Monday, April 14, 2008

New Axe, New Vision...

The Skunk
She was definitely a whore once :-)
Endless bashing yielded these marks...
'The Skunk' is a common breed of a rare species: a vintage 1974 Fender Stratocaster in what used to be a 3-tone sunburst finish... Plays like butter, as most of this era's Strats are, and the tone.... my my, bright and clear as a bell, and wails like Billy F. Gibbon's Strats... Funky as hell, and the smell of the funk from the years played... 34 years in total of accumulated funk is no joke.. Took me like 4 hrs to give her a proper scrub she's been longing for all these years...Heck, it was definitely worth it... now 'The Ford' the other '66 Strat in my possession would have a 'Mustang' for a competitor eh...Naughty t just had to get him a torn down abused axe to justify for all the blues he's facing... :-P

12 comments:

Shahir said...

Another one?
aaaaaaaarghhhhhh...very² nice one Terence...awesome...
a 50's Strat? When? heheheh :)))

Unknown said...

hey, it's a 1974 strat... got it recently... you should play it... it has tons of mojo and juju! :-)

Shahir said...

Yeah..I know it's a 70s Strat..what I meant, 50s Strat, bila pula? hehehehehehhe :)))

anyway, looks very nice...very 'Relic'...:)

Unknown said...

coming on pretty soon.... he he he... working on one now... t

Shahir said...

Wah really??
that's awesome man...

Unknown said...

the elusive vintage strat has always been the maple neck 50s era ones... do you still play guitar?

Shahir said...

Now quite busy lah with work...but actively spinning the black gold..upgrading slow and steady... :))

Unknown said...

i see you've abandoned your love for guitars... word of advice: it may be hard, but it will come through one day... :-) be focussed and be disciplined... :-) Vinyls still are cool aren't they... Cheers, t

Unknown said...

here's an off topic for you:

"Leica M6 black body in very good condition with 1 lense, 50mm 1.4 Summilux, no fungus, no scratch and 2 older lenses ,35mm 3.4 Summaron....135mm 4.5 Hektor. Replacement value 24,000RM, asking for 6,400RM firm gaetano47@hotmail.com - Gaetan laurendeau (gaetano47@hotmail.com)"

extremely good deal! go for it! it doesn't come closer as this!

Shahir said...

Terence, yeah...vinyls equal to superb media..:-))

Gulp...the M8 is very tempting...i think i go with digital..M8 is out of my league..maybe can find used Digilux 3..it wont hurt my wallet so much lah..and those Leica Elmarit lenses do give superb picture
s... :-)

Anonymous said...

the skunk. once a whore. was abused.

how did u manage to make a short intro to a... piece of battered guitar sounds so....... i dunno, kinky? O.o

lol but i like the skunk!

the skunk has a nice ring to it. the skunk. yeah. skunky hehe

Unknown said...

ohh.... you just have to have the blues to understand Mdm Jason... :-)