I think foundrymans onto something,
We definitely need a guitar porn thread, but while I'm here I just gotta tell you all yesterday I got real lucky. I had to take the day off to look after my daughter (tonsillitis)
and no that's not her name, and a good friend of mine happened to call to pick my brains about what I thought a 1974 Orange OR80 2x12 combo might be worth.
I said I wasn't sure but as I was sitting in front of the computer I looked on ebay and found one for sale from a dealer in Doncaster and the buy it now price was £1699.
I told him and he was very surprised so we chatted a little longer and at one point I said I would love to buy it from him but I couldn't get anywhere near that price so he responded by saying " Mark I would far rather it went to a mate and someone who will put it to good use so how does £500 grab you".
SOLD I said, so he even offered to bring it over which he did and I'm now the proud owner of this classic bit of kit.
With my main guitar
Obviously needs a few things like grille logo and banner badge, corner protectors and a knob for the reverb but it sounds awesome.
Incidently this guy would be interesting to many of you. His name is Richard Pendell and he is a model maker and he has made some things for TV shows that we are all familiar with like the Thunderbirds, Tracy island, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang those Transporter things on Space1999 oh yeah and Joe 90's car amongst other things. He's also an amazing guitar builder, just check this out.
My one. I like Tanks check out the inlays.
Anyway getting back to the point of this thread, and to mark the passing of dear
Mac Tonnies here's something else I wish I could do. I bet he's up there right now.
God bless you Mac,
Mark