G-g-guitah!

Bought me a new axe today. A vintage Samick Firebird copy. Thats just a schmancy way of saying its an cheap, old ass knockoff. Tis still a beauty though. I have dubbed thee “Oldie”. Inexpensive foreign copies of established guitars have quite an appeal on me. I so far own three. See a pic of my other main axe, Blackie, here. I think on and off Foo Fighter, Pat Smear summed it up best in an old Guitar World interview:

I just think it’s way cooler to buy a cheap guitar and spend money getting it fixed up than to buy a good guitar that everybody has.

I also think a great deal of responsibility gets lifted when purchasing. Wait, that makes me sound lazy. Lemme rephrase. The kind of guitars i like tend to exude a carefree feeling to the owner, which lends perfectly to the carefree music i like to play. As opposed to the nerve wracking over protectiveness of owning a pricey branded one. Plus I never pictured myself playing precision shred anyway. I want something i can sweat all over while rockin’ and not worry about it afterwards.

Rare knockoffs also tend to have a more interesting story behind it compared to a store bought axe. Oldie’s previous owner volunteered quite a few stories to me regarding who has past possessed this wonderful instrument. Can’t help but feel you’ll be adding to that history.

Awesome. I go strum me some Ted Leo songs on Oldie now.