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    The Strat in the Attic 2: More Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology

    The Strat in the Attic 2: More Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology

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    by Deke Dickerson


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      ISBN-13: 9781627885560
    • Publisher: Voyageur Press
    • Publication date: 11/01/2014
    • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
    • Format: eBook
    • File size: 17 MB
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    Deke Dickerson is a music historian and guitar sleuth who writes for Vintage Guitar, Guitar Player, and The Fretboard Journal. He is the leader of the renowned rockabilly and country band The Ecco-Fonics and lives in suburban Los Angeles. Deke is the co-author of The Strat in the Attic: Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology (Voyageur Press, 2013) and the author of The Strat in the Attic II: More Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology (Voyageur Press, 2014).

    Table of Contents

    Introduction 8

    Fun, Fun, Fun 12

    To Whom It May Concern 16

    Freak of Nature 23

    The First Australian Stratocaster 28

    Rick Gould and the Flying V Prototype 33

    The Marc Bolan/Mike Oldfield Telecaster 39

    This Guitar Was In The Closet! 43

    T.K. Smith and the Thrift Store Duo Jet 52

    The Towers of Central New York 55

    The Merlin of Midway 63

    The $2.98 Danelectro and the $7,500 Danelectro 37

    The AJ in the Subway 97

    Hell, You Can Have It 102

    This Amp Doesn't Make Any Sound 111

    The Joy of Bird Watching 114

    The Les Paul Auction 119

    Robby Krieger's Hallmark Swept-Wing 127

    The Baby Murph 137

    Parts is Parts 142

    Ronnie Lane/Ron Wood Zemaitis Electric Guitar 147

    Speedy West's Bigsby 152

    It Just Walked in the Door 161

    The Lonesome Standel Trail 164

    In Defense of a Player's Instrument 130

    Ghosts In the Attic 188

    R.C. Allen 211

    Index 248

    About the Author 255

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    More astounding stories of rare guitar finds and the music legends who owned them.

    Do you dream of finding a 1954 Stratocaster or 1952 Gibson Les Paul online, at a garage sale, or in the local penny saver? How about virtually rubbing elbows with one of your favorite rock legends? Following up his first-of-its-kind The Strat in the Attic, musician, journalist, and "guitarchaeologist" Deke Dickerson shares the stories behind dozens of more astounding finds including:

    A rarer-than-hens-teeth 1966 Hallmark Swept-Wing that originally belonged to Robbie Krieger of the Doors, stashed away in an attic in Alaska for forty years!

    A crazy-valuable 1958 Gibson Flying V belonging to a Chicago bluesman--who, it turns out, also happens to have an equally rare 1958 Gibson Explorer!

    An out-of-the-blue, a "to whom it may concern" email leads the author to a trailer park in Salem, Oregon, where one of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys' original 1940's Epiphone Emperor archtops is waiting to be purchased for a song!

    Luthier R.C. Allen relates the tales of buying Nat "King" Cole Trio guitarist Oscar Moore's Stromberg Master 400 archtop and of being gifted a 1953 Standel amp from Merle Travis!

    Buddy Merrill, the amazingly talented guitarist from the Lawrence Welk show, gives his 1970 Micro-Frets Huntington to the author, but only if he "promises to PRACTICE."

    Photos of the guitars and other exciting memorabilia round out a package that no vintage-guitar aficionado will want to be without!

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    "Deke Dickerson's love for guitars and his genius for finding some of the rarest birds in the musical aviary is matched by his not-inconsiderable writing chops. The man knows how to tell a great story." - Jonathan Kellerman

    "Deke Dickerson... This guy is of an altogether 'nother breed. He coined the term for his particular case of severe OCD "Guitarchaeology." This man will track a guitar for literal years. He will fly to small towns on the basis of a rumor. He will pore over sales records from guitar manufacturers and retailers from decades ago, looking for a scrap of a clue, he will wait years for an owner to finally give in and sell. Okay, here's who Deke Dickerson is, encapsulated in just one of his dozens of amazing and thoroughly entertaining stories..." - HuffingtonPost.com

    "Recommended reading for any vintage guitar aficionado" - Music Connection Magazine

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