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lenny

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Yes and Lisa has a Pink one just like that one...... i think they are 1 offs that the boys in SLO made for them ...Sterling was also on their show on THE FOODNETWORK.....also Blues Saraceno has a Gold one same thing but Gold
 
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Can't remember the exact story ... but if you do a search on the forum you'll turn up some info. Dweezil is a friend of Sterling.

Hey- just found a quote from Dudley:

"Dweezil's Albert color
Close, but no cigar!! The color on Dweezils Albert is called "Stratos Blue" and is slighly less green than the Glacier Blue. It was a sample we got when trying out sparkle colors. BTW, the guitar has humbuckers with nickel covers"

Well there ya have it. From the master himself.

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Ok ... another quote from Sterling:

"Lets start with sparkle. We got into sparkle because Dweezil Zappa wanted an Albert Lee in a baby blue sparkle with an 80's baby blue mirror pick guard. We then made a pink sparkle for Lisa Loeb, and then a gold sparlke for Blues Sarasceno. It was our big push at that winters namm show. Guitar Centers buyer went wild for them but NOBODY else did foriegn or domestic. I wished I listened to my good friend Paul Reed Smith when I showed him to them . He said "WOW, these are fantastic sparkles, Let me know if they work cause I couldn't give them away when I tried them. We blew our wad at the NAMM show and the Guitar Center buyer was replaced, I had to write a big check to Guitar Center to clear the sparkles out so they could buy good selling stuff. Do you think that we don't make sparkles to punish a few forumites? No we don't make them because the general public doesn't want them and we lost our ass when we did make them. I hope that puts this one to bed."

Wow, that's really cool- Dweezil was first in line for the sparkles!
 
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Shnook

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I think Dweezil's Sparkle AL is gorgeous and if I'd had or would ever have a chance to own one like it, I'd gladly pay big $$$ for it.

btw, I saw DZ on the Zappa Plays Zappa tour last night and all I can say is AMAZING! No EBMM's at this show, but he was going for and very much nailed the essence of FZ's tone.
 
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Dweezil plays one of everyones guitars or so it seems...I havent talked to him in a while and I now that he no longer using our stuff...Lisa does and I see her all the time
 
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You see, when you are famous, you can get whatever your mind can think up. For us, all we get "your dream guitar" threads. :)
 
Shnook

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Big Poppa said:
Dweezil plays one of everyones guitars or so it seems...I havent talked to him in a while and I now that he no longer using our stuff...Lisa does and I see her all the time
Click to expand...

Well, it's small, but Dweezil did hand me his pick after the show and it was a blue Ernie Ball H pick. :p

I'm sure DZ still uses EBMM stuff for his own music. But his going for the tone and look of FZ's gear on these shows.
 
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