Oh the good ol' days

[Robert Hendrix]

About a week ago, I was in the thread titled "first time you ever a Jackson" and I told the story of helping my late friend Judy custom order her first Jackson.
I was cleaning out the closet in my office today and ran into a picture I forgot all about. We had a fried at the time who was trying to start a photography studio and, when he saw the new guitar he asked if he could do a photo shoot with it. This is just one of the pictures that came out of that shoot. (circa 1986)



Judy sent a bunch of the pictures that she had to Jackson kept a couple for herself and gave me this one. Just thought I'd share this with you.

[roodyrocker]

Thats pretty cool Robert! Great 80's look!

[Robert Hendrix]

Thats pretty cool Robert! Great 80's look!

haha, well it WAS 86..

[Robert Burns]

Too bad its' your late friend Judy? Pretty lady. Any audio of her playing? Was she influenced by Lita, and Jennifer Batten? Very cool
for a chick to be ordering a custom Jackson imo! She might have been
1 of 10 ladies to do so, in the 80's! Any recording of your friend would
be very cool to hear! Sorry for your loss.

^^ Robert, im glad my last name isnt "Hendrix"... I cant imagine
the pressure of being expected to know Jimi's entire catalog everytime
you introduce yourself! :-)

[Robert Hendrix]

Too bad its' your late friend Judy? Pretty lady. Any audio of her playing? Was she influenced by Lita, and Jennifer Batten? Very cool
for a chick to be ordering a custom Jackson imo! She might have been
1 of 10 ladies to do so, in the 80's! Any recording of your friend would
be very cool to hear! Sorry for your loss.

Actually, she didn't play a note. She was mainly a collector. aside from three custom Jacksons (this was the first one, she was on a first name basis with the guys at the Jackson custom shop)she also owned a Shenker Gibson V, a Peavy Vandenburg (that she somehow managed to custom order before the stores got them) a solid Rosewood Bass that her friend Buddy Blaze built for her and a Kramer Nightswan. After I moved to North Carolina, we lost touch. When I found out she'd passed away a couple of years ago, I also found out that she'd been trying to find me because she wanted me to have the Jacksons but I had left no forwarding address. I sometimes wonder what ever happened to those guitars, but it's probably best that I don't know.

^^ Robert, im glad my last name isnt "Hendrix"... I cant imagine
the pressure of being expected to know Jimi's entire catalog everytime
you introduce yourself! :-)

Hehehe.. I have refused to play Hendrix stuff for years just to stay away from that. I have recently bit the bullet and started messing around with Voodoo Child. To be honest, I never was a huge Hendrix fan. I respect his music and his talent though.