General Chat (Non-Music-Related)

the great harp bluesman name is on the case? without the "Little" however? also note the Manny's Music sticker the famous New York City music store? geez ..this might be more historical than I first thought?.. where is Vinny when you need his opinion?

more pics for the musicologists out there..

That's not the ARP I was thinking of, but looks to be in fair condition except for those corroded jacks - unfortunately they may be a sign of corrision inside, too.

The corrosion can be cleaned from those jacks. Tuner cleaner, a soft brass Dremmel brush, and a Dremmel tool might do the job. Work slowly as you have to be careful not to over buff them. Try cleaning them by hand first before using a Dremmel as the corrosion is pretty much a surface problem. The tuner cleaner will help eat at the corrosion.

Even a cotton swab with tuner cleaner on it might work good enough.

The scary part is that carbon pots also get a build up in them, but that is corrosive and will eat the carbon traces rendering them useless. That happens to Amplifiers stored in damp environments as well. Looks like a fun toy.

My guess would be that this belonged to a Springfield jazz pianist named Arthur Duncan ....
http://www.news-leader.com/story/entert ... /16508357/

Maybe Planetguy has jammed with him?

nah...never i've really got down to Springfield (about 3 hrs from me) for any musical mayhem.

congrats on the score, dayne. hopefully you snagged it for a song and hopefully it won't be too involved to get it back to good health.

Mark, if it was in mint condition, do you think $1400.00 would be out of line?..