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I had a '65 450/12, and loved it. And long ago, two 6 string versions. I've dug 'em ever since I saw Robin Zander driving Japan wild with one.....78 must have been.

I had a '65 450/12, and loved it. And long ago, two 6 string versions. I've dug 'em ever since I saw Robin Zander driving Japan wild with one.....78 must have been.

By the way, I've never heard of any such Rick referred to as a Crestwave, but it's an apt and groovy description.

Glenn, I imagine that's the one I now own.

I often think, "If that little 12 could talk!"

"Cresting wave" is a long-accepted nomenclature for these style guitars.

Indeed, Paul, had some great times with that baby out in your home town (as can be seen here in a bad pic at a gig on Mose Ave. 'bout 9 years ago in a smokey bar.)

450/12 is on stand, stage left. I'm playing my old, also long gone JG six string example.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=99004973&albumID=0&imageID=637177

Now that is cool! I'd love to see any others as they come to light!

Oops, typo. As you may have noticed I meant to say Morse Ave. That's the farthest north gig we played in the city, Morseland, a club that was open or closed ever week it seemed.

There's a shot of my old 360/12WB on a stand here:

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=16780093&albumID=0&imageID=5811297

Oh, yeah, Morse...that was my high school stomping grounds, 1964-66, and as I recall about as far north as you could go without hitting Evanston.

I wonder if my old rock paintings are still there at Morse Ave. Beach?

(Some beach. Concrete sidewalks dropping off into the cold Lake.)

Ten blocks south of Howard St. If those paintings are still there, you used great paint.

Looks like Morseland is either a DJ place, or live jazzers now.

Too bad it's so hard to make a buck on rock these days, eh?

You can make a buck; but stringing them together in any sensible way is nigh-impossible.

>>"Cresting wave" is a long-accepted nomenclature for these style guitars.<<

Indeed. But "Crestwave" I had never heard before.

The first sounds merely descriptive of a feature, wheras the second actually sounds like a product name. Would make a great surf band name, eh?