re: #237 nines09

I know I played guitars in Philly pawn shops in the early 70’s that neither you or I could afford now. LOT’S of them.
They called the Les Paul the fretless wonder and it lived up to that. Weighed a ton. Top split on it too. It was my one guitar for 20 some years. I had my 66 Pro Reverb with a Univox Superfuzz (look up that price). It killed. Got an almost octavia effect up the neck. With all the clean headroom in the PR, it never got muddy.
I remember shopping for a Strat in the mid 70’s and every one I picked up the frets were not dressed. I was disgusted. Then I go to a guitar show and see mid 70’s Strats selling for 10 grand….or more…Closet Classic.
The 50’ and 60’s guitars had magic in them. I had a 60’s something SG that the neck cracked at the heel, and I didn’t know any better and let it go cheap.

There was one point where I had four early 60s Melody Makers and three 60s SGs, all at the same time. Let ‘em all go. I don’t even remember what I got back for them.