Rings things!
He's playing with a thumbpick and that's obviously more dangerous to the top than any rings, but he seems to know what he's doing.
Wish I'd been in Nashville, I would hounded him til he gave me a job in the store.
I've spoken to him and Walter Carter, renowned Gibson historian when he used to work there.
Both of them super nice, and they don't get more knowledgeable than those two.
This is funny, interesting.
An $80k pre war Martin D28 with the visible shadowlines of a Stella tailpiece.
It wasn't always worth $80k but who in the h puts a dinky little trapeze tailpiece on a perfectly good flattop guitar?
I guess modding goes back as far as guitars.
A powerful prewar D-28 with great projection and tone! Although this guitar has had a series of repairs, it still has the sound that makes mid '30s Martins the legends that they are. The bridge has been replaced and cracks have been repaired on the top, back and sides. The guitar has been...
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