This is a bit of an unusual guitar. I can't say that I've ever seen one on stage with anyone, nor have I seen one in a store. I got this one from Mr. Charlie Boswell. It's incredibly fun to play and sounds amazing. It's like a baby 335. I've played it on a few things. Most notably the "jazzy" solo with the clean tone on "Audio Movie", from the Go With What You Know CD.
I would like to get a real 335 like the one Frank used to play. His had the vibrola tremolo. I think that guitar got destroyed in Montreaux..."Smoke On the Water..." either that or it was stolen along with a few other guitars of his. Most notably the gold top Les Paul with the extra single coil pick up added. That was recently up for auction. If you ever see it come up again let me know.
If this guitar was stolen, then surely there should be some legal action that could be taken to have it returned to the family. As far as I'm concerned this auction is laundering stolen goods. Is there an attorney in the house ?
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Donald brought it to my home before he died. I played it at Donald's funeral. It was way too big for me. His sister took it and eventually sold it. I was hoping for one of his friends to actually play on it!
I can only imagine what losing a guitar with that kind of history would feel like. I only know what it feels like to have sold guitars by choice and then regretted it afterwards, and that's not nice.
I'd love to have the gold top returned to the family.
Here it is again - http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/10248027