Menehune

Randy! Randy Randy Randy! Don't worry, Randy's still in the house! Gibson fired him, but he's still in the house! 🙄

Thanks for this, @Saul Goodman. I visited Stevens' site. He's a persnickety craftsman.

You stole my Gittler thunder, Steve.

You'd think Shatner would have gotten singing coaching starting back in the later 60' or 70's. But no. Beat Poet Style 'till the end.

Yuck. Simplified so that Young could toddle alongside the song and pretend....whatever. The Zep boys were clearly funning him.

I LOVED your single-note answers, Greg.

Thank Saul. Didn't know of him, but happy to learn of a good soul who banked their all.

Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue When I want you in my arms When I want you and all your charms Whenever I want you, all I have to do is Strum, strum, strum, strum When I feel blue in the night And I need to hold you tight Whenever I want you, all I have to do is Strum I can make you sing, strum your every string Anytime, night or day Only trouble is, gee whiz I'm strumming' my life away I need you so that I can play I love you so and so I say Whenever I want you, all I have to do is Strum, strum, strum, strum Blue I can make you sing, strum your every string Anytime, night or day Only trouble is, gee whiz I'm strumming' my life away I can make you sing, strum your every string Anytime, night or day Whenever I want you, all I have to do is Strum you, dear Blue Strum you, dear Blue Strum, strum, strum, strum

If I didn't have a passel of belovwd Monacos already....

Really lovely, Greg. Bonus points for the rear cover being similar to those on early Standards.

That is a profoundly clean guitar, @Saul Goodman. Was it put into experimental stasis just after manufacture?

Your diligence is deeply appreciated, Ted.

The letterboxed serial number suggests a refin. Most of these Miller instruments I've seen have their bronze finish oxidized to a green tint.

I saw Johnny Winter many years ago when he played in an Upstate NY gin mill noted for bringing in national acts. No glitz. Just a grimey, perfact bar band playing flat out to beat back The Devil.

I have a Mirage 1. Just want to share the joy.