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A Good Year for GAS
Bought:
CS Gold Sparkle Telecaster (my dream guitar with a Louisville Slugger Neck); added Bardens, Callaham knobs and single slotted screws; intonated brass saddles and black guard. Think Johnny Hiland, but without the talent! ;-)
Vox AC30 TBX with Blue Bulldogs: Using sbs w/Tone King Comet 40B. Between these two amps I can visit tone heaven and simultaneously get arrested for disturbing the peace.
Fulltone Fulldrive: Rich, complex harmonics and enough shred to make me feel like I'm standing onstage at the Hammond Civic Center.
Aphex Aural Exciter pedal (Guitar): As the Monkees once sang, "I'm a believer." Pricey li'l box, but I "squoze" it onto my pedal board where it always stays on. A little goes a long way. My wife thought the name was a turn-on, too.
ClearSonics Amp panels: Only a few feet of folding acrylic plastic separates my bandmates and I from total tone meltdown.
Some VERY cool shirts from a place called daddyos.com
Sold:
MIJ '62 RI (Sunburst) w/ Texas Specials, 4-way switching, and a buncha other goodies. Hated to see this one go; it was a twang monster with an afterburner in the 4th position. Sold it to a really interesting woman who is a private investigator and is just starting out playing and dug the neck size. Go figure!
Got rid of my long hair. Yes, my children were too ashamed to be seen in public with "Dad's Mullet" (it really wasn't, much more "Lynard Skynard" than "Joe Dirt). Replaced with 50's-style pomp and sideburns. Wife and country groupies all diggin' it, easy to maintain, so it's all good. Now waiting for the Fab 5 to come redo my wardrobe!
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