New (old) 325V59 In The House
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:32 pm
Greetings all,
A little Christmas story 12 1/2 years in the making for you.
A week after our first boy was born we bought him a 325V59, took a picture of it in his crib with him and hid it away:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/ ... 320092.jpg
Well, lucky for us, he's grown up to play guitar, bass and a bit of drums (what were we thinking?). He's had a few guitars over the years that have either been passed along from relatives, cheap copies that he's saved up for and one that he won in a songwriting contest. A few months ago he decided he was going to save up and finally get himself a nice electric. He had his mind set on a '69 Tele Thinline RI, but then started thinking about Gretsches and Rickenbackers. One day he pulled out some of my Ric books and told me a 325 was the way to go. Seriously, no prompting for me at all....promise. That was the new plan. Then he saw how much 325's were going for and realized the MIM Thinline was his best choice.
So, Christmas morning he opens up a framed picture of his 325V59 in his crib with him and thinks "Great, a picture of me with one of my dad's old guitars." Then out came the little silver case that had been locked away, unplayed, for 12 1/2 years. He seems to like it:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/ ... C01575.jpg
A little Christmas story 12 1/2 years in the making for you.
A week after our first boy was born we bought him a 325V59, took a picture of it in his crib with him and hid it away:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/ ... 320092.jpg
Well, lucky for us, he's grown up to play guitar, bass and a bit of drums (what were we thinking?). He's had a few guitars over the years that have either been passed along from relatives, cheap copies that he's saved up for and one that he won in a songwriting contest. A few months ago he decided he was going to save up and finally get himself a nice electric. He had his mind set on a '69 Tele Thinline RI, but then started thinking about Gretsches and Rickenbackers. One day he pulled out some of my Ric books and told me a 325 was the way to go. Seriously, no prompting for me at all....promise. That was the new plan. Then he saw how much 325's were going for and realized the MIM Thinline was his best choice.
So, Christmas morning he opens up a framed picture of his 325V59 in his crib with him and thinks "Great, a picture of me with one of my dad's old guitars." Then out came the little silver case that had been locked away, unplayed, for 12 1/2 years. He seems to like it:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/ ... C01575.jpg