Welcome to Day 3 of my annual New Year's New Guitar Days (NYNGD)!
Hi all! Thanks for the kind words and comments on yesterday's NYNGD #2015-2!
If you're not familiar or didn't stop by yesterday: For the past couple of years I've done a fun thing that most of you I think enjoyed, and I thought I would do it again this year. Every year, I am a slacker about keeping my Guitar Gallery up to date... So, as a fun holiday thing, let's launch a guitar in the Guitar Gallery each day leading up to New Years Eve! Standard caveat: In the past I've received PM's about my collection and whether I play all of these guitars. My answer is here!
Today's NYNGD is a Silhouette with a sweet translucent teal finish -- but what really sets this guitar apart is the grain that shows through -- just check out those photos! This Silh is also the heaviest I own, weighing in at 8 pounds, 4 ounces! That's a full pound heavier than some of my other Silhouettes. Whatever's going on that makes this piece of wood heavier than usual, it also impacted the sustain -- this guitar rings for DAYS! Literally, you play a chord (unplugged) and it's still ringing 10 seconds later! Which for a floating Floyd Rose guitar is pretty rare.
Alas, according to the Reverb listing the guitar was supposed to be, "very clean with the exception of a few small dings shown in the photographs." (quoted from the listing). In fact, the previous owner apparently has a belt buckle with drill bits or drywall screws attached to it... The back is a DISASTER. First time in a long time that I got burned on an online transaction (and I have done a few). But the joke's on him, because he sold one of the best sustaining, best sounding Floyd-equipped Silhouettes for $900 shipped. Dumb-ass. (I know it adds "mojo", but no photos of the back of this one).
One other interesting note: this is the second original Floyd-equipped teal Silhouette I own, and the two serial numbers -- 93844 and 93857 -- are just 13 numbers apart and they were built the same day -- April 29, 1993. Same day! You know you have a lot of guitars when you buy two guitars TWENTY YEARS APART and they were built on the same day. That's pretty cool...
I'll be back tomorrow with another NYNGD: New Year's New Guitar Day!
Thanks for looking everyone!
Past Days:
(The back story in case you're new to my NYNGD: For the past couple of years I've done a fun thing that most of you I think enjoyed, and I thought I would do it again this year. Every year, I am a slacker about keeping my Guitar Gallery up to date... So, as a fun holiday thing, let's launch a guitar in the Guitar Gallery each day leading up to New Years Eve! In the past I've received PM's about my collection and whether I play all of these guitars.
The same question came up during my NYNGD posts a few years ago and my answer was pretty detailed and well thought-out, so please check it out here!)
(Also, in case anybody gets any funny ideas -- these guitars are not at my house. They are all in my very secure and alarmed studio facility. I usually only have two guitars floating around the house...)
Hi all! Thanks for the kind words and comments on yesterday's NYNGD #2015-2!
If you're not familiar or didn't stop by yesterday: For the past couple of years I've done a fun thing that most of you I think enjoyed, and I thought I would do it again this year. Every year, I am a slacker about keeping my Guitar Gallery up to date... So, as a fun holiday thing, let's launch a guitar in the Guitar Gallery each day leading up to New Years Eve! Standard caveat: In the past I've received PM's about my collection and whether I play all of these guitars. My answer is here!
Today's NYNGD is a Silhouette with a sweet translucent teal finish -- but what really sets this guitar apart is the grain that shows through -- just check out those photos! This Silh is also the heaviest I own, weighing in at 8 pounds, 4 ounces! That's a full pound heavier than some of my other Silhouettes. Whatever's going on that makes this piece of wood heavier than usual, it also impacted the sustain -- this guitar rings for DAYS! Literally, you play a chord (unplugged) and it's still ringing 10 seconds later! Which for a floating Floyd Rose guitar is pretty rare.
Alas, according to the Reverb listing the guitar was supposed to be, "very clean with the exception of a few small dings shown in the photographs." (quoted from the listing). In fact, the previous owner apparently has a belt buckle with drill bits or drywall screws attached to it... The back is a DISASTER. First time in a long time that I got burned on an online transaction (and I have done a few). But the joke's on him, because he sold one of the best sustaining, best sounding Floyd-equipped Silhouettes for $900 shipped. Dumb-ass. (I know it adds "mojo", but no photos of the back of this one).
One other interesting note: this is the second original Floyd-equipped teal Silhouette I own, and the two serial numbers -- 93844 and 93857 -- are just 13 numbers apart and they were built the same day -- April 29, 1993. Same day! You know you have a lot of guitars when you buy two guitars TWENTY YEARS APART and they were built on the same day. That's pretty cool...
I'll be back tomorrow with another NYNGD: New Year's New Guitar Day!
Thanks for looking everyone!
Past Days:
#2015-1 | #2015-2 | #2015-3 | #2015-4 | #2015-5 | #2015-6 | #2015-7 | #2015-8 | #2015-9 | #2015-10 | #2015-11 | #2015-12 | #2015-13 | #2015-14 |
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#2014-1 | #2014-2 | #2014-3 | #2014-4 | #2014-5 | #2014-6 | #2014-7 | #2014-8 | #2014-9 | #2014-10
#2013-1 | #2013-2 | #2013-3 | #2013-4 | #2013-5 | #2013-6
#2012-1 | #2012-2 | #2012-3 | #2012-4 | #2012-5 | #2012-6 | #2012-7
#2015-1 | #2015-2 | #2015-3 | #2015-4 | #2015-5 | #2015-6 | #2015-7 | #2015-8 | #2015-9 | #2015-10 | #2015-11 | #2015-15 | #2015-16 | #2015-17
#2014-1 | #2014-2 | #2014-3 | #2014-4 | #2014-5 | #2014-6 | #2014-7 | #2014-8 | #2014-9 | #2014-10
#2013-1 | #2013-2 | #2013-3 | #2013-4 | #2013-5 | #2013-6
#2012-1 | #2012-2 | #2012-3 | #2012-4 | #2012-5 | #2012-6 | #2012-7
(The back story in case you're new to my NYNGD: For the past couple of years I've done a fun thing that most of you I think enjoyed, and I thought I would do it again this year. Every year, I am a slacker about keeping my Guitar Gallery up to date... So, as a fun holiday thing, let's launch a guitar in the Guitar Gallery each day leading up to New Years Eve! In the past I've received PM's about my collection and whether I play all of these guitars.
The same question came up during my NYNGD posts a few years ago and my answer was pretty detailed and well thought-out, so please check it out here!)(Also, in case anybody gets any funny ideas -- these guitars are not at my house. They are all in my very secure and alarmed studio facility. I usually only have two guitars floating around the house...)
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