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Topic: Joe's dark red guitar?? (sorry about the vague description)

Hi all, saw Joe playing an unknown dark red guitar for the encore of 'Bird On A Wire' at Cardiff on Tuesday 18th...anyone know what it is? It looks kind of a bit like John Mayer's dark red Rick Turner guitar, slightly Tele-ish in outline, single cutaway.....

Peace
James

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Re: Joe's dark red guitar?? (sorry about the vague description)

Interesting...not Gigliotti and obviously not ES-335...  hmm  Same smallish body shape as the JM Rick Turner???

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  • From: Rainy Wiltshire, UK
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Re: Joe's dark red guitar?? (sorry about the vague description)

Rocket wrote:

Interesting...not Gigliotti and obviously not ES-335...  hmm  Same smallish body shape as the JM Rick Turner???

Yes, similar shape...well it may have been the Gigolotti but I don't recall it being an exact Telecaster shape like the Gigolotti, and it didn't have the distinctive Gigolotti finish....

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Re: Joe's dark red guitar?? (sorry about the vague description)

James Davis wrote:
Rocket wrote:

Interesting...not Gigliotti and obviously not ES-335...  hmm  Same smallish body shape as the JM Rick Turner???

Yes, similar shape...well it may have been the Gigolotti but I don't recall it being an exact Telecaster shape like the Gigolotti, and it didn't have the distinctive Gigolotti finish....

I guess we wait on interepid reporters to hopefully get a photo!

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Rocket

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  • From: Rainy Wiltshire, UK
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Re: Joe's dark red guitar?? (sorry about the vague description)

Rocket wrote:
James Davis wrote:
Rocket wrote:

Interesting...not Gigliotti and obviously not ES-335...  hmm  Same smallish body shape as the JM Rick Turner???

Yes, similar shape...well it may have been the Gigolotti but I don't recall it being an exact Telecaster shape like the Gigolotti, and it didn't have the distinctive Gigolotti finish....

I guess we wait on interepid reporters to hopefully get a photo!

Rock ON & Keep the Faith,
Rocket

Actually looking at the Rick Turner stuff it wasn't as similar to the Model 1 as I thought....but it's still an unknown dark red Tele-ish guitar big_smile

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Re: Joe's dark red guitar?? (sorry about the vague description)

If you search the youtube videos of that song (most recent recordings of it) he's using a dark red guitar that looks like a music man.  The body looks kinda like the older evh models..  Search the Amsterdam or Pittsburgh recordings, is that the guitar you're talking about? -Seth

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Re: Joe's dark red guitar?? (sorry about the vague description)

Pretty sure it's one of these...?
http://www.12fret.com/new/MusicMan_25th_Anniversary.jpg

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Re: Joe's dark red guitar?? (sorry about the vague description)

Or is it the one he used for ballad of john henry?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaCjPdtD … redirect=1

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Re: Joe's dark red guitar?? (sorry about the vague description)

Its a custom musicman.

Beleive I have seen him use it 3 or 4 times now.

Used it at Plymouth too.
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k202/ … 020492.jpg

Hope to see it again on Saturday!  cool

James Davis wrote:

Hi all, saw Joe playing an unknown dark red guitar for the encore of 'Bird On A Wire' at Cardiff on Tuesday 18th...anyone know what it is? It looks kind of a bit like John Mayer's dark red Rick Turner guitar, slightly Tele-ish in outline, single cutaway.....

Peace
James

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