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It would have to be one of my Rickenbackers. Currently, I'm playing a '91 1997 reissue, but my fave Rick is this '65 365.

"Joysticks" (1983), because I'll watch ANYTHING that has the lovely and talented Corinne Bohrer in it! It's a typical '80s USA Up All Night-type flick about kids and their favorite video arcade. It features the typical misfits, foxy girls, and a cool guy owner. Joe Don Baker (who plays the...

Here's a neat '57 double guard Rancher.

This is why there are so many replacement pickguards on old Gretsches. The original from my '56 Rancher.

The original pickguard(s) would have been single thickness 1/8" nitrocellulose tortoiseshell. These 3-ply laminates are replacements. I'll bet if the guards were to be unscrewed, they would reveal if the bass-side originally had one or not. There's bound to be off-gas staining under one or both...

10-4 on the Yank Tank! Ours looked EXACTLY like this one. Mom once got stuck half-way down Motomachi in downtown Yokohama and had to back all the way out. And as if this car wasn't big enough, Dad bought a '57 Chevy Beauville wagon from a marine who was derosing back to the States.

We kept the Japanese plates from our '61 Buick Electra. We lived there from '63 to '66.

My '56 6022 Rancher as well as my '61 and '65 6120 Chet Atkins models all have the horseshoe. Some of the earlier horseshoe inlays have the nail holes.

Here's the video-

For years I went without a Telecaster. I always liked hollowbodies, namely Gretsch and Rickenbacker. I just wasn't a solidbody player. Then I saw Fender's video ad for the AVRI '52 Telecaster and it blew me away! Usually, demos feature some guy wailing away on an overly distorted guitar...

"Sonny Boy" by the late, great Al Jolson.

"Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro.

The White Falcon Stereo is actually two three string guitars combined into one body, so there are two master volume controls. Other than a re-wire, it might be better to just use the amp's volume control.

Every time I opened the case of my brand new '83 Fender '57 reissue Stratocaster, I was almost floored by the overwhelming nitro smell. It was like someone shoved a Carter's Magic Marker up your nose! I used to leave the guitar on a stand and the case opened in another room to air it out...

George's broken "Banjo" (as the lorry driver called it) was the first one. It had the large knob dial-up string mufflers.

Thanks for letting me know. I just changed 4, 5 and 6 to Public (at least I hope it did!). Let me know if you still can't access them.

I'm sorry that I don't have Part 1, folks. Maybe someone else may have it and post it for us.

Here's the link to: Gretsch Brooklyn Walking Tour Part 7

Here's the link to: Gretsch Brooklyn Walking Tour Part 6

Here's the link to: Gretsch Brooklyn Walking Tour Part 5

Here's the link to: Gretsch Brooklyn Walking Tour Part 4

Here's the link to: Gretsch Brooklyn Walking Tour Part 3

Here's the link to: Gretsch Brooklyn Walking Tour Part 2

I think Curt is the 5th Monkee! He did a fabulous, painstaking job on my 6123, including the near impossible task of removing a stupidly epoxied neck joint. I LOVE this guitar so much. Thanks again, Curt!

My wife's Mosrites-Mk. X bass and Mk. I Ventures.