I picked up this Masco MA-17 on eBay last week. It’s already packed up and on it’s way to Skip Simmons in California.

The box isn’t the nastiest-looking amp I’ve seen around, only road-worn and dirty from 65 years of hanging around. But check out that lovely Masco Badge on the front! Just enough crud to give it character.

The seller bought it from a music store that was going out of business. I’m sure they only paid $20 or so for it. I took the bait and got it for $175 without even knowing if it would turn on. Kind of funny, because the seller was only 15 miles from me in Massachusetts. I got to drive over and pick it up.

It’s smaller than I expected, and just the right width for sitting on top of a standard speaker cab. I can’t wait to play it, and I’m gonna be on pins and needles until I get it back in Boston.

Candlepin Bowlers Boston

Stickman-harp-blues-harmonica

Walk That Walk Blues Poster

Walk That Walk Blues Poster
by James Waldron Design

Bo Diddeley Guitar – The Blues

Bo Diddeley’s guitar, Harpers Ferry, Allston Massachusetts, 2005
Photograph by James Waldron

Candlepin Bowling Scoring Table, Big 20 Bowling Center, Scarborough Maine