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I will be in late Saturday night back from an appraisal in Lubbock.

Hmmmm...Lubbock...it wouldn't be a '58 Fender Strat by any chance?

Since I'm a resident of Lubbock, other than a certain '58 Fender, I can't think of anything else here of value to appraise.

Wow - thanks for the lead guys!!

No, just kidding. I will be there for my company doing random appraisals and accepting consignments for our future auctions. Hey, in a dinky city like Abilene a $50,000 1952 Telecaster walked in!

Nice walk in, Mike. I suppose here in Lubbock something equally fine could pop up (this is purely, supposition, big time.). Now, where did I put that 331?

Stan: I bought a lot of cool stuff in Lubbock in the early 1980's. These items included a '64 Rick ES-16 JG ($30), a '66 Rick 370/12 FG ($500, needed a neck reset), a near mint '65 Vox AC30 Super Reverb Twin ($200), a Vox Royal Guardsman ($200), a Vox Phantom Bass ($20), a Vox Jaguar Organ ($150), a Vox Lynx Guitar ($125). I'm still kicking myself for the guitars I didn't buy (a pair of 50's Rick Capris FG and JG, a mint '79 Rick 360/12 MG, lots of Les Pauls and old Fenders).

I recall you mentioning some of those buys before here in Lubbock, Randy. Somehow I doubt those bargains exist to the same extent today. Was it the old Snidley Whiplash ( I think that was the name) store where you found some of those fantastic deals?

Stan: I got most of this stuff at Snidley's, Golden Pawn, and Tommy's (?) Band Aid. You don't find deals like that anymore!

Stan: Make that Billy's Band Aid (on Ave Q). It was an interesting little shop in a cool older building. I remember the tall ceilings. The only real guitar shop in Lubbock when I was going to school there (1979-1983).

Randy, I do recall Billy's Band Aid when I moved here in '79. Snidley's, if memory serves, was down on 4th. A pawn shop masquerading as a music store.

Stan: Yep, Snidley's was right across the street from Fat Dawg's on 4th Street. I saw lots of great bands at that bar including The Explosives (from Austin), The Cramps, and Joe King Carrasco.

Fat Dawgs!! Wow, did I down one too many drinks there. Course, that whole area (including the ghetto) is all gone. The only building left standing on 4th are the remains of the old Rodeway Inn, which should have been razed 30 years ago.

Stan: You're kidding. I lived in Bledsoe Hall on University. The neighborhood's gone? I must say, I was once thrown out of Fat Dawg's for passing out and woke up in the parking lot many hours later. I also recall a drunken stroll to a 7-11 several blocks away for an Egg McHamlet during a blizzard once. I'm lucky to be alive today!

Afraid so, Randy. Here is a photo of the 'ghetto' today. This is around 5th or 6th St across from the campus.




BTW, the 7/11 you referred to is still there. Everything else is gone around 4th and being replaced by an expansive east-west freeway.

So, where's the official meeting place at the Dallas show?