Vintage/Cool/Rare/Exotic Guitar Pictures
1959 ES-345 TDN Non Stereo
Custom ordered. Ebony Neck. Dot Inlays ??? Totally a one off.
I have it taken apart right now do to the wiring and switches
Have corroded. All the guitar does is feed back. I want it to work.
This guitar was bastardized by Paul Revera ( Revera Amps??? Not sure)
He signed the inside. Date best guess 1964 when it was bastardized
It is a triple pickup {three PAF's} and get this an early sixties Telecaster bridge
pickup between the neck and the first pick up. The middle pick up and the tele pick up he added.
According to the original owners statement. The original owner
told me he was a studio musician in California in the early sixty's.
They had no idea these guitars where going to be worth something.
A Gibson Rep that came thru town said to me it might be worth eighty grand.
Due to the fact that it is a geniuses work in wiring alone. He even
signed a Gibson poster for me. Big F***ing Deal. But it's hanging on my
studios wall. This has quite a story behind it. Also when someone
looks at this guitar I tell them to Smell The F Hole. I get a weird look
from them. Then they do it. It has a smell of old wood and glue. Really
different and cool smell.
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I have had to high light some areas. I have one reader on the site that has written on another site (http://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=277918) how could Paul Rivera do this and he has lost all respect for him. Get Real! It was 1964. The guitar was five years old. The owner was a studio musician that needed a guitar that could do almost everything. This guys were kids back then. Probably teenagers. I was ten. They did not have todays mentality. If we are going to have this mentality. We should ban all guns due to what John Wilkes Booth did. For heavens sake. The two E-mails this guy sent me were full of vinegar and piss--Attitude wise. I wrote the guy the paragraph above. I don't know for sure if Revera did it. It makes for a great story. If the guitar had not been touched I was told it "Might" be worth close to $30,000 because it was a custom order. The $80,000 is what it "Might" be worth. This is a repeat of what's above. But, I respect Paul Revera and I will cover his ass! Also the guitar looks horrible due to me cleaning it up. When I put it back together I will up date the picture.
Now, if any of you have a picture would like put on this page send it to
CAG For SC @aol.com if I like the picture and I think it's worth putting on here I will do it. BUT, it has to be Vintage/Cool/Rare/Exotic Even Boutique. A half to full naked girl in the picture is a plus. But I digress.
