© 2008 Philipp Fankhauser
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1955 Gibson ES 125
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1975 Aria Jumbo
At age eleven I received this guitar from my mum for Christmas. I will never forget the smell that surrounded me when I opened the case. Brand new, gorgeous wood. The instrument has developped a unique sound over the years. She is not for sale - at no price! |
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1985 Fender/Squier Telecaster '54 Reissue
This has been the first electric guitar I bought from my own money in 1985. I wanted to have that particular guitar, because Muddy Waters and Roy Buchanan played such Telecasters. The US Fender model was out of my financial league, so I "only" got the japanese Fender, the Squier. Years later it would turn out that the 1985 Japan Fenders became very desirable and rank among the best Fender instruments of that decade. I have already turned down a few very tempting offers! |
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2002 Gibson L-130
I bought this gorgeous instrument in May 2002 in Nashville, Tennessee. On Memorial Day my brother Christoph and I rushed into a guitar shop, and I made sheep eyes in lieu of dozens of the most incredible guitars. Until that little Gibson smiled at me out of a corner. It was love at first sight! |
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2000 Fender Stratocaster, Buddy Guy Signature Series
I bought this guitar in May of 2000 at Buddy Guy's Legends Club on South Wabash Ave. in Chicago. Buddy was in the club, and he signed it right there for me. I strummed it once, just a few chords. Other than that she rests in her original Fender Tweed case waiting for me and her to get old. It's a unique guitar! |
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1987 Gibson Les Paul, Johnny Copeland Heritage, Miller Edition
This instrument is only sixteen years old, but everybody that ever saw it, guesses thirty or more years. No wonder, this guitar has over 1000 Johnny Copeland concerts on its neck, and it shows. You literally can see what positions the Texas Twister used the most, his rings have carved deep memories into the wood. Johnny Copeland was part of a deal with Miller Beer and was presented with this guitar. Later he would get a deal with Gibson Guitars in Nashville, and I was the happy heir of this historical instrument. When I play it, I feel Johnny Copeland's spirit! |
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2002 National Resoelectric
Have you ever walked by a store, and what you saw already had your name on it? You couldn't help but just get it? Well, that's exactly what happened to me when I walked by Matt Umanov Guitars on Bleeker Street in Manhattan - he had that beauty in his window. I even correctly paid taxes at Zurich Airport! She's the electric version of the shiny Dobro and National resophonic guitars, and she has that great resonator sound. A beautiful insrument with a spectacular paint job! |
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1979 Fender Stratocaster
It's a very special instrument, I'll admit to that - I just never play it. I bought it around 1990 in Thun, in combination with a Fender Twin Reverb amplifier. She is incredibly heavy, as she doesn't have the tremolo cut out. She's not a healthy stage guitar, but great in the studio with that typical Strat sound. |
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1997 Fender American Telecaster
Like I didn't have enough guitars, I bought this Tele for an upcoming Europe tour. I was scared of taking Johnny's Les Paul on the airplane with me, afraid it might get stolen or damaged. So I simply drove down to Guitar World in San Diego, and bought this good looking Telecaster; (hmm, sounds like I could easily afford it - yep, thanks to credit cards!!) |
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1985 Fender/Squier Stratocaster
Back in 1996 I walked by Kings Pawn Shop in San Diego, where I was living at that time, and spotted this black beauty in the window. Out of curiosity I walked in, and sure enough, it was the same 1985 Fender Japan model as my '54 Reissue Tele. The tag was unbelievably low, and just for the hell of it I bought it. I never really played much on her, at least not in public. But it's good to know she's here with me... |
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Crafter 30th Anniversary Moonlight Edition
"You need a backup guitar, man. Can't be changing strings on stage!" So my dear band members "decided", and I went to get me such a backup guitar. Strictly following the law "you get what you pay for" my only hope is, that this made in Korea piece of wood may develop a sound in the future. All photographs Claudine Howald 2003, www.fotografin.com |
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