The Muse I Adorn

Clockworkmike said:
I would agree with that. Epiphones and LTDs are now breaching the $1000 mark on some of their guitars and they lack only the name of their bigger brothers as far as some of their models. Squiers have made leaps and bounds over their early years and are on par with any of the MIM models if not surpassing them at times.
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Before there was a factory in Mexico and around the time that Fender hooked up with Fujigen Gakki to produce the first Japanese Fender, the JV, which was later badged as Squier, my future bride bought me this Fujigen Strat.

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Three refrets and lord knows how many paint jobs later, it's still as good as any Fender guitar made anywhere in the world. It's just a few days away from what I consider to be it's 38th birthday, 10/12/82.

I shall be playing Geddes today..,
 
Beagle said:
Before there was a factory in Mexico and around the time that Fender hooked up with Fujigen Gakki to produce the first Japanese Fender, the JV, which was later badged as Squier, my future bride bought me this Fujigen Strat.

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Three refrets and lord knows how many paint jobs later, it's still as good as any Fender guitar made anywhere in the world. It's just a few days away from what I consider to be it's 38th birthday, 10/12/82.

I shall be playing Geddes today..,
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Cool story and nice guitar
 
Jethro Rocker said:
Very under rated not well known.
Blind.
Canadian.
Unorthodox style!!
Cancer took him like 10 years ago.
Jeff Healey.
Played a Squier Strat.
Watch while he gets cookin! About 8 mins in he stands up.

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I had the pleasure of meeting Jeff and the band in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in ‘92. I had been riding my bike around the Maritmes with my ex trying to patch things up for about two weeks. I was going to catch the ferry to Portland, Maine in the morning. We were at a restaurant that would later pull back a dividing wall, and the place turned into a concert venue.

They were seated at the next table, and we said hello. They invited us over. We must have been a heck of a sight, being in damp motorcycle leathers and covered in road dirt. They asked if we were staying for the show, and we told them that we had no idea they were playing, but would love to. They told us to stick with them, and we could stay for free and watch from the side of the stage. The crew fed me beers all night. They were awesome, and then some. Jeff and the guys in the band were all hot tickets, and very funny. Jeff gave me a guitar pick, and said “oh no, that was my last one.” They all said “John has to play the show now!”

Eventually, we made it back to the B&B and slept for about two hours. Had a viscous hangover while on the ferry, and unsuccessfully tried sleeping. When I got to Portland, rode back to Cambridge to meet a bunch of friends at The Middle East because the Bags were playing that night.

I miss those crazy days. Don’t know how I survived them.
 
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To start off the one week challenge, I had to cheat on Ernie Ball... 290D148A-0CA2-4F82-9E41-6C6A9315D106.jpeg
got the Jackson restrung up, tuned it up, made sure that the Floyd rose was leveled out and no fret buzz anywhere. Got a rough draft of the intro to my new project recorded before I changed strings.

Tomorrow, clamp down the locking nut, retune, and getting back to work.
 
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