Egads
One, Two, THIRTEEN!
Sorry for the long and sentimental post.
My father passed away at the end of March, just three weeks shy of his 70th birthday. It was a pretty quick and surprising crash, though he's had some health issues. The reason I wanted to post this is that I wouldn't be playing PRS guitars, or most likely guitar at all without him. My favorite memory from my early days is playing around in the living room while my dad strummed his old Gibson dread.
We didn't play much guitar together when I was growing up (I think his patience was fairly short with my bumbling, and he worked so much he cherished the little bit of down time he could scrounge). The good news is that we made up for lost music time over the last decade, playing together in a '50s-'00s rock, blues, and surf cover band.
In 1991 or 1992, my dad and I were visiting family in Colorado (we were living in TX at the time), and decided to go hit the local guitar stores. A small store, National Speaker and Sound, had a few PRS guitars. Before that, I had seen and played only one PRS. Well, we played every one National had. He ended up walking out with a purple CE24 (it blew away the other CE and the three customs--by far). A decade later, that purple CE became my first PRS.
We've both been through a good number of guitars and amps, and our favorites have always been PRS. I figured I'd share a guitar family photo of our PRS gear. My 513 and P22 are at our rehearsal space, but here's his Brazzy boarded Artist 408, 513, my Studio, SC HB II, and paisley Sweet 16 +.
I'm glad to have some of his gear to remind me of our time playing together. Ican't imagine not thinking of Pipeline every time ipick up his strat. It's hard to imagine him not playing it anymore.
So, to my dad! I know he'd enjoy being memorialized on a site devoted to the guitars he loved.
Thanks, guys.
My father passed away at the end of March, just three weeks shy of his 70th birthday. It was a pretty quick and surprising crash, though he's had some health issues. The reason I wanted to post this is that I wouldn't be playing PRS guitars, or most likely guitar at all without him. My favorite memory from my early days is playing around in the living room while my dad strummed his old Gibson dread.
We didn't play much guitar together when I was growing up (I think his patience was fairly short with my bumbling, and he worked so much he cherished the little bit of down time he could scrounge). The good news is that we made up for lost music time over the last decade, playing together in a '50s-'00s rock, blues, and surf cover band.
In 1991 or 1992, my dad and I were visiting family in Colorado (we were living in TX at the time), and decided to go hit the local guitar stores. A small store, National Speaker and Sound, had a few PRS guitars. Before that, I had seen and played only one PRS. Well, we played every one National had. He ended up walking out with a purple CE24 (it blew away the other CE and the three customs--by far). A decade later, that purple CE became my first PRS.
We've both been through a good number of guitars and amps, and our favorites have always been PRS. I figured I'd share a guitar family photo of our PRS gear. My 513 and P22 are at our rehearsal space, but here's his Brazzy boarded Artist 408, 513, my Studio, SC HB II, and paisley Sweet 16 +.
I'm glad to have some of his gear to remind me of our time playing together. Ican't imagine not thinking of Pipeline every time ipick up his strat. It's hard to imagine him not playing it anymore.
So, to my dad! I know he'd enjoy being memorialized on a site devoted to the guitars he loved.
Thanks, guys.
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