Without me it is nothing.
Without my guitar I am nothing .. "
So StevenO's recent post
continued a train of thought I had that started when I was reading Andy Summers' biography and he says of his TelecasterI'm just still looking for that one guitar that says "I'm the guitar that was meant for you, Steven Osorio, pick me up, play me, love me, hold me" but none of the guitars I have boughten have said that to me as of yet,
Maybe you only get one real instrument in your life as a guitar player. For me, it is this 1961 Tele.
.. so do you have a number one guitar, the only one you really need, the guitar which might not be all that special to others but fits perfectly for you?
Here's mine, a bit of a partsmaster .. familiar to many of you I guess, it's a 1961 Jazzmaster put together with rescued pieces: '61 neck and (refinished) body, '62 pickups, most of the rest of the parts are aftermarket. I had planned to gradually replace the aftermarket parts with vintage parts but it plays so well I don't want to fiddle with it. I've had more expensive and more authentic guitars, but this is the one that works the best for me, the neck is like they personally measured my left hand and tailored it to match ..
If you've found yours, whatever it is, offset or not, let's see it and hear why it's the guitar for you! .. or if you haven't, what do you think it would be like? .. or if you don't subscribe to Andy's theory, why not .. ?
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"alright, whatever dude." i took it home and worked out what i wanted it to look like. the rest, as they, is history.
