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The Loading Chute in nearby Woodlake, California was another rough venue. Its closed now...
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The now abandoned Redbanks Hotel was one of Mae West's favorite getaways in the 1920's.
It became an unofficial metal music venue in the 1980's where people would set up lights and generators and have illegal gatherings. The location was known for some wild, rave-like parties.
It became an unofficial metal music venue in the 1980's where people would set up lights and generators and have illegal gatherings. The location was known for some wild, rave-like parties.
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This is really cool Robert.
Keep going, best thing I've read in a while
Keep going, best thing I've read in a while
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Thank you, Man. I appreciate that.
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Im looking for as many old photos as i can find to keep this thread evolving.
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Here's the full story on my 1960 Sear's Silvertone as told to me by my Mom in 2011:
Back in 1960, my Mom and Dad were living in Inglewood, California. Dad bought Mom a 1959 Sears Silvertone #1450 Guitar and matching #1451 Tube Amplifier. The 1450 guitar was made by Danelectro for Sears. It is a 3/4 scale, 18 fret beginner's guitar. Both the guitar and amp combo cost a whopping $57.90. At the time, my Dad was making a little less than $100.00 a week.
Mom played the guitar for many years. In the mid 1970s, I showed an interest in learning theguitar. Mom eventually gave me the guitar and amp and I learned to play on it.
In the 1980s, I stripped the guitar down and repainted it with a funky two-tone green paint job. I also replaced the original lipstick pickup with a Duncan Quarter Pounder Single Coil. I was playing this through a Traynor 50 watt tube bass head, an Ampeg 6 x 10" bass cabinet with a DOD FX 50 overdrive and DOD FX 90 Analog Delay. This was my main guitar rig for many years.
In 1986, I auditioned for a band in Tulare, California. I couldn't play the lead in one of their songs, because I only had 18 frets. They took me to White's Music Center in Tulare and bought me a off-white yellow, 1986 Fender Stratocaster. This became my main guitar and I retired the Silvertone to the closet. (This guitar is now owned by former TTR Member @Sp8ctre)
In 2010, I pulled the guitar out of storage and stripped it down. The original pickup had long been lost, so I began to collect the parts needed to restore the guitar back to its original condition.
Danelectro, the company that built the guitar for Sears, was still in business, so I ordered an original Danelectro Lipstick Pickup from them, along with the vinyl, embossed binding tape to go around the edges of the body. I drilled out a broken, push-in plastic strap button and installed a fluted wooden dowel into the hole. This was later drilled to accept a screw-in strap button.
I did not like the original brown finish, so i decided to choose a color that would look 'retro' and be easy to keep clean. I decided on Sage Green acrylic enamel, which is very similar to some of the pastel colors used by fender and Gretsch on guitars through the 1950s and 1960s.
The silk, embroidered strap is the original that came with the guitar and still looks good.
Hope you enjoy this.....Robert
Back in 1960, my Mom and Dad were living in Inglewood, California. Dad bought Mom a 1959 Sears Silvertone #1450 Guitar and matching #1451 Tube Amplifier. The 1450 guitar was made by Danelectro for Sears. It is a 3/4 scale, 18 fret beginner's guitar. Both the guitar and amp combo cost a whopping $57.90. At the time, my Dad was making a little less than $100.00 a week.
Mom played the guitar for many years. In the mid 1970s, I showed an interest in learning theguitar. Mom eventually gave me the guitar and amp and I learned to play on it.
In the 1980s, I stripped the guitar down and repainted it with a funky two-tone green paint job. I also replaced the original lipstick pickup with a Duncan Quarter Pounder Single Coil. I was playing this through a Traynor 50 watt tube bass head, an Ampeg 6 x 10" bass cabinet with a DOD FX 50 overdrive and DOD FX 90 Analog Delay. This was my main guitar rig for many years.
In 1986, I auditioned for a band in Tulare, California. I couldn't play the lead in one of their songs, because I only had 18 frets. They took me to White's Music Center in Tulare and bought me a off-white yellow, 1986 Fender Stratocaster. This became my main guitar and I retired the Silvertone to the closet. (This guitar is now owned by former TTR Member @Sp8ctre)
In 2010, I pulled the guitar out of storage and stripped it down. The original pickup had long been lost, so I began to collect the parts needed to restore the guitar back to its original condition.
Danelectro, the company that built the guitar for Sears, was still in business, so I ordered an original Danelectro Lipstick Pickup from them, along with the vinyl, embossed binding tape to go around the edges of the body. I drilled out a broken, push-in plastic strap button and installed a fluted wooden dowel into the hole. This was later drilled to accept a screw-in strap button.
I did not like the original brown finish, so i decided to choose a color that would look 'retro' and be easy to keep clean. I decided on Sage Green acrylic enamel, which is very similar to some of the pastel colors used by fender and Gretsch on guitars through the 1950s and 1960s.
The silk, embroidered strap is the original that came with the guitar and still looks good.
Hope you enjoy this.....Robert
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Of course, part of the reason we played was to meet girls...
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Monache High School would be where pur little neighborhood rock band pit on our first live show in the quad at lunchtime.
Sadly, i couldn't find any photos of this event...but it took place atop these cement steps.
Sadly, i couldn't find any photos of this event...but it took place atop these cement steps.
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The biggest thing in Porterville was The Porter Theatre.
A friend's sister worked there and would let our ban in to rehearse there at insane volume levels.
Its just a memory now.
A friend's sister worked there and would let our ban in to rehearse there at insane volume levels.
Its just a memory now.
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Nearby Visalia was a much bigger town and the music venues there paid more than double the Porterville honky-tonks.
Plus, they had the only mall in the area.
The drive-in there was another popular attraction.
Plus, they had the only mall in the area.
The drive-in there was another popular attraction.
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The El Presidente in Visalia was a good paying venue.
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Naturally, lots of people made fun of my old truck...
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They took my 1969 Dodge Charger a lot more seriously.
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From 1988 to 1990, i lived in SoCal and supported myself as a musician and by working for a stage and lighting company. The entire 3 years literally flew by and i found myself playing every famous - and not so famous - music venue along the Sunset Strip and beyond.
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Its just that i never see him, so it was an assumption.
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I haven't seen him in a while.
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Growing up in a recording studio had many advantages...
