How did you Meet Was it under odd circumstances?

[thebluesbear( al)]

Hi Everyone

Here is another thread that is meant not so much in fun but as a chatty subject ..
Have you ever got hold of a great guitar under odd circumstances the old dobro in the attic
Well this is what happened to me .
It was in 1996 i was in Bristol just hanging out well i was walking along through suburban bristol and i fancied some fish and chips in i went and got chatting with the guy he asked what do you do for a living i said oh a musician mainly
He said that he was just aboutto throw out this "old guitar "" i said show me

it was a damaged early70s guild with a covering of chip fat ....i said well ill give you 50 quid for that .....he nearly fainted you sure he says i said oh yes.......

i spent about 100 getting in fixed up and gig worthy about 500 sessions later its still going strong

like all of us our instruments are special to us im wondering if anyone else found a special guitar under these circumstances

This thread was inspired by reading the Blue Dobro story

al

[Stevie]

I searched for a Rangemaster Treble Booster back in the 1970s (because I'd read that Rory used one on his AC30) but drew a blank. Rocking horse whatsits even then. So there I was, with a mate (who had been a bass player) in his mother's garage and what did I see up on a shelf? Yep, an RM. He gave it to me. At last I could be like RG- or so I thought!

Long story short, it ended up in various sheds until a search on the internet revealed what a holy grail this item had become. I dug it out of the shed and now it sits as an ornament in the music room upstairs.

Just think if I wanted to I could be like Rory or Eric or Iommi or Brian. Just add talent ;<D

Has anyone seen what these babies sell for now? Sure, it's germanium and not silicon but It's unbelievable what people will pay for "Mojo"

Stevie.

[maxxengland]

I wasn't looking for a guitar, I just stuck my head round the door of this manky old second hand shop in case they'd got a cheap practice amp. There was this old acoustic on the wall, out of curiosity I tried it. She came home with me, how could you leave a voice like an angel there to be bought by a a GCD folkpop twanger to misunderstand? Now she's My Beloved and she still sings to me

[thebluesbear( al)]

What type of angel do you have?

al

[Deleted]

I had several cheap acoustics, including a hand built one that I should have kept but didn't. Eventually I got Gibson J58. I wanted to play like Nic Jones (I still cant) but this was a cowboy's guitar. Finally I sold that and got my now 30 year old Fylde Goodfellow., new for £240 in 1979.

I've had many others but this I will never sell.

[maxxengland]

Feb 23, 2009 12:03:08 GMT thebluesbear( al) said:

What type of angel do you have?

al

It's a KD28, made in Italy. Bolt on neck, the string gauge wasn't doing the bridge any favours, so it now has a Chinese combo bridge for an electric in place. There's a no name Japanese pickup offset towards the neck in the soundhole, raised on tap washers towards the strings. Theory says it's dreadful, but it's actually one of those happy accident guitars that gives you something special. If we bump into each other one day, you'll hear what it does.

Oddly enough, years back Fairdeal's shop in Birmingham had a lefty Gibson acoustic. Would have bought that except for having the KD already. That was nice, but, like that girl you almost married..... you know how it is ;D

[toom]

My first guitar was given to me by a friend of my father's. It was a Gibson Kalamazoo, with Kalamazoo written on the headstock. The belly was swollen, and it had fence-wire on in place of the base strings. It had a history - it had been given to Jack by Victor Parker, who was a legendary local jazz guitarist.

I restrung it with nylon strings, and had classical guitar lessons with it! Six years later Iater, I had stopped using it, as I'd bought a propper classical guitar and acoustic guitar. I mentioned I had the Kalamazoo to my new teacher - and he immediately offered me £75 for it - and gave me a very sly look. 30 years later, I saw the same model for sale in the London Resonator Centre for £1999!