And for the fans of old guitars, here's the same instrument after Robert Hunter decorated it:
(https://i.ibb.co/BVX9S2Jr/IMG-3030.jpg)
Yea Jerry! :)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k66xgMY64Ys&pp=0gcJCWQCo7VqN5tD&ra=m
I'm not sure this is the same guitar I thought it was...
Is it this one?
https://www.om28.com/ProductDetail?product=P140325002
I'm curious, because in an older thread with pictures, the... ummm... decorative stuff wasn't there yet.
Looks like the same one to me.
Peter
It's the same one — Robert Hunter decorated it in the early '70s, after Jerry gifted it to him.
Quote from: Nova Constellatio on August 04, 2026, 06:26:20 AMIt's the same one — Robert Hunter decorated it in the early '70s, after Jerry gifted it to him.
I must have seen a different guitar. Hang on, lemme go look for that. Old thread on UMGF, had links that might be dead.
*yeah, different guitar. But the sister to it. https://umgf.com/36-000-18s-7-string-t128820.html
I need a new hobby. Stamps, or bugs or something.
LOL! I love the skill of being able to pick guitars out of a lineup.
Don't give it up! - its a very valuable resource for the rest of us who trust your encyclopedic knowledge!
My neighbors say I have the same skill with snakes in our area...I get called all the time to remove them...here's what I get to face...Snake tongs required!
Guitars are better!
Quote from: edwardofhuncote on August 04, 2026, 07:10:41 AMQuote from: Nova Constellatio on August 04, 2026, 06:26:20 AMIt's the same one — Robert Hunter decorated it in the early '70s, after Jerry gifted it to him.
I must have seen a different guitar. Hang on, lemme go look for that. Old thread on UMGF, had links that might be dead.
*yeah, different guitar. But the sister to it. https://umgf.com/36-000-18s-7-string-t128820.html
I need a new hobby. Stamps, or bugs or something.
I had no idea the other one had shown up — they only made two that year!
Quote from: Artgeckko on August 04, 2026, 01:09:58 PMLOL! I love the skill of being able to pick guitars out of a lineup.
Don't give it up! - its a very valuable resource for the rest of us who trust your encyclopedic knowledge!
My neighbors say I have the same skill with snakes in our area...I get called all the time to remove them...here's what I get to face...Snake tongs required!
Guitars are better!
Assuming; W. Diamondback where you are, Ed. That's a little guy. Interestingly, I'm that guy here. I learned to identify the dangerous ones indigenous to this part of Virginia at a young age, and how to manage them. It got me over any fear of them, so when I spot one that isn't, immediately the curiosity turns to a game of "what species is it?".
I haven't seen the first rattlesnake this year, in spite of an unusually dry spring and summer. (the only ones we have here are two variations of timber rattlesnakes... the ones in higher elevations tend to have less of a pattern, but same snake. They're generally mild-tempered... if you don't mess with them they will ignore you) I have seen two small copperheads, quite the opposite. Very ill-tempered and will bite at the slightest provocation. They weren't near anywhere that I thought posed a threat, so I didn't bother moving them. Yesterday an unusual sight, a juvenile mole kingsnake. Somewhere way back in the Scenery Thread (maybe?) is a very colorful Eastern hognose snake I spotted one time.
Why doesn't that surprise me that you would be the goto guy for snakes as well!
Actually, its a So Pacific Rattler. About a 20" baby.
Thankfully, the Big Westerns Diamondbacks are quite a bit south and east of us (Ventura county, CA)
That said, the S.Pacific get to about 5+ feet and at that size are pretty impressive animals.
Interestingly, most of the rattlers I get called for and see rarely make the rattle sound.
A park ranger I spoke with said that most pf the snakes encountered in suburban environments are killed, and maybe the one that survive are possibly because they have made no sound, or restrict their noise rattle...Kinda interesting.
Timber rattlers are pretty cool looking. You have a little more variety of venomous snakes in your area...so keep the tongs handy!