Hello folks,hope your having a great day ! just look at these pictures..wow!
another one
cleaning the guitar when these fotos were taken...
got your attention..? ha ha do you knowwhat this is...? its as close as youll get to the Holy Grail of guitar finds at any Pawn Shop,Garage Sale,Estate Sale,Flea Market,or if you live on The Tex Mex Border or The Southwest, A giant Pulga(short for FleaMarket)and or SwapMeet.
This baby doll.The Pawnshop Princess of all guitars The Dream catch...maybe even The Queen..of all finds....The Fantasy of all guitar enthusiasts a very rare find..anywhere...is a
Gibson Les Paul Classic Premium Plus Model..in AAA Flame Cherry Sunburst..wow..takes your breath away...! this particular model is less than 10 years old and is in great condition..
Now let me tell the story of how Texas Joe got a hold of this baby doll!
Tuesday July 19th 2011 Texas Joe took a cruise to Raymondville, Texas to view the studios of VTX cable television and shoot the breeze with some cool people that work there...well...after the meeting..Texas Joe decided to visit the surrounding area pawnshops..to see if he could find any cool guitar pedals and or recording mics or anything of value for the bands studio..well..1st pawn shop was full of neat stuff...mics...some rack stuff..some cool cameras..and then Joe got to digging through the DVD's and realized he had been over an hour in this one particular pawnshop..well..it was getting late time to go home...but there was one more pawn shop down the road ...should a visit be in order..? or just call it a day and go home..?
well my rational side and curious side got the best of me.The next pawn shop was just down the street...about 5 blocks.."lets just drop by real quick and take a quick look,then hit the highway for home.." This particular pawnshop..never has anything of real value...but..through the years...out of every 20 or 30 times i have hit this place i have gotten very lucky..and scored a kool guitar and or guitar gadget..but it is not often...well ...i had a funny feeling driving up to this pawnshop...a weird feeling..but I brushed it off "go in quick take a look and split.." Texas Joe said...well walked in..took a look around..ahh kool...a Peavey 5150 Eddie Van Halen 4x12 speaker cab..for 200 bux...not bad..kool I thought...next I looked at the Cameras..nice but not great then...I looked up to where the guitars were..at 1st glance I thought I was looking at a cheap imitation..then I took a second look and my eyes popped out wow..in mere nanoseconds Texas Joe processed the whole guitar ..Cherry Sunburst Finish..2 humbucking pickups...crown inlays...white piping...FLAME MAPLE TOP..VERY FLAMEY MAPLE TOP...WITH QUILT IN IT ALSO! WOW !
asked the pawnshop employee if I could take a look at the guitar behind the counter he said "sure, yes, go for it"
Texas Joe ran around the counter..stumbled on a old X-BOX thrown on the floor..and could not get his hands on the Les Paul fast enough....wow..! it was light for a Gibson very light..! it was solid..beautiful cherry sunburst of flame and quilt top ! wow ! ..But one problem..and here it was ....
yup a cracked headstock...
Texas Joe was bummed for a second ..until he looked at the price ..."wait a minute this cant be right...its too cheap..thought to myself.." these guitars go for 2400.00 to 3000.00 dollars...and this price...well its what you would expect to pay for a very used Made in Japan Fender Guitar ! ..I was blown away...Texas Joe was thinking this is crazy this guitar is way cheap...we went through the whole guitar to see if it was a fake..nope it all checked out ,it was a real made in Nashville Gibson Les Paul...well I had to have it..so I called a Pawnshop employee over and asked if that was the real price and he told me..." nope...you can have it for less we need to move it cuz it has a broken headstock.cant have it like that in the store ..bad for business !!! wow I could not believe my ears ! !!!!...he gave me a price..it shocked me...lets just say the price of a really cheap Fender guitar....and those are all over the pawn shops...so you get the idea...Texas Joe called Eloy...and Eloy cold not believe it also...so Texas Joe drove...back to Brownsville to pick up Eloy so they could both inspect the guitar through and through..yup it was the real deal except for a cracked..headstock..this Les Paul was the real deal ! so Eloy and Texas Joe paid for it...(Thnx ELOY)...and the pawnshop guys were very kool ..to us...very nice...even came with a Gibson Case ! and spare parts..! what a deal...We took the guitar over to Eloy's and glued the neck right then and there..it was a clean break so..some wood glue..and a couple of days and it was good as new ! So here it is Thursday July 21st 2011..the guitar is restrung with .009 gauge strings and the glue bond is as good as ever...its not a super pro job but it is good and it will hold forever..! a pro job would cost at least 175.00..thats money for..another Danelectro guitar ha ha ! or a trip to Austin Texas...but for now its a great looking and working guitar...
and here is Texas Joe with his new Pawn Shop Princess a Gibson Les Paul AAA Flame Top Primium Plus.
another more colorful picture..
well that about wraps up our little adventure for the early part of this week...but before we close out this blog I have to add...2 things..
1. got the new 2010 Spirit..Original Album Classics Box set...by Sony...with 5 of the early titles.(.Spirit 1..The Family That Plays Together..Clear..12 Dreams of Dr.Sardonicus.and Feedback.)...and ..will hopefully do a blog on these albums because they are great ... remastered also!
2. we have 5 booking agents trying to land us gigs all over The U.S.A. and not one has been able to land us a gig yet..due to the very bad economy and no clubs and or festivals really want..to hire..unknown bands hitting thier areas..like us..so we just have to roll with it until something happens for us....we have one tenative festival up in the NorthEast for September..and we had one cancelled for Chicago in August...but we are still trying..its not the bookers fault or our management partners...its just we are not out on the road ..not known yet..and so our drawing capacity...is in question... once people see us live all that will change but we are still trying and not giving up...
ok thats about it for our crazy and fun blog,again our music is available at our very kool and hip music site...
www.vallesflyingmachine.bandcamp.com
have a nice day
sincerely
texas joe valles
July 21st 2011
another one
cleaning the guitar when these fotos were taken...
got your attention..? ha ha do you knowwhat this is...? its as close as youll get to the Holy Grail of guitar finds at any Pawn Shop,Garage Sale,Estate Sale,Flea Market,or if you live on The Tex Mex Border or The Southwest, A giant Pulga(short for FleaMarket)and or SwapMeet.
This baby doll.The Pawnshop Princess of all guitars The Dream catch...maybe even The Queen..of all finds....The Fantasy of all guitar enthusiasts a very rare find..anywhere...is a
Gibson Les Paul Classic Premium Plus Model..in AAA Flame Cherry Sunburst..wow..takes your breath away...! this particular model is less than 10 years old and is in great condition..
Now let me tell the story of how Texas Joe got a hold of this baby doll!
Tuesday July 19th 2011 Texas Joe took a cruise to Raymondville, Texas to view the studios of VTX cable television and shoot the breeze with some cool people that work there...well...after the meeting..Texas Joe decided to visit the surrounding area pawnshops..to see if he could find any cool guitar pedals and or recording mics or anything of value for the bands studio..well..1st pawn shop was full of neat stuff...mics...some rack stuff..some cool cameras..and then Joe got to digging through the DVD's and realized he had been over an hour in this one particular pawnshop..well..it was getting late time to go home...but there was one more pawn shop down the road ...should a visit be in order..? or just call it a day and go home..?
well my rational side and curious side got the best of me.The next pawn shop was just down the street...about 5 blocks.."lets just drop by real quick and take a quick look,then hit the highway for home.." This particular pawnshop..never has anything of real value...but..through the years...out of every 20 or 30 times i have hit this place i have gotten very lucky..and scored a kool guitar and or guitar gadget..but it is not often...well ...i had a funny feeling driving up to this pawnshop...a weird feeling..but I brushed it off "go in quick take a look and split.." Texas Joe said...well walked in..took a look around..ahh kool...a Peavey 5150 Eddie Van Halen 4x12 speaker cab..for 200 bux...not bad..kool I thought...next I looked at the Cameras..nice but not great then...I looked up to where the guitars were..at 1st glance I thought I was looking at a cheap imitation..then I took a second look and my eyes popped out wow..in mere nanoseconds Texas Joe processed the whole guitar ..Cherry Sunburst Finish..2 humbucking pickups...crown inlays...white piping...FLAME MAPLE TOP..VERY FLAMEY MAPLE TOP...WITH QUILT IN IT ALSO! WOW !
asked the pawnshop employee if I could take a look at the guitar behind the counter he said "sure, yes, go for it"
Texas Joe ran around the counter..stumbled on a old X-BOX thrown on the floor..and could not get his hands on the Les Paul fast enough....wow..! it was light for a Gibson very light..! it was solid..beautiful cherry sunburst of flame and quilt top ! wow ! ..But one problem..and here it was ....
yup a cracked headstock...
Texas Joe was bummed for a second ..until he looked at the price ..."wait a minute this cant be right...its too cheap..thought to myself.." these guitars go for 2400.00 to 3000.00 dollars...and this price...well its what you would expect to pay for a very used Made in Japan Fender Guitar ! ..I was blown away...Texas Joe was thinking this is crazy this guitar is way cheap...we went through the whole guitar to see if it was a fake..nope it all checked out ,it was a real made in Nashville Gibson Les Paul...well I had to have it..so I called a Pawnshop employee over and asked if that was the real price and he told me..." nope...you can have it for less we need to move it cuz it has a broken headstock.cant have it like that in the store ..bad for business !!! wow I could not believe my ears ! !!!!...he gave me a price..it shocked me...lets just say the price of a really cheap Fender guitar....and those are all over the pawn shops...so you get the idea...Texas Joe called Eloy...and Eloy cold not believe it also...so Texas Joe drove...back to Brownsville to pick up Eloy so they could both inspect the guitar through and through..yup it was the real deal except for a cracked..headstock..this Les Paul was the real deal ! so Eloy and Texas Joe paid for it...(Thnx ELOY)...and the pawnshop guys were very kool ..to us...very nice...even came with a Gibson Case ! and spare parts..! what a deal...We took the guitar over to Eloy's and glued the neck right then and there..it was a clean break so..some wood glue..and a couple of days and it was good as new ! So here it is Thursday July 21st 2011..the guitar is restrung with .009 gauge strings and the glue bond is as good as ever...its not a super pro job but it is good and it will hold forever..! a pro job would cost at least 175.00..thats money for..another Danelectro guitar ha ha ! or a trip to Austin Texas...but for now its a great looking and working guitar...
and here is Texas Joe with his new Pawn Shop Princess a Gibson Les Paul AAA Flame Top Primium Plus.
another more colorful picture..
well that about wraps up our little adventure for the early part of this week...but before we close out this blog I have to add...2 things..
1. got the new 2010 Spirit..Original Album Classics Box set...by Sony...with 5 of the early titles.(.Spirit 1..The Family That Plays Together..Clear..12 Dreams of Dr.Sardonicus.and Feedback.)...and ..will hopefully do a blog on these albums because they are great ... remastered also!
2. we have 5 booking agents trying to land us gigs all over The U.S.A. and not one has been able to land us a gig yet..due to the very bad economy and no clubs and or festivals really want..to hire..unknown bands hitting thier areas..like us..so we just have to roll with it until something happens for us....we have one tenative festival up in the NorthEast for September..and we had one cancelled for Chicago in August...but we are still trying..its not the bookers fault or our management partners...its just we are not out on the road ..not known yet..and so our drawing capacity...is in question... once people see us live all that will change but we are still trying and not giving up...
ok thats about it for our crazy and fun blog,again our music is available at our very kool and hip music site...
www.vallesflyingmachine.bandcamp.com
have a nice day
sincerely
texas joe valles
July 21st 2011