This Guitar Made Me Break My Promise

[mdrs]

Hello All,

Well, I've found myself with a fair stable of gear, mostly vintage guitars and amps. I do have more modern guitars and amps as well.

I'd decided that I was NOT going to purchase any more new guitars, as I really enjoy the old ones. In fact, I've begun selling off select newer guitars, again in favor of keeping my primary interest in vintage guitars. Right??

Then, I played this Koa Hollow Drop Top.

I'd heard about Andersons for quite some time, but never really had the opportunity to lay my hands on one. Once I felt that neck, and the fret work.............It was all over for me!!

Thanks to Jack Gretz...I'm glad I can count you as a friend.
Thanks to Eliot, who told me about Andersons.
And, thank you so much to Tom, for MAKING ME BREAK MY PROMISE!! :rolleyes: :)

So, I continue to sell some of my newer guitars. After all, I'm going to have to make room for that custom Atom CT that Roy and I are discussing.......

Here's the Koa HDT;

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/Electric%20Guitars/Anderson/CIMG1522.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/Electric%20Guitars/Anderson/CIMG1524.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/Electric%20Guitars/Anderson/AndersonKoa3.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/mdrs1/Electric%20Guitars/Anderson/AndersonKoa2.jpg

[strat56]

Beautiful guitar. I'm sure it will become one of your favorites.

[Dave K]

Congrats on the koa stunner!
I like to think of it as guitar "adoption" rather than buying. :D

[enr1co]

Congrats on the Koa! The vertical grain/ 3D figure of the
koa makes it look like the top is a carved top!

[stratoquack]

Wow! That is stunning! Congratulations!
Bill

[mdrs]

Thanks for the welcome, and the nice comments on the Koa HDT.

[Rupe]

Welcome aboard!!! And congrats on a stunning guitar! I love absolutely everything about that one.

Where are you from in PA? I was raised a rural PA guy myself.

[mdrs]

Hey Rupe,

I live about 40 minutes drive north of Allentown....in the middle of nowhere!!

Where'd you grow up?

[Rupe]

The other side of the state, about 75 miles north of Pittsburgh near a town called Clarion. I went to school at Penn State and worked at/managed a music store there for most of the 90's. Spent the early 90's in Philly gigging there and NYC.

[jimfitz]

Hey Rupe,

I live about 40 minutes drive north of Allentown....in the middle of nowhere!!

Where'd you grow up?
I live in Elk County, that's really in the middle of nowhere...:p

[jimfitz]

The other side of the state, about 75 miles north of Pittsburgh near a town called Clarion. I went to school at Penn State and worked at/managed a music store there for most of the 90's. Spent the early 90's in Philly gigging there and NYC.
I'm not too far from you in St. Marys; I'm a early 70s PSU graduate...

[mdrs]

This is sounding like a PSU reunion!! My oldest son just finished his third year at PSU in State College. I did my residency at PSU School of Medicine at Hershey.

Maybe we should have a PSU Anderson Alumni Association??? :D

[mdrs]

The other side of the state, about 75 miles north of Pittsburgh near a town called Clarion. I went to school at Penn State and worked at/managed a music store there for most of the 90's. Spent the early 90's in Philly gigging there and NYC.

Did you manage the music store on Beaver, or the one on Atherton??

[Rupe]

Did you manage the music store on Beaver, or the one on Atherton??
Atherton...George's House of Music. It went out of business about a year after I left.

[jwp]

That guitar could make me break many promises!

[mdrs]

I went up to Magdon intending to just play a couple of Andersons, and mostly visit with Jack. As soon as I touched it, I knew it was a special guitar. And, well, IT IS PURDY!!! :)