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Even moreso with the Copperhead. It's akin to putting a Ragin' Cajun into a Super Champ. Transforms the thing.

I probably paid list for a couple back in the late '60's, early 70's because, well, that's the way things worked back then. Of late, the only one I can think of that *may* have been MSRP was a Dean Zelinsky G4V (Guitars For Vets). Straight up two humbucker strat type, nothing fancy. I needed a good, solid modding platform to make use of a SuperSwitch and a couple of 4 conductor pickups. Being online and Pacific Rim built, the price was tolerable enough and it turned out the quality and parts were better than expected. And somewhere a vet got another one just like it.

I can't believe this is still here bump. Seriously, make me an offer.

Wow, right near my old home stompin' grounds.

Yep. More overall volume and clean headroom as well as a bit more top end on tap, over the midrange-forward nature of tweed amps.

This medicine is getting 'spensive. Gratuitous bump.

Gratuitous bump. Don't wanna but gotta.

Ditto the Subway Rocket first version. Never should have let that one go.

Leedle biddy bump. Make me an offer.

They used to be pretty common, particularly on the backs of blackface-era Fender amps. This is (obviously) a more modern variant on that theme.

Edited for better photos and a shameless bump. Need to move this

Time to rip some Band Aids off, this one is first This is a tweed Pro Junior with an out of focus front pic. Camera croaked right after. It's in generally good shape except that a previous owner wanted a "convenience outlet" mounted on the side. That's the bad. The good? Good tubes, Mojotone power, GT pre's. The even better? Much as an Eminence Ragin' Cajun transforms a Fender Super Champ XD/X2, an Eminence Copperhead does the same for this baby. More volume, more clean headroom and a bit of a lifted top end. Still the same grab 'n' go box of cool only more. It's one half of my grab and go rig and I'll miss it. I'm asking $425 (plus actual shipping) but am open to reasonable offers. Cash, MO or PP friends & family (only). The less time I have to spend dealing with the IRS the better. As I write this it's too damn cold to rummage around in the garage to find a suitable box and packing materials, but I'll get 'er out ASAP. Never mind the "convenience outlet", hell you might find it handy. I did. This is a good one. hit me here or at: tomteriffic1952AT woh DOT rr DOT com

I KNEW I had played a green one! Should have known it was Butcher's.

I was rifling through some old stuff and stumbled on this gig poster. I had no idea that it still existed. Most Esteemed Redhead was on her game. This was from July of 2014.

A little shot of the two of them hanging out in the back yard with a couple of Special brethren.

I had my way with Bil's special, but I sure would like to see that Beatles one come back to me.

And if headed south from Detroit, it can stop back over with me.

Very sorry to hear this, Frank. Condolences to her family and the whole Hamer family too.

Most Esteemed Redhead, being ten years my junior, sometimes missed out on cultural and musical references I take for granted. One such situation arose yesterday and I plunked Steppenwolf's "Monster" album down. I'm always impressed by the quality of their recordings. Tight, crisp straight-ahead rock with a minimum of gimmickry, even when they get kozmic (like, say, the middle of Magic Carpet ride).

Winters are tough on guitars around here. That said, I don't sweat the solidbodies much at all. I have one particular acoustic that seems to be especially susceptible to humidity changes and it has a Planet Waves (I think) sound hole humidifier. Another less susceptible one has a home-brew soap dish jobbie in the case. About a month ago I put a room humidifier down in Buzzard Gulch because even the basement was getting pretty dried out. It seems to have helped some fret sprout on a couple of guitars, probably saved some from true dessication.

It looks sort of like a Kahler rout, only way to big, way too deep and on the wrong side of the body. Doubtless it will be home to some new harebrained "innovation" that will disappear faster than a zoot suit SG.

Probably not list-worthy but interesting: The New Riders of the Purple Sage did a song called "Dirty Business". Jerry Garcia played pedal steel on it. He did one (and only one) very slow up and down wah sweep that took the entire song to complete.

The movie left me cold, but the books were a scream. It might have been four years of 24/7 exposure to Brits, but that certainly helped me to get the humor. I got an 8 day funeral punctuated by a day of Christmas. My family has a multi-generational tradition of doing important stuff (being born, dying, getting married, etc. around various holidays) and they didn't disappoint this year. Oh and about 3 lbs of a St. Louis local delicacy, toasted ravioli.