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The Gear I’ve Had (That I Let Get Away) (© 2007 Charlie Jaffe) Oh, the gear I’ve had
that I let get away I wish I still had it to play
today Guitars and basses, pedals
and amps I think of them often and my eyes
get damp An Epiphone Sorrento from
Kalamazoo Had the soul of a Gibson all
the way through That sweet ’67 was so
tuneful and nice I liked it so much that I once bought
it twice A New York made Olympic; an old
'44 I got rid of that one to make
room for more Oh, the gear I’ve had
that I let get away I wish I still had it to play
today A two pickup natural Fender
D’Aquisto The wood was so figured, good
lord, it was mint! I thought I would bebop for
a very brief stint A ‘burst ’72 Strat
with maple neck so fat I played it for years and
then sold it like that! A three bolt plate and a bullet
in its head Even with new frets that axe
was just dead Oh, the gear I’ve had
that I let get away I wish I still had it to play
today A cherry SG Jr. circa 1964 The nickel vibrato made me
want to play more That single P-90, oh how it
screamed Notes just jumped out and it played like a dream The ‘69 ES-335 TDW that
I played for years My favorite electric, its
memory brings tears A funky mahogany MK-35 That Mark Series job was a
‘75 And the heaviest guitar that
I ever owned? A ’72 Deluxe, its weight
made me groan! Oh, the gear I’ve had
that I let get away I wish I still had it to play
today A white, mid-Sixties Hagstrom
SG-shaped bass Had its original plush tiger-striped
case A couple of Harmonys were
really quite nifty Both Montereys, both from
the Sixties And a couple of Ricks, yes
a couple of Ricks! A Jetglo 450, a tin covered
SD6 The cresting wave solid was
’63-‘64 The Forties lap steel had
a Lucite fretboard Oh, the gear I’ve had
that I let get away I wish I still had it to play
today Oh how I desire guitars
with twelve strings A whole different breed, they
make my heart sing A mid-Sixties Gibson B25-12
was the first I did own A beat up old Guild with orchestral
tone It’s outrageous how
they made a grown man moan Oh, the gear I’ve had
that I let get away I wish I still had it to play
today An original Tube Screamer
in bright seasick green A Reverberocket so good it
was totally obscene! A great ’55 Pro was
my main gigging amp At home I played a blackface
Vibro Champ Oh, the gear I’ve had
that I let get away I wish I still had it to play
today Some went in trades, others
paid bills Some pieces are gone ‘cause
I just had my fill Still… Oh, the gear I’ve had
that I let get away I wish I still had it to play
today Guitars and basses, pedals
and amps I think of them often and my eyes
get damp sing these parodies with
gusto!
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