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Go big or go home. Says the old schoolers.

And I had an opportunity to purchase this guitar a few months ago from Josh but passed on it.

He needs a 530!!

Happy fish!

Yeah Brent was the one who originally discovered this one again, after it left Mark Slaughter's hands. He's mentioned a lot in the video, and there's a great clip of him and Mark talking about the guitar too. Great story!

I'm pretty sure Brent sold it to him. I almost bought it from Brent. DOH! Just started the video, it was Brent's.

There were no modulation effects in use (I didn't realize until after the gig the effects loop was off). Just a Timmy and Bad Monkey to push the front of the amp.

I'm sure Brent is drooling over this one.

What neighbors? The pond deserves a lot of love... so it is provided with "sonic" bliss!

I had one of those for the longest time until it eventually crapped out on me. At home, I'm usually using an interface to play through my iPad. My rig is setup for silent running....

Trust me… there are way more options. How many person has is between them and their conscience!

I suppose I don’t love my neighbors. 😁

I like the tone of that guitar and amp combo.

I love old amps, I own some really nice vintage amps, and I have access to many great old ones. But I don't think they sound any better than a well built modern amp. I have a TopHat Club Deluxe that pretty much can hang with any amp that I've ever played. I'm in the middle of an extended recording project with my band, and we've recorded about 20 songs and not once did I turn on a vintage amp. It's mostly my TopHat, because to me, the TopHat sounds as a good as an amp can sound. The combination of my Telecaster (a partscaster that I built) and that TopHat is the sound that I've always chased, but could never get... till now that is. And my handbuilt (handwired) Marshall style amp that my buddy Ryan built beats the pants of off of any vintage Marshall I've played. It's the only other amp I've used besides my TopHat on the project. I've owned a few vintage Marshalls, but I got rid of them all. I will never sell the one I have now. Most everytime I plug into it I come up with something musical. Also my buddy owns two perfectly maintained tweed 5E3 Deluxes and another pre 5E3 Deluxe and they all sound great and a bit different, yet my Clark Beauford amp to me sounds as good as any of these tweeds, I think we are in a amp renaissance with many builders building some of the best amps ever made. I think there are amp builders out there now that have cracked the code of the originals, but you'll pay through the nose for some of the best ones:) Now I'm not saying there aren't any great vintage amps out there, because I've heard and played through a bunch of great ones. Recently I heard an early 60'd VOX AC10 that was just magic and had a sound I've never heard in a modern amp, but I don't know many of the modern Vox style builders.

I knew we searched for him for awhile, I thought this was the case. Great dude to know for sure. I remember him dealing with his mom's own health issues for awhile. RIP Smurph.

I tried get in touch with Scott some years back. He had been a DJ in West Virginia. Turns out he passed away in 2020. https://www.leavittfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Dowe-Scott-Fauley-II?obId=14987495

I’d forgotten about Smurf1 face planting your guitar on stage. I remember his post and how devastated he was. Wow. Your little lady has a ton of history. Congrats DB!

I believe the fretboard is a leftover fretboard meant for a Gibson SG from the 70's. There was a time Gibson used a mini-block inlay on a bound, ebony fretboard. I think this fretboard was from that batch.

I'm with you about the block inlays. I think they rock!

Just as Curly Howard says at the end of an episode. "come on in boys"