"I've Just Seen A Face"
Photo Contest #1


"Identify the Guitarist Playing the Rickenbacker and the Year"
"The Winner Receives Their Choice of Either a
Six-String or 12-String Set of Pyramid Flat Wounds"



"Ok Here is a Closeup"
"Remember Identify the Guitarist and the Year"


Incorrect Responses to Contest Beginning November 13, 1999

  1. Bob Belloff - 1983

  2. Mike Mills - mid to late 70's

  3. Bob "BobKat" Belloff - 1990

  4. Alex Leifson - no date given



And The Winner Is ANDREW SPENCER: for great sleuthing and the Correct Answer of:

  1. Gerard Lanois - 1984

"How to be a sleuth"

Hey Peter! What a surprise! I figured my guess was a "long shot." I figured wrong, I suppose... or right, depending on how you look at it. ;-) In reading the "I've Just Seen A Face" rules, the line about "The individual submitting the photo will be sending the prize to the winner..." made me first suspect either "BobKat" or "encapsulight" (what does "encapsulight" mean, anyway?). So I started sifting through both of their posts in a.g.r -- looking for any mention of them owning a 360 in Burgundyglo. No dice. Then I tried searching a.g.r (via DejaNews, using their power search feature) with the specific term "360 AND Burgundy." I got about half a dozen responses. Gerard's was the last one on the list. In his post, which was quite lengthy, he wrote all about his first RIC. A Burgundyglo 360 that he purchased with his high school graduation money. I have chatted with Gerard in the AURS chatroom a few times, and I seem to recall him being about 3 years younger than me. So, I did the math and figured he graduated in 1984. And that's how I came about my guess!
CHORDially, Andrew Spencer
P.S. I'll take a set of .010 Pyramids for a six-string guitar.


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