When I was 20 I shared a house with a friend of mine.
I shall call him Kevin, for that was his name. Like me, he was a guitarist, and so our front room, instead of a sofa and television like most people's houses, was full of guitar cases and amplifiers.

I was in seventh heaven; Kevin had many more guitars than me and even better, he didn't mind me playing them! \o/

One day he came home from work and announced that he had ordered a Gibson Firebird. I was so excited I nearly peed: I'd seen one in a video years before but had never actually seen one for real, or played one. Just look at its swoopy curved body, reverse headstock and marvel over its coolosity!

So, after a couple of weeks it arrived, and Kevin brought it home where I was waiting like some crazed uncle-in-waiting. He played it a bit while I looked on, drinking in the shape, then handed it to me.

It was a dog. It hung really awkwardly on the strap, to the extent that it was almost unplayable through having to support the neck while you played, and even worse, it sounded really thin and weedy, nothing like the roaring rock behemoth I was expecting.

I was so disappointed, and told Kevin as much as I handed it disconsolately back to him. I think he was too, for I never saw him gig with it, and in fact can't remember ever seeing it again O_o


/length? About 3 inches too long I reckon, that's why it didn't hang properly =)
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 15:11, 3 replies)

fucking beautiful to look at though, eh?
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( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 15:58, closed)

Monty: indeed, and I've not clapped eyes on one since.
I'd quite like another go, just to see what they're like with the benefit of a few more years experience and an appreciation that topns of gain isn't always necessary =)
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 16:47, closed)

Is anyone else getting teh f33r about clicking on links? Those frickin ponies. (The above link is safe BTW. Honestly.)
(kitescreech still here, Sun 29 Jun 2008, 9:03, closed)