guitars3

Mo-Baby by
Gibson with
Epiphone on the
weird headstock.
Travel guitar
designed as a 3/4
scale "Moderne"
originally
designed in 1958
but not produced
in any quantity
until 1982[?].
Gibson coined the
phrase "It ain't
easy, being
cheesey" during
the 1994 [?] ad
campain for this
under reviewed
guitar. Cool as
mint seafoam
green with a 9 volt
powered speaker
to boot. Played
here through W's
Sax amp with the
Marshall 900 in the
back ground, only
used to hold
drinks.
It was priceless to
see Mark pulling
1/4 inch jacks out
of his pedals in an
effort to stop the
relentless Hendrix
like feedback
during the drum
solo in the Beatles
"The End" while it
was the Mo' Baby
feeding back upon
itself the entire
time. I still giggle
about it today.
The red face and
sweat stains are
only special
effects.

Here is Wanda's Gibson bouncin' Gibson
SG bass in Heritage Cherry. By this time,
she has removed the Ziti and string
from the finger board.
As can be seen here, Mark has rigged
one tuner to contain an LED (light
emitting diode) in order to light the
pages of the music on the stand.
Unfortunately, sometimes the "E" string
needs to be out of tune so as to light
the right page.
Wanda's shirt seems to be of the
stretchie stuff. The strap has locks on
the SG are black with real golden
stitching.
In the background is a Rickenbacker
330 12 string guitar. Great sound but
she is a little tough to play for a hack
like me. VERY close strings and twice as
many of them make the pretty potential a
bit hard to realize. As I get better, I hope
to try this on days when the temperature
is constant and the formidable tuning is
stable.

Below is a pic of Wanda's second sax, a
Yamaha Alto with a very high scrap
metal value. Be aware that other than
this instrument, most of us boycott
Yamaha because of the crappy 2002
wave runners they sold. These PWC
were flawed and self destructed yearly.
The company never warrenteed these
and New England Cycle never let on that
these should be recalled.

Ol' legless and orange here with
her Ampeg BA-210 SP. Great bass
amp with 2 10" speakers and
evidence of a tweeter [?] or a
baffle on the upper left. A cool
"Digital" plaque adorns the lower
right. This has enough special
effects and settings to keep a
techie busy for hours. 200W loud.
Note the amp has feet and
wheels, and that is more than we
can say about Wanda.
Hot chick sold separately.

On the left in the music room is a
Gibson Corvus III. It was a bit of a
failure when it came out and sold
for only 3 years. Great head stock
and cool shape that was meant to
go with big hair and eye make up
on boys. This 3 pick up model is
fun to play and has a lot of depth
with the 5 position selector. The
neck likes to stage dive, way
before that was popular. The color
is metallic green- silver.

The red beauty is a 1960 National
"Westwood 88". Very playable and
an absolute work of art with the
deco pick guard, contoured body
and linear knob layout. 3 pickups
with a piezo {?} bridge pick up
lending a great acoustic sound to
rough Delaware Destroyers sound
of the top 2 units.
Both of these came from
California. The Corvus was from a
dealer and the National hails from
the famous basement of the
Hollywood Boulevard Guitar
Center.