Guitar Players: Show us yours!

[Ulu]

The old Aria guitar has the intonation of a kazoo, but it is bright and lively and so it is a lot of fun to play.

You won’t catch me playing in public anytime soon, but I decided I had to take up the guitar again because I needed finger exercise. I was starting to have some arthritic problems in my fingers from holding a drill or a grinder for hours at a time.

If all I do is practice running scales up and down the neck it will be a good thing for my fingers.

The guitar business has sure changed a lot since I got my first Silvertone flat top back in 1969. At $35 new, it was the cheapest guitar that Silvertone made, but I wish I had it to this day.

I couldn’t tell Floyd Rose from Axl Rose and I probably couldn’t tell a Japanese Fender from a Chinese Fender if it didn’t have the name on the neck.

Anyhow I decided to go to the guitar shop today and pick up some new strings and pics, and if they have something interesting hanging on the wall I might come home with a Chinese Fender.

Personally I’ve always liked the shape of the Fender Jazz Master the best of almost any guitar, but I’ve never played one before so I might look into that.

 

[Ulu]

I have been wanting a Christmas present for myself and this might be the one.



I may have made a deal to buy this classic 1967 Sears Silvertone Bobcat, made by Harmony.

It’s not a ‘62 Stratocaster (and did not have nearly the price tag! ) but on the other hand Jimi Hendrix learned to play on a Silvertone And my very first guitar was a 1969 Sears Silvertone.

Anyhow, I will post better photos if it shows up and we strike a deal.

 

[Ulu]

Well that was a bust and I never even got to see the actual guitar . . . photographs only. Maybe it never even existed!

I was serious to buy this thing, and I had the money in my pocket. Plus she had another Silvertone 1448 guitar and case that I wanted to buy.

But the seller turned out to be a total flake.

First there was a big sob story about how desperately she needed the money and now she has to sell her precious guitars, but when the time came to actually make a deal she hemmed and hawed and dinked around half a day, until I just told her to keep them.

So I’m still shopping around for something interesting, because I finally decided that I should own an electric guitar.