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Carmelita aka the Claw aka I'm broke...

JBLPplayer

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Hey Guys,
Just wanted to share in the good news that both myself and the Anonymous Texas Collector went in on 9-1953 aka Carmelita or as it was known back in the day (known very well by our host) as "The Claw". Special thanks to Rick Gould who has worked tirelessly to get this done for us and to Jim Gentry for being so easy to work with. Certainly an international deal all the way around. I am touring Europe at the moment, the guitar is in California and Jim lives out of the country.

The guitar will make its onstage debut with me in Midland Texas in just over a month. :salude

Here she is on burst Serial Log.. I'm not good with posting photos or with any technology post 1964.

Cheers...

Joe B

http://www.burstserial.com/site/gallery.html
 
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garywright

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"aka, I'm broke " :hee

congrats on the new time share burst :jim
 

madformac

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Congratulations Joe. :salude

You two guys have got one of the best examples right there.

I guess this purchase means you'll be working the road for a while yet!

Enjoy an amazing Burst! :dude:
 

JJ Blair

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JTinFL

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Delicious. I think when you're done with your Florida dates in December, you should bring her over to my house to play. And you can play with my Alpina, or the Blue Mistress, as my wife likes to call her... ;-)
 

Vic DaPra

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Congrats Joe....definitely a BIG DOG burst....It was also known as the Hawaiian burst...I'll give ya my scoop on this one sometime..gorgeous color and a smokin' top
 
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CDaughtry

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Joe sent me some pictures to post, which I will do as soon as I get home. I'm doing the Race for the Cure right now!
 

JJ Blair

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If I had that kind of coin to drop on that level of Burst, that's the kind of top I love. Doesn't get much sicker than that.
 

Tom Wittrock

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Here are photos from when it was in Hawaii:

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These photos are likely darker than reality. :)
 
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