Was over on Gibson's site earlier doing some research and all looking at the values of Les Paul Guitars.. and comparing prices with stores in my area to find out if I made a good purchase on that Washburn WI80 Custom ($1700) or not. Found that what I got goes for about $2500 on most sites I checked into so I got that figured out real fast.
BUT my question (is Neal Walter you are one I know that has a large selection of these guitars as I've seen plenty of your videos :D And JD and Christopher as well... ) How many of you have had some of your guitars gifted to you from doing backups for big names or even manufacturers?
With JD's resume doing a lot of stuff there in Nashville, makes me wonder if let's say he did a backup for Dolly at some point *not saying he has or hasn't just a theoretical situation* and She wound up liking the man and gifted him a guitar for doing a fine job. Know what I mean?
It would be interesting to hear about some of those experiences.. I know I had a blast working security for some bands and stuff while I was in the military and then when I got out of the service. Got to see and talk with some big names and some of them wound up giving me something just to be nice... like when I worked security for Ray Charles back in 87 at Fort Bliss. I was stage security for his crew... after the show he invited all the soldiers that worked security for him to come back and meet every one... I wound up walking out of there with a pair of his shades... wasn't the ones he was wearing at the time.. don't even know if he ever wore them.. but I told him how much I admired them, his bodyguard was told to gimme a pair. Was an awesome guy!
Axl Rose wasn't as nice.. was quite the opposite to the security folks. but that's another story :D That was in 89 St. Louis...
Howard the inquiring mind.
