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Forever Guitar
Tom started replaying guitar when he started waiting at the bus stop when his daughter started first grade.He began playing in 1976 when dating a rock star. He will never forget his first guitar. It was a piece of junk but my friend said she had a guitar in the basement of her mother’s home on Long Island so he took the train and brought that guitar back to Greenwich Village where he was living. Tom was dating a rock start while she was creating a record and her producers where Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson. Like a fool Tom brought the guitar to the recording studio and in the foyer Ian was sitting behind the front desk. He took that guitar, twisted a few knobs and made it play like never before. Tom hammered away
for several years trying to get past beginnings then left playing till
he started playing a ukulele turned like a guitar at the bus stop. He
moved to a Martin Back Packer later and then a Baby Taylor. After meeting
Willy Eames in Lexington he noticed he played an old Harmony and went
looking for one and found one on Craigslist out of Portland and when it
arrived it was in perfect shape. Made in 1953, it had never been played.
Eventually the neck started to go south and he took the strings off and
left it in the stand for a half a year till he got this bright idea to
make an outside truss for it. Because the heel, neck and headstock are
one piece maple it was possible to put a turnbuckle attached to aluminum
strip between the top of the headstock and the heel and still have enough
room to work the fret board. He must admit it is strange playing it but
with a straight as an arrow fret board and action as low as it can go
so he can’t complain. Can’t wait to put heavy strings on it.
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Outside
Truss for a Guitar
