I'm hoping this is a joke...

clarkefan

At least one of EVH's famous guitars has cig burns in that spot.  Is it possible?!!... etc....

mrkb

Why wouldnt you make the cigarette point downwards anyway - surely that's easier to store that way without burning your hand - I.e. use your left hand to push it under the strings from below when playing right handed...?? I'm not a fagist so don't know the technicalities of these things....

axisus

miserneil said:

axisus said:

Meh. Not particularly offended by it, not particularly interested in it.

Interested enough to comment though.

as in not interested in that guitar with that burn, I'm perfectly happy to follow any guitar discussion when I'm at work as long as the boss isn't in the room!

SNAKEBITE

Funkfingers said:

mbe said:

I tell you what's a rarity. 

Considering how many times Hendrix was photographed between 1966 and 1970, I can find none in which he had wedged a lit cigarette between the strings and the headstock of his guitar.

It's been erased from history I tell you, it's the whole holocaust denial thing all over again.

Sassafras

If it really is Jimi's guitar, it could mean an amazing bargain for someone.

IvisonGuitars

Sassafras said:

If it really is Jimi's guitar, it could mean an amazing bargain for someone.

AlexC

There's a story behind this guitar. Obviously it's not Jimi's as that's clearly a Marlboro burn. Hendrix smoked Players. Therefore - think about it - this was played by Paul McCartney during the Abbey Road sessions. The strings were put on by Keith Richard and tuned by a naked Marianne Faithfull.* It's a piece of 60s Rock history. Snap it up, folks!



*possibly

FX_Munkee

mgaw said:

I despair, are there no depths of depraved sales bullshit left undisturbed. Wankers

You don't understand "sales" do you?

xpia98jf

FX_Munkee said:

mgaw said:

I despair, are there no depths of depraved sales bullshit left undisturbed. Wankers

You don't understand "sales" do you?

Go on enlighten us.

scalino65

Why would you waste a ciggie by letting it burn on your guitar anyway. Have you seen the price of them nowadays?
In other "daft descriptions of old guitars" I remember a few years ago when early 60s strats were being described as "Kennedy-era". Which always made me think of the KillerVintage t shirts....
https://www.hazardware.com/product-page/ozzie-oswald

scalino65

Why would you waste a ciggie by letting it burn on your guitar anyway. Have you seen the price of them nowadays?
In other "daft descriptions of old guitars" I remember a few years ago when early 60s strats were being described as "Kennedy-era". Which always made me think of the KillerVintage t shirts....
https://www.hazardware.com/product-page/ozzie-oswald

richardhomer

scalino65 said:

In other "daft descriptions of old guitars" I remember a few years ago when early 60s strats were being described as "Kennedy-era".  

Could start the next relicing trend - bullet lodged in the upper horn, green stains from the Grassy Knoll...

guitars4you

richardhomer said:

scalino65 said:

In other "daft descriptions of old guitars" I remember a few years ago when early 60s strats were being described as "Kennedy-era".  

Could start the next relicing trend - bullet lodged in the upper horn, green stains from the Grassy Knoll...

would have to have Texas Special pick-ups as well - and come with a free Dallas fuzz face

matone

miserneil said:

mgaw said:

I despair, are there no depths of depraved sales bullshit left undisturbed. Wankers

A forumite just sent me a link to their Facebook post, lots of 'could it be Jimi's??' in the comments. Very clever.

Can`t beat `smoke & mirrors` lol.

richardhomer

guitars4you said:

richardhomer said:
Could start the next relicing trend - bullet lodged in the upper horn, green stains from the Grassy Knoll...

would have to have Texas Special pick-ups as well - and come with a free Dallas fuzz face

The ‘Lee Harvey Oswald’ signature model....