Tele Auction
This auction direct from Andy himself…
Ok, I’m not exactly sure if this will work. If it crashes and burns, we’ll call it a foul and try it again on ebay. But hopefully this will work.
I’m thinking, we can do it like a silent auction. I’ll post a starting price, let’s say $200, and just leave comments for what you’d pay. Monday night at 8 PM Central, the highest bidder will have it.
Here’s the skinny on the guitar. It’s a late 90’s Made-in-Mexico ‘72 Thinline Reissue. A lot of players I know use these guitars because they’re lightweight, sound great, but you don’t have to be scared about ruining a vintage collector’s piece. Just a great guitar to have around.
This has an F-hole, and is what they call semi-hollow, so it has a bit more sustain and round tone. The humbuckers are nice. Tele’s are usually too bright for my taste. That’s the sound of them and I dig that, but having humbuckers gives it a little more warmth, more usable. It’s not in the Les Paul world, but it’s somewhere in between.
It has a one-piece maple neck/fretboard which feels really great.
This guitar was my main live guitar for a few years. I used it all over the “Share the Well†record. It’s the guitar you hear on ‘Mother India’ and ‘I Did Not Catch Her Name’.
It’s also the main guitar on the “company of angels 2″ record, but that might make the guitar worth less so I won’t go into that.
On my records it’s the main guitar on “Following the Blind†and “New Beginningâ€.
I used it live with Caedmon’s mainly, and then with Derek Webb on the rock songs. If I keep talking about this I’ll never sell it, so I’ll stop. But I’m really excited to do it all here on my website so I know it will sort of stay in the family.
The only other condition is that if the winner comes to see a show I’m playing, they have to bring this guitar so I can play it again that night. Let me know ahead of time and I’ll get you into the show.
Ok, Bidding starts at $200 and we’ll end Monday at 8 PM Central. Leave your bids (or questions) as comments.
Here are some pictures…
w/ Derek Webb
Caedmon’s ‘Share the Well’ tour
Oh, and it has a hard case and I’ll throw in some strings and give it a set-up before I send it out.
(poor college grad here…)
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