High Flying Bird

"Thank you Spock." You must have scanned that off an old catalog.

Not sure of the date but it looks so much like yours.

I have 2 Chestnut Burst.

I love the old story about these common men giving Gibson the finger and doing their thing with the old fashioned methods. That ended in 2016. I lived through it and, like all things, it has come to an end. I have my guitars and friends so I am perfectly happy.

I took a photo in 2010, the day after I received my Marvbird, at a railroad museum across the road where Marv grew up. This guitar is really a collector's piece. I was afraid to play it. It totally ate my guts up to let other people play it. One wrong move or act of dumbassery and this guitar would have been rendered useless. I have never had a regretful thought about selling it. I also can't stand to let people play my 535 because it has a Bigsby on it. People tend to try and wear out the Bigsby instead of appreciating the guitar.

I use one pedal while jamming with friends. Forget a pedal board. Too much to go wrong. Especially at a gig. At one time you would have seen me as a skinny man in a 220 lbs suit. I got tired of that life. Best of luck to you on both fronts.

That's a lot of work. I hope it pans out the way you want. It isn't easy to get people to jam for fun so I can imagine how hard this is.

Sounds like your almost ready to go now. Good luck with it.

I have noticed that a lot of the bedroom guitarist never learn a whole song. They just want to learn enough so they can sing along with some chords. They have a book with a thousand tabs in it but never listen to the actual song and learn it right. If that is what one wishes to do more power to them but it doesn't work with a group.