{"id":1200,"date":"2018-05-20T10:04:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T17:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thezachproject.us\/?p=1200"},"modified":"2018-05-20T10:06:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T17:06:14","slug":"guitars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thezachproject.us\/index.php\/2018\/05\/20\/guitars\/","title":{"rendered":"guitars"},"content":{"rendered":"

After two weeks without posting there is so much to write about I hardly know how to start. I’m going to talk about my visit to Norman’s Rare Guitars in Tarzana last week.<\/p>\n

Sepi and I went to Southern California to visit family and friends. That’s another story. I happened to see a little video thing by a guy named Mark at Norman’s a few weeks ago and thought it would time to see if my 1989 Telecaster Custom shop had any value. Here’s a picture of me playing it at Vince’s in 2011.<\/p>\n

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That’s Franco playing my Washburn bass in the background. Here’s<\/a> his story.<\/p>\n

I was prepared for a big guitar store, but Sepi was gobsmacked. She took about a hundred pictures. Here’s a view of part of the store.<\/p>\n

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It didn’t take long for the expert at Norman’s (Mark) to tell me the Tele was worth about what I paid for it. Of course I would have to give a significant discount if he were to buy it for the store. I’ll hang onto it . . .<\/p>\n

Well, naturally, as long as I was here I was going to look around. The first thing I spotted was an Epiphone Century just like Peter’s except in better condition.<\/p>\n

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Then I looked for an example of the late ’60’s ES-335 I used to own. Yep, they had one.<\/p>\n

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Now I’m thinking of other guitars I used to own. My high school friend Bruce Johnson sold me a Gibson Melody Maker that I used for a while. No pictures of this exist and even my memory is a little cloudy but I’m pretty sure it looked like this.<\/p>\n

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None of these guitars spoke to me now. I was thinking of leaving and took one more turn around the shop. There were some archtops I hadn’t noticed before. One was a Gibson ES-150 from the early 1950’s.<\/p>\n

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Looked, played, and sounded very nice. Sepi suggested that if I liked it more that the Tele, I could work a trade.<\/p>\n

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Aieee! I hadn’t thought of that. I called Mark over and he said I needed to talk to Norman who was busy at the moment. More agonizing while Sepi encouraged me. I already had a very similar guitar although not a vintage Gibson. What a dilemma!<\/p>\n

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In the end I decided to let it go. I think I can sell the Tele myself for a lot more. I don’t want to be a guitar collector, just a guitar player. Time to go practice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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