Oh My God

[hogy]

This complete moron took a near mint '54 Strat with a one-of-a-kind flamed neck and shaved $50k off of it. And he's proud of himself, too.

You can't even make this up.

 

[Bluesful]

Wow.

 

[Bob Pollock]

 

[ESW.]

Boy, I hope he can play like Eric Johnson.

Edit: No, he cannot.

 

[Bob Pollock]

Boy, I hope he can play like Eric Johnson.

Says he uses Dumlop picks...

 

[Bluesful]

Did EJ mod his '54 to a 12" radius?

 

[Tele-Vision]

Guy seems like he has quite a few guitars. If he has the money, and he prefers it modded, why is he a moron? Does a pristine 54 belong to all of us as an historical artifact?

 

[rollyfoster]

Well it’s his guitar....

 

[fernieite]

Holy smokes! Why didn't he just get a Warmoth neck made to his desired specs and store the original?

Oh yeah, I forgot - and then there's the pickups....

 

[lousyatit]

I hope that he doesn't have to sell it anytime soon, ouch. Twelve inch radius, I don't remember Virginia's board being that flat.

 

[lousyatit]

Did EJ mod his '54 to a 12" radius?

More like 10.

 

[BlueRiff]

Guy seems like he has quite a few guitars. If he has the money, and he prefers it modded, why is he a moron? Does a pristine 54 belong to all of us as an historical artifact?

Yes it does. I will now lose a night of sleep due to his actions. I have no choice- he has imposed his ignorance on my life. In short, I am the powerless victim here!!

 

[hogy]

Guy seems like he has quite a few guitars. If he has the money, and he prefers it modded, why is he a moron? Does a pristine 54 belong to all of us as an historical artifact?

If I have to explain this to you, you're in the wrong forum.

 

[deytookerjaabs]

Doesn't Vince Gill do the same thing? He shaves the back of the necks IIRC (burst, blackguard..)..

 

[Bluesful]

More like 10.

So that would put EJ in the same boat as this guy.

 

[ESW.]

Does a pristine 54 belong to all of us as an historical artifact?

No, but we can mourn the loss anyway.

 

[hogy]

So that would put EJ in the same boat as this guy.

Not quite. This isn't the 1970s and that guy isn't going to create anything monumental with the guitar.

 

[MBT74]

It’s his guitar and his money. I wouldn’t do it but who am I to tell someone else what they can or can’t do with their own guitars?

Maybe he has no intention of selling it and will play the hell out of it for decades to come?

 

[Jahn]

Wait am I missing something? Do those 80s dimarzios have some magic in them that the 50s pickups don't have? I have a fear of missing out!

 

[lousyatit]

So that would put EJ in the same boat as this guy.

Well, forty years ago '54s weren't worth what they are now.