Now thats what I'm talking about!
"Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard,
grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em."
-- The Webb Wilder Credo --
Nice indeed. 8) 8)
We know about that amp and you fondness of your strat. What's the LP shaped nit on the right?
Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin
Hey, Roy (%
That would be my very first guitar.... A hand-me down from my uncle's uncle, to him, to my dad, to me.
It's a type II Alden Tuxedo Single Pickup 9908 Hollowbody/Harmony H45 Stratotone Mars.
It came with a Harmony H303 5 watt tube amp, dated 1962.
The guitar seems to have maple sides and back with a spruce top. Wonderfully woody, dry tone.
It's pretty much my go-to guitar as it's just resting against the wall behind my lazy-boy (%
Love it!
http://harmony.demont.net/model.php?id=554
Ken
"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway
"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles
That's cool as can be! 8) 8) 8)
Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin
Here's a pic of the Harmony amp. Took awhile to track it down. Sorry, no beer in this pic.
The guitar is a 91-92 Ovation Custom Balladeer cedar top.
Ken
"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway
"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles
This isn't *quite* random, since I did assemble all the guitars currently in the room to take the pic along with grabbing an un-opened beer - a Stone Brewery "Ruination" IPA - from the fridge (since I'm actually sipping some Crown Royal right now LOL)....
The only thing in the picture that belongs to me is the black Agile AL-2000...the rest of it (cheapo Yamaha acoustic that sounds amazing, cheapo Squier Bullet Strat copy that sounds amazing, and a Fender Mustang II amp that coincidentally sounds amazing :lol: ) belongs to my 15 year old son. Those are two of his 7 guitars -- five 6-strings and two basses. I think I mention in nearly every post I make that he's a better player now than I'll probably ever be, so he gets all the gear, and I'm really damn proud of him. :D
(fake edit) Pictures can only be 600 pixels wide? When did that rule come into play? Is this 1996?
Here's a pic of the Harmony amp. Took awhile to track it down. Sorry, no beer in this pic.
The guitar is a 91-92 Ovation Custom Balladeer cedar top.
Ken
Enjoyed both your pics Ken, and I'm seriously envious of that telephone too. :) Looks like a proper Gentleman's Communication Device, compared to the crummy little wisps of plastic that are on sale now.
Cheers,
Chris
Love the black Al2000!
"Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard,
grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em."
-- The Webb Wilder Credo --
OK Time to get out the spandex and hair spray!
Thats the new Jackson next to the Kramer! The newest next to #1!
"Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard,
grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em."
-- The Webb Wilder Credo --
OK Time to get out the spandex and hair spray!
Wot - no beer! Thanks TR, but I'll stick with the Guinness.... :wink:
Good to see the new kid on the block hanging out with the old feller ( I guess a vintage axe can be called an "old feller"??? :roll: )
Chris C, wrote:
"....I'm seriously envious of that telephone too. Looks like a proper Gentleman's Communication Device, compared to the crummy little wisps of plastic that are on sale now.
Cheers,
Chris"
Good eye, Chris :D
It's a real and original Pre-War (WWII) phone. Metal body, Bakelite receiver, brown cloth cord, rotary.... And still in fine working condition. Back when I lived in Ill., that was my actual Land-line phone. Couldn't stand the low fidelity of the cheapo plastic, throwaway quality, cordless phones that were out at the time. Long live Western Electric! 8)
The blue-glass object on the table is a telegraph/telephone line insulator, rescued from out of the mud next to some RR tracks alongside a stretch of Route 66 :)
Ken
"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway
"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles
The blue-glass object on the table is a telegraph/telephone line insulator, rescued from out of the mud next to some RR tracks alongside a stretch of Route 66
I had an Uncle (RIP) who had a sizable and impressive collection of those. That brought me back.
Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin
Brown Tone....? :D
"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway
"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles
:D
I had missed this thread. Nice set of pictures Ken and the others!
