Thursday, 31 January 2013

Silvertone

French is saving for a new guitar.  He had a supped up Epiphone Les Paul; with upgraded pick-ups and tuners.  French was carrying it out to a buddy's garage for a jam, when he slipped on a patch of ice.  He tried to save it, but the neck snapped right in half.  Currently, he is playing my old Stratocaster, but he wants his own.

Saying that he wants a new one is poor wording.  He really wants the one that is pictured above: 1963 era Silvertone Amp in Case Electric Guitar.  French is struggling a bit financially, yet he is pretty positive about a recent interview.

In the meantime, he's been playing open mics to make money.  At these free shows his favourite expression is: "Nothing says request like twenty bucks."

He'll have his "new to him" old guitar soon.




2 comments:

temporal rooms said...

ahh the Sears guitar.

the original pick-ups were encased in lipstick tubes!!!
true story.

hope he gets one soon, a real gem of a blues guitar.

~robert

Brandee Shafer said...

Wish I could hear him play. While drinking a beer. I could really use one.