A guitar given away
to my mate Nick. Nick had been banging on about playing guitar for years, but as he has conditions which make it impossible to go into a shop to even try one out ( yes, there is the internet, but it's always better to try guitars for real ) I thought about getting one for him. The opportunity came my way to buy a white Les Paul copy for £25, as it had been gutted of electric parts, the headstock broken and repaired. I bought new P90 pickups, pots, output jack and graphite nut, and made a working guitar. I also painted 'West Country' in Old English text on the body, a pun on Mike Ness's (Social Distortion ) 71 LP Deluxe. With help from a vastly more experienced friend from up the hill, it sounded and played very well indeed. I invited Nick and his wife round for dinner on his birthday, and after we'd eaten brought it down in a vinyl cover and said " here you go. " After picking his lower jaw off the floor, Nick proceeded to learn 'Louie Louie', and is now playing regularly.
( uncle bastard is twanging a dan moi, Sat 11 Feb 2012, 13:33, 1 reply)

I guess then...
that that would make it a random axe of kindness?

...gets coat
(GoodLord doesn't have time for sigs., Mon 13 Feb 2012, 15:24, closed)