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Almost 3 years ago I took my 1987x Plexi Reissue into the studio where started sparking as soon as I turned it on. Finally got around to taking it to a highly recommended tech who found that somehow two terminals in one of the power tube sockets had arc'ed, blowing out the power tubes and damaging some downstream components while at it. $600 bucks later, I picked up today. Its fucking loud as hell, but pure Rock and Roll heaven. Even plugged into the new 1x12 cab its too loud for this room, but at least its tolerable in this room and would probably be OK in a smaller venue. Through the 1960A 4x12 it needs a pretty decent sized room to open it up. Through either cab though, with the channels jumped and the volumes blended somewhere around 1 and 2 O'clock, just pure Marshall tone for days. For what Foggy found it for me plus the $600, I'm still about a grand under what these go for used now days.

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That reminds me, I had a 97 Strat that had that detent. I believe it was about halfway. That Strat was the one that made me realize I dont get along with Strats.

This week I have the B-52's on Friday, a warehouse show Saturday, and Mercyful Fate Sunday. A busy Halloween weekend.

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I've read that as a true story, it was the 2nd one. Eddie's words were something like, "an original for an original!"

Outside this GC, there is a mini-music hall of fame where a lot of bands and industry folks have handprints. Some of them got more creative than others, these are the stand outs for me. This is the one i remember from my previous visit. Of course the Reverend stuck a slide on his middle finger before the cement dried. And of course Lemmy flipped us off. Nice touch by Iron Maiden to include Eddie, he probably sold more records for them than the music did - and I say that as a huge iron Maiden fan. Oh, Joey Ramone!

I went to Guitar Center Hollywood yesterday and was pretty disappointed to find that what used to be an incredible vintage room in the back is now just a run of the mill high end and used room. When I was there a decade ago they had Les Paul's, Tele's, etc lined up and grouped by year, '53, '54, '55,etc. This one caught my eye. Kauer, he said they are a boutique builder in Sacramento. Kind of Firebird meets Grestch with the Filtertrons and orange finish. A sparkly bound Telecaster The original Frankenstrat. Not a replica. This is the 1st one EVH built when he was teenager, even waxed his own pickups. This was used on the early VH records. According the plaque, he first just painted it White with the black stripes, and later taped off more and painted it red, so it wound up Red with white and black stripes. This is a later Frankenstrat built for Eddie by somebody using Kramer parts. it was used to record the 5150 album. '51 Les Paul signed by the man himself, and an early '70's Les Paul previously owned by The Edge and used on some early U2 records. and finally, Blackie. I saw it once before when GC 1st bought it and displayed it at NAMM. If I recall, it was the most a guitar ever went for at auction, nearly a million bucks they paid for it.

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I like binding on Tele's if there's a good color contrast, like green w cream binding, or any sparkle color. Any natural, butterscotch or pastels look better without it. I dont much care for Tele Deluxes or Thin Lines.

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Being out of town, it took me a minute to dig up a photo of my green guitar. 1958, 1st year of production and original, PAF Filtertron. The one that turned me on to them.

I just rode a loud ass Super Glide 450 miles down coast on HWY 1 from San Francisco to Los Angeles with Rock and Roll blasting into my in-helmet unit. Pretty sure I'm a little more deaf now. I think ill need to leave the music off on the return and get a quieter bike if I ever do it again.

Also, if you're ever passing through Corsicana there's a small Lefty Frizzell museum and some of his Nudie suits and boots are on display inside. I drove out there with my Dad not long before he got sick. Blind Lemon Jefferson is buried in an overgrown graveyard nearby in Wortham too, we cleaned it up.

If you are ever in Bakersfield, there is a Nudie designed Buick that Buck Owens bought from Elvis above the bar at Buck Owen's Chrystal Palace. Gram Parsons had a nudie suit that foretold his death. He was close with Nudie.

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Lemmy w a Gretsch Single Anniversary very similar to the original 1959 model I own, mines green though. This is the guitar that got me hooked on Filtertrons.

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