This is Chris. Chris plays a few guitars, but my favorite is this Gretsch guitar. It's the Tim Armstrong model.
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| photo by Glenn Hall Photography |
Chris is not a punk rocker. Which is to say he wasn't so crazy about the Tim, Anarchy symbol-rmstong truss rod cover. For the last year I've said I would make him a new one, but haven't had a pencil or screw driver on hand. Quite a feat given the amount of shows, practices and general rabble rousing we've done.
At last week's show my memory kicked in and while Chris was schmoozing, Chops McClintock and I hijacked the truss rod cover. Now I don't want Chops to end up in the clink like Hatchet so I should specify that he was merely an accomplice… more of a passive onlooker, day dream Johnny. At any rate once Chops removed the truss rod cover I took off for the night.
I guaranteed a new truss rod cover in the next 1-2 years, but last night I decided to drill the holes and cut the rough shape when inspiration took hold of me. For a couple years now I've had an idea rolling around in my head about making weapons out of wood—artifact-like. The idea of making nonfunctional weapons really appeals to me—it's popped up in my sketches, but not in three dimensions… until now. Here's my first fake artifact, the walnut arrowhead. Maybe Chris will like it, maybe he won't.
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