FRETTED FRIENDS (the instruments I have and play)



left to right: C. F. Martin & Co. D-18 Golden Era / Mahogany cannon, like they made in 1934.
Martin 000-28VS / As made about ninety years ago.
Intermountain Whyte Laydie Banjo / Built by Leonard Coulson of Intermountain Guitar and Banjo

     

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left to right: '75 Fender Stratocaster / I play it in a band my sons formed, called "Marvin Payne and The Sons." (Could have been worse. Could have been "Sam, Joe, Dave, and Joshua Payne and The Dad."
Epiphone Les Paul Special II / Because for pretty cheap it looks good hanging next to my
 Epiphone Zephyr Regent / which is just really pretty.
'60s Fender Jazz Bass, Alvarez DY45 / The Alvarez is my "beater."

   

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left to right: "Little Martin" LXM / Sounds good camping.
Samick & Kay / Something to strum on the way downstairs.
Rogue Triolian Resonator Guitar / Just for the heck of it.

     

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Well, it has to end somewhere.

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I write a monthly column for the online Meridian Magazine, called "Backstage Graffiti." The ostensible purpose for the column is to encourage personal journal keeping. In that connection, two instalments appeared a few years ago called, loosely, "My Life According to the Acquisition and Disposition of Various Fretted Instruments." If you've made it this far down the page, you might might be the kind of person who would get a kick out of them. They're typical of the literary lunacy that is "Backstage Graffiti."

Here are links to the two columns:

http://www.meridianmagazine.com/backstagegraffiti/040630accordingto.html

http://www.meridianmagazine.com/backstagegraffiti/040804finalchapter.html