Swiss Avalon Almost

[Randy Schmieder]

I visited every guitar store in the Bay Area looking for the LP that wasn't until I almost gave up. Nothing worked. Then I saw this Avalon at Sylvan Music back in my old hometown of Santa Cruz, CA. Took me about a minute to decide. Had to mail it back to Switzerland...so now...I wait and look at web sites. All I have is this crummy cell phone pic... Hold me, all I have is my Charvette to console me.
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[Paul Stone]

Bitchin'avalon.Did anyone else think they were going to see a bunch holes drilled in the "swiss"avalon?

[RandyS]

Muchas gracias. Um, what do you mean, a bunch of holes?

[Chollie]

swiss cheese

[bford]

Very nice! I know it's hard to be patient, but it will be worth it.

[RandyS]

The first thing I thought of was, oh, crap, what if everyone here knows everything there is to know about Avalons and can immediately see that I bought a bum guitar with holes in it that I don't see? OK, this is what happens when you don't walk out with it in your hand. BTW, I discovered that real Swiss cheese is mostly hole-less.

[eric nootebos]

As a "cheesy" country we are, Holland has a few sort's with many and big hole's..
I think the avalon looks good enough without any though...

[RandyS]

We have liftoff!! The Swiss Avalon, free of holes, rattling nut and all, makes its live debut at none other than Nuclear Central -- CERN!! Hot dang me, they shure love that guitar, and so does I! And wouldn't you know -- no one, not no one, noticed I actually had a ScratchPad on the back.

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[bford]

Cool guitar Randy! I'm sure it sounds as good as it looks.

Here's to many more gigs with your Robin.

[RandyS]

A funky flattop furious flame job Avalon was spotted in Geneva, Switzerland. Now that we know there are at least three Robins in this country, agents are looking to snap a shot of the mysterious import. More posted on the issue soon.