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One of these acetone organs is on Ebay right now!
--- Roddenberry <robertda@...> wrote:

> Great story...
> 
> And I know that feeling... Over 23 years ago, I was
> the proud owner  
> of a gorgeous black Rickenbacker 4001 (just like
> Geddy) that I  
> acquired with the top quality road case for the
> ridiculous sum of  
> $400. three or four years later, tough financial
> times made me part  
> with all my musical instruments, including a Les
> Paul, 6 or 7 Boss  
> effects pedals and my beautiful Ricky (which I sold
> with the case for  
> a mere $600)...
> 
> How I deeply regret to have sold off that bass... it
> was such a warm,  
> comfortable, elegant thing and nowadays, every time
> I see one at a  
> concert, I get this little feeling of nostalgy and
> sadness. On the  
> other hand, I have to admit that I really sucked as
> a guitar and/or  
> bass player, but still...
> 
> Robert in Montreal
> 
> 
> On 2-Nov-07, at 9:28 AM, Jack Younger wrote:
> 
> > God, I love these stories.
> > I experienced the same to a slightly lesser
> degree:
> > It was a late-50's Sonola amp (a moniker used, in
> this
> > case as an alternate naming for Guild when sold
> with
> > the Sonola accordion line).  Sweet 20 watts,
> Jensen
> > P12R, four inputs with four very different sounds
> and
> > a tremolo that made me cry.  This was the first
> amp
> > that I ever recorded as an engineer, my first
> session,
> > my first record.  I pleaded with the guy to sell
> it to
> > me but to no avail and it sailed right out the
> door
> > the same day.
> > The owner continued to be a friend and client for
> > years and never mentioned that he still even had
> it.
> > 15 years later he was working in a music store I
> > frequent. I walked in and he said, "Oh, I have a
> > present for, you.." and dashed downstairs.  He
> comes
> > up holding the Sonola and told me I could have it.
> > He'd blown the output transformer and didn't feel
> like
> > getting it fixed. I immediately brought it to my
> tech.
> >  $65 and one tube later it was glorious and it is
> an
> > often-used favorite amp in my studio to this day.
> > It's wonderful when gear comes back around.  Back
> in
> > 2005, I posted a message about my first 'tron,
> hoping
> > it could be found.  I still have the posting.  But
> > there just wasn't enough info as I had no serial
> #.  I
> > would love to hear more stories about "fated" gear
> if
> > anybody has any.
> > Congratulations on your reunion!
> > -Jack
> >
> >
> > <jonesalley@...> wrote:
> >
> >> I managed to pick up an interesting keyboard a
> while
> >> back. It's an Ace Tone Top 5 combo organ with one
> >> four-octave manual, it's garish red and white
> with
> >> screw-on stainless steel legs, it only makes five
> >> sounds and generally speaking is the kind of
> >> instrument that I can't stand. I paid way more
> than
> >> it's worth, but I would have gladly paid even
> more
> >> than I did to own it.
> >>
> >> It's where I began turning into me. It's the very
> >> first instrument I ever played on stage in a rock
> >> band, back in the winter of 1969. Not one like
> it,
> >> but the exact same one. It was owned by the guy
> who
> >> played bass and ran the band, and I borrowed it
> on
> >> and off for four or five years in the 70's until
> I
> >> finally started getting some real keyboards of my
> >> own.
> >>
> >> Even with the collection I have amassed in the
> >> meantime, I have wondered about this humble
> little
> >> instrument all these decades and a few months ago
> I
> >> decided to see if I could track it down. I
> succeeded
> >> and it's home with me now for good. Amazingly, it
> >> seems to have been in a time capsule and it looks
> >> like nobody has even played it since the last
> time I
> >> did, it just sat in closets all these years. The
> >> little black scuff mark that I accidentally made
> on
> >> the cover looks like it just happened yesterday.
> >>
> >> And now it's mine. Forever. I almost cried when I
> >> opened the box and saw it for the first time in
> >> thirty years. I still can't look at it without
> >> getting a lump in my throat, and I've had it here
> >> for a couple of weeks now.
> >>
> >> I feel like I just married my high school
> >> sweetheart. And she is exactly the same as she
> was
> >> the last time I saw her.
> >>
> >
> >
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