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As for flippin, well the 2000 doesn't have to worry about UVA/B damage too much yet...


But, the RM after spending too many years in the light has a permanent blocker on it's back...

I'll stick by the turquoise burst I posted about last year. Fading from very light trans turq in the center to the full on Ric turquoise at the edges. On a 350V63 with all gold trim and hardware. Yeeha!

...Dean

I would like to see what an amber jetglo burst (wood grain showing in all colors except black) would look like.

Amber will blend into to burnt orange and then into to earth red on to deep brown and finally to black. All colors dispersed on the body in a halo like effect that parallel the contours of the body.

The guitar itself must be a 360, double bound with deep cream binding, Gold guards and TRC and oven knobs. The cats eye and headstock must be bound also. Toasters pickups, vintage tuners and a Ric tailpiece would complete this vision that is in my minds eye.

Only in my dreams though.

It is good to dream. It means that you are still alive.

Amen, Brian.... But you don't really know what being alive is until you actually see your dream materialize before your eyes! Still euphorically overjoyed....

It is good to dream. It means that you are still alive.
A friend of mine used to say, "you get old when you stop dreaming"...
I'm still dreamin' of Swampgreenglo on one of my acoustics... oh well... i'm saying to myself, "le meilleur est l'ennemi de bon" (note: i'm not showing off, i just don't know how this proverb sounds in English...), though...

Here's a neat one (for WW1 aviation buffs):

Red Baron
Only 1 made
Going cheap at $27,000

Different for sure. The price gets me though. Yikes.

This is something that Gretsch has been trying to get going the last couple of years or so...Guitar Art, the creation of one-off playable, investment-quality collectibles at insane price points. Sort of an "instant heirloom" kind of (false) approach.

This one has been sitting around unsold for about 13 months now. I believe it's Warp Drive that owns it. Interesting concept. All hail to the Marketing Geniuses...

They'd sell more of them if they shipped 'em unfinished and allowed the new owner to 'do their own thing'.

As a manufacturer, what would you rather do: sell one a year at $27,000, or sell 1,000 at $500 each?

Again, I'm no capitalist, but I'm familiar with some of the basic theories...

Well, let's see...built by Master Builder Chris Fleming (who apparently, like most "master builders" is a bit lacking in the good taste department)...hand painted by Artist (Master Artist I wonder?) Sara Ray, who spent many hours sketching in the Imperial War Museum in London (who could have gotten the same graphic inspiration from a book or two).

Both working too hard to justify their chosen vocations, if you ask me.

Sara made two others of these, A "Victory" WWII themed Falcon (which was sold to Fred Gretsch--surprise!) and a Johnny Cash "Outlaw"-themed one, as yet unsold. Working for Gretsch and selling a guitar to the company's namesake reminds me of the architects who I went to school with, some of whom had wealthy daddies. When they got out of school and no jobs were to be found, their daddies hired them to design houses for--daddy.

BTW, it's on the 'Bay this week, at $22K or offer. I think MVP is trying to work a deal, if I know him.

I won't say these folks don't have talent, and (just for the moment) I'll steer clear of matters of taste...but for that money one could purchase an entire Balinese orchestra, which requires around six months of work by dozens of the best 'old school' metallurgists, wood-carvers and painters left in the world.

TANJ

You could get a Benedetto for that-A REAL one-made by Bob. I have a friend that has a Cremona model-it's incredible!

For $27,000 you could get 54 of these babies

and it's painted like one of the good guys.