Reunited with my late fathers guitar after a lifetime.

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Something profound happened to me recently. My dad was a touring musician in the 70's. He toured the USA and I was kinda there...My mother was pregnant with me. He met a guy called Tommy Walker (another drummer) while recording and touring as they moved in the same circles. They became really good friends. They had so much in common, my mother mistook Tommy's writing book as my dads because their writing and lyrics were so similar.

When my dad had to return back to the UK, he gave Tommy his writing guitar as a gift.

Fast forward 43 years: Tommy came to my house and gave me the guitar. A 57 Fender musicmaster. My dad died a decade ago which hit me really hard, so to get his guitar from his heyday is just amazing. Like a time capsule.

 
John4021":289wszhq said:
Thats a great story.
Sweet sounding axe

It's just so great to hear how nice it sounds. I now know why my dad used it to write with. It's so effortless to play and responsive. Plus small enough for a packed tour bus.
 
crwnedblasphemy":37g3euox said:
Thread of the year

haha

It's a bit more meaningful than my usual posts. Usually involving goats sounding like humans.
 
thefyn":35fvf9in said:
crwnedblasphemy":35fvf9in said:
Thread of the year

haha

It's a bit more meaningful than my usual posts. Usually involving goats sounding like humans.
Awesome. Congrats! :rock:
 
Well that's got to be the coolest thing I've heard in forever
 
Amazing!!!!

So, did Tommy just show up with the guitar, or did you know he was bringing it to you?
 
That sounded great. What were you playing through?
 
That's so awesome. Congrats on getting your dads guitar after so many years.
 
How wonderful for you, man. May your dads love wash over you whenever you touch it.
 
That must have been a very humbling moment. Wow....so great to be able to have something like that again in your hands!

Many congrats to you!

Keep the memories going with it!
 
Amazing story, I agree best thread, great that Tommy had the guitar 43 years later....
 
What an amazing gift. So happy for you. Thanks for sharing such a great story.
 
Great story! Glad to see it come back to you, very cool. Sounds great too!!
 
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