For my birthday, my wife bought me my other dream guitar - a new Zemaitis metal front. I've been in love with these since I first saw Greg Lake playing one. I just never had the $50-70,000 for an original. Recently Zemaitis has been reborn. Hand crafted and hand engraved, it is one of the most striking instruments I've ever seen - true to the original design in every respect, except for the color in this case. There have been three black prototypes produced. This is one of them. I was skeptical at first because of the stigma so often attached to Japanese guitars. But as someone very wise told me - it's not where a guitar is made...it's how it's made. Many say that the quality of these instruments surpasses the originals. For while Tony was indeed a true artist, many of the guitars were still somewhat crude. I can't attest to the validity of that myself as I've never played one of Tony's originals. But I see no way of improving on this one. These pictures are courtesy of Make 'n Music in Chicago, from where the guitar was purchased. I never thought I'd see the day when the Little Bear would be watching the game from the sidelines! I know it's only temporary.
