Above is a recent April of 2016 Find in a South Texas Pawn shop, a Peavey Mystic dating from the early 1980's. This Guitar is not common at all maybe less than 300 made from what I can gather. What really freaked me out is supposedly Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad had something to do with this guitars design. This I thought was cool....Ill come back and blog more about this nice guitar. This guitar has a wonderful bright red paint job ,very powerful humbuckers, great feeling neck,a tremolo system. Nice sound . Notice the cowboy boots in the background...you cant get away from Texas ha ha !!!!
Above.....Another recent find May 6th 2016 in a pawn shop in Harlingen ,Texas...is this Jackson Randy Rhoads RRTMG Model Guitar..I had seen this guitar hanging in this particular pawn shop for several months and nobody had jumped on it...totally clean guitar...very well made. I believe its a Japanese Made model, these go for anywhere between 450.00 and 999.00 bux online..used to new. I scored this baby for super dang cheap ! Way less than 450.00 bux for sure! its total shred machine compound radius,emg pickups,coil split,ebony neck,jumbo frets,maple sandwich neck,tone pros hard ware and super light...fine fine guitar..! its a gample when you buy guitars sometime they have total screw ups inside that you can see. It is a gamble buying used guitars, sometimes you get burned sometimes they are amazing...this one is killer. When I 1st saw it several months back it was priced at 699.00 and was dead clean mint but hanging around in the pawn shop it got its sharp points total scrapped up and the paint chipped off in place. This, I can fix. More than likely Im going to paint it another color..Tourquoise Metal Flake or Light Green Metal Flake. In all my years of playing i have always wanted a Jackson Randy Rhoads and I finnally have one...lol..crazy and lucky !
Above...I found this guitar new Fender Villager 12 string with Fishman Preamp in another pawn shop in Harlingen, Texas back in February of 2016. I waited until March of 2016 and it dropped in price and I jumped on it. I am always flabbergasted at how many deals I find and of course I loose some ha ha ....but its always crazy when you see amazing guitars like these in pawn shops ,with thousands of guitar players all over South Texas and nobody jumps on these babies...it boogles my mind. Well i went back the price was very low (hell I aint rich! ) and i jumped on it. This Villager has a great electric tone...the bridge needs to be dropped a bit ut the neck feels great like a regular Fender electric guitar ...super comfortable to play for long stretches of time...alot of fun. 
Above .....Got this baby in like June or July 2015 This Fender 12 string is from like very late 1970's ..78 or 79....it has a deep boomy sound....I got it under 200 bux...its made in Japan....has a nice sound but needs the strings lowered.....I found this baby in a pawn shop in Brownsville, Texas. I bought this as a backup to my Yamaha 12 string. 
Above.....This is a guitar called a Dean Dimebag 333, I found in a Brownsville Pawn Shop called Amigo Pawn..back in May of 2015.I purchased it from a buddy named Benny who used to work there...he gave me a great deal on the guitar....but I didn't bond with this guitar..to damn much weight....was about 10 or 11 pounds....it had a great sound...very powerful but I just didn't bond with it ..sold it....Fall of 2015.
Above....Blast from the Past found this Danelectro U56 Lefty reissue in a Pawn shop in Harlingen Texas back in 2011 . I think I payed under 200 bux for it...I loved this thing..I made a video of it on You Tube ..take a look....but tuff times forced me to sell it...I have since, now in 2016 replaced it with another Dano U 56....but seeing this picture...it hurts to have had to sell it..Guitar PlAYERS KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT HA HA !
ABOVE....THIS ONE IS PAINFUL...a blast from the past...My Brother Eloy....bought this guitar for me....it was a Historic reissue 59 Gibson Les Paul Custom Shop..cherry sweet sunburst !!!! ...we found it in a pawn shop in Harlingen Texas back in 2011....for only 500 bux !!! it was worth wayyyyy...more....but somebody had broken the neck...and repaired it...to me it was not a problem it sounded amazing...I made a you Tube Video ..holding it talking about British Hobgoblin Beer...ha ha ....it was fun...but Yes tuff times in 2012....and stupid decisions on my part got me in a jam...and I had to sell it...to a good friend named Gus...unfortunately Gus sold it to a guy in California and Ill never get it back...bummer...I still owe Eloy on this one...!!! he always reminds me of this haha !!! 
Above...A recent edition to The Valles Flying Machine arsenal...is this 2009 Rickenbacker 381 V 12 string guitar in Fireglow..with the 12 string micro adjust bridge.....I found this guitar on Craigslist in late November of 2015....and ...followed it and followed it for several weeks ....keeping my eye on this guitar to see if it had sold...it was located in Austin, Texas. I offered the seller a set amount...at 1st he was not sure....so I called him one week later and he agreed...after I had told him who I was....and what my intentions were...he gladly sold it to me. turns out it was one of Jimmy Vaughens most trusted guitar techs !!! The story goes it was for sale from the estate of a huge guitar collector who had passed away and his widow was unloading all his guitars...I was sad for the man....I told Mark the Tech I would play it gladly in his honour and mention this in concert one day ...in memory of the Man who originally owned it. I have had nothing but good vibes from this guitar and i have already recorded several songs with it...on Valles Flying Machine's new album ..Mermaid Blues. This guitar sounds super duper duper beautiful...and is totally inspiring to play....I got a mother of a deal on this thing....did I mention they retail at 5,409.00 new..????? wow...! 
ABOVE...BLAST FROM THE PAST....THIS ONE HURTS ALOT...AND I mean alot !!!! I originally traded a bunch of guitars in 2005 to Jason at Spacetone Music in San Antonio, Texas for this guitar. this being a reissue Hallmark Swept Wing by Bob Shade. I loved this guitar alot....alot..alot...but had to sell it.I got in a super disgusting money bind and i had to sell it on Ebay....back in 2012. I was mad at myself for a long time on this one. I wrote Circle of Sacred Stones on this baby...it had an amazing full spectrum of tones due to the p90 style pickups...and the sparkle green was just eye candy !!! I love this guitar and I miss it badly....I hope to find another one someday. By the way Jason is a grat guy his store is amazing !