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<dci@cheetah.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:20:23 GMT, "Aviator" <Spl@tter.com> wrote:
>
> >
> ><dci@cheetah.net> wrote in message
> >news:32v72t49l1rgd0gruuh593srkv9sb3m48g@4ax.com...
>
> >>
> >> Without revealing my age, my
> >> first guitars were Gibsons and
> >> Martins. Since those early years,
> >> I've had Fenders, a couple of
> >> Simi Mosely's models and some
> >> others. A good instrument provides
> >> the bases for beginning base for
> >> broadening the scope/breadth of
> >> study.
> >
> >DCI is an axeman!! Well I go to hell!! I just bought a D28 a few months
ago
> >in a neat little shop in Monrovia. I always wanted one, but the import
> >duties in Britain made it pretty much the impossible dream. It kinda made
a
> >dent in my pocket moey for the week. Like you I have also been down the
> >Gibson and Fender road, and still have my '61 Les Paul, which I bought in
> >'72.
> >
>
> In the earlier times, we referred
> to the guitar as a "horn" because
> it was used as melody instrument
> rather than a rhythm instrument.
> Also, "comping" comes into play for
> many standard or jazz styles.
>
> The original Les Paul model is worth
> much more nowadays. Most folks may
> not realize that he was an expert on
> pick-ups and his concepts were/are
> used to this day.
>
> My favorite is a Gibson ES 175,
> modified with hummers and custom fret
> board. It is now over 50 years old and
> still has good wood. It'll be "cooked"
> with my ashes when I go to sea.

I chose to limit myself  to a basic study of  Lydian and Mixalydian modes,
as I had to choose whether to study avionics and go flying, or  take a
chance on being a successful entertainer. The flying won.

My Les is a classic, in close to original condition, and as heavy as a
bulldozer, and the last offer I was made was over $30K. Some people just
dont understand the real value of such an instrument. It suffers from minor
fret buzz, but I have lived with that for thirty years, so if it disappears,
it will lose a facet of it's character. Her name is Jessica, named after the
Allman Bros song, featuring Dicky Betts, and she is my lady

'Til death do us part.......
>
> Enjoy.
>
> DCI
>