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As many of you have known I lost my beloved mother to breast cancer last winter. She was only 58. (I sought your thoughts and prayers in the "non C/J discussion" area: http://www.jcfonline.com/cgi-bin/ult...=002868#000000)
And as many of you know, I've been fascinated with a certain fine airbrush artist in California who has already done several masterpieces for me (Warrior Dragon and Warrior Skulls). And so I called upon her a third time to complete a tribute graphic for my mom. At the funeral we had Holy Cards and the theme on one of them was the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child. I had to have that done on a Jackson, you know, the mother and child theme.
What you are looking at below is an absolutely lovely tribute to my mom depicting the Holy Card, which I show with the guitar.
This used to be a USA Dinky from 1989 in FSU maroon paint, dual hums (EMG-89 and 81), 3 way blade, single volume, JT-590 trem, and an all maple neck. Now it's the ultimate tribute guitar for me. At the funeral mass my father read a tear-jerking poem which has been put down on the rear of the guitar. (Albeit, the word 'affectionate' is misspelled, but this will be corrected!)
Check the flame on the back of the neck! And then the entire guitar below. Isn't it great that we love our Jacksons so much? And how much more special can a guitar be than a meaningful tribute such as this. Surely, mom, you are smiling down from Heaven as I honor your time with us as a daughter, mother, wife, friend, teacher, and above all, a beautiful, loving woman. Miss ya like crazy, mom!
Almost forgot to mention that most of the guitar has metal flake in the paint and the truss rod cover has the Christian cross on it in a golden orange...
And as many of you know, I've been fascinated with a certain fine airbrush artist in California who has already done several masterpieces for me (Warrior Dragon and Warrior Skulls). And so I called upon her a third time to complete a tribute graphic for my mom. At the funeral we had Holy Cards and the theme on one of them was the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child. I had to have that done on a Jackson, you know, the mother and child theme.
What you are looking at below is an absolutely lovely tribute to my mom depicting the Holy Card, which I show with the guitar.
This used to be a USA Dinky from 1989 in FSU maroon paint, dual hums (EMG-89 and 81), 3 way blade, single volume, JT-590 trem, and an all maple neck. Now it's the ultimate tribute guitar for me. At the funeral mass my father read a tear-jerking poem which has been put down on the rear of the guitar. (Albeit, the word 'affectionate' is misspelled, but this will be corrected!)
Check the flame on the back of the neck! And then the entire guitar below. Isn't it great that we love our Jacksons so much? And how much more special can a guitar be than a meaningful tribute such as this. Surely, mom, you are smiling down from Heaven as I honor your time with us as a daughter, mother, wife, friend, teacher, and above all, a beautiful, loving woman. Miss ya like crazy, mom!
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