Topic: a thread for the musicians but guitarists and bass players especially i think

[bucky katt]

as alot of you guitarists know that once in a while, if youre really lucky, there is that one guitar, it might not be the hiighest dollar one or the prettiest one but the way it plays/feels in your hands maybe, but theres just an extra special guitar that, if youre thinking of selling or trading it for whatever reason (model of guitar that you have dreams about) but it's almost like finding homes for the 6 kittens the stray you adopted had. you want to be very sure theyre going to the best of homes where they'll be loved and cared for as much as you did. well as many of you folks know that i have spoken to about my Danelectro Hodad (mosrite look alike) and how much i cherished this guitar. well a gent i have been hanging out with, Jamming from time to time and doing some maintenance on his atv's has been after me for probably 2 years now to sell him or trade him the Hodad and there has never been a guitar or monetary offer suitable. well this afternoon, he got me. he had just gotten this past week, an Epiphone WildKat in the transparent black with a beautiful figured maple top and Bigsby tremolo. i fell in love with this guitar but i still wasnt ok with letting the Dano go, until he mentioned it was for his son and when the son (parapalegic after a bad car wreck) had lost his Hodad when he had to sell stuff to make rent back before he was hurt. well this young man wheeled into the studio this afternoon and saw the guitar and i handed it to him and when i saw the look on his face i knew that my "baby" would go to a good home and finally, after being offered a hardshell case for the WildKat as well, i let it go. this really was like making sure a pet i rescued was getting a good home. that Hodad will always have a special place in my memory and maybe one day i'll get another.

[kslrr]

You have blessed that young man.

[azuredesign]

Congrats Bucky, I think that's the definition of a "good deal". Well done!

[bucky katt]

as much as i really loved that guitar, had the sweetest, smoothest lowest action and the sound of those lipstick pickups wth the coil tap on..........as i used to call it, the Neptune New Jersey Symphony  what really got me to let go though was the look on this young mans face when i asked him if he wanted to play it, i was about to tell dad that i just couldnt let it go no matter how good the deal was but.....the look of pure joy on this kids face did it for me. and man oh man do the p-90's on this WildKat sound fantastic through my Line 6 sypyder 4, 30 watt. all in all a decent day. yeah yeah i can actually be a soft tough for people as well as baby kittens and skinny neglected old horses.

[Retro Rocket]

Nice work Bucky....

Mick

[333]

Maybe he'll let you play it once in a while.  Or for that matter, invite him to jam sometime.

[Don R]

Something good will now come your way.

[bucky katt]

his dad and i get together and jam when we can, he's an OTR trucker though he's getting ready to do in region hauls home every night. this kid was brought up right, unlike so many i see these days, he had tears in his eyes when his dad told him it was his and as much as i'll miss the Dano, nobody is going to love this guitar more than he will, and they both told me if things ever change i get first refusal, which is kind of cool too and i DO have visitation rights   i have got to say, this Epi WildKat is one hell of a nice guitar. it has super nice action and the electrics are impressive. and unlike on the Dano, this one has a real Bigsby tremolo on it, not just the bigsby styled one. an all around great deal was had by all.