Do You Think He’ll Notice?
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Do You Think He’ll Notice?
Okay, I’ll tell you but you can’t say anything to anybody; this is just between us.
As you probably know, Tom plays each and every guitar before it leaves the Anderson Guitarworks facility for its new life in the world. He gives them all his Tom blessing.
If the guitar is labeled for a picture it then comes to me. I photo it and play it and love it and send it on its way—to Rachel who boxes and ships to you.
This one is Neal Schon’s newest, The Classic, Shorty, in Black, appointed with twin humbuckers and locking tremolo bridge. Super cool and with it’s short scale (24 3/4-inch), plays like warm butter, with a touch more midrange. So good.
But, I noticed something…something when I was photoing it. Perhaps a slight ding in the finish. If you look closely you may be able to just barely see it.
I don’t know this for sure but my suspicion is that Tom may have gotten a bit wild during his final test-play, jamming a Journey song on this guitar and…
Oh, hang on a second…Tom just walked into the room and wants to say something to me…
Yes, Tom?
What?
Ha, ah, yeah, well, um, yes…of course I know that this guitar for Neal has our In-Distress paint finish and is suppose to look worn and played-in. That is the way Neal ordered it. He wanted it to look dinged.
Right, yeah, ha, ha, I knew it all along. I mean, who wouldn’t know a thing like that right? Ha.
Okay Tom, thanks. Have fun. See you later.
Whoa, that was a close one, and here I thought Tom had been carelessly crashing about with Neal’s guitar.
I should have known better, there is no dinging here—never has ever been—unless we’re suppose to—then we ding it so well and so realistically.
So to sum up: this guitar simply plays amazing, sounds fantastic and looks just right—like it is happily aging and well worn from studio and stage appearances. It’s finish is “In-Distress, Level 3.”
Thank you Neal, thank you Tom and thanks to all of you for the fun in writing and reading Guitar Tales.
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