Could I have your sisters phone #, and would you let me know when you’re at deaths door? JUST KIDDING!! Would LOVE to have a Tele AND a Strat! Had a great Boogie Body at one time that just played like butter, and was foolish enough to trade it for a Dano (which got traded for a banjo). I try not to let any of my stringed instruments go anymore. Still have the first bass I started playing back in 83. ‘Bout killed me to wear that thing for 4+ hours at a gig. HEAVY instrument.
Well,,,, I’m down to 5 Teles, but I really only play the one. Got the 57 Strat by trading a bunch of stuff for it. It had been rattle-canned black to look like Clapton’s Blackie. It looked so bad that I knew I’d have to have it refinished. But a few chips in the black showed some blue. Took me a whole day, using varying grades of steel wool, then rubbing and polishing compound to bring out it’s original blue. Some say it’s Lake Placid Blue, but a collector told me that it’s San Marino Blue, same as used on 57 Caddy Eldorado convertibles. Got a great Baritone Strat that I built with parts from Warmoth and Fender. Plays just like a regular Strat. I can play all my Gatton, Hellecasters, and Reed stuff on it Bends are the same as on a Strat. Everyone who has played it freaks out! Also have a Coodercaster half built.
Here I am playing lap steel with Neil Zaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAY1WKouT18&list=PL08EB2661B19E4B88
And playing lap sled acoustic with Tommy Sche’. This one is kinda rough as I invented the tuning on the spot, had not played one note in it. I asked the engineer to record a first run through, in case they heard anything they’d like me to develop. This is that run through. They wouldn’t let me improve on it, which was disappointing to me, as I could have done better. After the first verse, I switched to lap steel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ100pj82Po