Mary Fords axe? WOW!

[scottmandue]

Oh yeah!

[M.D. Holloway]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Kind of sort of but not really. Rickenbacher is generally credited with the electric guitar but it was a hollow body.

Les Paul perfected the solid body electric guitar.

His patents on recording technology are not as well known but are just as if not a more important contribution.

Wow, the guy invented the electric guitar and flew WWI sorties! Way to go Cap'n Eddie!!!

[JMPRO]

Well shoot, if everyone is going to brag about thier guitar I might as well get in on the act.
My late 53 Strat prototype



Likely the only one in the world. You can read about it here
https://sites.google.com/site/1953stratocaster/

Jerry

[ramonesfreak]

cool. whats up with that pick guard? looks like an empty slot for a volume/tone roller like on a jazzmaster

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Old man school y'all....

That riff at 1:22!

[slodave]

Okay, since this is a Les Paul related thread...





And a SG neck I am working on for a fellow pelican.

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Here's what had to be done to mine to fix the headstock...

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

I just saw that you are using one of those vulcanized fiber Gibson headstock veneers. I did the same on mine. Block sand it with 600, then keep laying coats of lacquer. It will turn black eventually.

[targa911S]

looks similar to what Tobias did to my #1 thunderbird.

[targa911S]

Originally Posted by JMPRO

Well shoot, if everyone is going to brag about thier guitar I might as well get in on the act.
My late 53 Strat prototype



Likely the only one in the world. You can read about it here
https://sites.google.com/site/1953stratocaster/

Jerry

that's cool...very cool story Jerry.

[sammyg2]

I thought SG meant cool collar ?!?







Notice he has a broken E string but it was live, the show goes on.

[azasadny]

Originally Posted by LubeMaster77

Wow, the guy invented the electric guitar and flew WWI sorties! Way to go Cap'n Eddie!!!

I believe WW1 Ace Eddie Rickenbacker was a 1st cousin of the Rickenbacker family who started (and still runs) the Rickenbacker Guitar Co in Santa Ana, CA.

[JMPRO]

Originally Posted by azasadny

I believe WW1 Ace Eddie Rickenbacker was a 1st cousin of the Rickenbacker family who started (and still runs) the Rickenbacker Guitar Co in Santa Ana, CA.

The Rickenbacker guitar company was sold in 1953 to F.C. Hall a partner in Fender Sales with Leo Fender along with a couple of other guys. Leo considered this a treasonous act and along with the fact that Leo never did like Hall anyway led way to Leo and the other guys to push Hall out of the partnership paying him very little for his 25% of the sales company. The Hall family still owns and operates the Rickenbacker company today.

Jerry
Purveyor of fine Cool Collars

[ramonesfreak]

[ramonesfreak]

[ramonesfreak]

this is the episode of The History of the Guitar which discusses Les Paul. Then entire film is awsome

[GH85Carrera]

I see that it went for 110K. The Pawn shop paid 90K for it. Tidy profit.

[dhoward]

Originally Posted by Jared at Pelican Parts

I guess I must have the only SG that stays in tune with the stock tuners, and I play it HARD too..

+1 and mine is neither light, nor 'flexy'.
Khaler Trem and locking nut.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Jared at Pelican Parts

Old man school y'all....

That riff at 1:22!

Thanks for finding and posting this...

[Rapewta]

Mary Ford's son is "Boom Boom, Out Goes the Lights" Pat Travers, so I heard from someone a while back.