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At 2:00a.m. nobody's ugly.

CBS-era Fender's impeccable design sense. Not cool ugly, not cute ugly, just...ugly. Can you imagine taking this to an audition? Or playing it out?
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Egads, Man you just HAD to go there!!! I actually had one of these about a quarter century ago. 100 watts SS, bolted to a matching Fender cab with 3x12 Jensens. Horrible, just horrible. Was louder than hell, though....
 
Absolutely, ISM played there, I met Jism, the singer if I remember, first time I played Steve Jones was watching us, had a beer with him, Bad Brains were there a lot, cool place. Get there at night, leave around 6-7 am. This was 1981-84.

That sounds awesome. If I wasn't so busy crawling around in diapers and developing motor skills, I totally would have been into hardcore punk in the 80s.
 
I saw that sign in a county jail when I was in there fixing computers in the office. I guess that makes sense to me, been drunk at the end of many gigs and checking out the last of the girls left saying, hmmmmm?" Maybe they were looking at me going, "No way!" LOL

Anyway, talking about ugly, I'm posting some ugly and or odd looking equipment and I invite you to join in with your idea of ugly amps aore basses, or players, or whatever strikes your fancy. I'm just feeling a bit squirrly and thank you for your indulgence! :D
What was a 2 at 10:00 can become a 10 at 2:00. You later learn the meaning of "coyote ugly" as you chew off you arm rather than wake her.
 
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