very touching story LATS. guess you really did have a band and tried real hard back in the summer of '69.

anyways, my first was an ibanez GRX40, got it as a blemished guitar (ding in the finish). and though I've only been playing for about a year and a half, that guitar has pulled me through some rough times. and sometimes I still pull her down instead of my gibson for a moment of letting go of all my cares. I'll never sell her.