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jalevinemd wrote:Beautiful wood on that guitar!

And just to give credit where credit is due…that beautiful inlay was designed by Susan Wickersham and crafted by the artisans at Alembic. Here's the original.

Yes it was but when I reached out to Alembic they wanted 2100 dallors just for the inlay. I found a great guy who was able to make a really close copy to the design for a hellalot less money. But yes the idea for for having that as an inlay came from the Alembic site.

Eyes was cool enough to bring his geetar to a TJ gig and let me play it for a set !
Great guitar that was fun to play
Very heavy - 13lbs I think he said - but it hung nice on the strap
The neck had a Les Paulish feel to it ; slim at the nut ; fretboard played nice and the action was low
It has a great clean sound - nice n full and not overly trebly like my geetar .....
I kept it the middle position - well duh - but bounced it between the single coils n humbuckers .....
When Eyes sat in with the band - He played Eyes of all things ! - it was cool to hear my rig from the audience side of things .... he did a great job too !

Tennessee Jedi wrote:

Eyes was cool enough to bring his geetar to a TJ gig and let me play it for a set !
Great guitar that was fun to play
Very heavy - 13lbs I think he said - but it hung nice on the strap
The neck had a Les Paulish feel to it ; slim at the nut ; fretboard played nice and the action was low
It has a great clean sound - nice n full and not overly trebly like my geetar .....
I kept it the middle position - well duh - but bounced it between the single coils n humbuckers .....
When Eyes sat in with the band - He played Eyes of all things ! - it was cool to hear my rig from the audience side of things .... he did a great job too !

Thanks alot. you are to kind. Was nice to hear my guitar played through a setup close to mine. Can't wait to do it again with you. I had a blast.

Ok I am going to be brave and post a few songs using the new guitar.

This song is with my rig. the first couple leads are me the last lead is my buddy:
https://soundcloud.com/themon-1/knockin ... -new-sense

This song is me playing with Tennessee Jedi's band using his rig and my guitar:
https://soundcloud.com/themon-1/eyes-of ... nesee-jedi


There are a lot of good players in here I hope I don't embarrass myself. hope you enjoy it. I will post pics of my rig soon

The Inlay is a of mountain in Nepal called Ama Dablam.I know, cause I've climbed it! Google for Ama Dablam and check out photos of it! Nice guitar!