Frank Gay made guitars for just about every country star in the 50's. In the 60's my friend Mick Bennison had a Frank Gay custom guitar built and I was privileged to play it more than a few times. Later in Edmonton during the 70's Frank did a set-up on my '67 Southern Jumbo that has been shown on this Blog. What a pleasure to get to meet and know this great and troubled man--to watch him work and to hear him play. Then in the 90's I was jamming with a banjo player who was playing a Frank Gay custom banjo. Small world. It breaks my heart to see guitars like this behind glass--musical instruments should be in the hands of musicians--making music.
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