Best decorated Country Music Guitars

Subject: RE: Best decorated Country Music Guitars
From: bill\sables
Date: 03 Oct 09 - 04:48 AM

Try to get Allan C to photograph the "Mudcat Guitar" it was used on the great mudcat adventure and is covered with mudcat autographs front and back
Bill

Subject: RE: Best decorated Country Music Guitars
From: open mike
Date: 03 Oct 09 - 02:07 AM

check out robert armstrong's art and music hut
http://robert.armst.net/
http://www.geocities.com/artandnoveltyhut/

Subject: RE: Best decorated Country Music Guitars
From: lefthanded guitar
Date: 02 Oct 09 - 07:39 PM

An artist at my local art school has painted her guitar a mesmerizing, surrealistic blue with artistic decorations and curly cues. I'm half tempted to have her redo my 'cheapo' guitar. Wish I had a pic to show you.

But the best 'decorated' guitar to my eyes is the one Willie Nelson plays-the one with a hole in the front. Nothing says "I live to play" more than that one.

Subject: RE: Best decorated Country Music Guitars
From: olddude
Date: 02 Oct 09 - 05:10 PM

wow how about some electrics

guitar art

Subject: RE: Best decorated Country Music Guitars
From: catspaw49
Date: 02 Oct 09 - 03:16 PM

Good thread Dan........One we found a long time back was the Dale Evans Guitar.....We used to have a full size picture but this one is all I can find. Seems to me in like 2001, this guitar was for sale (which is how one or another of the G.A.S. sufferers noticed it).

Spaw

Subject: RE: Best decorated Country Music Guitars
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 02 Oct 09 - 03:16 PM

1,000,000 th Martin.

JM

Subject: RE: Best decorated Country Music Guitars
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 02 Oct 09 - 03:12 PM

The front has more stuff on it, but I can't remember what.

JM

Subject: RE: Best decorated Country Music Guitars
From: PoppaGator
Date: 02 Oct 09 - 02:53 PM

And what about those tooled leather covers they used to have made for the soundboxes of their guitars? Elvis had one on his D-18.

Seems to me that such a device would muffle the sound a bit. Anybody know anything about this fashion? (It seems to have gone out of style, which is probaby a good thing.)

Subject: RE: Best decorated Country Music Guitars
From: Tim Leaning
Date: 02 Oct 09 - 03:18 AM

Beautiful
But all that work on the back?

Subject: RE: Best decorated Country Music Guitars
From: olddude
Date: 01 Oct 09 - 04:38 PM

Wow ! is that cool

Subject: RE: Best decorated Country Music Guitars
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 01 Oct 09 - 03:53 PM

Here on the book cover.

JM

Subject: RE: Best decorated Country Music Guitars
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 01 Oct 09 - 03:45 PM

Martin have a couple in the foyer of their factory, amazing inlays. One has a peacock in pearl all over the back
JM

Subject: Best decorated Country Music Guitars
From: olddude
Date: 01 Oct 09 - 03:37 PM

I was thinking about some of the old Grand ole Opry musicians. Man they had some artwork on their guitars didn't they. I remember as a kid seeing cowboy hats and music notes and I think Roy Rodgers had a horse on one of his. Do you remember any? They were inlaid, or painted or overlaid ... I guess it was the way at that time and place.