On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:14:14 GMT, notbob
> wrote:

>On 2008-10-03, Kenneth > wrote:
>
>> That depends on the F-5. The right one could go for hundreds
>> of thousands.
>
>Yeah, I know. Some people also pay $10+ for a hamburger. I was jes making
>a point, but not that one.
>
>nb (still kicking myself for not buying that '27 sqr-neck Dobro for $700
> back in '82!)
>
>

Hi again,

Somewhere around 1988, I stopped into The Music Emporium,
then, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

One of the owners, a good man named Jim Bollman, welcomed
me, and said, "Hey Kenneth, we have a guitar that might
interest you", and handed me what turned out to be the best
guitar I have ever played.

Only after a few minutes did I notice the tiny tag hanging
from the peghead. The price was so high that I actually
laughed out loud.

I played some more, and then handed it back.

About a month later I was back in the area, back in the
store, and playing the guitar again.

That happened for perhaps six or eight months, when Jim
said, "O.K. stop the B.S., and buy it."

I pulled out my checkbook, and did just that.

In the intervening years, it has appreciated by a factor of
about twenty.

(But please don't ask me about the others that I let "get
away.")

All the best,
--
Kenneth

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