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"Before They Were WholeNoters"

Debra Jean (9018)

WholeNote Guitar Forum · 9/7/2006 8:25 PM

Remember back to the days when you were just a QuarterNoter? Maybe almost a HalfNoter? But nowheres near the WholeNoter you are now?

Some of us have our pics on our homepages, but many do not. Have you ever wondered what your fellow WholeNoter looked like? Have you ever taken that a step further and wondered what they looked like as a QuarterNoter?

Well, one of your brother WholeNoters did and between the two of us, we've come up with what we think will be a bit of good-natured fun and funning.

I've been collecting pictures of folks as kids, with or without guitar, and will be posting them here. With no hints or clues, the rest of ya'll will try to guess who the Noter is. When there's been a correct identification, another pic will be posted.

I know several of you are already working to get your pics from Mom, but if anybody I didn't contact directly wants to be included, please PM me.

So, let's get this started with the first pic I received.

Who's This?

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10/7/2006 3:24 PM

Debra Jean (9018) wrote:

#22 ` Who's This?

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10/7/2006 3:33 PM

Edd Robins (6228) wrote:

Nice lookin' Gretsch, for sure. And a perfect fir for the cowboy.

Hey, is that a shiner on the left eye, or a shadow? If it's a shiner I'm gonna guess that it's Craig Lindsey the day after he met his future wife.

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Re: "Before They Were WholeNoters"

10/7/2006 3:35 PM

Edd Robins (6228) wrote:

Hey Slow,
Is that a 335 or a Gretsch? The p'ups look like the Gretsch "toasters".

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10/7/2006 7:50 PM

Kevin Bowling (5229) wrote:

Definitely a Gretsch. See the felt string-damper just in front of the bridge? And the little knob that raises and lowers it is just below the Bigsby. Also looks like F-hole decals rather than cutouts (not positive). That was supposed to be one of Chet's Ideas to try and squeeze a little more sustain out of it. I've never seen anything but a Gretsch in that color.

Looks like a shiner to me. Perhaps a brawl in the local saloon or a Tareyton smoker.

Gotta be Jim Heidinger.

Sure would love to get my paws on one of those guitars.

Kevin

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10/7/2006 10:21 PM

David Mackie (11009) wrote:

I was in a band once with a guy who owned one just like it, and since he wasn't a guitar picker (he was a fiddler who just had a knack for acquiring cool stuff) he wanted me to always play it.

Only problem was, as cool looking as those guitars were, they were definitely not up to prime Gibson quality; pretty hit and miss, and I'm afraid his was a miss. Not terrible, but definitely not what one hopes for when one sees such a cool looking axe. Very little sustain, kind of dull attack, but it stayed in tune ok despite the Bigsby. (which I did use)

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10/10/2006 9:00 PM

Chuck Stensrud (13014) wrote:

Definitely a Gretsch!

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10/10/2006 9:17 PM

Kevin Bowling (5229) wrote:

Definitely, my dad had one exactly like it. Had the big leather pad on the back. Big Gibson "Hawk"? amp. My cousin pushed me into it and gave me my first black eye when I was four years old. Like I've mentioned before, I always wanted to be either Cheyenne Bodie or Jessie James. Hmmmmm...,Black hat, black eye.....

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10/10/2006 9:26 PM

Chantal Cordey (5016) wrote:

Hum with all those clues seems like it could be you Kevin Bowling .Is it ?...

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10/10/2006 9:50 PM

Kevin Bowling (5229) wrote:

Very well could be. They guessed it right off the bat. I can't believe Debra is keeping us holding on for this long. I don't even know who it is really. Well, maybe I do. Fine lookin kid though.

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10/10/2006 10:13 PM

Chantal Cordey (5016) wrote:

yea Slow is not that slow who ever he is. Kind of quick of the mark if you ask me.

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10/10/2006 10:48 PM

Obee Obier (4521) wrote:

cc

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10/7/2006 3:58 PM

David Mackie (11009) wrote:

Pretty sure that Gretsch is post-1960 fwiw. K. Bowling's a good guess imho.

Just to diversify I'll say Steve Cass, but I really think it's probably Kevin.

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10/7/2006 4:08 PM

Obee Obier (4521) wrote:

No clue who he is,
but that is a great guitar, and a little bit to large for a kid.

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10/7/2006 4:46 PM

Debra Jean (9018) wrote:

Another pic:

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10/7/2006 6:58 PM

Andrew Kinsella (3220) wrote:

Are You talkin' to me? Punk.

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10/7/2006 8:29 PM

Obee Obier (4521) wrote:

With a guitar in his hands, he looks more 'relext'.

PS: Yeaah, I shouldn't post when I'm tired, I would eat a choccolate bar before I go to bed), but I'm on diet.

obee

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10/7/2006 8:34 PM

Kevin Bowling (5229) wrote:

I wonder if somebody tried to snatch his ice cream cone. That could be where the shiner came from. He looks like he'd fight for it.

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10/7/2006 10:21 PM

Andrew Sorentino (4879) wrote:

Looks like he is on a sugar high from the ice cream!! His eyes are ZOMBIFIED!!

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10/8/2006 10:49 PM

Michel Rivard (2674) wrote:

My brain! My brain has frozen!

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10/10/2006 12:20 AM

Tracy Hardy Johnson (11666) wrote:

I dunno, looks like he grew up to be this guy:

;^)

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10/11/2006 9:43 PM

Debra Jean (9018) wrote:

And is perhaps related to her?

: }

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10/12/2006 12:09 AM

Kevin Bowling (5229) wrote:

Well, I don't know her. Who is she? I do have West Virginian in my blood.

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10/12/2006 1:13 AM

Debra Jean (9018) wrote:

Jennifer Wilbanks, the 'Runaway Bride' who faked her kidnapping last year. She was from Georgia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Wilbanks

Deb

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10/12/2006 2:27 AM

Kevin Bowling (5229) wrote:

Oh, I get it now (Duh!) It's the "Don't mess with my ice cream cone" eyes. I remember hearing about her now. No relation to me though. However, I dunno about the guy in the picture. Oh wait, that was me wasn't it? Almost forgot what a fine lookin kid I was.

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10/7/2006 7:32 PM

Obee Obier (4521) wrote:

Anyway, he's playing a tappin' 'tech'.
I really like that orange guitar)

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10/8/2006 10:54 PM

Michel Rivard (2674) wrote:

I don't have a clue,
how about Ward Moeller?

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10/8/2006 11:45 PM

Obee Obier (4521) wrote:

Moeller, wasn't it a drum instructur?

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10/9/2006 1:35 AM

Michel Rivard (2674) wrote:

Not that I know of!

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10/11/2006 9:12 PM

Debra Jean (9018) wrote:

Sorry I took so long!
Your brain wasn't frozen, I was just lazy.

Kevin Bowling

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10/12/2006 12:03 AM

Kevin Bowling (5229) wrote:

Man, that is one ugly dude. And why is he wearing a Bengals jersey? Looks like he just finished his twelfth Budweiser. That's a nice Popeye forearm though. Where's the spinach?

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10/12/2006 1:19 AM

Debra Jean (9018) wrote:

He ate the spinach. That's why the face!
Deb

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10/12/2006 2:31 AM

Kevin Bowling (5229) wrote:

I like spinach. That was a couple Sundays ago when the Bengals spanked the Steelers. I'm not a football fan but I made the mistake of going to little brother Sluggo's (who is a Bengal extremist. He cried when they lost the Super Bowl). I put on the jersey for fear of death or other bodily harm. Turned out to be a fun day.

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