Hi everybody a little more guitar fun here....
see pix below.....enjoy !
When I 1st arrived in Austin Texas to finally lay down roots in June of 2017 a good friend of mine told me that this Ovation Double Neck 12 string 6 string was for sale at a local pawn shop, I jumped at the chance to go look at the guitar. Early in the morning I went to apply at a job in North Austin {didn't get the job btw lol..it sucked} and afterwards I went to South Austin to see this guitar. Well it was in bad shape! Dirty grimy and beat up and the Body was splitting at the seams ! But its saving grace was 2 things..it had very fast and east to play necks and it sounded very good ...even though it had super dirty strings on it......I decided to layaway the guitar and in like 3 weeks I pulled it out of layaway and took it home.....Later on I took it to Robot Monster Guitars in San Antonio and the guys there glued up and repaired the broken seems fixed the pickup system restrung both necks and polished and fine tuned the guitar for me...not bad for a 350 dollar investment...originally the guitar was priced at 550 bux...but nobody wanted a broken guitar and I scored it for 350 and gave it some TLC....The guitar sounds very good im super happy with it....The above picture is from June of 2017 when I 1st put the guitar on layaway...…..THESE GUITARS NEW GO FOR ABOUT 900 BUX ! .
the above pictures are taken from our September 2018 video taping on the local television show Up Late Austin.. at the T.V. Studios of Local Public Television Ch 16 on the East Side of Austin. We had film and dvd copies made of this broadcast and its up on You Tube...I used the double neck on only one song ...Feathers in Her Hair....the song came off very well....just Google the song and it pops up....nice performance this Ovation Double neck sounds great...and looks great too..!
Double Neck Ovation all cleaned up and polished photo above...... Sept 2019.....
Above photo was taken Oct 20th 2019 I believe at Roots Deli in Georgetown Austin...with a guitar I do not own anymore...sadly...it was a great guitar and very easy to play...but I traded it for a Rickenbacker...12 string...that night was my 1st show after my Massive Heart Attack on Oct 7th 2019...I was 4 days in the hospital...and was a little scared I might never play again....notice in less than a month how much weight I had lost...lol...serves me right...
I only did 3 songs that night as it was a open mic of sorts....but it felt good....to get up and play again......and the guitar felt excellent ...this OLP EARNIE BALL 12 STRING..HAS A REALLY NICE CHIMY SOUND BUT ALSO VERY THICK AND COMMANDING DUE TO THE SCALE its very easy to play...
Above is a show we played in Nov of 2019 opening for the James Byron Band at a really nice place called The Barn in South Austin. We have very good video of this show and hopefully soon we will put it up on You Tube for all to see...This is the 1 st of only 2 shows Valles Flying Machine did as a band in 2019...Sam Martinez on Bass Guitar Eloy Valles on Congas and Texas Joe Valles on 12 string guitar....it was a fun show...but I was also very apprehensive due to my recent Heart Attack...that's why I choose to play sitting down..normally I try to stand....but I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOW....LOL..
The OLP EARNIE BALL 12 STRING SOUNDED BEAUTIFUL...it did not disappoint.
Another full photo shot of the Valles Flying Machine at The Barn Nov 2019.
Above is a recent find that I had seen in a North Austin Pawn shop dating way back in March or April of 2017..it was priced at 600 bux back then....its a Phantom Guitars replica of a Vox Teardrop Bass Guitar from the early 1960s but made here in The U.S.A. I finally got it for like 400 bux out the door with hard case... in August of 2019....I love this bass its going to be recorded on our Mermaid Blues album for sure I love this bass its light and very ringy and tuneful...
I found this Steinberger bass guitar in a pawn shop in West Austin...in like late Fall of 2017....I got it for a great deal....under 300 bux I think....it was originally black....but I took it to my buddy Oscar down in Brownsville Texas and he gave it the Green Metal Flake paint job it has now...I love it ha ha ! New Wave to the Bone ! A total 1980s looking bass guitar it will show up good on a video shoot for sure and I'm sure it will record great also.....
above is a super dream guitar I have in mind to buy soon....I said the same last year haha! It is a Emerald Guitars Harp Guitar...hand made in Ireland....!!!! with Harp Bass ..a Davids Lyre and 12 string guitar these guitars are made of Carbon Fiber the videos I have seen of these guitars in action make me freak out bad...I love this thing...wow ! 
ABOVE LEFT TO RIGHT 4 OF MY GUITARS THAT I WILL USE LIVE IN AUSTIN. MY 50TH BIRTHDAY HAMER STANDARD EXPLORER MADE IN KOREA.
ROLAND 707 GUITAR HIGHLY MODIFIED WITH DIMARZIO PICKUPS A COFFEE BROWN PAINT JOB AND A BUILT IN PHASER CIRCUIT AND LARGER FRETS.
RED ROLAND 707 IN STOCK CONDITION WITH A REPAIR TO THE SUSTAINBAR AT THE HEADSTOCK.
AN LATE 1980S HIGHLY MODIFIED FENDER SQUIER STRATOCASTER PAINTED PINK WITH FLOWER MOTIF ON PICKGAURD ALSO HAS EMG PICKUPS AND PLANET WAVES 6 INLINE TUNING KEYS.
LEFT TO RIGHT MID 1980S RARE COLOR SILVER PEAVEY RAZER GUITAR . A ROLAND G707 GUITAR SYNTH MODIFIED WITH A PHSER CIRCUIT IN A UGLY COFFEE BROWN PAINT JOB, THATS HOW I WAS OFFERED THE GUITAR AND BOUGHT IT. A ROLAND G707 IN ORIGINAL RED COLOR. THE GUITAR IS STOCK EXCEPT FOR A REPAIR ON THE SUSTAINBAR AT THE HEADSTOCK. 
RED ROLAND G 707 GUITAR ONE OF MY MAIN GUITARS SINCE 2015 UP UNTIL AND SO FAR INTO 2020 IN AUSTIN . 
PRACTICING ON MY RED ROLAND 707 IN FEBRUARY OF 2020
JANUARY GIG AT POPPA JACKS IN KYLE,TEXAS USING MY RED ROLAND 707 FOR THE GIG USING A BORROWED ORANGE 2X12 CABS WITH AN AMPEG PF350 AMP.
RICKENBACKER 370 12 STRING USED ON VALLES FLYING MACHINES 2011 ALBUM WITCH TREE.
ABOVE TEXAS JOE ALWAYS A MARSHALL FAN AND TONE CHASER.
BELOW AND ABOVE TEXAS JOE VALLES AT THE ALAMO CITY GUITAR SHOW FEB 22ND 2020 HOLDING A BEAUTIFUL PHANTOM GUITARS VOX TEARDROP REPLICA 6 STRING GUITAR....AWESOME ! 
ABOVE AN OFFICAL VALLES FLYING MACHINE LOGO.