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How about if say, five or more members met up, brought two or three guitars, and an amp each. The gear brought along is wanted to be tried out by the other members attending.
Maybe it could be tied in with stuff for sale, it could be a small personal guitar show. Would need small venue/function room.
You might have started a FB 61 Strat thread here, I’ve got a nicely beaten up 61 here that I can post pics of and from memory I think @Gassage has one as well?
Be great to have a thread with pics of 61s or even a just Pre CBS thread (even basses )
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
I shan’t expand on this anymore as It’s fkin a little embarrassing but the guitar played a pretty large part in the music biz of the 60’s - 80’s. The last famous encounter was when my Dad worked with R.E.M. in the States but there are so many more that it starts to take the piss! Enough said and please don’t ask
Si
It’s great to see a nice old guitar in what is actually *real* used but cared for condition. And it clearly has been played a lot - and refretted, when the originals wore down - just not abused.
So I don’t think you should worry about ‘not using it’ - it’s done it’s time, and survived. You don’t need to gig it in rough places to use it, as long as you play it at home, record with it (if you do) and maybe play a ‘posh’ gig once in a while then it’s being used. Even at that, it’s still more than most vintage guitars do now.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It does get played a reasonable amount by me so it’s certainly not a glass case guitar.. Ultimately it would be nice if it became a community instrument if you know what I mean.
Si
I also agree it makes a mockery of a lot of relics. Although this does look like a particularly well looked after example - so I guess there is a more extreme end of the spectrum of genuine wear.
I'd love to see how it plays / sounds
A long time ago I was doing some repair work on a '64 Strat for a good friend, and he said I could gig with it if I wanted to have some fun with it - but I didn't, because the idea of taking a several grand guitar that belonged to someone else to anywhere it could be damaged or stolen just made me nervous. I'm currently borrowing a 70s Mustang Bass from him and I would probably gig with that, it's not as scary since it's less valuable than my own bass, and I know it's not his favourite or anything.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein