Year 2208...."Rare Backlund guitar found in South Dakota barn..

John Backlund · August 20th, 2008, 12:27 AM

Link to the full-size illustration: http://www.coroflot.com/user_files/i...3w_plPzryA.jpg

mudbean · August 20th, 2008, 12:38 AM

"Archeologists admit that they are stumped as to the original purpose of the artifact."

mud

John Backlund · August 20th, 2008, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by mudbean

"Archeologists admit that they are stumped as to the original purpose of the artifact."

mud

Possibly some sort of manual watercraft propelling device.

Tim Armstrong · August 20th, 2008, 01:05 AM

I believe it was once part of a high-speed device known as a "scooter"....

Cheers, Tim

BloozeGit · August 20th, 2008, 03:40 AM

"Archeological evidence in the form of a primitive string vibration transducer has been unearthed to prove that music originated from human beings before the advent of the earliest composition algorithms..."

hondo76 · August 20th, 2008, 04:02 AM

Its belived that this artifact was once used to destroy the hearing of an enemy warrior and serenade the females of the tribe.

byrdbrain · August 20th, 2008, 04:41 AM

Certain features suggest a somewhat tenuous link with earlier
weaponry, used by replicant model SRV–1 in the hotly contested,
so called "clone wars".

Strawfields · August 20th, 2008, 06:03 AM

'...Behind my beloved waterfall, in the little room that was hidden beneath the cave, I
found it. I brushed away the dust of the years, and picked it up, holding it reverently in
my hands. I had no idea what it might be, but it was beautiful...'

'...I learned to lay my fingers across the wires, and to turn the keys to make them sound
differently. As I struck the wires with my other hand, I produced my first harmonious sounds
and soon my own music! How different it could be from the music of the Temples! I can't wait
to tell the priests about it!...'

What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?

See how it sings like a sad heart
And joyously screams out its pain
Sounds that build high like a mountain
Or notes that fall gently like rain

I can't wait to share this new wonder
The people will all see its light
Let them all make their own music
The Priests praise my name on this night

Strat62 · August 20th, 2008, 06:18 AM

Patina! I love it!

Big John · August 20th, 2008, 08:19 AM

No you fools !!! ---- it's a 'relic' !

reverbbb · August 20th, 2008, 10:12 AM

That's really cool John.

Can you build me one of these JD-500?

John Backlund · August 20th, 2008, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by reverbbb

Can you build me one of these JD-500?

I could, but it'd probably not be as good as you could build it for yourself. I'm more of an arthier than a luthier.

TheGoodTexan · August 20th, 2008, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Backlund

Looks like something that The Reverend Billy G. would play the HECK out of.

John Backlund · August 20th, 2008, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGoodTexan

Looks like something that The Reverend Billy G. would play the HECK out of.

Billy Gibbon's name seems to pop up a lot in threads where I post images of my guitars. He's recently looked-over one of the JBD-200 'Sharq' guitars that Bruce Bennett built in Chattanooga. He seemed to really like it, and took a card from Bruce but we haven't heard anything from him yet, so who knows? maybe he'll order one eventually.

As far as this concept model (the JD-900) is concerned, he'd probably go for one of my more automotive versions of it...my 'Magneato '62' (Both guitar images are unfinished at this point):

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Strawfields Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2006 Location: Stirling, Scotland Age: 39 Posts: 740 3 Photos	'...Behind my beloved waterfall, in the little room that was hidden beneath the cave, I found it. I brushed away the dust of the years, and picked it up, holding it reverently in my hands. I had no idea what it might be, but it was beautiful...' '...I learned to lay my fingers across the wires, and to turn the keys to make them sound differently. As I struck the wires with my other hand, I produced my first harmonious sounds and soon my own music! How different it could be from the music of the Temples! I can't wait to tell the priests about it!...' What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it gives forth a sound It's got wires that vibrate and give music What can this thing be that I found? See how it sings like a sad heart And joyously screams out its pain Sounds that build high like a mountain Or notes that fall gently like rain I can't wait to share this new wonder The people will all see its light Let them all make their own music The Priests praise my name on this night __________________ " A musician, if he is a messenger, is like a child who hasn't been handled too many times by man, hasn't had too many fingerprints across his brain. That's why music is so much heavier than anything you ever felt "- Jimi Hendrix 1969

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