Ibanez - I'll be darned

Zurf,
I think I played the same guitar you're speaking of. It has kind of a henna tattoo design on it?Have a look at these, maybe the one you're looking for is listed here;

http://www.music123.com/Acoustic-Electr … amp;ipp=48

I shop at Guitar Center sometimes, only if I have to actually. I buy most of my stuff from these guys and a small little music store called Seminole Music. The Music123 site has the best prices, pretty much, that I've seen on the net. And I, almost to a fault sometimes, buy a lot of stuff!

Same Day Music is another good site to buy from. They have good service, and prices. If you see a lower price on the net send them the url and after they check it out they usually beat it.

Hey zerf, I am a big fan of the Ibanez A/E line. I bought one a little over a year ago and love playing it. It's an AEL20E, if you want to see it you can go to "show us your guitars" on this forum. Go to #21 and it's the red guitar 2nd in from the right. I am thinking of taking it to a proffessional and having the action lowered a little. It never bothered me until I bought my Breedlove, the action on that is very low and now I'm spoiled. Now after playing the higher end guitar, I pick up my Ibaneze and the action seems high. I'm sure for acouple of bucks it will be worth it and easy to fix. Good luck.

I probably saw and heard you play.

I used to go to South Main Cafe somewhat frequently up through '87, and Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin was one of my favorites to go see.  Other than Bob Margolin, our favorite band was "Look What Landed."  They had a 16 year old lead guitar player for whom they had to get special permission to have a minor play in bars (and his parents were in the audience).   

If you played with Bob Margolin, you are one hot guitar picking son-of-a-gun because he only plays with the best. 

- Zurf

You're either talking about TOTS (Top Of The Stairs) or the Ton 80 Club or a Mexican themed place that kept changing names.  I think it was called the Night Owl the longest.  I never drank at the Night Owl.  I hesitate to mention how much time I spent in the Ton 80 Club or how much money I fleeced the frat boys for at TOTS.  Ton 80 was owned by the same fellow that ran Buddy's.  A fellow not surprisingly named Buddy. 

Do you remember Mr. Fooz?  It closed down in '84 or '85 I think.  Crazy place on Fridays.  Actually had a weapons check at the door.   I recall seeing a young gal I fancied (but not more than the one I wound up marrying) who was generally a rather mild-mannered gal dancing on a pool table DURING A GAME there.   It surely raised my estimation of her at the time, though now I obviously have different criteria.

- Zurf

Greek's Cellar.  I remember that place.  My fraternity had our officer meetings at the Cellar.  Now the fraternity I was in was a professional fraternity and it attracted folks who were learning and working.  It was not the kind of frat that was a $400/month drinking club.  Greeks Cellar at that time was the kind of place that bikers and truckers and townies and college kids with dirt under their nails could all meet.  Rich college kids, not so welcome.  I remember some frat boys going in there with their Ralph Lauren Polo shirts and their pastel cotten sweaters neatly knotted around their necks.  "Greeks?  Why would they advertise this place to Greeks?  This clearly is not a place where our ilk would be."  That sort of thing.  Of course, it was named Greek's because the nickname of the guy who ran it was "Greek".  They were not trying to attract the pan-Helenic and inter-fraternity crowd.  Well, these fellows kept on running the place down.  There were some bikers at the long row table just inside the door.  One of them, a fellow with biceps about the size of my leg, a shaved head, and enough tattoes to get the job done went over to their table, leaned down, looked the guy closest to him dead in the eye and said, "We don't like you.  Get out."  Those six frat boys jumped up and ran out of the place faster than you can blink.  Left their pitchers and pies right there on the table.  The president of our frat walks over to the table and picked up their pitchers.  Those full pitchers found their way back to our table thanks to our President's ingenuity.  But before sitting down, the President took one of the pitchers and topped off the beer of the biker dude who scared them off along with a simple "Thanks".  The pitcher and president then returned to our table.  The bikers laughed right out loud at the audacity.  It helped that our fraternity was co-ed and the president was a good looking brunette who had a fondness for tight pants and v-neck sweaters and wasn't above bending a little low while she poured the biker's beer or putting a little extra wiggle in her walk on the way back to our table. 

Yeah.  Getting a little nostalgic myself now. 

- Zurf

Toney,
that link you gave in your second post on this thread took me to the page what my next guitar will be.
I am sure it is the same. I played one of these in the Co op in Clydebank a few months ago, thinking my wife was going to get me it there and then.
In there they were £239 ( about $480). I loved the sound from it.
My birthday is at the end of February but I want so much yet need so little,lol.

So I dont know if I will get it eh nor just go out and buy it anyway and get other pleasurable things for my birthday like a pair of hiking socks or an O.S map of North Scotland around the SAndwood bay area/ cape wrath area.

I would recommmend these guitars andI only sat and played it in the shop for about 27 minutes

Ken

I got my Ibanez A/E (model # AEG20E http://www.music123.com/Ibanez-AEG20E-F … 8.Music123) For $299 at Guitar Center. They didn't have anything that sounded even close in that price range. I got a killer deal.