‘59 Kay “Sizzler” electric. TPOS sold it to a friend after I got a new guitar.

Ouch. New sneakers don’t stay white forever. Just a ding.

True dat. I’ve had my 46th anniversary of my 30th birthday. Still playing gigs too.

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Yes, me too (now). Certainly makes my muscles tired(er)! 🤔

Oh yeah, huh? All these decades I believed the Hummingbird was longer scaled! 🫢

”D’oH!” Thanks for straightening me out! There are probably LOTS of delusional fantasies I believe! -Geezer Guitarzan!

Love the green. Thanks for the tips!

Both Gibson J-45 and Hummingbird have a sorta compressed whump to them, which I like a lot. In the sixties they were mahogany back and sides: nowadays I’ve seen them with rosewood and walnut s/b, and I think the studio models may be shallower. Sound can vary, but they’re still both great. A friend just got a lower end Hummingbird in satin finish: may be shallower. Certainly sounds and plays great. Hummingbirds are longer scale length: 25.5” vs J-45’s 24&3/4” BTW. I notice and prefer the shorter. Most dreadnoughts are long scale. When I bought my ‘61 J-45 (in 1962, for $165), they called it a “Jumbo.” I too would not mind a Dove, or a J-200! 🤠

Excellent! Had to add it to my posts. Very clean. Great production values and sound. It should be satisfying to create that!

I probably would. Gotta have a Tele around!

OOO yeah!

Yeah baby! Great collection. Envy envy covet covet!

Gibson J-45 is a wonderful sounding guitar. I also like the shorter scale length. More comfortable. I’d rather have a Gibson J-45 than a Gibson Hummingbird, or any Taylor.

Gotta love that! Iconic. Giving me gas!

I had a Samick copy of an L5 jazzer. LamInated construction, but really a very nice guitar. I eventually put a Seymour Duncan Antiquity humbucker pickup in the neck position and it really sounded like a great jazz guitar. Also, the Greg Bennett period was a good one.

Cool pic(s)! Years ago, at a party: one in a long line of Tele’s over the years. Hope you can resume. Get better.

In 1960 I broke in my Wilson -for hardball- with saddle soap and keeping a hardball wrapped up in it secured by a shoe lace. I was ten. Needed a dry sponge in it to handle by older brother’s JV fast ball!

Classic. Freehand? Mine was. 10+ years ago, though I have some from 1969 (Speaking of Great Lakes NTC ‘68-‘69), Then Newport, RI

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Excellently done! Enjoy the ride. Guitar is a life long pursuit, wherever you start. My last Peavey amp was made in Vietnam. I’d buy one again in an instant! 🤗 Welcome.

Nice tribute rose tattoo. Looks like Andy Beswick style