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So I am the new owner of Red's guitar. We talked at length, and meenahga told me that he'd really decided it was time to sell this guitar (and believe me I told him that he should try to hold on to it!). I went on a 12 hour road trip to check it out (round trip, a full day really), and I'm glad I did. Honestly I feel a little guilty, but I know I did the right thing. Meenahga is a really genuine wonderful guy, and I appreciate so much his own understanding of these silly guitars, and research, and story, and all the stuff that goes into this. Anyway, as he said, "we don't own these guitars, we're merely their caretakers". It's probably impossible to say what this guitar really is, but it has a really unique sound and voice, extremely telecaster-like, but also very different from any other I've ever played. To be honest, I'm pretty ecstatic, and just trying to pretend like I'm cool calm and collected! In the meantime, I'm playing up a storm. And someday, this guitar will go to somebody else who'll do the same.
btw - I'll have to sell some other fun things now, which will go up in the classifieds here, once I get my act together.
lastly - if meenahga and/or Red do ever wanna jam, I'll make the trip again anytime!
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