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Hey everybody. Sorry I haven't rapped at ya in a while. Been busy with the bands, and depreciating about 3 billion dollars worth of corporate assets, you know, stuff.

Thought I'd save my 5,000th post for something really neat. Thursday was a really cool day. I received my '64 1000 back from Paul W. Some of you may remember the original thread here:

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It arrived on Thursday, just in time for an It Rhymes With Orange gig at Tampa's fabulous Pegasus Lounge. As you can see in the photos below, Paul did a great job refinishing this formerly jetglo guitar in a very nice, very metallic, very cool Cloverfield Green. Some special touches include the body/wing notches at the bottom, the natural neck/headstock stripe a la the 50's and more recently the Atlantis, and the gold TRC and guard. It's equipped with a hot rod toaster with lots of punch.

Completing my ensemble is the turquoise necktie custom-made especially for me by Diane Vasco, to match. What do you think?
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And of course, post #5002.
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Nice guitar. I especially like the matching tie. That's a subtle but clever touch, I think.
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Congrats on post # 5000!
Glad you like the tie, it's looks good on you, especially with your matching Rick!
I just showed the pics to Diane, she loved them! :)

...now I have to get the the mini con Graham slam jam....
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Beautiful guitar, Jdog, and congrats on 5000 posts!
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Nice guitar Jason and the neck tie is cool Diane did a great job.Enjoy
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That looks great, Jdog!!! :D Nice way to ring in 5000 posts. Where's the Vibratone?
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Wow, Jdog.......... niiiice!!! :shock:

Congrats on the 5000, mate! :D
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Cool! How fitting, post 5002! Congrats man! :D
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That's one small guitar! Kinda reminds me of the old AMC Gremlin commercial: "Hey, toots, where's the rest of your car?"

Was the 1000 one of the "student" models from back then? Beautiful color!
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Sweet, sweet, SWEET-looking guitar! I would love to hear how that one sounds. 8)
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I'm soooo jealous. :wink: I love these little guitars and yours looks great! :) 8)
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Thanks everybody. If you. Would like to hear this guitar, just go to RRF CD1 and listen to the second half solo on May/June. It is 5 serials away from the 64 1000 JG in the Bacon/Day book. And yes, it's a student model with 18 frets. The Vibratone is. Now something of a living room only piece, as now that it works again, I would like to keep it that way.
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So J, is your santa hat in Cloverfield Green as well? :)

Sooo witheringly jealous... :shock:
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