RiConfluence 2007 Photos

paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:54 am

Since my 381s missed out on the confluence photo opp, here's a photo of the pair with my favorite AC30 as a backdrop. Sorry if there's not more detail. I must have lost some when getting file down to a size that would upload:

paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:55 am

By the way, someone on the forum expressed a like of Vox teardrops, so here is a pair of them

paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:59 am

Oops:

Why do I have two? I wanted a red one, couldn't find one, so had settled for the sunburst. A few weeks later, the red one pops up on Ebay. ARGH! I just haven't gotten around to selling the sunburst model yet.

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:01 am

Pretty Awesome Paul,,,,a pair of each. My favorite color is the white teardrop like Brian Jones played on Ed Sullivan.

paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:45 pm

Thanks Dale. BJ's white teardrop is super cool. I've only seen a couple of solid body white teardrops for sale, and Brian's two pickup model was even more rare-I've never seen another one of those, if another even exists.

I apparently have the double vision varieties of both R.A.S. and V.A.S.........

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:21 pm

The Fawn AC-30 is very cool..

paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:11 pm

Thanks again Dale. You'll have to try it out the next time you're in town. The amp chassis is from a `73 AC 30 that I had rewired to 60s top boost specs, complete with tube rectifier. The original cabinet was particle board that started to go wobbly, and I was tired of doweling and bracing the thing, so I had a new Birch ply cabinet made a couple of years back by a Fullerton gentleman named Kerry Wright, who works a literal stone's throw from where the original Fender factory was located. I loved the fawn tolex look from the first time I saw one, so I had the new cabinet covered in fawn. Kerry thought of the old school single pin front corners. The speakers are silver frame bulldogs that I found in an old Thomas Vox Series 90 cabinet. I picked out the cream chicken head knobs; They were more visible on a darkened stage, and I thought they gave the amp a more vintage look.

-Did I put anyone to sleep with all of those details?

dr_bob · Post by **dr_bob** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:01 pm

Does anyone know the model type (besides calling it a teardrop)of the Vox 12 string on the left in Paul's picture? I am familiar with the Mark XII but that was a solid body -- yes?

Sorry -- maybe this better belongs in the "other" category of postings.

myfretless · Post by **myfretless** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:27 pm

I really wish I had taken the time to play a 381 at the confluence!

Next time!

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:57 pm

ZZZZZZZZZZZZ....huh...wa..Oh nice Job Paul!

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:13 pm

Paul, I love this kind of stuff. In 1975 I did the same thing to a 1957 Fender Tweed Deluxe that had been abused..New Pine cabinet, Jensen speaker, Tweed and lacquer, what an amp, coupled with my 1962 Brown Fender Deluxe thru a spliter box and a phaser this was my dream sound. I played a 57 Strat, 53 Tele, 61 Dot Neck and my 66 330 Gibson P-90's thru this set up and loved it.

paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:01 am

That sounds like an amazing setup Dale. You are truly a master of many talents. I didn't know you'd built cabinets as well.

Bob, the guitar is just called a "Mark XII Acoustic" so far as I know.

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:01 am

Well, I used to..I still can but I really don't have the time now a days

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:50 am

I was just reminiscing about our vacation to SoCal. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels like it was months ago already.

As I was browsing through the dozens of photos I have, I thought I'd post these few, each of which brings a smile to my face for different reasons.

Now it feels like it was yesterday!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:49 am

Where was that Jazz-bo, Darren?