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It was as noisy as ever. SCGC right next to Collings, which was next to Lowden. Huss and Dalton around the corner.
Dana Bourgeois was manning his exhibit.
Larrivee about 50 feet away.
Kevin Ryan had a dozen guitars, all sold, topping out at $40,000.
Martin was the largest by far.
Gibson was absent.
Countless guitars from Asia,many copying the Somogyi modified Dread and OMC Cutaway.
I saw Andy McKee, Antoine Dufour, Don Alder, and a Bakersfield raised keyboard player, Dennis Hamm, on a tour break
He backs up ThunderCat.
I met so many players from the US, Canada, and Europe, missing so many others. I made connections with builders of electrics, pickups, and discovered great deals at discounts.
I’ll definitely return again and again.
I was lucky to play Brozman #1 when Bob handed me his at a residential seminar at his house. I loved it, but had no need for a baritone guitar.
I also happened to be at the old SCGC shop on Ingalls the day Bob picked up his #1. He drove his ’49 Caddy Convertible to get it.
I’ve seen SCGC guitars as high as $40 k these days. Ancient Kauri, 3,000 year old Spruce, 45 style inlay,$14,000 Brazilian add ons.
The high end is beyond my reach.
Being a Cruz owner for 41 years, I’ve seen a few SCGC forums die and be reborn.
Index and Daniel keep this one free from the scam and bot attacks hat killed the others.
If the Forum were to connect with Instagram, there might be more traffic.
Almost 2 years ago, I had a 30 minute NYE gig in the works. After I wrote out 30 minutes of music, a mix of my own and early Frank Zappa, in Standard changes, I realized the sax was in B Flat.
After struggling through one rewrite, I gave it to the sax player to transpose the music.
I play most every day going back and forth between Standard and Altered tunings. Scales covering three octaves up and down the neck, complicated changes, bluegrass, jazz, rock, blues, surf music.
Fun stuff.
