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John Harrison · December 5th, 2003, 01:11 AM

Trey, it's great to see you posting, again, my friend! If "Fairlane" sounds anywhere near as good as it looks, I'll bet you've been smiling a bunch!

After busting my tail, for the past two years, to finish my Master's Degree work, I finally sold my childhood card collection - something I'd been thinking about for years - and, in a fit of shameless self-indulgence, put all the money back into my present "jones"...all things musical. I also did a lot of gear swapping. Associated acquisitions included:
"HippieTim" Noonan's Dr. Z Carmen Ghia amp (ooh, baby!); with the bonus of my first face-to-face with a fellow TDP'er.
A Robert Keeley compressor (it's all that).
TDP'er "Analogman" Mike Piera modified my old TS-9 and SD-9 (too cool!).
A Whirlwind Selector, a Boss TU-2 tuner, an MXR Phase 90 (which I just modded), and an octave pedal (for faux steel drum sounds).
A Johnson tricone resonator (got a great deal on a used one!).
A VanZandt pickup in my '52RI and some cosmetic changes to my Strat (snakeskin pickguard, etc.).
Scored a bunch of out of print, hard to find cd's, too.

The school community continued to bless my guitar program with timely support. Which was great, 'cause I'm again without a budget (and Oregon voters will probably overturn the costly, yet inadequate tax package our spineless legislators approved after 5 special sessions or purely partisan politics).
I was able to loan guitars to ten of my kids, so they can practice at home. My latest group (36 and counting) is mostly beginner-level, so we're plugging away, but having fun. All the TDPRI-donated gear gets a daily workout, yet keeps on ticking.
Our talent show was another budget-related casualty ( :( ), but there's a rumor that we're about to be the subject of a feature newspaper article!

I'm very thankful.

December 5th, 2003, 01:11 AM	#8 (permalink)
John Harrison Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Corvallis, OR Posts: 1,045	A site for sore eyes Trey, it's great to see you posting, again, my friend! If "Fairlane" sounds anywhere near as good as it looks, I'll bet you've been smiling a bunch! After busting my tail, for the past two years, to finish my Master's Degree work, I finally sold my childhood card collection - something I'd been thinking about for years - and, in a fit of shameless self-indulgence, put all the money back into my present "jones"...all things musical. I also did a lot of gear swapping. Associated acquisitions included: "HippieTim" Noonan's Dr. Z Carmen Ghia amp (ooh, baby!); with the bonus of my first face-to-face with a fellow TDP'er. A Robert Keeley compressor (it's all that). TDP'er "Analogman" Mike Piera modified my old TS-9 and SD-9 (too cool!). A Whirlwind Selector, a Boss TU-2 tuner, an MXR Phase 90 (which I just modded), and an octave pedal (for faux steel drum sounds). A Johnson tricone resonator (got a great deal on a used one!). A VanZandt pickup in my '52RI and some cosmetic changes to my Strat (snakeskin pickguard, etc.). Scored a bunch of out of print, hard to find cd's, too. The school community continued to bless my guitar program with timely support. Which was great, 'cause I'm again without a budget (and Oregon voters will probably overturn the costly, yet inadequate tax package our spineless legislators approved after 5 special sessions or purely partisan politics). I was able to loan guitars to ten of my kids, so they can practice at home. My latest group (36 and counting) is mostly beginner-level, so we're plugging away, but having fun. All the TDPRI-donated gear gets a daily workout, yet keeps on ticking. Our talent show was another budget-related casualty ( :( ), but there's a rumor that we're about to be the subject of a feature newspaper article! I'm very thankful.