tomteriffic

Love me some Albert Lee! Although there's plenty of red-hot chicken pickers around, He pretty much made the mold and broke it, at least to a wide audience, with this one from 1971. On Jerry Reed's electric classical, no less.

I have a friend (!) who has had a Rainsong grand concert sized as his main gigging/touring guitar for easily a decade, maybe more. He lives in Upper Michigan but tours all over the country with it. It sounds decent, maybe even good for a grand concert but he uses a mag soundhole pickup live so, hard to say. Seemed nice enough the few times I got to fondle it but it was always in a noisy environment. One thing's for sure though, it's amazingly rugged, the tone never changes and he leaves his more exotic/wood guitars in the studio.

Aaaand safely arrived at Casa Del Mrjamiam! Thanks, James!

Still here. Why?

Saw him last year, touring with Taj Mahal as TajMo. No M3 but Gaw-DAYUM did that music feel good!

Thanks for all you do to keep this dandy little corner of wonderfulness going, Ted. Best one on the TripDub! I'm sure we all stand ready to help if needed!

😅 Might be true! Spent 35 years appraising commercial real estate and yes, there was an occasional SWAG over that time. But pricing anything but the most commonplace guitars for sale almost always is.

They advertised pretty heavily in Guitar Player for a minute. Wish I'd been able to get my mitts on one to try out. That one there is an absolute beaut.

My wife has something similar, but less ornate. From the size, I'd call it a djembe. Hers was made from a hollowed out west African mahogany log, so maybe that's a clue to it's origin. The guys at the store said some guys with African accents rolled up with a pickup truck full of them in various sizes and they bought a few. Hers rattled the store windows from a good 50 feet away (you couldn't really how low it went until you got some distance away). Tuning is by temperature and humidity 😅.

Thanks, Gene. Nudder little boomp.

Yep!

Travis, a nice comfy medium C.

As they say, health forces sale. This is a '95 Eclipse 12 in very good shape. I waited a long time to get my mitts on one and it was well used but never abused, came with me to every show for years but was only used on a few songs every night. It was originally owned by the always tasteful Stevie mf'in Clay of Grumpy Old Men and I bought it through the mighty Greg Platzer. Evidently, Steve and I shared the opinion that the big chrome pickup surrounds on Eclipses were a tad too blingy. Greg fixed that with some classy, custom tortoiseshell rings and TRC. I fixed the balance issue commonly found on 12'ers with pearloid tuner buttons (originals in case) which also classed it up a little and those couple of ounces really make a difference. No breaks, major repairs or stories. There is one eraser-sized dimple (I tried to photograph it and couldn't) above the pickups on the front. When I bought it, I commented to Greg that I now had to search for coolerbetterfaster pickups. He recommended I live with the stock ones for a while. Good call. All the classic 12'er tones are in there. No regrets. $1,350 or near offer plus actual shipping. Shipping estimate provided once we have a deal. PPFF preferred, my bank isn't set up for Venmo, etc. CONUS only, packed to withstand a regional thermonuclear conflict 🤣. I'd GREATLY prefer a meet 'n' greet to hand it off if you're within a day trip driving distance of Dayton, OH This is a nice one, I hate to see it go. E-me at tomteriffic1952@woh.rr.com

Hi Guys, longtime member here, even longer time lurker As the want ads used to say, health forces sale and these are gonna hurt. Up for sale is my red '93 Special in very good shape, no breaks or major repairs. This was my "short notice/sit in/go jamming" guitar for years. If I didn't know what I'd be walking into this is what I'd grab. Trouble was, bar neon, refrigerator compressors, etc. didn't play nice with P-90's. So I had the mighty Greg Platzer put in a set of Firebird pickups, like you'd find on an Eclipse. Same rude tone and buzz problem solved. There are a couple or three dents/dimples on the bottom rear corner that can be felt, but not photographed very well and there's a finish chip up at the tip of he headstock as shown. Minimal fretwear, nice comfy medium C neck. OHSC has some nicks and scrapes but is structurally sound and everything works HFC good buddy price: $1,100 or near offer, plus actual shipping. PPFF preferred., My bank isn't set up for Venmo, etc. CONUS only, shipping to be quoted after a deal is struck. Packed to withstand a regional thermonuclear conflict. 🤣 Santellavision's got nothin' on me! I'd GREATLY prefer an in person hand-off if within a day trip driving distance of Dayton, OH. E-me at tomteriffic1952@woh.rr.com

Played several of Rich's guitars when I lived in St. Louis (but not this one). Very nice instruments. But, here again, not $15,000 nice.

Thanks. There were *ahem* inducements I couldn't ignore.... 😁

Shawn, didn't I own this at one (very short) time? Very cool guitar, just not what I needed at the time. I was a dumbass.

I was rifling through some old stuff and stumbled on this gig poster. I had no idea that it still existed. Most Esteemed Redhead was on her game. This was from July of 2014.

A little shot of the two of them hanging out in the back yard with a couple of Special brethren.

I had my way with Bil's special, but I sure would like to see that Beatles one come back to me.

And if headed south from Detroit, it can stop back over with me.

Very sorry to hear this, Frank. Condolences to her family and the whole Hamer family too.

Most Esteemed Redhead, being ten years my junior, sometimes missed out on cultural and musical references I take for granted. One such situation arose yesterday and I plunked Steppenwolf's "Monster" album down. I'm always impressed by the quality of their recordings. Tight, crisp straight-ahead rock with a minimum of gimmickry, even when they get kozmic (like, say, the middle of Magic Carpet ride).