In a message dated 6/14/03 3:46:19 PM, mitch_harris789@msn.com writes:
>Tell me to knock it off if this is too OT, but I've noticed with a smile and
>with some jealously that, in the guitar world, classics rule--classic
>guitars are the mainstream. Not only is Vintage Guitar a mainstream rag on
>every stand, but every builder out there is trying to do justice to th
>D-28, the OM-28, the Gibson SG, or Fender Teles and Strats.
I was a rock 'n' roll road manager in the 60s for Michael Bloomfield, The Electric Flag, BS&T and others and when i think how we treated those "classic" guitars (and drums, Brian). Michael never used a hard case for his Les Paul (Sunburst, humbucking pickups, probably worth $20k today). Eventually it started spliting down the tuning machines but he wouldn't let me get it fixed. Finally when the splits hit the second fret I just didn't give it back to him after a gig and a true artist named Minor Wilson repaired it. You couldn't even tell unless you knew that it had been fixed. Classic bike content? I wish I could repair classic bikes as well as Minor could repair a classic guitar. That's a reach, huh? Phil Brown Still got a cold in San Rafael, Ca