ReCoRdInG KiNg GuItArS GiMmE KiTsCh!!

[dizwold]

My mate Dann runs a music store on the Cowley Rd here in Oxford, so i often get in there a few times a week. I was surprised to find these colourful chaps hiding in a corner at the back.They are made of plastic, play like crap and made in China -perfect Kitsch and we love a bit of that dont we??
I'm tempted to buy one and learn some gunfighter ballads,just like Marty Robbins,or even howl out a Hank Williams number, now wouldnt i be the business lol!!
ya'll come back now
mike

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RECORDING KING 2W0


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[Hayward Taylor]

Hi Mike - the design certainly draws ones attentiion ... gosh - I am not used in seeing color images from you

[lindyannajones]

Marty Robbins? Oh, man, that hits me right in the solar plexus. I read that name and I can hear my dad whistling "El Paso." Your third photo must be a rendering of Felina, you know, "blacker than night were the eyes of Felina, wicked and evil while casting her spell." Like you, I adore this kind of kitsch. I went to High School in Tombstone, Arizona. These images are like the ones the "town too tough to die!" was always trying to portray. My dad was a very sweet man. Thanks for the memory.

[Tenzin'sMom]

Let me see if I've got this right. Made in China guitars, featuring American Wild West scenes, being sold in a music store in Oxford. I guess that makes perfect sense! Kidding aside, great photos! Thanks for sharing them!

[J. r. Weems]

Think I will stick with my D 28 Marquis:



Or "LILLIE BELLE" , one of the last Martin Banjo's made in the USA by Vega:
Named after a great Aunt.



I only wish I could do them justice.

[dizwold]

Originally Posted by J. r. Weems

Think I will stick with my D 28 Marquis:



Or "LILLIE BELLE" , one of the last Martin Banjo's made in the USA by Vega:
Named after a great Aunt.



I only wish I could do them justice.

nice guitar and banjo jr
i dont have a photo of my mandolin handy but a shot of me with my favourite Lowden 010
thanks for posting these. These recording king guitars are fun and should be for decoration really.
cheers mike

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[jakethepig]

Great idea for photographs, and you made then so intersting with your great angles. So colourful.. So where's the black and white versions? hehe!! only playing mate. Great work you did with these Mike.

Dave.

[Steves Shots]

Nice colourful captures Mike, it's amazing whats getting made and sold now around the world cheers Steve.

[dizwold]

Originally Posted by lindyannajones

Marty Robbins? Oh, man, that hits me right in the solar plexus. I read that name and I can hear my dad whistling "El Paso." Your third photo must be a rendering of Felina, you know, "blacker than night were the eyes of Felina, wicked and evil while casting her spell." Like you, I adore this kind of kitsch. I went to High School in Tombstone, Arizona. These images are like the ones the "town too tough to die!" was always trying to portray. My dad was a very sweet man. Thanks for the memory.

Hi Lindy
marty robbins was the first to spring to mind as i can still see that red album cover-Gunfighter Ballads with him on the front dressed in black. Another song Cool Water was a favourite of mine- JImmy Rodgers was another and so many to choose

Dan can you see
that big green tree
where the waters running free
and its wating there for you and me

glad i jerked a few memories and nice ones i hope
mike

[dizwold]

Originally Posted by Steves Shots

Nice colourful captures Mike, it's amazing whats getting made and sold now around the world cheers Steve.

Sure is steve
these guitars were originally going for £179.00 now down to £50 where they should be
cheers
mike