tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955159282833300296.post3461078516498148746..comments2024-03-27T02:24:28.537-07:00Comments on And Now It's All This !: No Stairway!! Tales Of A Denmark Street Guitar SalesmanMike Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167650106491968654noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955159282833300296.post-78203286994486589512022-06-22T03:37:41.862-07:002022-06-22T03:37:41.862-07:00Also good to see the old adverts - I was reminded ...Also good to see the old adverts - I was reminded that my first amplifier was a Selmer Treble ānā Bass 50 head.fitterstokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837903697239838988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955159282833300296.post-14249813339102589112022-06-22T03:35:50.736-07:002022-06-22T03:35:50.736-07:00Thanks Tim, great story. The Harmony Sovereign was...Thanks Tim, great story. The Harmony Sovereign was a very playable mid-price US guitar, used by Jimmy Page on the early LZ albums. As for the Yasuma Newance brand, they are known as "the lawsuit guitars" now due to their similarity to Martins. Made in Japan, so obviously decent quality. Stuart Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642732113240014875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955159282833300296.post-76928383113328920892022-06-21T18:58:17.958-07:002022-06-21T18:58:17.958-07:00Your usual high standard, Stuart - thanks for anot...Your usual high standard, Stuart - thanks for another great read (or "content" as The Young People are calling it). Early seventies, I was hoping to find a second-hand Harmony Sovereign on Shaftesebury Avenue (they were big on the folk club scene back then, in both senses of the word). Failed, but in some shop or other (my memory's not like yours), a single-fronted place, I saw a sweet-looking D25 copy, new, for the even-then incredible price of 25 of your Earth Pounds. It played as sweetly as it looked, and only needed a decent set of bridge pins - duly bought - to make it perfect. The very Martin-esque logo on the headstock was K. Yasuma, New Ance. It was a beauty - single layer spruce top, bowed back, clean inlays, pickguard blended into the varnish, a class act. I anted up for the fibreboard box it didn't come with and when I got it home showed it off to my friends, one of whom was so amazed by the quality/price ratio he took the next available train into town to score one himself. They had one - I can't remember the asking price, well out of my friend's range, but the seller's sad tale was they sold one a few days back at a disasterously low price by mistake! I kept it for many years, only losing it recently when I sold all my stuff to move to Siam.Farquhar Throckmorton IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434297337989414186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955159282833300296.post-19583346403225563152022-06-19T03:59:50.110-07:002022-06-19T03:59:50.110-07:00Thank you! Very kindThank you! Very kindStuart Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642732113240014875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955159282833300296.post-17106931684291516552022-06-19T03:46:09.148-07:002022-06-19T03:46:09.148-07:00Magic! Really enjoyed that!Magic! Really enjoyed that!fitterstokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837903697239838988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955159282833300296.post-9054395959166442142022-06-15T18:23:30.629-07:002022-06-15T18:23:30.629-07:00Thank you Mr/Ms Anon. Very kind. Thank you Mr/Ms Anon. Very kind. Stuart Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642732113240014875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955159282833300296.post-22379911182736708672022-06-15T18:22:42.116-07:002022-06-15T18:22:42.116-07:00Thank you, Stanley Thank you, Stanley Stuart Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642732113240014875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955159282833300296.post-998885490767486322022-06-15T17:23:19.797-07:002022-06-15T17:23:19.797-07:00Fantastic read!Fantastic read!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955159282833300296.post-46724322328360474982022-06-15T01:00:46.685-07:002022-06-15T01:00:46.685-07:00Excellent!Excellent!Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004244713301012942noreply@blogger.com