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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

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Man, those guys have nads of titanium!

I have a neighbor who's a lifelong union ironworker; doesn't go up high in buildings any more just because he's too old for the heaviest lifting; but he said being 30 stories off the ground is no diffferent to him than standing on a kitchen chair.

Not me, man I get tense getting up on a kitchen chair.
That one guy is sitting there like he's sitting on a park bench!
 
Woodson amps were affiliated with and made by employees of Kustom, and very similar to Kustom amp models. This Woodson seems to be a direct copy of a Kustom Kasino Club model. Quote from Wikipedia; “Some affiliated companies and trademarks were Woodson and Legend. Woodson Electronics, Inc. from Bolivar, Missouri was an independent business entity founded by Mike Woodson in the early 1970s (around the same time when Kustom was acquired by Gretsch). Mike was Kustom founder Charles A "Bud" Ross' brother-in-law and all amps and P.A. systems were manufactured in Bolivar. Several Kustom employees moved to Bolivar to work for Woodson.”

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Well, we know Percy is still with us.. But I found this advertisement with Percy which included a pitch for “Frunt” Amplifiers. Can’t seem to find anything on them. What do you guys think?

From the article:
“And of course, Percy wasn't just one of those players who would tote the instrument for the purposes of the photo shoot and never bother to pick it up again. In fact, when he went along to take some promo shots for an entirely different company the following year, guess which brand of bass he took along...? Remember the mighty "Frunt" amplifier? Nope me neither. “

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Well, we know Percy is still with us.. But I found this advertisement with Percy which included a pitch for “Frunt” Amplifiers. Can’t seem to find anything on them. What do you guys think?

From the article:
“And of course, Percy wasn't just one of those players who would tote the instrument for the purposes of the photo shoot and never bother to pick it up again. In fact, when he went along to take some promo shots for an entirely different company the following year, guess which brand of bass he took along...? Remember the mighty "Frunt" amplifier? Nope me neither. “

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Never heard of this brand of amps.
 
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Well, we know Percy is still with us.. But I found this advertisement with Percy which included a pitch for “Frunt” Amplifiers. Can’t seem to find anything on them. What do you guys think?

From the article:
“And of course, Percy wasn't just one of those players who would tote the instrument for the purposes of the photo shoot and never bother to pick it up again. In fact, when he went along to take some promo shots for an entirely different company the following year, guess which brand of bass he took along...? Remember the mighty "Frunt" amplifier? Nope me neither. “

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It was probably a Chinglish version of a "Front" for whatever substance/s took your fancy