Guitar stories - Beyond Tiki

SG Sam Gambino Member www.samgambino.com Joined: Dec 02, 2003 Posts: 2199	SG Sam Gambino Posted posted on Wed, Jan 21, 2004 7:24 AM A few years back, I went to a bunch of pawn shops and found 2 really junky identical 1960's Kingston guitars. Neither were playable, so I took the best parts from each and made one guitar from them. It still wasn't really a player's guitar, but it had good kitsch quality. I put it up for sale, and this guy bought it: http://www.myrareguitars.com I had no real attachment to it, but I felt pretty good taking junk and making something better out of it. My very first guitar was a Hondo (remember those?) classical guitar, and my dad pinstriped it all up in cream, gold and orange. I really wish I had that one back as well. I had traded it to buy my first electric: a "Drifter" strat copy.

A few years back, I went to a bunch of pawn shops and found 2 really junky identical 1960's Kingston guitars. Neither were playable, so I took the best parts from each and made one guitar from them. It still wasn't really a player's guitar, but it had good kitsch quality. I put it up for sale, and this guy bought it:

http://www.myrareguitars.com

I had no real attachment to it, but I felt pretty good taking junk and making something better out of it.

My very first guitar was a Hondo (remember those?) classical guitar, and my dad pinstriped it all up in cream, gold and orange. I really wish I had that one back as well. I had traded it to buy my first electric: a "Drifter" strat copy.

Post #71350 by Sam Gambino on Wed, Jan 21, 2004 7:24 AM