Welcome back to Friends Pick Friday, and today we have Giuseppe Bonarelli in the shop! Actually, we've pretty much had Giuseppe in the shop all week while he's been visiting Seattle, so we figured why not bring him on for a Friends Pick!? Giuseppe is from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and is a man that just loves music - when he's not busy as CEO of El Catadore you can find him with his long-time friends and bandmates in the band "Bluesonicos", just playing for the love of playing! He's been checking out all sorts of guitars and amps this week, so we figured we'd hook him up with a few of his favorites to share with all of you.
Starting off with a bang, we've got a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard, in open tuning for Giuseppe to play some slide licks; another holy-grail Gibson piece - a 1959 ES-335; and last but certainly not least... the 1955 D'Angelico New Yorker! All of this amplified by really awesome new Magnatone Twilighter Stereo, with a little help from Trevor's personal vintage Tubescreamer (Thanks Joe B!) and a little Carbon Copy for some slapback.
For more information about the guitars and amp, please check out:
http://www.emeraldcityguitars.com/product/1959-gibson-es-335-2/
http://www.emeraldcityguitars.com/product/1955-dangelico-new-yorker-2/
Please call for more information about the 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard, and we'll have the Magnatone Twilighter Stereo on our site soon!
Music: The Hollers "Zeb" (Instrumental)