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You know your a “Vintage Mic Addict” when you see this and you start doing a mental inventory of the ones you have! Shure makes great mics! Vintage ones are…
Get yourself one of these, any style you like. You’ll know when to play it!
Who doesn’t love a nice guitar? I know I do. Closest thing to an ES-335 that I could afford at the time. Hasn’t made any “Music” for many years? Not…