SIMS Offers Up a Piece of Texas Music History

The SIMS Foundation is a local nonprofit dedicated to providing low-cost counseling and other mental health services to Austin-area musicians and their families. They're currently running a special online auction over on eBay, to help raise funds for the organization.

Check out awesome, custom-designed Gibson Les Paul electric guitars like:

• Mike Judge's portrait of "Butthead"
  
• Bob Schneider's abstract, "Rock, Sex, Drugs, and Roll"
  
• Billy Gibbons' (ZZ Top) "Gold Signature"
  
• Robert Hurst's "Jimmy Page Tribute"
  
• Gibson "ZiegenBock" Les Paul, signed by various Austin artists including Ray Benson, Redd Volkaert, Bob Schneider, Marcia Ball, del Castillo, and more
  
• Terry Allen's "Guitarred and Feathered"

We're particulary fond of the last one, which kinda resembles a wet, bleached ostrich when viewed from afar.

They're also offering a pinstriped Fender Tex-Mex Stratocaster autographed by Jimmie Vaughn, plus some nifty artwork by local celeb David Garza, a Bob Schneider autographed art book entitled I have seen the end of the world and it looks like this, a chance to film a video break on Austin's ME TV, and other interesting things. But don't delay -- the auction ends next Thursday, July 20th!

[SIMS Auction on eBay]

[SIMS Foundation on Myspace]