Members Freeman Keller Posted October 14, 2006 Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 FK and new Yamaha - circa 1970 FK and old Yamaha - 2006 The guitar has aged well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AK47 Posted October 14, 2006 Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 Great pics FK. Guitar still looks to be in great condition. I lost all my old photos' in a fire years ago. I miss being able to look at them. Looking at your 1970 pic still brings back memories. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarist21 Posted October 14, 2006 Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 I hope my guitars will look that good at 36. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DonK Posted October 14, 2006 Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 Okay Freeman, you've inspired me. Tomorrow I'm gonna scan a pic of me playing my '73 LP, in '73. The one my kids look at and go, "sheesh, Dad, what were you doing with long hair." Look for it tomorrow. I'll also post a pic of my '72 Tele Custom in natural finish sitting in a chair on my psychdelic bedroom in my parents' house. Plum walls with midnight blue trim. They still talk about how many coats it took to cover it when I finally moved out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted October 14, 2006 Author Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 Don, I can't wait. It's you I want to see - the Les Paul, Tele and plum walls will just be a bonus. This pic was on my parents b/room wall - I took it down when we moved them into an assisted living place last winter. I'm probably playing "...you can get anything thing you want...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted October 14, 2006 Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 1970, eh? Well, being that I was celebrating my first birthday that summer I can't really reminisce (sp) with you guys on that part, but I gotta say that that Yammie has held up nicely, though I bet it's got some stories to tell that are hinted at by certain "non-original cosmetic features." Let me explain what I mean by digressing slightly. My Takamine is three years younger than your Yamaha and it's got some dings, glue blobs, etc. (not to mention some extra pieces of wood inside that are keeping the implosive forces at bay) that weren't original features. To me, each little mark seems to tell a story from some part of its life, whether I was there for it or not (I'm not the original owner). Call it mojo or just superstition on my part, but it kind of make the old geisha seem more worldly and mysterious to me. This isn't just limited to my own guitar. I find myself looking at other older instruments and thinking: Did this guitar with the sagging top and lifting binding ever take a cross-country trip in a soft-shell case on the back of a motorcycle during a particularly hot summer? Was that guitar with a crack down the side and a notch on the end of the headstock knocked over by a jealous lover? Has that guitar with the strum marks gauged into the top ever been played anyone with any sort of musical notoriety? Did they have more talent than regard for its well-being or did the music they were playing demand that much effort that they just lost control and succumbed to the moment? These are just some ideas. None are necessarily true, but I like to dream. So how about your Yamaha? Does it have any marks that tell a story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allthumz Posted October 14, 2006 Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 What a great look back in the day. From your hairstyle to the shirt and the wound string ends your photo has mid-seventies all over it. Both you and the Yamaha are looking good. - Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sweb Posted October 14, 2006 Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 That first pic could've been me. Geez... Looks like you played some pretty ambitious numbers gauging from the pick scratches on the top. Let me guess...Suite: Judy Blue Eyes? I still have my '73. It's the 12 I don't play anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riffmeister Posted October 14, 2006 Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 great pics, Freeman!! looks like your technique, as well as you appearance, has improved over the years.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guit30 Posted October 14, 2006 Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 nice pics Freeman!!!!Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sweb Posted October 14, 2006 Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 Originally posted by riffmeister great pics, Freeman!! looks like your technique, as well as you appearance, has improved over the years.... Isn't it kind of funny that back then beards were considered immature non-verbal rebelliousness and anti-establishment and now they're considered benignly dapper, maybe even a mark of sophistication? The Yamaha could tell the real story if it could, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted October 14, 2006 Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 Originally posted by Sweb That first pic could've been me. Geez... Looks like you played some pretty ambitious numbers gauging from the pick scratches on the top. Let me guess...Suite: Judy Blue Eyes? I still have my '73. It's the 12 I don't play anymore. Wow, I didn't even notice those scratches. Damn this adult ADD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T.B. Posted October 14, 2006 Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 Really nice pics Keller. Trina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members recordingtrack1 Posted October 14, 2006 Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 Those old Yamaha guitars are great, are they not? RT:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JasmineTea Posted October 15, 2006 Members Share Posted October 15, 2006 Another Retro Grouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sweb Posted October 15, 2006 Members Share Posted October 15, 2006 Originally posted by JasmineTea Another Retro Grouch I took off my hat and said, Imagine thatMe, working for you... What are you playing there JT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JasmineTea Posted October 15, 2006 Members Share Posted October 15, 2006 Originally posted by Sweb What are you playing there JT? One of the secret great guitars: D-16GT. My other fav is a 000-1. I've been blessed with wonderful sounding gits, way below the wondferful sounding price range. I'm a happy man, git-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.