Rich_S

http://youtu.be/gUmCo4wk0r0 RIP, John Siomos.

Ohhhhhh.... now I know what this "shrimp fork" you've been talking about is. I've said this before, but I'll take the natural with the zebras, upper right.

Just to add fuel to the fire, here's me, circa 1983 with my white Dean V. At teh time, I had no idea what a V neck was, but this guitar had one. Didn't like it then, don't like 'em now. Back in the day, I didn't know we were supposed to have a preference for neck shape, I just played it and accepted it for what it was. Funny story about this guitar: I had friends who played in a popular cover band on the South Jersey bar circuit. One night, I was watching them play for the first time with their new guitar player. His main axe was a cherry sunburst Les Paul. His backup guitar was a cherry sunburst Les Paul. At the time, my two guitars were both LP Standards, a goldtop and a tobacco burst. Watching him play that night, I thought, "Dang. Everybody on the f'ing planet plays a Les Paul. I need something different." So, the next week, I ordered the white V from Dean through Zapf's Music, and subsequently traded in both of my LPs. The next time I went to see my friends play, the dude was playing a Mockingbird.