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Hey gang.
Okay, so in 1987 I became totally obsessed with this guitar after watching Steve Vai play one just like it in "Crossroads." At that exact point in time, my first guitar was on order through J.C. Penny. Yeah.
Anyway, flash forward almost 20 years and here she is. Nothing really fancy, just a San Dimas 2H w/ Floyd and maple board in the standard Ferrari Red, but boy howdy was it an adventure getting my hands on this one.
She's an awesome plank o' wood. I've never played anything quite like her; within an hour of picking her up she was a weird extension of my arms and no longer some carved up piece of dead tree. Sonically she's great, but it's the feel that is simply beyond belief -- she blows the doors off of anything else I've got including the Jackson WR-1 oiled-neck she replaced.
Many thanks to Matt for getting her to me and keeping me sane throughout the process, John Walker for giving a helping hand, and to John the mystery man at FMIC's customer support hotline. Never woulda happened without ya. Also kudos to UPS for getting her from southern California to New England and then back to southern California in one piece.
This is her, which is my Charvie:
In her native habitat:
Okay, so in 1987 I became totally obsessed with this guitar after watching Steve Vai play one just like it in "Crossroads." At that exact point in time, my first guitar was on order through J.C. Penny. Yeah.
Anyway, flash forward almost 20 years and here she is. Nothing really fancy, just a San Dimas 2H w/ Floyd and maple board in the standard Ferrari Red, but boy howdy was it an adventure getting my hands on this one.
She's an awesome plank o' wood. I've never played anything quite like her; within an hour of picking her up she was a weird extension of my arms and no longer some carved up piece of dead tree. Sonically she's great, but it's the feel that is simply beyond belief -- she blows the doors off of anything else I've got including the Jackson WR-1 oiled-neck she replaced.
Many thanks to Matt for getting her to me and keeping me sane throughout the process, John Walker for giving a helping hand, and to John the mystery man at FMIC's customer support hotline. Never woulda happened without ya. Also kudos to UPS for getting her from southern California to New England and then back to southern California in one piece.
This is her, which is my Charvie:
In her native habitat:
The wait for my red strathead just got even more excruciating...
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