Born 2B Mild Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 This looks interesting. I'm not connected in anyway but I might pay a visit. Hopefully, there'll be a few basses there. [url="http://www.mi-pro.co.uk/news/31293/Jerry-Donahue-to-appear-at-Leeds-Bradford-Guitar-Show"]http://www.mi-pro.co.uk/news/31293/Jerry-D...ord-Guitar-Show[/url] Last time I met Jerry Donahue was as a teenaged autograph hunter in 1975! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Last time I met him was when I bought his Signature Fender Stratocaster off him. It was the original prototype had serial #0001 on the headstock! Had various features that didn't make it to the final Japanese production model as well. I'd actually paid for a production model but it turned out that it was on its way to Guitarist for review so Jerry, being a complete gentleman, offered me his personal one instead. He also signed the reverse of the headstock for me. The guy from Arbiter (or whoever the distributor was at the time) told me to leave the building very quickly before Jerry realised quite what he'd done Somewhat foolishly I lent it to a good friend who is a great fingerpicking & blue grass player who fell in love with it & begged me to sell it to him. I let him have have it with the provisio that if he ever sold it then he'd give me half the profit, lol. I've asked him for it back a few times but he still loves it. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born 2B Mild Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 Stratocaster? I thought he was strictly a tele man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kets Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Jerry Donahue Rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 [quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='900144' date='Jul 20 2010, 03:21 PM']Stratocaster? I thought he was strictly a tele man [/quote] It was his signature Strat - designed to sound like a Tele but with Strat versatility! Here's the original Fender owner's manual that explains some of the complex wiring stuff: [url="http://support.fender.com/manuals/instr_owners/Hellecasters_Jerry_Donohue_Stratocaster_1997.pdf"]http://support.fender.com/manuals/instr_ow...caster_1997.pdf[/url] & here's a pic of him playing one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golchen Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 What a great player and all round good guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Thanks for the heads up. Its usually an ok event anyway, with a few basses present at the last one. Having Jerry there will take it up a notch for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassmonkey Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Yeah is usually pretty good. Gets bloomin packed and the dealers find fiendish ways to extract the cash from your pockets! Bargains to be had though See you Bass Chatters there then Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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