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Where and when did you buy this guitar?
I can’t remember exactly. I got it somewhere in California. It’s funny — when you’re on the road, you go to all the music stores and find stuff, you know? And guys come to the shows, and they’ll have two or three guitars under their arms.
Did someone recommend the Duo Jet to you?
Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick was the king of guys who came to the shows with vintage guitars. Rick would come into my dressing room with a guitar and say, “Joe, you really should buy this one.” I wasn’t into collecting back then, but he’d come across stuff and say, “Joe, you really should grab one too.” I’ve gotten a couple guitars that way, and the Gretsch might have been a case of that. But jeez, I wish I could remember where I got it.