Elvis...

OK... I promised Elvis... his guitars...I don't know if he is really still around at this point.. In the movie Spinout, Elvis sports an Electric XII (1966). This guitar had a 12-saddle bridge design. In the movie Speedway, we see him with a semi-hollowbody Fender, with traditional Fender headstock on it. In Girl Happy, he is seen with a canary yellow Telecaster, with a Bigsby. At the end of Speedway, he is playing two drumsticks...then he picks up the Semi-Hollowbody... then he trades that for Nancy Sinatra... truth be told, could Elvis play guitar? Apparently, he was last in line to get a mike for his instruments, and there didn't used to be too many mikes to go around sometimes when it came to his live performances, so he had to play louder... and he tended to break strings. He also developed the habit of throwing his guitars to Charlie Hodge at the end of a performance. Most of his movies are loaded with Fender guitars, and if Elvis is not playing one, his group is... when got big (literally), we can only imagine what those belt buckles must have done to the guitar finishes! By the way... ever wonder where that Canary yellow Fender Tele went? Lots of movie props are languishing in the hands of people who have them, and have absolutely no idea who might have once played them. Some might say Elvis used guitars much better for props than to play. He found this out, and used it to his benefit. Most people have only seen Elvis with acoustic guitars, playing them in the 'cowboy chord' areas (the first four frets). There are 8 cowboy chords... if you know these chords, you can call yourself a guitar player... so I guess Elvis was certainly a player... Elvis still gets five stars.