Subject: Re: [Harp-L] re: was Sonny Jr now lust

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

hey ...wait a minute. i thought GAS stood for 'guitar acquisition  
syndrome'....ergo HAS would be 'harmonica acquisition syndrome'..congas  CAS...and so on.
 
...now you guys have me completely befuddled by using it for melody makers  
and amps! (though that last one would make an interestingly  pronounced 
acronym)  ;)
 
Elizabeth
 
P.S. $90,000!  Holy $***!!  That's beyond sanity, as is even $640  for a used 
(by anyone) diatonic...let alone $12 grand.
 
I have a guitar looks just like that one gathering dust in my music room,  
Scott.  Only it doesn't say 'fender'. However, in every other detail  (shape, 
colour, style), it's identical.  It was given to me at the end of  the 60's by a 
TV Producer I knew who realized I was a poor kid, and  who had just gotten a 
brand new one for his wife's birthday.  He gave me  both of her old electric 
guitars.  I never owned an amp nor had any  clue about playing them, so they've 
sat unused all these years. Gave one away  last year on Freecycle to a mother 
whose kid was taking up guitar, and still  have one left.  Hey, that proves 
the provenance, doesn't it?  Of  course he was fairly old then so I'm sure 
they're both long gone but at least  one of their two sons was still making 
commercials in New York, last I'd  heard. Somehow, though... I doubt it'll make me 
rich ;)
 
 
 
Message: 11
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:59:10 +0000
From:  jdeall@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] re: was Sonny Jr now lust
To:  "Splash" <celtiac@xxxxxxxxx>,  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID:
<072920082159.19442.488F92AE00037BBB00004BF2221556126404040E0A0B06@xxxxxxxxxxx
>


For real cool GAS check out these  amps.

http://www.arkamps.com/


-------------- Original message  ----------------------
From: "Splash" <celtiac@xxxxxxxxx>
> I  don't lust after gear.  I might have GAS from time-to-time, and this  one
> certainly caught my attention.
> 
>  http://www.jacksonsrareguitars.com/fender-stratocaster-1959-slab-board.html
>  
> HOWEVER, someone else apparently ponied up the almost $90K before I  could
> mortgage the house and send the cashier's cheque.  I guess  I'll have to 
just
> keep working on making a natural relic out of my 54  Reissue by playing it 
to
> death.
> 
> Anyway, I have what, to  my ears, is a pretty good 60's vintage 4x10
> hand-wired combo with  2x6L6's.  Also a number of smaller vintage hand-wired
> amps from the  60's which sound real nice (to my ears).  a half-dozen or so
> pro  quality bullets, both Astatic and Shure variants (and several other
>  shells waiting for the right cartridges),  and a bunch of stick mics.   All
> work just fine thank you.
> 
> And not too long ago I  acquired a brand spanking new - in the box - Pre-war
> Marine Band in  C.  Never been played till I got it.  Mebbe tooted on once 
or
>  twice - toot, but not played.  Pure mint.  Wondering how to go  about
> tweaking it for maximum performance without swapping combs and  otherwise
> making it a hybrid.  It just might be my harp of a  lifetime.
> 
> Now GAS ??  Oh yeah.  I got it.
>  
> I have GAS for a nice early 60's Melody Maker.  Single cut  preferably, but
> will look at a double - no trem.  Bastards welcome  cuz I plan to put a pair
> of mini-buckers in it anyway.
> 
>  And I just bought a set of congas.
> 
> B'urp  Fffft!
>  
> "quote: some harmonica players would rather go to that place than mess  with
> gear."
> and being stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is  the Blues way to die,
> too.
> 
> 
> 
> What good  is a dream if it doesn't come true?
> PEACE
> Scott
> Believe  in Magic!
> 
>  _______________________________________________



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