cleon wrote:
-Martin’s Dick Boak helped us identify this guitar, which is a D-18S 12-fret “standard” Dreadnought with a slotted headstock; Brazilian rosewood fretboard, headplate, and bridge; and mahogany back and sides. It was used on the 1974 recording of “Sleep Dirt” and the tune “Blessed Relief” from The Grand Wazoo. Zappa traded a Telecaster to get the Martin from its owner, Mark Volman (a.k.a “Flo”) from Zappa’s early-’70’s Flo and Eddie lineup.
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i think he said he said 22 guitars
The Martin D-18S is quite a sought after instrument....often referred to as the
'Clarence White' model..they sound better than a 14 fret model because the
bridge is further back...a real fave model for flatpickers (which is probably
why Frank loved the tone) I think he did a good swap for the Tele
man, I can't believe how many mistakes are in the Zappa equipment page
(all credit to the guy for trying though)
Frank's original SG Special was
not black...it was cherry
it didn't have a Bigsby, but a Gibson Vibrola
the SG with the mirror scratchplate was not a different guitar, but the same one modified
the Hendrix strat was
not red....but sunburst
the Les Paul Custom was
not red...it was cherry sunburst
the Black Widow was made by Acoustic, and it was fretless....there were
no other fretless guitars unless Frank had another one custom made
(which I've never heard of)
Frank didn't go and have his custom SG made....from memory, some fan
made it and presented it to him at a gig (don't know if any money changed hands)
Also, the other Les Paul shaped guitar is most likely the Jacobacci Frank
bought in Europe after the casino fire
(there's a pic of Frank playing it when he was in his wheelchair)
I've seen Frank pictured with other guitars...but I don't know if he owned them
(a nice Gibson ES-355TD for example)
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look correct The new Dweezil interview got the same Switchmaster with the Traducer Pickup just below the bridge pick up And the SG with white headstock is red take a look at the sides,just got some big old scratch plate covering the rest of the body.
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