Proud Pop.
 
Let me introduce my son Andy (age 17).  Last night, he and his band, I'm a Loner, Dottie, a Rebel - beat all comers at the Whitnall H.S. (Milwaukee, WI) Battle of the Bands - for the third consecutive year!!  
 
Bill
(and yes, that's an Alembic strap on the Tele!).  
 

I bet you're a proud pop!!! Congratulations to our future. Oh ...huh ...however ...can you talk him into bass???
 
 
PTBO

congratulations i bet you r proud a great acheivement

Thanks guys.  I'm very proud.  He and his bandmates were less than inspired by the songs they had chosen for the Battle of the Bands, but the minute they went on - Magic!!  Their love of performing is so obvious.
 
It has been an indescribable experience sharing his musical development with him.  It's funny - with the ready availability of all sorts of music through the web, his tastes are very mature and VERY eclectic compared to mine at his age.  For instance, he heard Talking Heads a couple of years ago.  He has become quite familiar with David Byrne's whole catalogue on his own and decided to take me to see Byrne in June (I hope I have fun!!).
 
Paul:  No chance of him switching to bass - And to make matters worse, he's developing a yearning for an Alembic 6 string (guitar, that is...).  
 
Bill

No doubt he's yearning.  He looked as if he were born with the Tribute in his hands in your Factory to Customer posting.
You are a blessed man.
 
Sam

Well, you couldn't have a family band if everyone played bass!  If you can get the wife started on drums, maybe it will work out?

I think you're right on all counts, guys.
 
He is definitely yearning for a Tribute.  He loved the feel and play of it.  Nonetheless, though he found the Skylark less sexy to look at, he also loved its sound.  When I was taking pictures at Alembic with my new camera, I discovered the camera has a video function completely by accident.  I have a short clip of him playing the Skylark, with Susan and Mica in the background, discussing the possibility of a 2 pickup Tribute.  He keeps playing and replaying the clip for his friends.  Hmm.....
 
Actually, my wife is starting my 10 year old son Alex on drum lessons next week.  He is already pretty sharp musically between a year of piano and exposure to his brother's musicianship.  Hmm.....  

I don't know anyone who wouldn't love a Tribute...However,having never played a Tribute, my Skylark is hands down the finest guitar I've ever played.  I'm sure this comes as no surprise, but the only fault that I find with the Skylark is not enough hours in the day to play it.  
 
I'm certain that your son would find it a worthy instrument indeed......
 
Enjoy

Dad on bass, son on guitar, other son on drums and keyboards, mom on vacals and tambourine ...
laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-adies and gentle people ...
...meet ....
THE STERLINGS!!!!!!
 
 
PTBO

hey the only thing he needs now is alembic pick-ups in that tele.what kinda rig is he pushing?,marshall??

He's considering switching to activators, though Mica said the Alembic neck PU for the Tele has a pretty narrow aperture.  Also - why change a decent American Tele?  This one's gonna have to play itself out...
 
He's using a reissue Fender Twin Reverb with only a compress/sustain box.  Sounds great for his style.  
 
Bill

Battle of the bands for 3 straight yrs??? they must be makin some pretty serious noise!!!,,,,congrats!!!

like father like son.

Call me too romantic, but isn't it the best you can hope for to make music with your own children ? My daughter probably needs another 10 years - she's 5 years now - until I can work on that. I hope I'll be able to post a kind of this picture here in 10 years !

I'd love to make music with my daughter.  She's so far ahead of me it's ridiculous.  Jessica went to a performing arts middle school and high school.  She started college at FSU as a music major then changed to accounting.  I could probably hang with her husband, the punk bass player.  Maybe.
 
Sam