Tonar8352
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Here are few for you.
This is the guitar that really started it all for me. It is not the first one I finished but it was a really critical guitar because the player I was finishing it for wanted it to be a match to a real 1963 Strat that is owned by a local music store owner. I was given access to the 63 to match color and then had to do extensive research on Fender finishes to nail it and it turned out perfect. This one guitar alone generated a huge amount of positive feedback for me and lead to me being able to refinish the white 1960 Start that Pete Anderson used on all the Dwight Yoakum early recordings. Needless to say I will be eternally grateful to Jimmy Heartly the owner of this guitar and one of the finest players I every had the opportunity to jam with for giving me the critical eye for early Fender finishes. Jimmy has since passed away and the guitar is now in the hands of Lincoln Boyd a young blues prodigy that Jimmy gave lessons to. I never see a 3-Tone Sunburst or Fiesta Red Strat without thinking about him. Thanks Jimmy RIP.
I’ll spare you the stories about the rest of them because each one has it's own. That is the fun thing about what I do working one on one with people to finish their dream guitar they all have their own story.
So I’ll start with Jimmy’s, which was not a Warmoth body; all the rest have either Warmoth bodies or necks but are not every guitar I have finished. Hope you enjoy!
Jimmy on it.
This is the guitar that really started it all for me. It is not the first one I finished but it was a really critical guitar because the player I was finishing it for wanted it to be a match to a real 1963 Strat that is owned by a local music store owner. I was given access to the 63 to match color and then had to do extensive research on Fender finishes to nail it and it turned out perfect. This one guitar alone generated a huge amount of positive feedback for me and lead to me being able to refinish the white 1960 Start that Pete Anderson used on all the Dwight Yoakum early recordings. Needless to say I will be eternally grateful to Jimmy Heartly the owner of this guitar and one of the finest players I every had the opportunity to jam with for giving me the critical eye for early Fender finishes. Jimmy has since passed away and the guitar is now in the hands of Lincoln Boyd a young blues prodigy that Jimmy gave lessons to. I never see a 3-Tone Sunburst or Fiesta Red Strat without thinking about him. Thanks Jimmy RIP.
I’ll spare you the stories about the rest of them because each one has it's own. That is the fun thing about what I do working one on one with people to finish their dream guitar they all have their own story.
So I’ll start with Jimmy’s, which was not a Warmoth body; all the rest have either Warmoth bodies or necks but are not every guitar I have finished. Hope you enjoy!
Jimmy on it.
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