G&L legacy - I'm finally home.

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When I was 12 (1969) I bought an old used strat from the classified ads for $100.00. I ended up selling it to buy a Les Paul (blame Jimmy Page) but in my old age (55) I was searching (on a budget) for a great strat like the one I let get away. Nothing felt right till I grabbed this used G&L Legand for 7 bills. WOW!!! Back to my first love. :banana: So expressive, nothing quite like it.
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zandurian wrote:When I was 12 (1969) I bought an old used strat from the classified ads for $100.00. I ended up selling it to buy a Les Paul (blame Jimmy Page) but in my old age (55) I've was searching (on a budget) for a great strat like the one I let get away. Nothing felt right till I grabbed this used G&L Legand for 7 bills. WOW!!! Back to my first love. :banana: So expressive, nothing quite like it.
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Pics here: http://guitarsbyleo.com/FORUM/viewtopic ... 118&t=6437

To date this thing I finally took the neck off and was surprised - it's dated Jan. 7 1997. Surprised because it is in near mint condition and so I assumed it to be fairly new. Someone didn't play this thing much!
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Hey zandurian!
Love your Legacy! real nice gtr! I have the same finish in a legacy special and CAN NOT PUT IT DOWN~!!!
Have fun you got a great ax there!
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zandurian wrote:When I was 12 (1969) I bought an old used strat from the classified ads for $100.00. I ended up selling it to buy a Les Paul (blame Jimmy Page) but in my old age (55) I've was searching (on a budget) for a great strat like the one I let get away. Nothing felt right till I grabbed this used G&L Legand for 7 bills. WOW!!! Back to my first love. :banana: So expressive, nothing quite like it.
congrats on coming home. see hwta happens when you let inferior guitar players influence your purchases? :mrgreen:
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louis cyfer wrote:
zandurian wrote:When I was 12 (1969) I bought an old used strat from the classified ads for $100.00. I ended up selling it to buy a Les Paul (blame Jimmy Page) but in my old age (55) I've was searching (on a budget) for a great strat like the one I let get away. Nothing felt right till I grabbed this used G&L Legand for 7 bills. WOW!!! Back to my first love. :banana: So expressive, nothing quite like it.
congrats on coming home. see hwta happens when you let inferior guitar players influence your purchases? :mrgreen:
LOL Inferior!!!!!Sometimes you make me LAUGH!! :happy0065:
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You are right. That Page guy is going nowhere. I saw your videos, Mr. Cypher: they seemed rushed and without any feel. Like two styles of music being forced together. I'd say Page is better. That's Betty Page.
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replyman wrote:You are right. That Page guy is going nowhere. I saw your videos, Mr. Cypher: they seemed rushed and without any feel. Like two styles of music being forced together. I'd say Page is better. That's Betty Page.
i didn't mean me, i meant the superior players of that period, like blackmore.
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Ok. That makes sense. As per your music, if you can grasp the relaxing and feeling thing I'm talking about you'd become a much better player. Maybe even great. Really. Your skill level is way up there.
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louis cyfer wrote:
zandurian wrote:When I was 12 (1969) I bought an old used strat from the classified ads for $100.00. I ended up selling it to buy a Les Paul (blame Jimmy Page) but in my old age (55) I've was searching (on a budget) for a great strat like the one I let get away. Nothing felt right till I grabbed this used G&L Legand for 7 bills. WOW!!! Back to my first love. :banana: So expressive, nothing quite like it.
congrats on coming home. see hwta happens when you let inferior guitar players influence your purchases? :mrgreen:
Gotta' say - in some ways Hendrix was greater for sure, well ... in lots of ways, well don't want to start out with a subjective war of talent but suffice to say, the strat and it's early proponents are very very... errrr... memorable as well as some 60's LP players (should I be a politician or what??? :lolno: )
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louis cyfer wrote: i didn't mean me, i meant the superior players of that period, like blackmore.
Well, I didn't listen to Blackmore till '72 or so - after my strat was long gone. I did play machine head until the needle practically wore through the vinyl though. Much more of a dynamic live player than Page yet I love much of what Page did in the studio. Great production sense. Still, Hendrix is above them all in my view - probably because He was the first to blow up my mind.