Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song - Live & Dangerous

Top ten guitar solos? Sure, you have your Hotel California and Stairway to Heaven that come to mind with some Freebird, Eruption, Crossroads, Comfortably Numb in there somewhere. For me the Brian Robertson/Scott Gorham solos and harmony work on this Thin Lizzy number rank up there near the top with this song about being a cowboy.

Sonix Guitars - from the biggest music store in Hamamatsu and Deviser!

There are a few of these "Sonix" guitars out there. The background is that they are a store brand "produced" by Sonix store in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture in Japan. Hamamatsu also happens to be the home of Yamaha musical instruments and Tokai Gakki. As far as I can tell the Sonix guitars were made by Deviser and more or less matched the Momose line of guitars for specs. Sonix seems to have been one of the big dealers of Bacchus, Rivdrhead, and Momose guitars from the late 90's and you can see some examples of that series (one, two,  three, four) courtesy of the Internet Wayback Machine.

The Sonix brand seems to show up in 2006 with a Regular Spec line and a High Spec line. This link from 2009 has some beautiful LP-style guitars for sale.

I have seen a few Sonix guitars for sale over the last few years and managed to get the 62-style strat and SG two at reasonable prices. The specs seem to vary between the runs they did. The strat is basically a Momose-spec with a 2-pice body and nitro finish. It came with a nice set of Lindy Fralin Blues Specials but I think the last owner put those in along with the reproduction .1 mfd cap.
The SG has the same "Custom Craft" logo as Momoses and has a 1-piece mahogany body and nitro finish. There were models with Brazilian boards but this one seems to be Madagascar to me.

That is all I have on the Sonix story so far...

Well played, and still going 1979 SE-600J

Here is a recent acquisition: 1979 Greco SE-600J. This was based on a customized strat Jeff Beck used during the 1978 Japan tour "Jeff Beck with Stanley Clarke." Even thoughJeff didn't seem to use this strat exclusively after the tour Greco was soon to issue their own versions along with similar models from Aria Pro II, Fernandes and Navigator. I have had a couple of these including a light mint condition 1981 SE-500J Spacey Sounds model that was about 7 and a half pounds. This one from 1979 looks like to wild older brother compared to that one and has a ton of honest play wear in it. It weighs 9 and a half pounds which is more than a good number of Les Pauls.  Check out the fretboard wear at the first few frets. All in all a nice (if a bit heavy) natural relic that sounds and plays great.

The Who - The Seeker

The Seeker. One of the best Who singles."I won't get to get what I am after...'till the day I die!" - a good lyric for collectors of guitars or anything else.

Crews KTR Limited K&T NFS Bridge Pickup Demo

I forgot about this short recording I made a couple of years ago of the K&T (link to website here)NFS bridge pickup of this Crews KTR Limited. Not a great recording or terribly good playing, but I think the pickup character comes through regardless.

1980 Greco Super Real SE700 Stratocaster Guitar

Not much fancy pants playing here but the sound straight into the Fender "The Twin" gives a great demo of this 1980 Super Real SE-700.

Paisley Greco SG from 1987

Here is another one of those oddities that pop up every now and then among old Greco guitars. This is a 1987 SG in paisley. I haven't seen any other model like this and Greco didn't even have a paisley tele as far as I have seen so perhaps it was made for an artist or was some kind of limited run.  It has a fairly beefy neck and plays really nicely. I am not sure what the pickups are as the covers are on and I can't see if it has alnico magnets or ceramic. So it goes with old guitars. Only the original owner may know for sure!