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ifiddles

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For those of you who play or are into guitars, here's my nephew's YouTube channel and a link to his start up company...help me make it go viral and raise some money for his company...

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The 304 Guitar A truly unique instrument. The 304 Guitar is a high quality, handmade electric guitar; crafted from only the finest hand selected woods, and our one of a kind stainless steel Noteboard™® (fretboard). Our stainless steel Noteboard™® increases the guitars tone, sustain and...
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found more on his website...

304guitars.com

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The 304 Guitar A truly unique instrument. The 304 Guitar is a high quality, handmade electric guitar; crafted from only the finest hand selected woods, and our one of a kind stainless steel Noteboard™® (fretboard). Our stainless steel Noteboard™® increases the guitars tone, sustain and...
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With zero knowledge of guitars,i took Bernadette to the Elmira Vintage guitar show yesterday. We looked at guitars ranging from $100 acoustics, to $50,000 strat's.
Strange world we live in. Everytime we stopped, i was approached, never Bernadette, who is the guitar collector.
A lot of fun at one particular booth. Bernadette noticed the guy had one Strat hidden behind all the others and asked the odd looking guy why it was tucked away."it's my stage guitar". She pulled a chair over, sat in front him and demanded. Play it! With a bunch of enthusiasm he played for about half an hour. They chatted about guitars, amps and music. He has a cover band that does Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac shows. AND, he is missing some fingers.
Good times!
Btw,bernadette is a collector.
 

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Wingboy said:
With zero knowledge of guitars,i took Bernadette to the Elmira Vintage guitar show yesterday. We looked at guitars ranging from $100 acoustics, to $50,000 strat's.
Strange world we live in. Everytime we stopped, i was approached, never Bernadette, who is the guitar collector.
A lot of fun at one particular booth. Bernadette noticed the guy had one Strat hidden behind all the others and asked the odd looking guy why it was tucked away."it's my stage guitar". She pulled a chair over, sat in front him and demanded. Play it! With a bunch of enthusiasm he played for about half an hour. They chatted about guitars, amps and music. He has a cover band that does Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac shows. AND, he is missing some fingers.
Good times!
Btw,bernadette is a collector.
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Did any follow you home? Collective you, not personal you as obviously Bernadette would be the one that cares. Does she play?
 
Wingboy said:
With zero knowledge of guitars,i took Bernadette to the Elmira Vintage guitar show yesterday. We looked at guitars ranging from $100 acoustics, to $50,000 strat's.
Strange world we live in. Everytime we stopped, i was approached, never Bernadette, who is the guitar collector.
A lot of fun at one particular booth. Bernadette noticed the guy had one Strat hidden behind all the others and asked the odd looking guy why it was tucked away."it's my stage guitar". She pulled a chair over, sat in front him and demanded. Play it! With a bunch of enthusiasm he played for about half an hour. They chatted about guitars, amps and music. He has a cover band that does Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac shows. AND, he is missing some fingers.
Good times!
Btw,bernadette is a collector.
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Pedant alert!: The red guitar the guy is playing is a tele, not a strat.

Guitar shows are a lot like bike shows, only with more long hair on balding heads and less facial hair. Mostly sausage parties, but united by people collectively nerding out over gear, and differences of opinion over 'period correct' vs modified for performance. I collected basses for a while (I'm down to 6 from a peak of 21), and while the vintage stuff could be pricey, it was a bargain compared to old electric guitars, especially Fender and Gibson...
 
GreyGhost said:
Did any follow you home? Collective you, not personal you as obviously Bernadette would be the one that cares. Does she play?
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No purchases. She has enough. Her prize possession is a 58 Strat in near mint condition in the original case with all the paperwork. She has a few others and lots of parts and amps.
 

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Priller said:
Pedant alert!: The red guitar the guy is playing is a tele, not a strat.

Guitar shows are a lot like bike shows, only with more long hair on balding heads and less facial hair. Mostly sausage parties, but united by people collectively nerding out over gear, and differences of opinion over 'period correct' vs modified for performance. I collected basses for a while (I'm down to 6 from a peak of 21), and while the vintage stuff could be pricey, it was a bargain compared to old electric guitars, especially Fender and Gibson...
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Thanks. I'm musically stupid. Ya, most stuff was way overpriced. And it is like a parking lot timmies meet.
 
Wingboy said:
No purchases. She has enough. Her prize possession is a 58 Strat in near mint condition in the original case with all the paperwork. She has a few others and lots of parts and amps.
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That is definitely something special and makes my treasured '63 Jazz Bass look cheap by comparison. Likely worth north of $40-50,000 if all original and a decent player, though it's always hard to separate dealer asking vs. true selling value. Maple neck makes it easier to export, too. (The alternative is a Brazilian Rosewood fretboard, which is now a heavily protected species under CITES and needs special permits to export/import, similar to anything ivory. Mostly this is straightforward, but there are some horror stories about instruments being confiscated and 'destroyed' despite having the paperwork in place).
 
Wingboy said:
With zero knowledge of guitars,i took Bernadette to the Elmira Vintage guitar show yesterday. We looked at guitars ranging from $100 acoustics, to $50,000 strat's.
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Cool show!

Glad I didn't know about it. I probably would have parted with some hard-earned dollars if I was there... :D

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AND, he is missing some fingers.
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There's a long history of great guitarists with missing fingers/fingertips - Jerry Garcia, Django Reinhardt, Tony Iommi, etc. There's a theory that because these guitar players had to learn a different technique of playing, their sound and style is very unique and makes them stand out.

Wingboy said:
Strange world we live in. Everytime we stopped, i was approached, never Bernadette, who is the guitar collector.
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No different from a motorcycle dealership. When Neda walks in to buy a motorcycles, if the salesguy keeps talking to me, then she's made up her mind that she's not going to buy a bike from that place.
 
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Priller said:
That is definitely something special and makes my treasured '63 Jazz Bass look cheap by comparison. Likely worth north of $40-50,000 if all original and a decent player, though it's always hard to separate dealer asking vs. true selling value. Maple neck makes it easier to export, too. (The alternative is a Brazilian Rosewood fretboard, which is now a heavily protected species under CITES and needs special permits to export/import, similar to anything ivory. Mostly this is straightforward, but there are some horror stories about instruments being confiscated and 'destroyed' despite having the paperwork in place).
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I guess Kurt Russel wasn't invited.

www.businessinsider.com

Kurt Russell destroyed a priceless 145-year-old guitar on the set of 'The Hateful Eight' — and the manufacturer is furious

Martin guitars won't be loaning its instruments to any other movies thanks to Quentin Tarantino's production.
www.businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com
 
nobbie48 said:
I guess Kurt Russel wasn't invited.

www.businessinsider.com

Kurt Russell destroyed a priceless 145-year-old guitar on the set of 'The Hateful Eight' — and the manufacturer is furious

Martin guitars won't be loaning its instruments to any other movies thanks to Quentin Tarantino's production.
www.businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com
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Whoa. Not totally sure why they needed an authentic example in the first place when nobody except the most ardent guitar nerd would have noticed the difference. I feel the same way when I see muscle cars smashed up in movies, though that's not as common as it once was (and were often beaters with a fresh coat of paint)...
 
Years ago, I was really into guitars - I think I own about 11 or so plus 5+ amps.
All collecting dust, It was something I did with my dad, and we he passed so did much of the interest in playing.
It makes me sad at time to see these wonderful things just collecting dust..
Maybe one day, the passion will return?
 
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