[kj] Geordies guitar?

fatpotanga fatpotanga at gmail.com
Tue May 15 04:26:26 EDT 2012


woah - that's the puppy all right.
Like everyone else:
#1 eyebrows truly raised
#2 I wish I were in a position to have a crack at it.

I might just go for the opening bid so I can say "I once bid on Geordies guitar" then sit nervously, cupping my genitals & balancing the remote hope of success against the likelihood of castration & divorce.


On 14 May 2012, at 22:15, TB wrote:


> Carlos Fandango wrote:

>

> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GIBSON-ES295-EX-GEORDIE-WALKER-KILLING-JOKE-YES-REALLY-1953-/390419342209?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitar

> s_CV&hash=item5ae6ce6381

>

> +++++++++++++++++++

>

> Love the obligatory "RIP - PVR" in the description as if a shout out to Raven gives the auction more legitimacy.

>

> My gut feeling is either the guitar never belonged to Geordie and is being paired with a "Killing Joke" road case to pad the

> believability factor or it is indeed *one* of Geordie's ES295's but this one has deteriorated to such a state it's no longer

> playable to a reliable degree and he's just unloading it. Or it could be stolen.

>

> I remember finding Brian James old Vox amp (verified through the amp's serial number) that he used to record the first Lords Of The

> New Church album in '82 at a local Guitar Center around 2004 in their used section. Brian told me through his manager (at the time)

> that it had been stolen in LA around '83 but he couldn't afford to go through the US/UK legal hoops to reclaim it and have it

> shipped back to the UK so someone wound up buying it.

>

> T.B.

>

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