G. Love Signature Guitar
Airline Black and Blue releaeased with special early price 28-Jun-12
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The Black and Blue by: G. Love
My obsession with unique and weird guitars started on the first night I was in Boston in the late spring of 1992. I had just finished my first and only year in college and had driven to Boston to visit my best friend Jonny V and get a street performers permit. My plan was to move to Boston that summer and delve into my music. I was going to be a professional musician and my first gig would be on the streets of Harvard Square.
That night Jonny and I were rolling around the Berklee and North Eastern neighborhoods smoking and carousing. We happened upon Cambridge Music store and I saw the craziest red and white pawn shop guitar in the window. The shop was closed and I was broke. I don't even know what it was.
Later that summer I made it a point to check that store often and one night as I rolled by I saw the guitar in the window. It turned out to be a Blue Sparkle and white mother of toilet seat Fender Mustang rip off by an Italian guitar maker, Crucianelli. I ran in the store and put down $25 on it. The next day I came back, traded in my Squire Tele, paid $125 in cash and walked out with the freshest guitar I had ever seen. For $250 bucks I had a sound and a guitar that no one else had.
You see, I was not trying to be a Gibson or Fender guy, I wanted to be original. I wanted a unique sound and look. Original baby!! Awwww yeah. I used that guitar on 10 records and toured the world for 20 years. Along the way I was able to find a couple more copies of the guitar and when shit would break we would piece it back together with spare parts. Man, did that guitar have a sound. I thought I would never find a better more unique and cutting tone. Until now.
My obsession with cool and different guitars led me to Eastwood guitars. Through a mutual friend, Lou Vito who I had worked with at both Fender and Gibson, I met Mike Robinson who is a man with a vision. Through his My Rare Guitars site and Eastwood guitars, Mike has been collecting and producing some of the coolest and strangest guitars I have ever seen.
We started talking immediately about designing a new guitar that had all the elements of a crazy pawnshop guitar. What you are seeing, and what we are proud to present, is the brand spanking new G.Love Black and Blue. This replica of the classic Airline 59 3/PU is the bomb. I thought the Crucianelli had the sound but I swear to the good lord above, the Black and Blue triumphs. It's got a cutting tone that sparkles and shimmers. It's got soaring sustain like a Les Paul. The fret board has both resistance and fluidity so I can crunch my blues riffs as well as flow into melodic solos with ease. It's got the most bad ass look I've ever seen with a body shape that looks like a work of art.
We based the colors on that blue sparkle of the Crucianelli with a black neck and headstock. It looks tough. It's one of a kind no doubt. We put 3 single coil pickups to give the guitar that cutting tone and enormous presence. It's got the Bigsby tremolo bar and a bunch of knobs to tune your tone in perfect on all pick up settings. This guitar is road worthy; it's never gone down on a show. It sounds amazing in the studio and it keeps sounding better and better with every gig I play. What can I say? I've been looking for this guitar my whole career and now I ain't never letting it go.
I know this Black and Blue Airline is going to make you satisfied in every way. I guarantee it. So what are you waiting for, get Black and Blue and play the blues! Thanks for stopping by.
Your friend, G. Love
Pricing and Availability:
G. Love Black and Blue, early release price: $1199. More information:
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