Despite his busy schedule, SLASH makes time to learn about all kinds
of animals - slithery and furry! He is concerned about the plight of homeless and mistreated
wild felines in captivity. SLASH supports
the work of WILD ABOUT CATS, which provides homes for these big cats.
WILD ABOUT CATS has an educational and attractive website, and they can
tell you more about themselves:
The guitar is a Les Paul Studio Model, and if I can just learn to play,
it will be great to practice "November Rain" or "Welcome to the Jungle" on SLASH's Les
Paul!
One of my dreams was to own one of Slash's guitars. Two problems with
buying a guitar like this from a dealer are the expense and authenticity.
Certificates of authenticity are printed wholesale; so unless you can
persuade Slash himself to verify the guitar was his, you take an expensive
chance. Like most people, I had pretty much given up on my dream. But
in California, things were happening ...
A little background...
SLASH is a lifetime animal lover and
generously donated one of his guitars to
WILD ABOUT CATS, one of his favorite non-profit animal foundations.
The guitar was to be sold, and all proceeds would benefit this organization.
CLICK ON THE WILD ABOUT CATS LOGO for more information on their
mission and activities. (Also, they sell some great merchandise like mousepads and t-shirts there!)
The Director of Wild About Cats posted a message in some of the newsgroups about selling
SLASH's guitar, and of course I was interested!
We exchanged some mail, and
I found out that the Director
also happened to know SLASH! I thought hard about buying the guitar.
This would definitely be an authentic SLASH guitar and the purchase price
would benefit animals, not just a dealer. To make
a long story short, I bought the guitar that used to live with SLASH in
California! It's now living with me in Pittsburgh where it makes my heart
stop whenever I look at it. I am grateful to Wild About Cats and to SLASH for giving
me a chance to own the guitar I never dreamed I could have.
Here is a picture of SLASH with his/my guitar. So I never have to wonder if
SLASH ever really held it! Isn't it gorgeous?? And SLASH is pretty
gorgeous himself!
Here's SLASH's guitar in my home getting its picture taken for about
the 100th time - and there's no official photographer required!
I was thrilled to learn that SLASH would autograph the guitar for me.
I suggested something for him to write, but he chose to write something
on his own which makes it even more special to me. What SLASH wrote and
drew can be seen in the picture at the left. I wanted to share this
fantastic time in my life with SLASH's other fans. As you know, he plays
a rocking guitar and is one of the coolest people on earth! Now you know
he is also an animal lover and an extremely generous man.
SLASH,
thanks from all
your fans for the music!
And a special thanks from ME for your beautiful
guitar.
And if you haven't seen the pictures of SLASH with some of his own animal
buddies, check them out now by CLICKING ON SLASH AND HIS SNAKE BELOW!
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