Kate Damn I wish I could have been there with you. That damn Kakki is SUCH a good hostess she always keeps me too busy to ever make it out there. But the next time I go I want to make it out there to meet him too and hang out. Not only do I wanna see those guitars I want to play them.
Love Paz on 5/16/02 10:23 PM, Kate Bennett at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Had the wonderful pleasure of meeting Fred Walecki at Westwood Music today. > What a sweetheart of a guy!!!! > > (he's the one who helped ..design?..Joni's VG-8 so she could tour again. He > seems to be in great health, very energetic, incredibly knowledgeable & > soooo friendly... > > he pointed up to where he said he had a bunch of Joni's guitars for sale > (1,2, 3, 4 numbered in cases...man, did he have my number! not cheap he > said...so, I didn't even want to see them because I would have been in deep > deep trouble- Paz I know you know the kind)... > > we talked a bit about Joni, her tunings, the website & the AMAZING people > who figured out her tunings!!!! & how she told him that having her VG-8 was > like having a whole new palette... > > what a nice guy, no wonder everyone did that benefit for him...Kakki, have > you met him?...I can imagine the two of you chatting away for hours!!!! > > Although I didn't buy anything (yet) he walked me to my car (I was lugging 3 > guitars) & talked about so many wonderful sound technicalities...I think he > is really some kind of genius...on that same level of niceness (for lack of > a better word) as Graham Nash ... I just want to buy something from him > because he's such a cool guy!
