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I wish I had pics of our band in that era. That was the 7 man band, "Objection Overruled" with the brass section, guitar, organ, bass, and drums. Those were the days when you didn't waste film on stuff like the car, unless your girlfriend was in the shot! Taking pictures was expensive back then. A couple of bucks for the film, another 3 for developing and prints. You got 12 to 24 pics from your 110 Instamatic camera with the 1/2" negative. When you were getting $10-15 for a 3 hour gig, you didn't waste money on pictures! Something that many people don't realize is how little the dollar buys with many things today, and how some things have become incredibly cheap. I often look at how many hours do we need to work to buy something. (I'm pulling out my old man rant now!) When I started working in the late 60s, I was making $1.40/hour. I don't know what my dad was making in '66 but to buy my Kent guitar would have taken 2 full weeks of pay. That $400 Gibson ES335 I wanted would have taken more than 2 months wages! That obviously wouldn't happen when you have a family with 3 kids, a house, food, car, etc. Considering that you can work at McD's for $12/hr, an Ascent H-137 would be 3 days work, even after taxes. When I see people not blink as they shell out $300 to $1000 for an I-phone, it makes buying a guitar almost an impulse buy! If the Ascents are anywhere close to my Tribute ASAT in playability, then that's a really easy way to get into playing guitar, or even grabbing a "beater" guitar to take along without having to worry about it getting stolen or busted. Things are probably a lot different if you're in Vietnam or the Philippines making about $2 an hour, it's like the US in the 1960-70s. There, buying an Ascent is a lot more realistic than buying a Custom Core H-150.

Still have my 1993 H-475. Incredible guitar!

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