1964 Alamo Fiesta
My first electric guitar, bought with $27 worth of my paper route money. It had a laminated body and was hollow inside, with a very minimal set of features. Mine was a sunburst. It was playable and it actually made it to a few “gigs” where it performed adequately. The pickup was fairly weak so I replaced it with one from a salvaged Harmony H62. This guitar was traded in on a Vox Stroller. I probably should have some affection for this but, after the initial excitement wore off, I realized it was pretty mediocre. It played its share of surf songs. Interestingly enough, when I went shopping to buy a guitar with my father, we looked at a Gibson Lap Steel (very cool, but not a regular guitar that I could play) and a couple of Danelectros, either of which would be worth something today. I have seen single pickup Fiestas on eBay listed with an extremely optimistic $600 ‘buy it now’ price.
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Jono said...
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Professor Batty said...
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I love optimistic eBay prices. I get a few laughs, but once in a while they get the last laugh. There are a lot of interesting old guitars out there and, as you know, they can be pretty good with a few modifications.
Howdy, Prof. Nathan Daniel's son, Howard, is married to my cousin, Sandra. You'll find some writings re Danelectro at his *very* interesting website Pen 4 Rent.
http://pen4rent.com/category/danelectro/
If you contact him, tell him Tom Kelley sent you.....
Jono ~ I've read that some of the more outrageous items are money-laundering scams.
Oro ~ I liked the story about his father trying to get a $1000 loan and the bank would only take $1000 cash in collateral!
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