So I Finally Got Around To Taking Some Pictures..

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Matt986
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So I Finally Got Around To Taking Some Pictures..

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Here's the G&L family:

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Left to right:

1983 G&L SC-1
1984 G&L SC-2
2011 G&L SC-2 (my wife's custom order)
1984 G&L SC-3
2007 G&L ASAT Classic (it's a Blueburst but it's picking up a lot of reflections from the grass)

Here's a couple of additional shots of the SC-3:

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It has an interesting and sad story behind it. I bought it off of ebay a few months ago for a great price. The guitar was in Boston and it's autographed by Adam Vinatieri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Vinatieri). The seller was actually selling the guitar for someone else who he described as a local (Boston) collector. The story that I got from the seller was that the guitar was owned in the past by someone who was in a Boston band. Adam V was in the club that they were playing at one night and he autographed the guitar. As you can probably see from the pictures the autograph is to someone named "Laurel" and the hard shell case for the guitar had the band name "Lumen" painted on it. Well, it didn't take too long to find out that the guitar belonged to a woman named Laurel Bowman who played in Lumen. I was also saddened to see that she passed away suddenly in 2009 at the age of 44. So in honor of Laurel Bowman, here are a couple of videos of Lumen in concert. She's playing what I believe is an ASAT Special in these videos, but if you look closely at the left side of the stage in the first video you can see what I think is the neck and headstock of the SC-3 in a guitar stand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQi5oKGFyjg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQKBywa1 ... re=related

Finally, a bit of non-G&L content to round out my collection of electric guitars and basses:

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Left to right:

2010 Ibanez Bass
1989 MIK Squier Stratocaster
2011 Agile AL-3000M
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Ahryn
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Re: So I Finally Got Around To Taking Some Pictures..

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Pictures like these makes me wish I knew how to whistle...

I'll be raising a glass for Laurel tonight, may she rest in eternal peace.
zapcosongs
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Excellent post, photos and collection. Welcome! - ed
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darwinohm
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Matt, very impressive group of G&Ls. Thanks for posting.-- Darwin. :thumbup: