ksdaddy Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Steve at Angela Instruments gave me a stack of these back in '85. Somehow a couple copies survived. I scanned each page for all to enjoy. http://www.angelfire.com/me4/ksdaddy/cotc1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witmer Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Oh my. Well, I'm glad it worked out for "George" ... it's a good thing all I wanted to do was make music! A guitar nerd is still a nerd, they say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 I'm glad I didn't see that when I was starting. If getting the girls was my goal, I would have stopped a long time ago. All I got was callouses and the joy of making music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Hot dog!!! We can all have a ball playing music at the next weenie roast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 lol! That's awesome! Here are some of my favorite words and phrases: keen teen crowd on the beam super real smooth sweet fun-fest neat job date parade weenie roast a grind real gone ... he is number one on the hit parade with every dream beam. creep lad square out of this world terrif get real cool natch real hep smooth There's also some pretty kinky innuendo going on... depending on how your brain works: George: "Now there's a neat job I'd like to meet. She could be number one on my date parade." Frank: "That's a cinch. Nancy's my sister. I'll introduce you." Frank (to George): "Don't be a grind. The whole crowd will be at the weenie roast and you'll have a ball." Nancy: "We're having a girls drag night. The femmes choose the victim and you're elected to tow me." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted June 22, 2010 Author Share Posted June 22, 2010 My favorite line: "You were great, Frank. You went through their backfield so fast I wasn't sure whether you had the ball or were toting your guitar". Yeah, I mix those two up all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 That was a good read. My word, how times have changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 It was practically incomprehensible--I couldn't tell two of the characters apart, so I kept losing plot details. Darn. Nice find, ksdaddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabba2203 Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 George shredz the guitar most brutal! He'll get all the skirts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Really keen KSDADDY. Thanks for sharing. Anyone see a © date? I'm guessing late 1950's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmiJAMM Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 He's in the closet and it aint the skirts he's after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Yeah, I'd guess around 1960. No references to "rock" or "bands" which would be about right for that time period as well. In some circles "rock" was a dirty word; this covered pretty well anybody. The clothing and girls styles looked about right for that time period, too. The slang wasn't what I was hearing at the time, though, but a lot of that was regional. Oh - George was worried about failing grades more than dates. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted June 22, 2010 Author Share Posted June 22, 2010 I found this ad through Google Books, Popular Mechanics, Sept 1959. Google Books link...may or may not work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Funny thing about this thread, the comic, etc... I got to thinking of the era and a dance or two at a local "teen center" where I was in high school in 1960... Dee Clark: Raindrops; running 45s over a PA that didn't hurt the ears and you actually could talk with friends. The "guitar band" wasn't yet "the" rock machine... Everly Brothers stuff still had heavy acoustic guitar sound and was considered .... I dunno, but the radio played it. Interesting... m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 btw, Who is / was David Wexler and Company, Chicargo, IL.? Did they sell guitars or comic books as ad pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 I thought it sounded familiar. It's a music wholesale company that has sold a lotta stuff over the years. Here's their current list and address from their web site. 7807 East Greenway Road, Suite #8 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260-1717 Telephone (480) 675-8888 FAXsimile (480) 675-8900 Click here to contact us A & M Composer Statuettes Admira Classic Guitars Amati Band Instruments & Accessories Mike Balter Mallets Blitz Custom Polishing Cloths Blitz Instrument Care Products Buckle-Gard Clip Light (Music Stand) Conrad® Instrument Accessories Cory Instrument Care Products Creepnomore Demand Silk Swabs DJ Music Mobile Cases Downbeat® Merchandise Bags Dr. Dan’s Instrument Care Videos Drum Sticks (Whitehall®) Dukoff Mouthpieces E.A.R. Noise Filters Gemwood® Conductor Batons (King David®) Haberline Cello & Bass Bags Instrument Straps Kafko Brasswind/Guitar/Violin Accessories Kazoo (U.S.A.) Metal Classic American Kazoos (PDF File) King David® Leader & Gift Batons Latin American Percussion Marcsmen Piano & Organ Lamps Masterpiece Clarinet & Sax Reeds Mike Balter Mallets Modular/MTS Band Instrument Cases MTS/Modular Rack & Combo Cases Music Stand Lamp (Pacific Trends) Original Swab Company Pacific Trends Keyboard Lamps Plastic Kazoos Populaire Clarinet & Sax Reeds Reed-O-Meter Road Tuff Cases Sousaphone & Tuba Cases/All Fit Strunal String Instruments Stump Fiddle Tambourines Tambourines (Worship) Tone Educator Bells UniTec Cases Wabash® Accessories Whistles & Lanyards Whitehall® Drums and Drumsticks Whitehall® Saxophone Stands Windy City Trombone Mutes Windy City Trumpet Mutes Woodstock Music Education Products and Chimes Copyright © 2001-2007 David Wexler & Co. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 That was Hep and on the beam !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Wow, playing guitar was easier in the 50's. That George guy really turned out to be the Big Man On Campus. Everyone know Football Players are way less popular than Band Geeks, I'm glad George figured that out before he succumbed to alcoholism and early divorce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Here's an example of how different it was growing up in the 80's. This is a typical Guitar Mag Comic from 1988. Click on it then select Full Size in the upper right corner of the Webshots Page to see it Full Sized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 "I'm hep! I'm hep!" I think that's a Hannah-Barbera line This thread deserves a Hep Cat: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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