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Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
I love that tone. Currently $7500.
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
Loved him ever since, some people don't get it, but the guy was a genius.
It is so sad to see all of this gear on an auction site...
Some members of the Zappa family need to wake up!
I said maybe.....
Frank wasn't interested in badges or logos - he was interested in persuing sound. A guitar was a tool to him and often those tools needed modifying to give him what he wanted.
Also back in the early 80s when the butterscotch Strat was built, the "Fender Custom Shop" didn't even exist. If you wanted a Fender, you got a production model... no matter who you were.
It wasn't just Fenders - his famous SG (not the Roxy one) with the crazy wiring was hand made for him by a Luthier, rather than buy a Gibson.
He also wasn't precious about 'vintage' guitars or guitars that he'd owned for a long time. If it didn't fulfil the purpose for which he needed it for *at that moment* it would either get it modified (and he wasn't afraid of chiselling or drilling holes) or it would be ditched in favour of something else.
TBH, he had a very different attitude towards guitar equipment than most 'modern' guitarists. He was always searching for something 'new' and wasn't hung up on trying to replicate sounds or music of the past.
And really... I think he was far more interesting as a result.