“Bought Amp – Took it back – Broken”
Hahahahaha… I knew this entry was a few days after the purchase of the guitar.
Meaning the guitar was used for a couple of days WITHOUT any amplification. Christ my band was eclectic wasn’t it?
I can surprisingly expand on this entry, my memory somewhat secure by what happened next.
No, I did not turn the amp “up to eleven” and blow it up. It was faulty when I brought the damn thing home from Whitwams.
When I say “amp” please do not conjure up a huge Marshall stack or anything will you? This amp was no bigger than a box of cereal and used batteries as a back-up power source! It SCREAMED “Made in China”.
I think there was a point where I decided I was being told something about this whole ‘guitar purchase’. That something appeared to be “it was a waste of time & money”
So, I can remember that when I took the amp back – a return journey requiring a bus ride to Shawford and then a train from there into Winchester station – I also packaged up and persuaded Whitwams that I’d like to return the guitar too, which, to my utter delight at the time, they agreed to.
The band doubtless split up on the back of this decision, but somewhere in Surrey Eric Clapton doubtless let out a big sigh of relief, safe in the knowledge that his ‘guitar god’ crown was no longer in danger of being stolen from him.
Excerpts from a 70's Teenage Rock Opera 