Re: My *first* real electric !

RichL wrote:

I always liked mustangs, but when I decided to buy my first brand-name
guitar (in 1965), I went with this instead:

http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/web/our-catalogue/Rickenbacker/Electric-Guitars/item/3882

I've still got it; 43 years and three rounds of surgery later, here's
what it looks like:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u267/rpleavitt/Rickenbacker450.jpg

I hope you wore an apron when you butchered that guitar.
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