh I didn't say it was not a "COOL" look.

Quite contrary, it is HOT, and as something Billy Gibbons-escque, quite fitting and accentuating the curves of your Axe.
It reminds me of another of my favorite guitars I have always liked which is a similar theme to yours, but it's Basic Black with WHITE and RED striping. Gibson's N225.


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Oh I didn't say it was not a "COOL" look.

Quite contrary, it is HOT, and as something Billy Gibbons-escque, quite fitting and accentuating the curves of your Axe.
It reminds me of another of my favorite guitars I have always liked which is a similar theme to yours, but it's Basic Black with WHITE and RED striping. Gibson's N225.


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If I could find any sellers who don't want $1600 with taxes, shipping etc, I would have one already.
 
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