Used by Thurston and Kim:
1981-1983
1981 -- EADGBE (The Burning Spear, I Dreamed I Dream, She Is Not Alone, I Don't Want to Push It) (KIM - The Good and the Bad)
1982 -- EADGBE (The Burning Spear, She Is Not Alone) (KIM - The Good and the Bad)
1983 -- ? (Burning Spear)
NOTES:
One of Thurston's earliest guitars, used for most of 1981 and 1982. By 1983 it became solely a drumstick guitar. It was later mounted on the wall above the toilet in Lee's Tribeca loft circa 1991.
Featured on the cover of the August 1991 Guitar Player.
This guitar toured with the Sensational Fix exhibit.
Sunburst body
2 single coils
Rosewood fretboard
All knobs removed
Nail for strap button
White pickguard partially coloured blue
Drumstick duct taped in place for bridge
Tons of X crosses scratched in body
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