The Pelican guitarist has a unique guitar with its own road stories
1 “This Is a scale Model guitar that my friend Dave Johnson buIlt me In Nashville, Tennessee. It’s the second one he’s built for me, I have another just like this that’s all mahogany and It’s Les paul-heavy – a shoulder breaker. whIch kind of, In a weird way, sounds slightly better. This one Is the same design, It’s like a Gibson Frankenstein sG / les paul Custom neck with a FlyIng V headstock, but this one has Fender-style woods [based] off maybe a standard-style strat where you have an ash body, maple neck and then a rosewood fretboard. It’s a lot lighter… over the years I’ve got a little dIsenfranchIsed wIth bIgger companIes and I just want to know the guy who’s gonna buIld It.”
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