![]() One of those was Eric Clapton, who Danny introduced me to back then and for whom Danny later asked me to repair a broken peghead on Eric’s Favorite Les Paul. He did all this at his desk in that uptown space his ideas sure did work and he got the attention of and became friendly with all the top rock guitar players of the day. In the mid-late 1960s Danny was known as a hot-rodder of electric guitars, initially souping up those inexpensive Danelectros (no relation to him though) and later making special circuits and pickups for Gibson Les Pauls and the like. 48th Street here in Manhattan near Manny’s, Sam Ash, and several other retail music stores. In the mid-1960s Danny had a small shop, really just a very small office space, on an upper floor of a building near what was then called Music Row on W. With the coming of the new year, one often reflects on one’s past, and one of the hugely influential persons I’ve been thinking about is Danny Armstrong, he of the Plexiglas electric guitar fame, and all that he did that he never got credit for in our industry and for our music. And I’m still having one heck of a good time appreciating them and making people happy with them. Here I am, fifty years later, still at it, still repairing and restoring quality fretted instruments, still buying them, and still making sure they’re in top-flight condition in every way and sending them to new homes. ![]()
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