HEY ALL,
BEEN awhile since I was here, about 5 years to be exact. I was a member but fell on BAD TIMES..lost my contract, had 4 heart attacks and a ZIPPER JOB and then my wife was diagnosed with MS so I've been a bit busy staying alive.

I am signed to ALLIGATOR RECORDS right now and am lucky enough to be playing with a guy I was friends with when we were the SCENE in NYC during the PUNK ERA 75-85...at least now we are NO LONGER called PUNKS but just BLUES PLAYERS !!!!
Though aging is beat the respect ya get from the younger bands and club owners and record companies makes it worth it.

I have a TON of TELE'S mostly VINTAGE and a few hot rodded ones, I tried and tried to play STRATS but could never get the tone I was searching for.....I found it in GIBSON:S....

BUT ALL my amps are FENDER"S and I just bought my first NEW amp since 1967......I presently have a Vibroverb, SUPER REVERB< TWIN REVERB a PRO REVERB, DELUXE REVERB, PRINCETON REVERB, VIBROLUX, and last but not least a 65 VIBRO CHAMP that I actually got in a box at last years AMP show in NYC.
ALL the rest are BLACKFACES except my SUPER REVERB is a DRIP EDGE 67 same circuit as BLACKFACE ,hand wired, point to point but first year for SILVER FACE
I just now picked up a LIMITED EDITION HOT ROD DELUXE in BLUE with the CELESTION 30 VINTAGE SPEAKER.....the BLUES TOLEX and chicken head knobs make it look great and it sounds like a keeper.

How could I not buy it when I traded 2 MELODY MAKERS and a few bucks for it.,....luckily I got there when I did as they had 5 guys waiting to see if I would show up by NOON as promised or they were gonna snag it up !!!!

APPARENTLY they made only 50 of these in BLUE....very nice LIMITED EDITION tag on the front.....

I also have TWO AMPEG amps....a REVERB ROCKET AND A GEMINI 2 both 30 watts and very similar to a DELUXE REVERB but NOT in price !!!!!

Well I wanted to pop in and sy HEY and look around and already I see some names I know...I hope to speak with you guys and get to know some of the newer members that we not here when I was before.

WEll I have to be in the STUDIO in 20 minutes and it's a 15 minute cab ride and I still didn;t eat or shower so I better get a movin.

I look forward to talking with ya later......going to see JOHNNY A tonight !!!

Enjoy your weekend fella's

St James

Wow, very cool, glad to see you back!

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Sounds like you have some nice stuff. Welcome. I don't think this forum was here 5 years ago though!!

fhopkins beat me to it. I don't know what forum he thought he was revisiting after 5 years, but this ain't it.

The first member was Administrator joined on Feb. 14/2007

Hmmm, You sound a lot my my friend James.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

Do you remember him Chet? He may just have the time frame confused with all he's been through.

If it's who I think it is he has the wrong forum, but that's OK. He is a great guy and has a long musical history.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

Well, glad he found us then!

You have been through a lot James. Well done for coming out the other end.
Your very right ofcourse old punx dont die. They just slow up and play blues. Evidence


And JLH's take on it



Irrefutable proof eh mate?

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If I remember correctly James used always say: Punk is just angry blues.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

A TON of Tele's That would be like 220 tele's unless it's a long Ton for our English members then I guess it would be 246 Thats just a average guess but WOW

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I KNEW there had to be some advantage to being from the UK!

Oh well, guess I'll just have to settle for wishing for the puny American ton o' teles.

Oh, yeah, I remember you. How's your old Chevy?

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My other guitar is a Strat.

Oh theres loads of advantages being a UK ctizen than being a citizen of any other nation. But lets not go into that here, eh?

After all you'd only get jealous.

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