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  1. At worst, Ringo was the second-best instrumentalist in the band. He was way more proficient on his instrument than was George or John. *not counting Billy Preston
  2. A spoon can be a weapon. Why don't we outlaw spoons?
  3. Gary P Nunn at a Save Muny benefit. Criminally under appreciated by the crowd. Pearls before swine in pearls.
  4. Haha. Harmonica players in bar bands… white guys with fedoras and diabeetus… just waiting for a solo. At least hippies keep their digeridoos at home.
  5. Hippies, man. They smell bad and they’re off-the-charts annoying (though some of their political beliefs turn out to be right, which is also annoying).
  6. In 6th grade band, I needed to pick an instrument. About a week before school started, my mother said, 'How about saxophone? You should play saxophone!" I ended up playing alto sax for two years. Ugh. Man, I would trade that for ANYTHING else: cello, violin, drums... even oboe or bassoon would be cooler. I'm surprised no one said "fretless bass," because that's another one that everyone else in the room just has to kind of cringe and pray to God that it stays in the case all day. How about a trio of alto sax, fretless bass, and cajon? They could name themselves something annoying, like "Phish."
  7. If bad breath were an instrument, it would be a cajon.
  8. I hope we play smart. I can’t take watching another turnover festival peppered with off-balance threes from Disu and stupid hero-ball shots from our guys. We hit only one three because the vast majority of our threes were off-balance and out of rhythm. Hell, Abmas hit that one from the logo, but at least his shoulders were square and his feet were set.
  9. Crazy that our only three the whole night was the halftime buzzer beater.
  10. Avoid: noiseless pickups, heavily modified guitars (you don't know what you're getting, and you might have a hard time selling it)
  11. Whoops. The blonde one was miscategorized. I put American-made as one of the filters but the results included that made-in-Japan model. Still might be a good guitar, but it's not how it was represented.
  12. You're an awesome dad. Personally, I'd look at an 1990's American-made guitar. In my opinion, it was a pretty good era, and they're not perceived as "vintage," so the values aren't too crazy. You can find one in good shape in the $1200-1500 range, and there are a lot of options in there to find something that he loves cosmetically. Stay away from "noiseless" pickups. They suck. "Buy this once" - check "Be nice forever" - check If it doesn't work out, you should get your money back out of it. A few from a 10-minute Reverb search: Lipstick red for $1080: https://reverb.com/item/69542092-fender-american-standard-telecaster-1992-1993-lipstick-red Sunburst with rosewood neck, $1350 and accepting offers: https://reverb.com/item/77910288-1995-fender-american-standard-telecaster-with-rosewood-fretboard-3-color-sunburst Blonde, $1600 and accepting offers: https://reverb.com/item/78163624-fender-50th-anniversary-telecaster-1996-blonde edit to add: Understand that a 30-year old guitar is almost certainly going to have some minor scratches and dings. That's normal. If that feels disappointing to him, then he should get something new or nearly new.
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