PLANNER PROJECT 2016 ... MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FEATURED

FENDER AMPS /GUITARS: 7/28 After buying Fender Super Reverb, & Vibroverb amps ($250 each), & a $110 Hagstrom III guitar: Herman’s Hermits & the Animals play Canton Memorial Auditorium ($3-$5.50), 1966 6/24 Ghoulardi fans! After listing a Fender apple red Jaguar guitar and amp (w/deluxe case-$680-will sacrifice), before cruising to the Stadium ($2.50-$3 box), with ‘Hungry’ on WHK to see the K. C. A’s beat the 3rd-place Tribe, 7-5, before 13,347 (Colavito-2 homers, single- 5 RBI); tonight’s flicks are ‘Worse than Murder,’ and ‘Kill My Love,’ 1966 9/10 Cruising tonight with ‘Cherry Cherry’ on WIXY in a cobalt blue ‘62 T-Bird (all power, leather interior-$1,295-Meisel), to buy a Fender Bassman amp with Showman bottom (15” Lansings) ($375); La Cave hosts Terry Knight & the Pack; We Five plays John Carroll; the Lost Souls (Carleton, Marek, Tomczack, McKinley, Schoenaur), play Eastlake Teen Town; the Tree Stumps rock the Cave on S. Taylor; & on Ghoulardi’s Shock Theater, tonight’s horror flick is ‘Daughter of Dr. Jekyll,’ 1966 6/20 Cruising to Blossom after buying a Fender Stratocaster on sale at Sodja’s Music ($385/$690 w/tremelo higher); Joe Walsh closes out a 2-night stand with friends Joe Vitale, Russ Kunkel, George Perry, Mike Murray, and guest David Lindley ($11), 1981

5/21 After picking up a Norma guitar with triple pick-up, bar & button control, with a Fender 200 watt Princeton amp ($150); & dine on Kenny King’s 15- piece Kentucky Fried Chicken take home basket ($3.50); Belkin offers the Osmond Brothers tonight at Public Hall ($3-$5); and Chicago (w/ Terry Kath), at Public Hall tomorrow ($5.50), 1971 GIBSON GUITARS: 5/13 After shopping the Gibson amps closeout at Master Music on W. 25th (30- 50% off); Ghoulardi’s flick tonight is ‘Atomic Age Vampire;’ as the Tree Stumps play the St. Gregory CYO dance; while tomorrow, the Hurtin’ Kind (Fyfee, Moore, Bullock, Niemi, Blankenship), & the Scepters (Mike Gee, Bill Lucas, Chuck Hackett, Chuck Inglefield, Chris Johns, Scott Wilkinson), rock The Cell at Lakewood City Hall, 1966

6/7 After buying a Gibson double neck guitar on sale yesterday at Sodja’s Music ($995- $1,529), before Lucky Pierre & Carrot play the Mistake; tonight, the News (Wally Bryson, Dann Klawon, Frank Masara, Artie Peeler), debuts at Peabody’s; as ‘Franke & the Knockouts & Papa play the Agora the 9th, and Leon Redbone the 10th ($5), 1981

7/23 After buying a Gibson ES-335 at Heights Guitar, Lyle Lovett/Sting play Blossom, 1996

GRETSCH GUITARS: 9/11 As ‘Cherish’ by The Association tops the WIXY1260 Survey; followed by ‘Black is Black;’ ‘I’ll Be There;’ ‘Cherry Cherry;’ ’96 Tears,’ and ‘Ain’t Gonna Lie;’ stand-up organs start at $378 during Higbee’s sale on display model Gretsch, Hagstrom, Vox, and Ace-Tone guitars, amps, and organs (no money down, 24 months to pay), 1966

12/9 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising to buy a new Gretsch guitar at Dick Lurie Guitar Studio ($150+), in a metallic turquoise/bucket seat ‘65 Chevy II Nova Super Sport ($1,695-$50 down-Len Derin), before dancing to the Lost Souls at St. Joseph High; tonight’s C-rated horror flick stars Bela Lugosi in ‘Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,’ 1966

4/16 Rockin’ Beachland Ballroom, Johnnie Clampett & the Walkers (John Teagle (w/1960 Gretsch guitar), Bob Basone, Danny Basone), celebrate their 35th anniversary with David Loy, Chris King, Marky Ray, & Becky Armstrong; Purple Knif (Teagle, Bob Basone, Chris Butler), & She’s Alright (Teagle, Bob Basone, Butler, Jack Kidney), 2016

MARTIN GUITARS (1946, 1971): 11/29 After buying a ‘46 model Martin D-28 Dreadnought guitar at Shubert’s on Prospect ($144), next stop is the Palace, where Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra headline, 1946

7/28 After cruising on Monday to buy $5.79 button fly sailor bells at Goldfish Uniform on Prospect, and a Martin D-35 guitar on sale at Dick Lurie Guitar Studio on Euclid ($390-$535); the Raspberries rock the Agora, as the Rockets rock The Ramp, 1971

SUNN AMPS (1971): 8/26 After cruising tomorrow to DiFiores on Lorain for a Sunn amp (50% off); TV5 airs ‘Super Star Search ‘71’ at 9 p.m. with Don Webster & Paul Anka, as Jessup; Erector Set; One Yere 2 Sune; Magic; Symbols of Sound; Bones; & eventual winner Circus (Hrdlicka, Dobeck, Alexander, Salle, Sabol), seek $1,000, and an RCA contract, 1971