tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482574655370651008.post1893672254581748736..comments2024-03-14T22:02:43.005-04:00Comments on Does This Band Make Me Look Fat? - Peter Holsapple's Blog: The $100 Guitar, first in a serieshalfpearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04489581394371987387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482574655370651008.post-34750602168322147592008-02-04T19:55:00.000-05:002008-02-04T19:55:00.000-05:00my first impression when i saw that guitar was tha...my first impression when i saw that guitar was that "hey, it's got a clear pick guard like that andy griffith martin re-issue!". but now i see it's the outline of the pickguard. maybe even cooler. i guess you probably know the story of how andy acquired that martin on the set of "a face in the crowd". it's sure had an interesting life.Jeff Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08842421166684415121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482574655370651008.post-89815815986994924472008-01-31T22:54:00.000-05:002008-01-31T22:54:00.000-05:00Now didn't I hear somewhere you have a vintage cle...Now didn't I hear somewhere you have a vintage clear Danelectro? Hmmm...<BR/><BR/>I feel lucky to have the red Fender Mustang my step-father bought from Camel Pawn Shop around 1973. He paid $160 for it. When I moved out of the house he stuck a claim to it, stating it was his guitar - even though I was the one who had played it 99.9% of the time I lived at home. <BR/><BR/>We shared the guitar over the years but in 1993, he wanted it back. I was crushed. So that Christmas I bought him a brand new sunburst finish Stratocaster and made a trade to own that Mustang once and for all. I was ready to play guitar again and took weekly lessons from Brad Newell. Then I began getting too tired to play. Why? By March I found out I was pregnant with my first daughter, Avalon. That put an end to my guitar lessons with Brad. The Mustang got put away in the case, where it collected dust for a long time.<BR/><BR/>Avalon started taking guitar lessons while she was still in Lower School. At first her guitar teacher, Kevin Dollar, said she would play acoustic for about a year. After her first lesson, he was amazed. Within a few weeks she was hauling that heavy red Mustang to her lessons. <BR/><BR/>About a year and a half ago, Avalon started complaining about the Mustang. She hated it. The only kind of guitar she wanted was a Schecter. All I heard about was how she had to have a Schecter. But she was stuck with the Mustang or her acoustic guitar.<BR/><BR/>Avalon and I were front row center when the Smashing Pumpkins played War Memorial Auditorium in Greensboro in November. Watching Billy Corgan so close up was amazing - I could have touched his shoe. The best song was one where he pulled out a beautiful black Schecter. The sustain would have even impressed Nigel Tufnel. Watching Billy play "United States" was almost like watching him and the guitar meld into one entity. I became a Schecter fan after that.<BR/><BR/>So Avalon gets a black Schecter for Christmas. Therefore, I expect the Mustang will be mine again. But no, suddenly Avalon declares - "Hey it's a Fender! I've gotta have a Fender. Now I have two guitars."<BR/><BR/>Wonder if I’ll ever get my Mustang back again...Deaconlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356684890762167260noreply@blogger.com