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I'm posting this link just because I haven't seen the photo before and it's interesting to see Jerry with what looks like an off-the-shelf Strat. He looks happy, too! https://cbswcbsfm.files.wordpress.com/2 ... 080193.jpg

nice shot from the Go to Heaven sessions at Club Front

lovetoboogie wrote:nice shot from the Go to Heaven sessions at Club Front

Hey thanks for identifying the location on this one. I was guessing that was the vintage from the keys next to Jerry (Brett's Moog) and from his appearance. I wonder where or if that guitar actually made it onto the album? Interesting to see that Peavey in the background. Didn't Bob use one at some point?

Bob used the Peavey F800-G in 1978. It's an amp only - no speaker.

mk

looks like the same little combo...

lovetoboogie wrote:looks like the same little combo...

Ah! Those Peaveys are workhorses. I even thought that one in the Jerry pic might have been used for some of Brent's keys. They are rugged. I still have the solid state "Backstage" that I got as my first amp back in the early 80s and have used it for keys, vocals, and even bass!

Acoustic...

mk

I forget where I heard it. Could have...in fact, likely read it on this forum. "Best think about Peavy stuff is that it lasts forever. Worst thing about Peavy stuff? It lasts forever."

Hilarious and credit owed to whoever coined that. That peavy amp I acquired has taken some serious beating. Back seats and trunks for days, letting it live at "the studio" (warehouse in Kensington,Phila). Not great or awful but reliable.

Is that the late summer '72 / Veneta Strat? Looks to be an 8 hole pickguard.

'56 Vintage Reissue if I had to guess. They had just come out I think.

http://www.fender.com/on/demandware.sto ... rial=Maple

Hmm the first Fullerton made '57 Reissues came out in 1982. The '56 Reissue is a relatively new (2012?) rebranding of the vintage series.

Go to Heaven came out in 1980. Fender was not doing any type of reissue stuff at that time that I am aware of.

I am so curious about the Veneta Strat. It played some mighty shows (San Jose, BCT, Veneta, Boulder) in it's very short stagelife.

The original photo -- the one of Jerry with a Strat -- That's my desktop now.

lovetoboogie wrote:looks like the same little combo...

Bill looks pretty stoked.

Smolder wrote:

lovetoboogie wrote:looks like the same little combo...

Bill looks pretty stoked.

That's how Bill always looks!

john in san diego

Bigfoot Co. wrote:Hmm the first Fullerton made '57 Reissues came out in 1982. The '56 Reissue is a relatively new (2012?) rebranding of the vintage series.

Go to Heaven came out in 1980. Fender was not doing any type of reissue stuff at that time that I am aware of.

I am so curious about the Veneta Strat. It played some mighty shows (San Jose, BCT, Veneta, Boulder) in it's very short stagelife.

Pre-production sample of the '57 reissue then? It looks to me like a brand new guitar with exact late 50's specs, I can't imagine the Veneta strat looked that perfect by 1980 even if Jerry still had it. The neck finish was already largely worn through in 1972!