IndyWS6
Well-known member
New Pictures Of Old Guitar Day 
I pulled this off the stand to play a little over the weekend and thought I would take some pictures. This is a Washburn EC-29 "Challenger I" Stephen's Extended Cutaway guitar that I bought new in 1988. It has a 29 fret ebony fret board with medium jumbo frets, EMG pickups with an on-board active mid-boost electronic system (9V battery) and a Washburn 600T tremolo. This particular finish was called "Red Magma" (or "Red Crackle") and was the third most rare of the four standard finishes. Washburn destroyed their production records for guitars produced during that time (WTF?), but Stephen Davies recollects that 1000-1500 EC-29's were produced. This particular model came with a Washburn-branded "flight case". I have seen very few of these guitars over the years, but none with a similar case from the factory. Not necessarily rare, just interesting. These guitars don't get the love that other old axes do, but it rakes in the comments from people in the crowd.
This guitar plays beautifully, stays in tune through extreme "Floyd" excursions, it sounds great and, in my opinion, is pretty damn cool. It definitely screams "80's Hair Metal". Just thought I'd share...
Enjoy
I pulled this off the stand to play a little over the weekend and thought I would take some pictures. This is a Washburn EC-29 "Challenger I" Stephen's Extended Cutaway guitar that I bought new in 1988. It has a 29 fret ebony fret board with medium jumbo frets, EMG pickups with an on-board active mid-boost electronic system (9V battery) and a Washburn 600T tremolo. This particular finish was called "Red Magma" (or "Red Crackle") and was the third most rare of the four standard finishes. Washburn destroyed their production records for guitars produced during that time (WTF?), but Stephen Davies recollects that 1000-1500 EC-29's were produced. This particular model came with a Washburn-branded "flight case". I have seen very few of these guitars over the years, but none with a similar case from the factory. Not necessarily rare, just interesting. These guitars don't get the love that other old axes do, but it rakes in the comments from people in the crowd.
This guitar plays beautifully, stays in tune through extreme "Floyd" excursions, it sounds great and, in my opinion, is pretty damn cool. It definitely screams "80's Hair Metal". Just thought I'd share...
Enjoy
