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TexGoneNW · May 5th, 2005, 04:22 AM

I was a teenager who went to Armadillo World Headquarters to see the Electromagnets when they'd open for other acts that nobody came to see...

One time I was in South Austin Music, or the store that it was back then (on South Lamar with the other store with the suit of armor out front). When I could drive, I'd go to Austin and hit all of the stores.

This was back when EJ was playing an ES-335 pretty much exclusively.

There he was, looking all Jeff Beck-ish, trying out Strats. Heck, he may have picked up an old sunburst then (that's what he was trying out).

I knew he had a rep back then, but I kept out of his face. Heck, he was just there doing what I was doing, and we were both busy!

Jimmie Vaughn, Anson Funderburgh, and bunches of other guys I like get their tone with Strats, so I don't mind trying to nail that sound by having one. When a SRV tune is called for, I can't help but grab that Strat in a hurry. A good 'un to have in the arsenal, and I'm glad I finally found one I liked and was in a position to pick it up. Really, only maybe three or four others in the whole time I've looked, and I think there's a real art to setting them up (not simple, IMHO).

May 5th, 2005, 04:22 AM	#20 (permalink)
TexGoneNW Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Victoria, TX Posts: 932 4 Photos	One last thing...Eric Johnson, etc. I was a teenager who went to Armadillo World Headquarters to see the Electromagnets when they'd open for other acts that nobody came to see... One time I was in South Austin Music, or the store that it was back then (on South Lamar with the other store with the suit of armor out front). When I could drive, I'd go to Austin and hit all of the stores. This was back when EJ was playing an ES-335 pretty much exclusively. There he was, looking all Jeff Beck-ish, trying out Strats. Heck, he may have picked up an old sunburst then (that's what he was trying out). I knew he had a rep back then, but I kept out of his face. Heck, he was just there doing what I was doing, and we were both busy! Jimmie Vaughn, Anson Funderburgh, and bunches of other guys I like get their tone with Strats, so I don't mind trying to nail that sound by having one. When a SRV tune is called for, I can't help but grab that Strat in a hurry. A good 'un to have in the arsenal, and I'm glad I finally found one I liked and was in a position to pick it up. Really, only maybe three or four others in the whole time I've looked, and I think there's a real art to setting them up (not simple, IMHO).