Schon Fernandes signature guitars
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:56 pmAnyone know when they will start these up? He keeps saying that they are doing them, but I don't see anything.
RSParker wrote:Anyone know when they will start these up? He keeps saying that they are doing them, but I don't see anything.
I think this interview covers a lot of it, but here's the part you're interesteted in:
DRG: Tell me about your signature guitar.
Schon: I’m now working with Paul Read Smith and I’ve got some really exciting stuff coming out with him. I was using his guitars first, before I was coached away from using his guitars, by Gibson. I basically helped Gibson up-date the Les Paul and Les himself, before he passed away, he loved the guitar. They wanted to put the guitar out without my name on it. The fast access heal that I showed them, which I had on all my old guitars, they wanted me to sign it off so they could use it on all guitars. They screwed me over. Now they put another name on a cheaper version of my guitar, so I got a bad taste in my mouth and I had to move away. So I struck up conversation with Paul at the NAMM show and we’ve got some great things coming. A semi-hollow body, like a 335 with easy access to the neck, single-cut larger body Les Paul. It’s set up with a Floyd Rose. He’s also gonna re-make the Schon guitar, the black one. He’s had that to evaluate and remake. His head turns purple when I talk to him because I have so many ideas and he likes my ideas. We’re on the beginning of a great relationship that I’ve had with him for a long time. I think I bought number 5 guitar from him when he first started out, right after Carlos bought his single cut from him. I own the first 12-string he made and brought to one of our concerts in the early 80s. He’s making one of the best guitars out there and he’s a pleasure to work with as apposed to some Joe that doesn’t know fuck all about what you really are playing.
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