[Rick Lee]

Anyone ever see the old Guitar Player cover with Eddie Van Halen holding his korina wood Flying V? I think it's a '58 Gibson and IIRC, EVH said he had been offered $50k for it but declined. Maybe his having used it to record Hot For Teacher drove the price up.

There's a great vintage shop here in Bethesda call Southworth. A few yrs. ago they had a Flying V for around $40k with a letter of authenticity from Ray Davies that he had owned it. Once I walked in there and the guy at the counter was on the phone with Eric Johnson, who has picked up a few vintage axes there too. I just can't justify spending that kind of money on guitars. I have a Tex Mex Strat with EMG's, a '62 reissue Les Paul and an ES-335. All are pretty new and play wonderfully and didn't break the bank.