what do ya'll look like?

[doglegg]

edgy46, that is a very nice snapshot of you and your lovely daughter. Thanks for sharing.

Agree

[FRJ]

A very nice picture of you two, Bill.
Your daughter is so pretty.

[edgy46]

Thanks Guys. She is a gift of joy.

[Ridgegrass]

Here's my music partner Frank and his banjo with me. We were Salvation Army bellringers last Christmas in front of the Food Lion in Ocean Pines, MD. I was out there a few days alone and Frank suggested we pick a few. It really worked. Folks put quite a bit of dough in the bucket. J.O'.

[toomanyknives]

Here's my music partner Frank and his banjo with me. We were Salvation Army bellringers last Christmas in front of the Food Lion in Ocean Pines, MD. I was out there a few days alone and Frank suggested we pick a few. It really worked. Folks put quite a bit of dough in the bucket. J.O'.

Excellent picture of you two! Nice, J.O.! I like that old Harmony Sovereign! I have the 12 string version! Great guitar!

[Ridgegrass]

Thanks. That's a sweet old 12 and it looks to be in great shape. The old Sovereigns are a well kept secret. Mine is so nice I'll even play it next to Frank's Mastertone banjo. (Which, by the way, was Don Reno's. Franks Dad was a friend of Reno's and Don sold him the banjo when Frank was a kid learning to play.
Forgive me if we've had this conversation before.My memory is loose. Here's a Harmony electric twelve. It's thought that Jimmy page wrote "Stairway" with one of these. Not recorded, just written.

My Sovereign, the electric 12, Jimmy playing his. J.O'.

[toomanyknives]

Here's my music partner Frank and his banjo with me. We were Salvation Army bellringers last Christmas in front of the Food Lion in Ocean Pines, MD. I was out there a few days alone and Frank suggested we pick a few. It really worked. Folks put quite a bit of dough in the bucket. J.O'.

Excellent picture of you two! Nice, J.O.! I like that old Harmony Sovereign! I have the 12 string version! Great guitar!IMG_2738.JPG

Wow! Don Reno is Bluegrass royalty! I heard that about Page. Pretty cool. My '12 string is a '69. This model was used on the early Stones and Who records. It sounds like a piano!

[Ridgegrass]

Funny , I use that "piano" description on big sounding guitars too! "Great minds" I guess.
I'm told my Sovereign is a "67. If you search around the net for Harmony guitar repair you'll find a guy in Maryland who specializes in them. He resets necks and does restorations for really reasonable prices. Seems it's a passion of his. I'll search around and send you his link.

[Madmarco]

Once again the mind doesn't envision the reality, you're a very cool looking older dude, J,O'., somewhat different than I'd imagined, but then you are a musician and that pretty much tells the tale!
I know nothing about guitars, but the models you guys are showing have certainly impressed me, especially the Jimmy shot, great story BTW!

[toomanyknives]

Funny , I use that "piano" description on big sounding guitars too! "Great minds" I guess.
I'm told my Sovereign is a "67. If you search around the net for Harmony guitar repair you'll find a guy in Maryland who specializes in them. He resets necks and does restorations for really reasonable prices. Seems it's a passion of his. I'll search around and send you his link.

Thanks J.O. That's what I've done for a living for the last 30+ years. I'm a guitar repair guy. I owned a store for about 8 years and have done repairs since about 1990. I'm just about retired now. I had to put a new truss-rod in my 12 string. It was in very good shape, but the truss rod was shot. It works great now, and has fantastic action.
There should be a stamp inside your guitar on the back that will have a letter and two digits, such as S67 or F67. That would stand for Summer or Fall of 1967. it would look like this.. This would be Fall of 1951

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[toomanyknives]

Oh, since it's the "What do y'all look like?" forum, here's a pic. of the old Harmony in action at a house party..

[Ridgegrass]

Just checked. It's a Summer 69. The "Summer or Love" Ha! That's special.
Good to hear you're a guitar guy. Hate to hear you're retiring. Good ones are so hard to find. I have a very good one but he's probably close to slowing down.
That outfit I was talking about is called "Moonlight Luthiers". I've never used them but they seem to be dedicated to old Chicago made guitars. I have 3, two Harmony's and a "Truetone" from the old Western Auto stores. It has an absolutely beautiful tone and volume. Not a brag but I have Martins and Gibsons galore and I'll do a gig with that old TrueTone anytime. As you said, it's a "piano", great for vocal backup.
Nice chatting, maybe I can pick your brain sometime about our old guitars. John.

[toomanyknives]

Just checked. It's a Summer 69. The "Summer or Love" Ha! That's special.
Good to hear you're a guitar guy. Hate to hear you're retiring. Good ones are so hard to find. I have a very good one but he's probably close to slowing down.
That outfit I was talking about is called "Moonlight Luthiers". I've never used them but they seem to be dedicated to old Chicago made guitars. I have 3, two Harmony's and a "Truetone" from the old Western Auto stores. It has an absolutely beautiful tone and volume. Not a brag but I have Martins and Gibsons galore and I'll do a gig with that old TrueTone anytime. As you said, it's a "piano", great for vocal backup.
Nice chatting, maybe I can pick your brain sometime about our old guitars. John.

Sounds like a plan!

Kerry

[Madmarco]

Wow, you're younger than I was expecting, Kerry, and it sure looks good on you!
I'm liking the Eric Clapton attitude in your picture, cept' you're cooler!

[toomanyknives]

Wow, you're younger than I was expecting, Kerry, and it sure looks good on you!
I'm liking the Eric Clapton attitude in your picture, cept' you're cooler!

Ha! Thanks Marco. I just turned 64 last week. It's funny you mentioned Clapton. I once received a "compliment" from a friend
that told me something I had just played sounded good. He said, "hey that was cool, it sounded like Clapton before he knew what he was doing".
I'll take that!

[Ridgegrass]

Marco, Good to see you back in your quick-witted shape. J.O'.

[Madmarco]

You'll take compliments like that all day long, Kerry, and you deserve them, buddy!

Ha, ha, ha!
Thanks, John, I sure appreciate your well-wishes, and it's good to be back!

[Thomasg]

[Ripster]

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Looks good on you !
Are you at a museum or renaissance event ,or? You just don’t pick that kind of stuff up anywhere.

[Quick Steel]

Thomasq, I like the Conquistador motif. I assume you are not standing in a room of your house.

[Thomasg]

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Looks good on you !
Are you at a museum or renaissance event ,or? You just don’t pick that kind of stuff up anywhere.

Toltec mounds in Arkansas .lol

[jmh58]

High above the Genesee River in NY on our UNBELIEVABLE hot air balloon ride!!
John

[dlr110]

Best vacation we ever took!

[doglegg]

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High above the Genesee River in NY on our UNBELIEVABLE hot air balloon ride!!
John

What fun!!!

[jmh58]

Best vacation we ever took!
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Awesome David!!
John