On The Bricks: American Idol

For something you wish you could have, but know it's not possible anytime in the near future.
Oh and I mean a big something like maybe a Corvette or to move somewhere you'd like to live. lol
Find a sweet looking and ever sweeter sounding guitar at one of my visits to the Guitar Center store. Has a very warm tone to it with a gold finish on the top and a brown woodgrain finish for the sides and back.
It's the Gibson Slash Les Paul Goldtop. Runs just a little over $6000.00. Small pocket change, huh?? NOT!! ;-)
But for those that could never come close to that, Epiphone, which is a Gibson company also makes the Slash Les Paul Goldtop for $1500.00. Both guitars look and sound the same. But that's where the wish comes in because I can't even do that any time soon. But I thought when I seen it again last night in one of my bookmarks, it would make a great 50th birthday present for me in two days (7th). HaHaaHa!
Maybe I should just look back and dig out a post I made here a while back of a Gibson guitar cake and beg Wanda for it. lol ;-) Cake always pleases me just fine! :-))

Slash Epiphone Les Paul Goldtop Guitar Specs::
* Finishes: Metallic Gold
* Body Wood: Mahogany
* Neck Wood: Mahogany
* Neck: Glued-In, Long Neck Tenon
* Neck Profile: Slash Profile
* Fretboard: Rosewood
* Fretboard Radius: 12”
* Number Of Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
* Nut Width: 1-11/16″
* Scale: 24 3/4”
* Weight: 8.1 lbs
* Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro-II-N
* Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro-II-B
* Bridge: LockTone Tune-o-matic
* Tailpiece: LockTone Stopbar
* Controls: 2 Volume and 2 Tone. 3 Way Toggle Switch
* Hardware: Nickel

And now I never thought I'd ever say this in a million years, But I can't wait until tonight when American Idol comes on. I've only ever seen maybe five miutes of the show and that was all I could take. Sorry to all you American Idol fans, I just don't fancy those kinds of shows. But tonight I'll have to try to get through it because Slash is suppose to be the show.He's teaching or something, I really have no idea because I've never watched it. But I'm hoping to get to see him play guitar even just a little bit. There's some awesome guitarist in the world and many I truly enjoy hearing, but to me, his sounds are the very best and I can't get enough of hearing him play.

Even more embarrassing than having your host attempt to give a blind guy a high-five on national television? Having your name associated with a stripper contest, according to the morally upstanding producers of American Idol.
Apparently, it's a fine line between bikini girl and amateur exotic dancer.
FremantleMedia, which owns the Idol franchise, has filed a federal lawsuit against an Austin strip club over its three-month-old "Stripper Idol" contest, which awards $500 per week to its most well-endowed exhibitionist patrons.
The suit, which aims to stop the Palazio Men's Club contest from continuing, as well as collect on its profits, claims the R-rated strip-down is a trademark violation that tarnishes the good reputation of the TV juggernaut.
Fremantle further claims the club's publicity for the Thursday night event—T-shirts and print ads—uses a logo too similar in "color scheme, design and font" to American Idol's and may further confuse people into believing the show is an actual endorser of the contest.

"Defendants are infringing upon FremantleMedia's trademark rights," the suit states. "There is a substantial likelihood that consumers will be confused, misled or deceived as to the sponsorship...of the defendants' stripper talent contest."
Club operations manager Scott Stevenson, meanwhile, denied that the contest bore any resemblance to the show and said that while he has no plans to stop the event, which has grown in popularity thanks to the lawsuit, he will, if necessary, change the logo.
Not that he thinks he should have to.
"I didn't know you could copyright an oval."

I don't believe this is just a question of an oval. Plain to see the font and colors are the same as the American Idol logo. ;)