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I don't LIKE this guitar! It cost 700 bucks. The so-called fancy issue. It's basically a Yamaha Pacifico. The minute I picked it up I felt the sensation of
CHEAPNESS. Tried to get it set up but it baffled the most skilled luthiers.
I like my RED Variax and the one below whose new tortoise shell pick guard gives it an amazing. Look. The black guitar below has the feel of quality of an expensive American made Strat. It's Chinese.
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Generic Place in Chandler 12/23/2005 I GOT MY VARIAX GUITAR TODAY! It's red.
My God, it's 4/17/2024, so it's now
been 19 years since I got it.
Listen to me play 22
songs live with the red guitar in 2014 CLICK HERE
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FAKE
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There are things that transcend the ability of a human mind to comprehend. Today I will show you such a thing. What are the odds, I ask you. What strange mystical forces are in play here? These and similar enigmas echo through my brain night and day...
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 Mini Taylor Receipt 1.jpg November 25, 2011 I bought the first spruce Taylor Grand Symphony Mini More of the receipt for taylor mini.jpg Sun Lakes 8/6/2016 I hope I'm not losing data. This is a test. Hope it's here. I'm on my diet and living kind of like a spider in here hoping to get my projects done, but this darned computer and my web page are taking up my time. I practiced guitar today--my polka gig and it's really coming along. Thinking of just using My Taylor Grand Symphony Mini for everything with lots of reverb on it for the Merle Travis stuff. Caught a big catfish on a bass diving lure. Took a while to get the hooks out. One tine was stuck for a while. I threw him back and he bubbled off in search of friendlier company. Elliot and Cooper Roads 1/31/2013 Played guitar at Whole Foods last night. I wrote this in Foolbook after Brandon posted a fodoe of me playing: "The small but mighty Grand Symphony Mini Taylor guitar. Bobby came and Gailynn came and JAN BRADBURY CAME on his bike, and Gayle from work and her husband Bob came and about eight people from my Spanish Speakers Club and about five from my atheist club. I made 12 bucks in tips and got free beer and snacks! ¡Era un triunfo de primera!" I've already got nine likes. NICE WEATHER TODAY. TEN MONTHS have passed since I saw a cinnamon teal here. Well I saw one today here. Elliot and Cooper Roads 8/16/2011 Quite hot and humid. I went to the open mic and it was for comedians but they let me open with three songs. The comedians weren't very good. One Guillermo un guatemateco as the anfitrión and he was kind of weird. One kid told native american racial jokes. It was over by nine. Actually, there was a an older guy there who did hypnosis and made some guy sleep. Not for me. Will go to Bunna tongight. You know I went to Guitar Center and I discovered the 500-buck CS Mini Taylor. Tiny. HUGE sound. Nice. Elliot and Cooper Roads 11/23/2011 Today I will meet Scott and go to South Mountain but I don't have to mention that because it will be on the Pima Canyon bird list for today. I went to E&C early today. Talked to the fireman whose name I can't remember. He has the metal leg. He told me that a lady came by asking how to get rid of the coyotes. I want to get a taylor gs mini. Went to the dentist Monday and later near REI at that taco stand I bit my lip even though I was trying to be careful. Steve and I went to Tempe Schools Credit Union and got accounts so we can give Bank of America the bum's rush. Sun Lakes 9/16/2018 Took a walk early in the morning. Still working on the album that I may call Pastiche. My new Mahogany Taylor Grand Symphony Mini guitar came in on Friday. Today's Sunday. I put the Baggs pickup in it. I'm pleased with it. Played the spruce mini at the jazz ensemble on the day before. I got the Billy Tipton album on Friday too I think. |
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This is my old Variax modeling guitar, READY ROOSTER. I've put on new ghost saddles, butterbean tuners, fret markers, bone nut,
and have replaced the electronics inside as well with ones canibalized from a Chinese guitar.
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I miss my hybrid room and hate the neighbors the Peruvians and college punks
and drummer boy that ruined everything.
OH, AND MY SWAMP COOLER!
SWAMP COOLER! SWAMP COOLER! SWAMP COOLER!
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Here are all three. BLACK DAHLIA, READY ROOSTER, AND CHINO. The sunburst Chinese one I use for parts. OH, LOOK! MY OLD MELODY WITH JEFF PLAYING IT IN MINNESOTA. I THOUGHT THE
SET-UP WAS SO ARTISTIC.
LEFT: BLACK DAHLIA
katrina hat with appleseed guitar Hat survived Katrina but I later lost it anyway. Me pregunto dónde habrá ido a parar.
And you can see it below with my old Ibañez acoustic, "the Maple Maurader" and then again alone. The third picture is of a bunch of my guitars. I got rid of that natural finish Casino because it had poor sound.
LEFT ABOVE. DARK MAPLE MAURADER. NOT SUCH A GOOD GUITAR SOMEHOW. I BOUGHT IT 6/26/1993. I PLAYED IT TO DEATH.
HERE'S THE 6/26/1993 RECEIPT. It cost 314 bucks. Tom Beach Hat House December 1987 with Guitar on Couch.jpg
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Sun Lakes 9/16/2018 Took a walk early in the morning. Still working on the album that I may call Pastiche. My new Mahogany Taylor Grand Symphony Mini guitar came in on Friday. Today's Sunday. I put the Baggs pickup in it. I'm pleased with it. Played the spruce mini at the jazz ensemble on the day before. I got the Billy Tipton album on Friday too I think.
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Here are my notes on it
from my bird processor:
2125 North Villas Lane 6/29/1993 June 29, 1993 Tuesday I called Jeff today. He is going to have a job interview in Mexico City. I called Dad. He went to see Becky Hildebranth and got some sleeping pills. Hotter than hell here in Arizona. Hotter than hell. Hey, I bought a new guitar on Saturday. It's an Ibanez acoustic with a flame maple finish. A dark colored guitar. HERE ARE SOME MORE
PICTURES OF ME WITH THE MAPLE MARAUDER WHEN
IT WAS NEW
AND I WAS YOUNG IN 1993:
June 29, 1993 Tuesday I called Jeff today. He is going to have a job interview in Mexico City. I called Dad. He went to see Becky Hildebranth and got some sleeping pills. Hotter than hell here in Arizona. Hotter than hell. Hey, I bought a new guitar on Saturday. It's an Ibanez acoustic with a flame maple finish. A dark colored guitar. Tom Maple Maurader Guitar 1993
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OMG. I played in front of audiences with both of these guys and I'M NOT EVEN IN THEIR LEAGUE! WHO IS BESIDES
FRANK VIGNOLA, TOMMY EMMANUEL AND THE GHOST OF CHET ATKINS??
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RIGHT: STEVE'S AND MY GUITAR STRAP(S) FROM THE 1960s band the Good Earth.
left of the red bass against the wall, my Yamaha 12-STRING. Dumb instrument. I'm in Mexico on the couch playing it. You see my fake FENDER STRAT. It had great sound, though. decen pickups.
THE Korean Casino was a piece of garbage. I sold it with rebuilt pickups to some guy in Norway. He got a good deal because it had super pickups by then and a nice case.
The Maple Maurader, that dark thing had iffy action and iffy sound.
Señorita guitar: HEAR ME PLAY IT HERE!
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Wild West Sweethearts kind of sexist guitar. AND THE SEÑORITA, ABOVE, WHICH YOU REALLY HAVE TO BEAT THE SOUND OUT OF. HEAR ME PLAY IT HERE!
Here are three guitars and a Uke. The first is my 1300-buck Yairi which I can hardly lift anymore and I can't get my gimpy arm around it, so I don't play it. In the Middle is my Grand Symphony Mini Taylor which is a surprisingly loud guitar for its size and costs about 300 bucks more than the cheapo sunburst parlor which is a little bigger but still
small enough. They are all ready to plug in! And the Fender Parlor I'm going to sell because I want the pick-up.
Dig the little teeny weeny Fender sunburst parlor guitar I bought. On the right. I had a credit so it cost me practically nothing. As you can plainly see, it's a parlor guitar with 14 frets instead of twelve. See the $165 LR Baggs M1 pickup I stuck in the sound hole? This partnership makes for one bad little guitar. I'm going to play it at gigs plugged into my sound system. It will crunch and rumble and ring. Its cheap laminated (plywood) top (not found on more expensive guitars) gives it a crispy crackle and a most decidedly affordable list price. Its small size makes it easy to pick up and play.
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This guitar has a special laminated top not found on more expensive instruments!!
playing a mystery brand bass. Boyer's got a Farfisa (sp) organ and Pete is playing Rogers drumbs. I have the
high-priced family movie screen mike stand!
THE FABULOUS SONICS
Playing in Payson, Arizona.
In the picture, Steve has a PF 10 Ibañez that has pretty darn good sound compared to my violin-colored PF20.
Steve's Ovation Guitar tag.
He bought that guitar for me but I was too shy then to play it.
That Ibañez Steve bought is a great guitar. Its sound is excellent--better than my violin finish one I bought in 1993. Look below.
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THIS HAS THE SILVERTONE BASS AMPLIFIER TOO
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PICTURES OF MY CASINO AND BARKAC'S AND JOHN LENNON'Sh
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Exciting guessing game. Don't worry I don't think it will take anyone more than a half hour or so to do this. These are my four Variax guitars.
1. GUESS WHICH TWO I USE. Use letters to identify.
2. GUESS MY FAVORITE, SECOND FAVORITE, DON'T USE, AND HATE.
1. X, X
2. X, X, X, X
HINT: None of the letters when listed correctly will be in alphabetical order. Isn't this fun?
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