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Thread #13495 Message #112573
Posted By: Songster Bob
08-Sep-99 - 04:57 PM
Thread Name: Cheap Guitar (and other things) Talk
Subject: RE: Cheap Guitar (and other things) Talk
I don't know which guitar has the most "come hither" look to it, I'm afraid. I'll try to identify the instruments in the photo for you:
Upper left background, Strat copy with pointy headstock (recently sold on Ebay);
Five-string banjo next to the strat, B&D shell with replacement neck (my late Uncle Bobby's tenor with a new neck complimants of Bates Litthales);
Goldtone Banjo-guitar (w/ Fender-style headstock);
Orpheum archtop (1943 Kay-made);
Gison A-4 (1923) w/ "snake" headstock;
Martin D-28 (1964) w/ replacement top;
In front row: Regal (recent) dobro;
Harmony Marquis mandolin (1950s?) -- which I play in preference to the Gibson, despite the Gibson's tone;
Oahu lap steel (1950s) in front, on floor.
That's about half my collection (not counting the harmonicas and Jew's harps individually).
And the D-28, at $500, the most money out-of-pocket among them.
Bob Clayton