Only played it for about 15 minutes Charlie but it plays nice too. Neck was loose but 7 small turns later it is nice and straight again. Surfing right now for the best deal on the white pickguard. It was quite a phone call to Fender a few months back asking of they would make me a white on white, but that'd be a whole separate post.
I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.
1. How much did you make in 2023? 2. Send it to us.
Sadly, you are probably right. Every time I think "That's it. I have the whole sonic range covered." I see some shiny little trinket on a corner shelf and it ends up following me home like a stray puppy. This one actually was on Facebook Marketplace and it was like 10 minutes from home. My friend sent me the link, and I already told him that the next time I see him I am going to punch him in the face for showing it to me!!
Haven't quite figured out yet how I can blame him for my continuing to go to the little neighborhood stores and browsing...
I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.
1. How much did you make in 2023? 2. Send it to us.
...Haven't quite figured out yet how I can blame him for my continuing to go to the little neighborhood stores and browsing...
To prove to him that there are no hard feelings about his recommendation, just go out and buy another guitar! See how easy it is? Your friend will be relieved to learn that it wasn't his fault after all.
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Well Eddie...I know you need at least one more guitar and I need to get rid of at leas one...lol
The one in the photo is a Tom Anderson. The good news is that every year they seem to be worth more money than the year before.
I had a green Drop Top that was the best guitar I every had in my hand. It was stolen off the stage in Dallas Texas. I have bought three more trying to replace it. They are really good guitars but none as good as the green one. I like all three but the one in the photo is the one I play 99% of the time.
The one that was stolen had one of the last Kahler bridges that Tom installed. I have actually never seen another one like it for any price.
Tom Anderson guitars were never cheap but not as costly as many other really high quality guitars. Someone in Japan has been buying a lot of the older ones and selling them for double to original cost on ebay.
Every now and then something exceptional turns up. The stratocaster in my photo I found after years of buying and selling strats that I did not really like. I installed Rio Grande pickups and a second cap but other than that it is a stock guitar from the factory in Mexico. It plays and sounds as good as it gets.
I am not sure what the future will be. My hands are beginning to tremble from exposure to agent orange. Of the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most...lol
Sometimes super good guitars turn up for cheap. Keep looking Eddie, you just never know.
Billy
What the green one looked like...sort of...
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All this conversation got me to thinking about what makes guitars sound and play the way they do.
I think one of the underlying reasons we buy so many guitars is because we don't really understand what we want!! We keep searching for that certain sound and feel mainly driven by advertising and the myths we assume are true. We often buy guitars based on what people we like are playing.
The general knowledge of guitar players is even worse when it comes to tube amps. That is a whole nother subject!
Here is something every guitar player needs to read.
Also Billy, with guitars it's horses for courses. Smooth for this song, like the Jazzmaster, biting for the next song, like the Telecaster. The Harley Benton acoustic sounds really good to me.
I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.
1. How much did you make in 2023? 2. Send it to us.
The cattle are the ranch’s bread and butter. The horses are the cream.
You never know what day you may catch me on a horse with a Colt Python shooting rattlesnakes...lol
The guitar and the shirt in the photo may be honky tonk urban cowboy stage ware but the hat is the read deal. Smells like diesel fuel and cow sxxx. Modern real cowboys would know exactly what I am talking about.
Nothing better than a good quarter horse and a guitar you like.
Billy
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New location, new environment, new music coming soon
Seize the moo-ment If you feel like you’ve herd all these cow puns before, you probably have deja-moo
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