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Since I don’t belong to a Les Paul forum, I’ll post this tidbit here because I’m dying to tell someone. A little birdie has told me that a dead mint, practically unplayed, one-owner 1959 burst has just surfaced. Not documented in any of the Burst books, this is one of those that was unaccounted for that everyone fantasized about maybe still being out there somewhere in somebody’s closet. Mint case and hang tags even. Absolutely flawless. Keep an eye on Slash, Joe Walsh, and Joe Bonamassa, one of them is about to add this guitar to their collection for a measley $600,000. I’m sure there will be a few magazine articles coming out in the near future about it once the dust settles.

Anyone who hasn’t tried an Eastman guitar is missing out on probably the best Gibson-style guitars for the money on the market. Near-custom-shop quality for less than a standard USA model. Just picked this one up and I’m beside myself at how killer of a guitar it is.

@Fadez I haven’t talked to my buddy this week but I believe Joe Walsh is in the process of buying it. I’ll ask him the next time I talk to him, I’ll probably see him next week.

There’s a new Superblack Selvage in the works that I’ve been waiting for for at least two years. It’s finally in production so fingers crossed that it won’t be much longer.

My current primary rotation

These three get the most attention these days but I have a few heavily modded Gretsch Electromatics and a couple PRS CE-22’s as well.

@Jett129 just straight up loud-ass rock and roll, as it should be.

BOOM

These are my “warm day” jeans, my “hot day” jeans are my 16oz 666’s which I swear are noticeably lighter and more breathable than the 142 denim somehow. Love this denim though, looks like it’s going to fade beautifully.

Trying out the new photo upload feature so apologies in advance if this doesn't work…

Edit: Guess it worked! For me anyway.

This thread needs more action.

Shit dude, repair that crotch and keep truckin', those look like they have a ton of life left in them!

The 142 denim feels a lot more substantial than the 14oz weight would suggest. It is 100% pure Iron Heart, and doesn’t feel “wrong” to me at all, it feels (and looks, and wears) like IH. Your opinion may differ, but I own IH in 25oz, 23oz, 21oz, 16oz, and 14oz so my opinion of what defines IH denim is based on more than just weight. It’s more about how substantial and nice the denim feels, how well the jeans (or shirts or jackets etc.) are constructed, and the “richness” of the indigo visually. I’m a big fan of the 142 denim for all of these reasons. Hope this helps. 

My main guitar:

A buddy's guitar, on indefinite loan:

My basement:

@riffblaster:

did you do the artwork yourself?  very cool.

@riffblaster general my old singer did the artwork. It would be a very long post to explain all the details but everything on the guitar has some relevance or significance to me. My singer was half Native American and was raised as a shaman, and also has a deeper knowledge of religions, mythology, the occult, etc than anyone else I've ever met. Extremely fascinating dude who I've had many, many mind blowing stoned conversations with over the years.

There's even an interlocking binding spell in the neck pocket and on the back of the neck where it fits into the pocket, so when the neck is attached, the spell is complete. Pretty crazy.

Here's a couple of links that explains the artwork if anyone is bored and interested (smoke some weed and buckle up lol):

http://tonguesofflame.blogspot.com/2006/07/tongues-of-flame-1-san-miguelback.html
http://tonguesofflame.blogspot.com/2006/07/tongues-of-flame-1-san-miguelfront.html

Speaking of Tele’s, here’s mine. It started its life as a butterscotch ‘52 reissue.

@popvulture I have pics but I’m sworn to keeping them to myself right now. It is literally mint. No fading. No finish checking! The guitar looks new, the case looks new, every hang tag is in the case and they all look new. It has the original strap that looks new. Completely bonkers.

@popvulture said in Guitars anyone???:

That’s pretty wild — curious to know if any of the red is still intact. Maybe so if it’s been sitting in a case all these years.

@JunkPants yeah a respected vintage guitar dealer is brokering the sale so it’s legit. Vince Gill is also in the mix now, I’m curious to see who ends up with it.