Miles Zuniga (Fastball) : Guitar

     Miles was nice enough to sell me his beloved 1993 Gibson Chet Atkins Tennessean guitar (ser.# 92330474)  that he used to record the first three Fastball CDs on.  He also toured with this guitar from 1996 to 2000, including appearances on the Conan O' Brian Show and Austin City Limits (4/3/99). This guitar appeared in Fastball's hit video "The Way" (1998) and both video versions of  "Out of My Head" (1998).   I also got his heavily used road case.  Miles handed the guitar over to me on 11/7/04.

Misc. concert photos of this guitar: *

     This guitar was almost stolen from Miles during a concert in 1995 : LINK   Miles mentioned the incident on TV when Fastball were guests on Jay Leno's Tonight Show in 1998.

Guitar description per Miles:

     BODY   Size: 16.21" wide x 19.3" long x 1.86" thick Top Species: Maple/Poplar/Maple laminate Back Species: Maple/Poplar/Maple laminate Rim Species: Maple/Poplar/Maple laminate Center Block Species: Balsa/Mahogany Binding: Single-ply top and back        NECK Species: Three-piece Maple Profile: Special Chet Atkins slim-taper Peghead Pitch: 14° Thickness at 1st fret: 0.795" Thickness at 12th fret: 0.963" Heel Length: 0.625" Neck Joint Location: 16th fret Headstock Inlay: Pearl 'Gibson' logo      FINGERBOARD Species: Ebony Scale length: 251/2" Total Length: 18.639" Nut Width: 13/4" Width at 12th fret: 2.048" Frets: 22 Inlays: Pearl Dots  HARDWARE Plating Finish: Chrome Bridge: Tune-o-matic Tailpiece: Stopbar Knobs: Black Speed Knobs      ELECTRONICS Neck Pickup: 492R Alnico humbucker Bridge Pickup: 490T Alnico humbucker   Controls: Two volume, master tone, master volume, three-way switch  

     * Many thanks to  Matt Carmichael, Barry Brecheisen, www.TotallyLA.com &, D. Seagle for their live photos.