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Ancient El Degas Memories

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 12:22 pm
by Degaslore
Hi All....photo featuring my white El Degas Stratocaster from around 1980 when I was a skinny teen. The black P-bass is also El Degas and belonged to a friend. My double neck an Ibanez, the arch-top a Harmony and the acoustic a Yamaha. All these guitars have been scattered in the wind. Would love to be reunited with this Stratocaster !!! Photo taken in Ancaster, Ontario at the ruins of a mansion known as The Hermitage.

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Myself around 1980, age 16 trying to impress the lady with rock star pose along with trusty El Degas.

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Not the greatest photo quality. Old camera from long ago. There was still a slim chance that The Beatles may get back together when these photos were taken?

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Re: Ancient El Degas Memories

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:56 pm
by charles
Awesome. All these folks with their Instagram filters don't hold a candle to the real thing :mrgreen:

Re: Ancient El Degas Memories

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:50 pm
by Barry
I go waaay back, even further than this 30 odd years :roll:, so I didn't think I'd be so nostalgic about 1980...but yes, real geetars, and real film!

Re: Ancient El Degas Memories

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 3:20 pm
by Degaslore
The kind of film that we had to take in for developing unless of course we had our own dark room? Nor was there any of that one-hour-photo back then !! Now if only I could find that old photo of my white El Degas flanked by my Mann Les Paul and my buddy`s Granada Les Paul. I`ll keep looking. I`m sure you guys remember those old Traynor Studio Mate guitar amps that were all over the place? Mine was a combo with a 4x8 cabinet. YGM-3 I believe was the designation? Now that`s nostalgia !!