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Progressive 60's! B)

You ain't lived yet! B) Well....you see? That's why I should have one!

Stress: that might explain my buddys GAS, he's got a wife, two very young boys and a second home in Woodstock, but he's been at the GAS for many years. The coolest thing he showed me a few years back was a prototype or custom electric mandolin that looks like it was made by Alembic, no markings showing who made it of course. As for being in NYC, most of the 9/11 worries have faded with time. Things are back to normal now, no one gives a ****. Now my problems consist of DA MAIN CUSTOMER, my elderly parents health problems, why my sisters are not around to help, one relative failed his parole piss test, women problems, why can't the dealer fix my car: the battery light keeps coming on and so on. I hope I'm not giving a negative impression! It's just a bad time and I'd really like to have a Tele!

I don't know if I'll do the microtonal treatment on a ASAT/Tele. If I did, I'd have to get a second Tele! Tele's make me want to play La Grange for twenty min. But a semi-hollow Tribute ASAT sounds likely, I'd hope it has that BluesBoy vibe. We'll see...If I've been thinking about the Tele issue for about two years, is it still GAS?

I'm OK for now, I picked up my latest Strat at UPS this morning. As for GAS...for me, I think it's a reaction to stress. After 9/11 I bought all sorts of equipment (I live real close to NYC. I was lying on the couch in the living room, looking at the beautiful clear sky thinking about what beautiful day it was going to be since I had to visit DA MAIN CUSTOMER. Then I turned my head towards the tube and saw CNN). Now a days...I don't think I'll get into it, but the last seven weeks have been rough. And it doesn't help that some of the people I work with are musicans, one has a real GAS problem. At least I crank out some music and play some gigs. But I've never owned a Tele.

Stunning, but you get any closer to Clarence and you'll be dust.

Hmm....that ASTAT jr. sounds sweet. And I have played both of these guitars, that's why I lust after one. Or both. The real problem is I don't need a Tele, except I'd like one. Hell, I'd like both a '52 reissue and an ASTAT BluesBoy, but I doubt I'll ever use them in public. I tend to cycle around my "normal" guitars, playing blues and trying to play jazz at home. This is more like exercise for my music., which I play on the G&Ls and a no-name-steel around NYC. Too bad there's no girlfriend or wife to talk some sense into me (Uh oh! Be careful what you wish for!) One thing about G&L is their stunning sunbursts, the photo you posted proves it! My fretless is a red burst and it looks amazing. I asked them if they could do a purple burst and they said no, but they're working on it. The multi-fretted microtonal S-500 is cobalt blue: yek. I was rushed on ordering that one. So now I'm looking forward to picking up that Strat Plus at UPS in the morning. Next week I'm ordering a frettless neck from MusicKraft, and after I get my tech to set it up, I'll buy some monofillament line for tye on frets. The ultimate tuning lab. I can change my mind. So why am I dreaming about Tele's and ASATs leaping over fences like sheep? What's up with that? I may have to get a mexi tele to kill the jones.... And then I'll find a reason to change the neck.

All this talk 'bout Teles is getting me all hot and bothered. I never owned one, but a buddy owns a '52 reissiue and I dig that. At Winter NAMM last year, I had a chance to try the G&L ASAT Bluesboy, hollow body w/ a humbucker in the neck. Both are sweet but quite different....what to do, what to do....

Hey, you're in NYC. Get used to it.

I'll have to pass this on to Bruce! DMG is the only place in NYC carrying most of those discs! Tower sucks! J&R is cool if you don't mind going all the way downtown, be sure to check the Virgin stores on Times Sq. & Union Sq. Well stocked.

Thanks! A third party company fretted the necks, they have a deal to get unfretted guitars from G&L.

I have photos of me playing my S-500s all over my web site. I have a ton of equipment, but I also own a Fender Roland ready Strat, a '93 Strat Plus that is my main whammy bar guitar and I just purchased another Strat Plus that is going to be a fretless guitar. Things getting out of hand? Why do you ask?

If you sell your soul to the Devil to play that crazy geetar, yo better be stylin'! Hm...what's goin' on here...I seem to have misplaced my violin bow....

Maple - I like Maple the most, fast. I own 2 G&L S-500s, fine guitars. About woods, Fenders...

What kinda drugs?

Yep. I have to think a bit about what's my favorite PKD novel. I went through a phase last Spring of reading a lot of his books. It started with a coast to coast trip to LA and back home to NJ at the end of April, but by early July it died down. When I'm home I'm more likely to be surfing the net or playing guitar. Thoughts in the morning....

Interesting comment. Didn't the actor who played Dad Brady live a bit of a double life?

Not a bad idea....

You beat me to it. Yikes!!!!!

I received my copies a few days ago. I love 'em.

I agree about Lulu, I think that track is amazing. My complaint is that they didn't show enough Jeff Beck!!!

Robert Fripp (solo) and with King Crimson.

He's a producer, but the North Mississippi Allstars is his son's (Luther & Cody) band!

I'm looking forward to it, I just ordered it a few days ago.