Lets See All Them Axes

[Gigantic]

Get well soon!

Cheers,
Mark

Thanks. Had a diverticulitis flareup start in June, I thought it was the same as I’d been dealing with since I was 25, so I adjusted accordingly. It sort of got better, but not really and it started taking me down earlier in the day, the symptoms mingling with chronic pain from injuries long ago, an concussion syndrome, which I’d been dealing with for a while. I’d get tired and my memory & cognition would go out the window, so I’d quit after an hour or two. August 2, it got really bad & o went on a liquid diet; gf came home early from a cruise with her sisters. By Labor Day weekend, she’d made me go to the er, I was getting septic and they put me on iv antibiotics for the holiday, plus two weeks of the worst I’ve ever experienced. It never really got better and I finished a second round of antibiotics last week. I’m doing a little better, but I’m still struggling with food and my energy levels are low. I can’t walk without aid, I ended up making a shillelagh/walking stick/cane since they really don’t make mobility aids for people who are 6’8. 6 blocks or about a half mile is my limit, then I need to rest. I ultimately lost 50 pounds, a lot of it muscle mass and am recovering from malnutrition and scurvy from not being able to eat for nearly 3 months. I’m 55 going on 80 as far as my health goes rn. Hopefully I get better, I’d like to get back to work, if only to keep my mind and body occupied, but also because making guitars is really enjoyable.

 

[Mr Boochie]

Possibly around 1968... "The Grille Trim Year"

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Thanks! Drip edge. I missed that at first glance.

 

[BillyTheKid]

Thanks. Had a diverticulitis flareup start in June, I thought it was the same as I’d been dealing with since I was 25, so I adjusted accordingly. It sort of got better, but not really and it started taking me down earlier in the day, the symptoms mingling with chronic pain from injuries long ago, an concussion syndrome, which I’d been dealing with for a while. I’d get tired and my memory & cognition would go out the window, so I’d quit after an hour or two. August 2, it got really bad & o went on a liquid diet; gf came home early from a cruise with her sisters. By Labor Day weekend, she’d made me go to the er, I was getting septic and they put me on iv antibiotics for the holiday, plus two weeks of the worst I’ve ever experienced. It never really got better and I finished a second round of antibiotics last week. I’m doing a little better, but I’m still struggling with food and my energy levels are low. I can’t walk without aid, I ended up making a shillelagh/walking stick/cane since they really don’t make mobility aids for people who are 6’8. 6 blocks or about a half mile is my limit, then I need to rest. I ultimately lost 50 pounds, a lot of it muscle mass and am recovering from malnutrition and scurvy from not being able to eat for nearly 3 months. I’m 55 going on 80 as far as my health goes rn. Hopefully I get better, I’d like to get back to work, if only to keep my mind and body occupied, but also because making guitars is really enjoyable.

I hope you feel better soon.

 

[Mystic]

I bought this at a yard sale Saturday for $200.
Cool, heavy, and loud !
"Republic" brand, an import.

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That's pretty neat, kind of a Style O ~ Duolian mash-up.

How does it play and, more importantly, sound?

Do we know whence this Republic branded resophonic geetar was (likely) manufactured?

One more thing: @ the time you found/purchased it, was it "tuned", and if yes, was it an Open tuning or in Basic Standard?

 

[Mystic]

SOME RANDOM SHOTS
54 LP Reissue
1965 Transition Logo Strat
2022 Red Gretsch Jet( current main stage guitar
Bottom shot PRS serial # 85 046. 46th production model shot taken in 85
I was working at Gordon Miller Music at the time which was about 40 minutes from the original 7th street building in Annapolis where they were being made before the Stevensville plant. Paul was a regular visitor at our store....This was the first one that was delivered to our store. Paid $ 914.00 ( still have the hang tag.)
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You in Chicago ... I see the North Side Ball Club's logo on a cap.

The 1965 Leo > CBS Stratocaster: It still has its little ashtray!

 

[Mystic]

Left to right
1970 Tele
2005 American Tele
1958 Les Paul
1974 Deluxe ( removed mini's and replaced with p90's)
1977 Pro Deluxe
Parts Tele
1992 American Strat
2000 Danelectro 12 string
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With you on the PUP switch for the mid Seventies Lester ... I've several over the years (still have one, but only one), and in every case have swapped out the Mini HB PUPs for P-90s ... and, like yours, the creme colored, never black.

 

[Mystic]

Here are. Few I was working on before I got ill at the end of July. I keep hoping that I’ll be well enough to return to the workshop, but that has been elusive.
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Buck Owens would have loved the RW&B Sparkel Tele w/ Bigsby ... you oughtta call it The Bakersfield Patriot Telecaster.

 

[Mystic]

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The bound Tele w/ RW board ... really sharp. Year of manufacture?

 

[Mystic]

Had this one since around 1970, my first "real" (ie, Fender or Gibson) electric geetar. It is a blend of '62 and '63 appointments, all original, purchased by my paternal grandmother from Hubert Sumlin (my teacher), who got it (for me) from Johnny Laws. This geetar and I have never been apart over the last 56-ish years. It has been to Europe, East and Central Asia, Middle East, and now Africa. And all the F* over the USA.

 

[Mystic]

My 1963 Firebird I. It is still in perfect nick.

 

[aeberbach]

The story I read is that Heritage came from a bunch of left over people and machines from the original Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This one is Korina from about 2000. It had the huge Grover Imperial tuners but I changed them.

What I really want to find is a Shell Pink MIJ 60's Strat. Had one, sold it, have been kicking myself ever since.

 

[BillyTheKid]

That's pretty neat, kind of a Style O ~ Duolian mash-up.

How does it play and, more importantly, sound?

Do we know whence this Republic branded resophonic geetar was (likely) manufactured?

One more thing: @ the time you found/purchased it, was it "tuned", and if yes, was it an Open tuning or in Basic Standard?

It plays great. It just needed the truss rod tightened a bit. Neck is nice and straight. Action is fine for an acoustic.
The sound is so cool, just what you'd expect from a metal body....Loud, brash, mostly mids and highs that cut thru , with that constant underlying reverb inside the body.
Round neck model, standard tuning.
Really really fun to play. Weighs about 9 lbs.

Republic brand are imports, 'designed' and imported by an interest in Texas. I looked at their current offerings. None of them have my body shape with the etchings. Must be an older model. Hard to tell, I can't find a single marking anywhere on the instrument. No info other than "Republic' on the headstock.

You would like it

 

[Gigantic]

Buck Owens would have loved the RW&B Sparklel Tele w/ Bigsby ... you oughtta call it The Bakersfield Patriot Telecaster.

I'm calling it the "Buckaroo."

 

[Mystic]

I'm calling it the "Buckaroo."

That is better!

 

[Mystic]

It plays great. It just needed the truss rod tightened a bit. Neck is nice and straight. Action is fine for an acoustic.
The sound is so cool, just what you'd expect from a metal body....Loud, brash, mostly mids and highs that cut thru , with that constant underlying reverb inside the body.
Round neck model, standard tuning.
Really really fun to play. Weighs about 9 lbs.

Republic brand are imports, 'designed' and imported by an interest in Texas. I looked at their current offerings. None of them have my body shape with the etchings. Must be an older model. Hard to tell, I can't find a single marking anywhere on the instrument. No info other than "Republic' on the headstock.

You would like it

Ping me if you ever wanna let it go. I love etched-bodied steel round neck resophonics with the round, not triangular (National Styles 1-3) style diaphragms.

 

[Mystic]

PS -- Got many many more to post up, ranging from 1930s Gibson and Martin acoustics to circa 50s and 60s Fender and Gibson electrics, including jazz boxes and solid bodied stuff. No kooky stuff, just Strats, Teles, Lesters, a few Vees, more Firebirds, ES 175s, Johnny Smiths, and Super 400s.

 

[valvenator]

PS -- Got many many more to post up, ranging from 1930s Gibson and Martin acoustics to circa 50s and 60s Fender and Gibson electrics, including jazz boxes and solid bodied stuff. No kooky stuff, just Strats, Teles, Lesters, a few Vees, more Firebirds, ES 175s, Johnny Smiths, and Super 400s.

Awwww, shucks! I love the kooky stuff!

 

[Mystic]

Awwww, shucks! I love the kooky stuff!

I've had my share of Gretsch and Rics and Danos... and Japanese 60s stuff. Still have a Teisco in USA .. my son keeps it for me.

 

[noahBH]

What year is that silverface Champ (or Vibro-Champ)?

That's a '68 reissue vibro-champ. Tube driven tremolo and digital hall reverb. Its a great little amp.

https://intl.fender.com/products/68-custom-vibro-champ-reverb?shpxid=8136105f-22e5-4544-868a-c5ac85385584

 

[Mr Boochie]

That's a '68 reissue vibro-champ. Tube driven tremolo and digital hall reverb. Its a great little amp.

https://intl.fender.com/products/68-custom-vibro-champ-reverb?shpxid=8136105f-22e5-4544-868a-c5ac85385584

Nice! Some Champs and VCs that I own.