#1 · Aug 06, 2014 22:05 UTC
Back in the late 1980's I had this luthier the late Philip Petillo build me a guitar. I wanted it to cover all of the tones. Below is the ad I posted On Craigslist
The late Philip Petillo was a luthier in Ocean Township New Jersey who passed on in 2010, he worked on many famous folks guitars such as Bruce Springsteen, Dave Van Ronk, Tal Farlow, and many others. This guitar was created for me back in the mid 1980's and the guitar was originally priced at $2000. It is a 25" scale with 24 frets, ebony fingerboard, two Seymour Duncan Distortion humbucking pickups and a DeMarzio Stack humbucking single coil with switching options that will give almost every possible pickup combination. The tonal range of this guitar is very wide, it's range of sounds go from brighter and thinner than a Stratocaster, to almost as deep and fat as a Les Paul. It is also an excellent Guitar To MIDI capable guitar, back in the 1980's, I used this to trigger 4 synthesizers and the tracking was better than anything else that I have ever tried. I will accept $750 for this guitar, cash only at the time of sale.
(By the way, I only paid a grand for the instrument, as it was damaged during the build and I accepted it for half price) Anyways I had an interested party who wanted documentation so I contacted Phils shop (now run by his son David) for any info he might have on it. In his reply to me he offered me the $750. So I agreed and paid the shipping and insurance $77. Today the check came in the mail it was drawn on my same bank, so I asked if it would clear and bingo in the bank the money went. I shipped it 10 minutes later. I know Phil before he was ever married and I met his wife in the shop several times. When I found out it was her that wanted the instrument, I did not mind paying the shipping because she is a very nice woman still grieving some 4 years after his death.
The late Philip Petillo was a luthier in Ocean Township New Jersey who passed on in 2010, he worked on many famous folks guitars such as Bruce Springsteen, Dave Van Ronk, Tal Farlow, and many others. This guitar was created for me back in the mid 1980's and the guitar was originally priced at $2000. It is a 25" scale with 24 frets, ebony fingerboard, two Seymour Duncan Distortion humbucking pickups and a DeMarzio Stack humbucking single coil with switching options that will give almost every possible pickup combination. The tonal range of this guitar is very wide, it's range of sounds go from brighter and thinner than a Stratocaster, to almost as deep and fat as a Les Paul. It is also an excellent Guitar To MIDI capable guitar, back in the 1980's, I used this to trigger 4 synthesizers and the tracking was better than anything else that I have ever tried. I will accept $750 for this guitar, cash only at the time of sale.
(By the way, I only paid a grand for the instrument, as it was damaged during the build and I accepted it for half price) Anyways I had an interested party who wanted documentation so I contacted Phils shop (now run by his son David) for any info he might have on it. In his reply to me he offered me the $750. So I agreed and paid the shipping and insurance $77. Today the check came in the mail it was drawn on my same bank, so I asked if it would clear and bingo in the bank the money went. I shipped it 10 minutes later. I know Phil before he was ever married and I met his wife in the shop several times. When I found out it was her that wanted the instrument, I did not mind paying the shipping because she is a very nice woman still grieving some 4 years after his death.
