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Subject: Cars 'n' Guitars From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 26 Sep 00 - 09:18 AM I've just unearthed a cutting from a Sunday supplement article about classic cars that probably falls into the "pretentious-moi?" category but might amuse or start an unacrimonious discussion: "Elvis's first Cadillac shared some of the same aesthetic as a semi-acoustic Gretsch. A Chevy Belair hints at a Beale Street Gibson. ...a '55 Corvette is a Fender Stratocaster...a '64 T-Bird, a Rickenbacker..." I suppose a '40s Martin would be an old pickup truck and a '20s National steel a Model T Ford? RtS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: katlaughing Date: 26 Sep 00 - 10:17 AM LMAO! I don't know about store-bought geetars, but the *biscuit board* electric my daddy made went real well with the 1953 Studebaker we all rode around in when I was just little. Just seemed nacherel, ya know wot I mean?**BG** kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Mbo Date: 26 Sep 00 - 11:18 AM Um...a Yamaha Eterna and a '94 Chevy Corsica.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Bert Date: 26 Sep 00 - 11:21 AM A Martin backpacker and one of them new little scooters. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Kim C Date: 26 Sep 00 - 11:26 AM I have a Jeep Cherokee and a little Alvarez. What does that mean? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Steve Parkes Date: 26 Sep 00 - 11:33 AM Ever since I bought my 2nd-hand Epiphone Sheraton II (try this one then click on GEAR then Limited Editions, then pick it out of the list) I've been dying to find a Buick so I can photograph myself like John Lee Hooker on his Mr Lucky album, only I'd change the number plate (license plate to you) to "Mr Parky". Any offers? An A40 might do at a pinch! Steve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Midchuck Date: 26 Sep 00 - 12:06 PM In my youth, I liked to say that all I wanted was a Z28 and a D28. I'm no longer sure what it is that I do want, but I know it isn't a Z28. Peter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Ely Date: 26 Sep 00 - 12:07 PM Alvarez Regent 5212 . . . my choices are 1986 Nissan Stanza wagon or 1996 Ford Contour, both suitably bland. I'm thinking it's closer to the Nissan, though (fairly reliable, but somewhat crude and zero finesse). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: GUEST Date: 26 Sep 00 - 01:07 PM A Danelectro electric guitar and a Nash Rambler.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: WyoWoman Date: 26 Sep 00 - 01:17 PM Unh, I sold my '64 T-Bird five years ago, and I have a Yamaha I can't seem to keep in tune. I want my T-Bird back and I'd like to trade the Yamaha in on something that makes me sound like Rick Fielding .... ww |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: MichaelAnthony Date: 26 Sep 00 - 01:27 PM Danelectro and Nash rambler -- yeah! Been eyeing the yellow Rambler in the apt. parking lot. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: GUEST,Mbo Date: 26 Sep 00 - 01:33 PM A ukelele and a golfcart. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: catspaw49 Date: 26 Sep 00 - 01:36 PM Well Pansy darlin'......Out in my back garage is a '66 Bird....same body. Landau hardtop. 428 4 barrel. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Jim the Bart Date: 26 Sep 00 - 01:39 PM Ditto on the Dano and Nash. How about an Ovation and one of the new faux-VW Bugs. I can see the Ad slogan now - "Almost like the real thing, ONLY BETTER!" Personally, I would like a simple pre-war Martin D18 and an old Panel Truck (A Woodie, like the surfers used to drive - not very cherry, just an oldie but a goodie) or a Candy-colored Telecaster and matching ragtop corvette stingray (not the new penile design, the old 60's look, thank you very much). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Giac Date: 26 Sep 00 - 02:37 PM I have a 1950s Guild and an '89 Nissan Sentra. All three of us have heavy cosmetic damage, and have gone more than 140,000 miles. The two of them are easy to tune, in register and don't rattle. ~;o)
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Jim Krause Date: 26 Sep 00 - 02:51 PM My Grandpa's old round necked Dobro with a Model A Ford pick-up truck. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Lady McMoo Date: 26 Sep 00 - 03:07 PM Open-back John Grey banjo and a Skoda convertible? mcmoo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: death by whisky Date: 26 Sep 00 - 05:57 PM Yamaha FG-332,Ford Sierra - 2litre D.O.H.C Both solid and reliable. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Bert Date: 26 Sep 00 - 06:07 PM A Dobro and a hubcap |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: bill\sables Date: 26 Sep 00 - 06:09 PM What about an Ovation in a Reliant Robin |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: mousethief Date: 26 Sep 00 - 06:14 PM I would have liked to put an Ovation in a Corvette, as both are made of plastic, but a corvette is far classier (IMHO) than an Ovation.
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Kim C Date: 26 Sep 00 - 06:17 PM Actually I'd like that 1830's reproduction that Elderly is selling right now and a nice horse and carriage. :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: WyoWoman Date: 26 Sep 00 - 06:18 PM Omigawd,Spaw. Does it run? I'll be right up ... er ... over ... er, over and out .... I love those cars. Mine wasn't a Landau. White over red, black interior. It was the coolest car I've ever owned, except for the slight problem of the battery boiling over after a few miles and the electric windows getting stuck up when it was hot and down when it was raining. It had a completely rebuilt engine (397 I believe, eight-cylinder) that would pass anything on the road except a gas station. I got it up to 120 mph a couple of times just because I could and I wanted to see what it felt like. It felt like 60 mph in that wonderful machine. If I can find the photo, I'll email you a picture of it (is that obsessive?) (like I care...)So, do you have a guitar that'll make me sound like Fielding? ww |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: bill\sables Date: 26 Sep 00 - 06:31 PM mousethief, the Reliant Robin is also a plastic car. It has only three wheels and can be driven on a motorbike licence. And both are very hard to sell second hand. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: mousethief Date: 26 Sep 00 - 06:34 PM Oh. I've never seen a Reliant Robin. Thanks for cluing me in.
Alex |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: richlmo Date: 26 Sep 00 - 11:12 PM My first "real guitar " was an Epiphone I bought from my buddy "Moose" and I bought a used fastback Opal about the same time. I think they were meant for each other. Where one went the other one went, for several years, anyway. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Cap't Bob Date: 26 Sep 00 - 11:14 PM Ah...the perfect match ~ A Nobility Ukulele and a 1931 American Bantum RACCOON COAT OPTIONAL. Cap't Bob
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: WyoWoman Date: 26 Sep 00 - 11:20 PM My very first car was an Opal Cadet (Kadette? seems it started with a K...) in 1968 and it was old when my Dad got it for me. It was such a cute little car until the brakes went out and I slammed into the back of a brand new Buick Riviera. The guy jumped out, crying and said, "It had 8 miles on it. I was driving it home from the dealership..." And I had JUST had the brakes fixed ... I did not own a guitar at that time, but my roommate had a Guild. I think that's a match ... ww |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: richlmo Date: 26 Sep 00 - 11:29 PM Those Opal's were pretty tough. I think I put about 35,000 miles on that one without changing the oil! I kept wrecking it and having to replace the driver's side door. Nothing else ever got damaged. Weird! The epiphone took a pretty good beating , too. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Biskit Date: 26 Sep 00 - 11:33 PM I've got a "68" Bird....Fire not T, got the tach on the hood,Corvette Yellow paint,400ci,forced air induction,and a racin'cam,and a Les Paul Studio pearl white w/ gold hardware,don't know which I like better,but I love'em both when they scream!peace,-Biskit- |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Ely Date: 26 Sep 00 - 11:47 PM My mom has a 1971 Guild F-30 and had either a Chevelle or a Toyota Karina (Carina? Dang, I know how to spell Opel Kadet). I'm not seeing a match there, though. Maybe the Chevelle. The Toyota was tinny but that model was rare in the US. In the true spirit of 1970's Japanese cars, it finally got so rusted out and my dad did a load of bodywork on it. It went around in primer for awhile until my uncle was embarrassed when we came to visit and threatened to paint it windows and all if my dad didn't get busy and mask it (uncle owns a sign shop and paints tour buses for Atlantic City). Hmm, the Guild has a repaired back--maybe it's a Toyota after all. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Lonesome EJ Date: 27 Sep 00 - 12:48 AM A pearl white Takamini Electric and a black '64 Triumph Vitesse.Both anomalies. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Amos Date: 27 Sep 00 - 01:06 AM My wife has a 95 Geo Metro and an accordion....does that fit? I have a D28 and although I drive a Toyota Station Wagon, in my mind I am still drivng the Willys Jeep Station Wagon with the fropped-in Ford V8 I first bought when I was seventeen. It would climb walls and convert into a motel room at the flip of a switch! (Just kidding...a little less well-appointed than a motel room...but you get the idea.)
A SPAW: You sellin? Huh? It isn't doing you any good out there in the gayrage and winter coming on and all. Lemme make it into a true California Car!!! Whaddya say? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: tradsteve Date: 27 Sep 00 - 01:11 AM A 1975 Ford Pinto station waggon (with fake wood panneling) and a DeArmand Starfire Special, or 50's telecaster? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: WyoWoman Date: 27 Sep 00 - 02:33 AM Pretty exotic duo there, LEJ... And Spaw, if you don't want your 'bird to fly all the way to California, I'd be happy to have it come visit here for a while. Colorado is nice and dry and it can have some respite from all that rust-producing Ohio yuck. Just a suggestion ... ww |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Steve Parkes Date: 27 Sep 00 - 03:35 AM MichaelAntony -- nice combination, just don't try to get 'em past my Martin Coletti and my Cadillac!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 27 Sep 00 - 03:52 AM Wow! What a great response. I suppose I ought to 'fess up: Plastic kazoo and Ford Ka. Yes, maybe there is something in this! RtS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Mooh Date: 27 Sep 00 - 07:10 AM Harmony flat-top Sovereign, set up for lap style and tuned to open F#. Sounds and cost about the same as the '89 Ford Escort two-door 5 speed that graces the curb out front. Rattle and hum. The Harmony's alot more fun to ride. Mooh. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Jim the Bart Date: 27 Sep 00 - 09:45 AM Wyo Woman - Those Opals seem to have bad stories attached to them. I had just bought one (after not owning a car for about three years) when I got into a disastrous wreck. Some girl ran a light while I was turning left. The car was totalled, I busted my guild D44M (Curly maple sides and back, since repaired by the good folks at the Old Town School), and broke my jaw. And I got nailed for the accident - I was turning and hadn't gottne my insurance yet. I paid $500 for the car (a lot of dough for a full-time folkie in 1972) and drove it for less than a week. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Steve Latimer Date: 27 Sep 00 - 10:10 AM The body of the Gibson Firebird was designed by an automotive stylist. An odd looking guitar by todays standards, but it must have been pretty cool in it's day. My man Johnny Winter still makes his sound awfully good when he plays slide on his. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Kim C Date: 27 Sep 00 - 12:14 PM My brother used to have an Opal. He was parked on the street one day and had just opened the drivers side door when a city bus came along and whacked it. They gave him some money but instead of using it to fix the car, he bought a tuxedo instead. He doesn't play the guitar, but he does sing in a Native American drum group. Mister has a Washburn and a Jeep Cherokee. (Yes, we each have a red Cherokee.)But he really wants a cool old truck, like a Willys, or a PT Cruiser. Actually I want the PT Cruiser... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Bert Date: 27 Sep 00 - 12:34 PM Wyo, when you find one of those guitars that make you sound like Rick, let me know 'cos I NEED ONE. Oh and, if you still have that Opel, run into the back of Mrs Amos' Geo, so that it will match her accordian. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Dharmabum Date: 27 Sep 00 - 12:53 PM I've got an 82 Guild D40 that needs refretting & a 68 VW bus that needs restoring. The Guild buzzes & the bus rattles,if I could play & drive at the same time I'd be a one man band. Ron. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Biskit Date: 27 Sep 00 - 03:09 PM Or you'd sound like a kazoo -Biskit- |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: wildlone Date: 27 Sep 00 - 03:29 PM A Marina 12 string that has been worked on by a local luthier. An Ibenez 6 string accoustic about 30 years old. A hand built 6 string spruce top, maple neck and back maker unknown bowed Psaltery,wheatstone concertina, auto harp,jaws harp and a Kazoo. I ride a 3 year old BMW 650 single and a MZ 125 but not at the same time. what the heck does that mean? dave |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: GUEST,Songster Bob Date: 27 Sep 00 - 04:29 PM Dave sez: A Marina 12 string that has been worked on by a local luthier. An Ibenez 6 string accoustic about 30 years old. A hand built 6 string spruce top, maple neck and back maker unknown bowed Psaltery,wheatstone concertina, auto harp,jaws harp and a Kazoo. I ride a 3 year old BMW 650 single and a MZ 125 but not at the same time. what the heck does that mean? -- That you have put several holes in your bank account over the years! Hmmm... I've got a 1996 Volvo 850 wagon and a Running Dog sycamore & spruce acoustic. Or maybe it's the Epiphone Dot that matches the car*, or the telecaster model (Samick Ray Benson -- curly maple capped body & three pickups -- not a real tele), or the 1942 Martin, or the 1943 Orpheum archtop (made by Kay). Whatever, it isn't the Valco-era National "solid-body" with the 22" scale and the blue house-paint finish. That one matches my sister's first car, a 1954 Chevy two-door. Bob Clayton * Actually, the Dot is a good match, even in color, for my wife's new Subaru. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Lanfranc Date: 27 Sep 00 - 06:06 PM Subaru Impreza Sport and a Martin SPD15. Both look and sound like their more highly-specified siblings, but don't cost as much to insure! 1962 Gibson J45 and a 1961 Ford Consul Should have kept both, but, hell, I was only young |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: GUEST Date: 27 Sep 00 - 06:19 PM My Guild JF-4 and my '77 Ford F-150....neither look very fancy, but both get me where I need to be! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: GUEST,Terry Allan Hall Date: 27 Sep 00 - 06:21 PM Ooops...that was me, just before, extolling the virtues of Ford and Guild....two great American products! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Cars 'n' Guitars From: Steve Parkes Date: 28 Sep 00 - 03:26 AM Some years ago I'd taken my banjo to a far-away folk club and somebody was putting me up for the night. I parked my old Reliant Robin outside his house, but like an idiot I left the banjo in full view on the back seat. When I came out the next morning, the passenger window was smashed and some b*st*rd had left another banjo on the front seat! |
