| Subject: | [RESOGUIT-L] Me and My Guitars Part 1 | | Date: | Thursday, February 14, 2008 20:21:24 (-0500) | | From: | Howard Parker <hlpdobro @.....com>
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I'm in a mood tonite..
Just thinking about the resonator guitars I've owned, past and present.
For sake of full disclosure.
1. I work for Paul Beard.
2. (hard to believe perhaps) I've never bought or even borrowed a guitar
from the Beard shop since I became an employee (Am I an idiot??). I did
borrow an amp once. :-) My last reso purchase was in 1991, way before
my professional relationship with Paul.
So, here's my guitar time line (give or take a few years):
I got into resonator guitar in the late 70's/early 80's after hearing an
unusual sounding instrument on "Keep Me From Blowin' Away". Know the
track? :-) Seldom Scene 70's, I'm way too lazy to grab the vinyl and
look it up.
Found out what (and who) it was. Friends of mine were publishers of the
long defunct "Blueprint Magazine" and they pointed me to Wheaton (MD)
Music where I strolled in and picked up a late 70's 60D. Looking back,
the guy behind the counter probably knew only slightly more than I did
as he strummed a couple of guitars hanging behind the counter. I made my
choice!
Took some lessons from a former Auldridge student and I graduated from
horrendous/newbie to "merely terrible". I was hooked.
A couple of years later I was wandering around the Arcadia (MD)
bluegrass festival, reso in hand and looking for a jam. For some reason
I made an impression on someone and was invited into a camper to check
out an OMI vintage "Cyclops" that had undergone an interesting mod, 2
additional screens had been added. I bought it on the spot.
Took my first lessons with Mike around this time. I remember something
he told me on that first lesson. "hey that's cool, it's wrong, but it's
cool". What a nice guy <sigh>.
I loved this guitar and played it for years, especially after I met Paul
Beard.
I was/have been always in love with the Auldridge sound. Somewhere's
along the line I started to look for a pre war Regal, becuase you know,
that's what Mike played. Anyone that sets out on a quest for one of
these quickly learns that many pre wars sound like cr**p. The good ones
always were never for sale. I decided my quest was a waste of time and
set out to find someone that could build me a guitar that would sound
like "that".
To make a long story short, all roads led to Hagerstown MD.
Oh yeah...I got married.
End Part 1
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Howard Parker
hlpdobro@gmail.com
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Me and My Guitars 
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