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**** JUST IN Tuesday December 10th, 2024 ****
*SIGMA by MARTIN 000-28EC, '80s, made for Kurosawa in Japan,
toned spruce top, Indian Rosewood back & sides, Flower
pot peghead inlay, fingerboard inlays similar to Style 45
inlays, probably made by Tokai, with Certificate, ohsc..hold
*COLLINGS OM-3H, 1993, Spruce top with 1 well repaired crack, abalone
soundhole rosette, Rosewood back & sides, bound ebony board,
bound peghead, 45 style back stripe, exc, ohsc.....$4400
*COLLINGS 000-2H, 2011, Sitka Spruce top, Indian Rosewood back & sides,
12 frets to the body, slotted peghead with Waverly tuners,
25 1/2" scale, 1 13/16" at the Bone nut,
pyramid bridge with 2 5/16" spacing, Honduran Mahogany Neck,
herringbone purfling, Ebony board with abalone diamond
inlays, modified V neck profile, pre-war scalloped
X-bracing, exc, ohsc....$4950
*MARTIN Syle 0 Ukulele, ca 1950, all Mahogany, no cracks or
repairs, exc, gigbag..$625
PEDALS
*STRYMON TimeLine Pedal, Delay, near mint, box............$295
*STRYMON Riverside, overdrive pedal, exc, original box....$195
*EMERSON Scranton Screamer,overdrive, near mint, original box..$125
*KINGTONE The Duellist, overdrive, near mint, original box.....$250
*Timmy Pedal, overdrive, exc................................$95
*MAD PROFESSOR Supreme, Overdrive, near mint, original box..$175
**** JUST IN Monday December 9th, 2024 ****
*GIBSON Les Paul Junior, ca 1958, refinished in a natural
Mahogany, no serial number, original pickup, repro tuners
original frets that are fairly worn, fine action, original
pots but repro knobs and intonated stop bar wraparound
tailpiece, gc, gigbag.....hold
*GIBSON SG Standard, 2015, cherry, some denting here and there,
excellent player with straight neck and good frets,
exc-, brown hsc......$1150
*FENDER Stratocaster, made in Mexico, 1999, dark blue,
Rosewood board, gold hardware, trem, exc-, ohsc....$695
*SADOWSKY Semi-Hollow, ca 2015, honey sunburst, 2 Lollar
Imperial humbucking pickups, 14 3/4″ body width at the lower bout
1 5/8"″ deep, 5-Ply Premium Flame Maple 2-piece top and back,
weight-reduced spruce center block, 1 11/16″ at the nut,
24 3/4″ scale. 22 Frets, Mahogany neck with bound Rosewood
fingerboard and dot Inlays, exc, ohsc...$3500
**** JUST IN Thursday December 5th, 2024 ****
*ZEIDLER Jazz Deluxe Special, May, 1997, Blonde, 18" across,
25.5" scale, 1 13/16 at the nut, Ebony fingerboard with
thin white/black/white edge purfling and no fret markers,
carved Adirondack spruce top, X-braced, highly figured Maple
back, sides, and neck, tortoise multi layered binding top
and back, tortoise overlay on back of peghead, tortoise layer
on peickguard, gold engraved open back tuners,
elaborately engraved tailpiece also with a tortoise overlay,
The end pin and the buttons on the tuner knobs and string posts
display small jewel-like mini-pearls of tortoise as well,
and are hand turned, all parts of the head and tailpiece are
handmade, 2 7/8" deep so very comfortable
to hold despite it's 18" width
John Zeidler was born in Flemington NJ, not far from here,
in 1958, he passed away at the untimely age of 44, this Archtop
is a gorgeous example of his skills and aesthetic,
near mint, ohsc.........$22,500
*ZEIDLER Excaliber 12-string, 1979, a dreadnought 12 with Spruce
top, Indian Rosewood back and sides, Ebony board has an
inlaid vine of metal with pearl flowers, Ebony bridge24 3/4" scale,
1 13/16" at the nut, Inlaid pearl scroll with JR Zeidler
engraved in the peghead, uniquely X-braced, carved vines on heel,
chrome Schaller tuners, petalled flourishes inlaid at top
and bottom of the back strip and at the sides near the endpin,
exc, hsc....$6500
*KOONTZ 17" Archtop Deluxe, ca 1975, made for Jack Cecchini of
Chicago, sunburst finish, cutaway, humbucker at the neck,
multi bound Ebony board with split pearl block inlays,
gold hardware, Grover Imperial tuners, 24 1/2" scale,
1 11/16" at the nut, carved Spruce top, curly Maple
back and sides, 9 ply binding, vgc++, ohsc...$hold
**** UPDATED Wednesday December 4th, 2024 ****
*FENDER Esquire, 1956, Blonde, soft V Maple neck,
7.7 lbs, vgc++, original tweed case......$29,500
*FENDER Telecaster, 1966 LEFTY, Blonde, Maple neck,
7.28 lbs, 3 ply pickguard, some neck wear, great action
with a straight neck, some finish checking on the peghead,
looks like a perfect fretjob done many years ago, 1 knob
is newer, original backwards Lefty case, vgc+....$19,900
*FENDER Custom Shop Strat, 1988, Daphne Blue turned green,
Maple neck, this was the beginning years of the Custom Shop
so this Strat was a Team Built guitar, exc, ohsc...$4750
*FENDER Strat, 2008, Ocean Turquoise or Lake Placid Blue,
has a fat '62 Hot Rod neck, gold hardware, exc-, brown case...$1495
*RECORDING KING Lap Steel, recent, natural Mahogany body,
P-90 style pickup, exc...$150
**** UPDATED Friday November 29th, 2024 ****
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*GUILD D-25, 1980, LEFTY, Dreadnought, Spruce top stained Mahogany,
arched Mahogany back, has a K&K pickup, vgc, hsc...$895
*GIBSON SG Standard, 2007, LEFTY, Black, 2 humbuckers, stop tail
with Tunomatic bridge, exc, gigbag....$895
*FENDER Jazz Bass, "JACO", 1999, fretless rosewood board
with markers, sunburst finish, pickguard was off, now
installed, exc, Brown case.....$1495
*GIBSON ES-330 Re-issue, 2016, Sunburst, original Bigsby,
flamed Mahogany back, exc+, cert, hsc...$3950....reduced..$3350
**** UPDATED Thursday November 21st, 2024 ****
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*GIBSON Les Paul Standard, 1953, Gold, oversprayed, Bigsby
added, 2 P-90s, pots dated 23rd week of 1953, finish work was done
by Gibson and has an inked on '54 serial number but we're
pretty sure it was from 1953, board planed or replaced, new neck
binding, vgc+, hsc...$22,500
*NATIONAL Reso-phonic model 1133, ca 1960, cream pearl plastic
resonator cover on front and back, vgc+, ossc.....$1250
*FENDER Performer Precision Bass, recent, made in
America, Lake Placid Blue, P/J pickup arrangement, Maple neck,
exc, was $895, now.......$795
**** UPDATED Wednesday November 20th, 2024 ****
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*MESA BOOGIE MK III, 1985, early 1st year model, 3-Channel 60-Watt
1x12" early Mark III no Stripe 60w version (very close to the Mark IIC+)
very clean with original foot switch and cover, recapped, original
Black Shadow speaker has been reconed, exc...$1550
*FENDER '65 Princeton Reverb Limited Edition "Fudge Brownie"
c 2016, why do they call it a '65? More like a '62 but of course
this has reverb AND tremolo, brown tolex, Jensen P10Q, exc...$1195
*MOLL 19" Express, 1997, 19" across Archtop cutaway with premium woods,
by the late, great Bill Moll, floating pickup at the neck, bound Ebony
board with spinning triangles in Abalone, same motif inlaid in peghead,
Ebony tailpiece, and bridge pick guard, curly Maple back, sides and
neck, 27"scale, 1 11/16" at the nut, stairstep peghead, Gold Schallers
with Ebony buttons, near mint, ohsc.....$5950
**** UPDATED Sunday November 17th, 2024 ****
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*FURCH "Yellow Series" DLX Gc-SR, NEW, Czech Republic,
Spruce top, Rosewood back & sides, unique soundboard voicing,
revolutionary Furch CNR System® neck joint and resonance enhancing
Full-Pore High-Gloss Finish, Ergonomic feature Beveled top and
back edges for maximum playing comfort, beautiful look featuring
appointments made from abalone and mother-of-pearl,
Heavy-duty Hiscox hardshell case....$2844
* FURCH Green Series, GC-SR SPE, 2024, NEW,
Grand concert cutaway, Spruce top, Rosewood back & sides,
Gloss finish, with pickup with side controls...$2492
*GIBSON ES-335, 1966, Cherry, converted from a trapeze
tailpiece to a stop tailpiece, now restored back to the
original trapeze tailpiece, Schaller tuners, refretted,
2 Pat. No. Humbuckers, vgc, ohsc.............$5500
*MARTIN D-18, 1955, perfect action as a result of a good neck
re-set, excellent refret, some playing wear, all else
original including small Maple Bridge Plate, vgc+, ohsc.....$7500
*MARTIN 0-28K, 1924, curly Koa top, back and sides, Herringbone
trim and back strip, 3 small holes patched in top,
perfect action, original bar frets, TJ Ebony belly
bridge, vgc, ohsc.....$5900
*ORANGE Crush 12 Amp, NEW, Clean and Overdrive......$109
*ORANGE Crush 20, NEW, Clean and Overdrive....$149
*GIBSON Les Paul Standard, 2000, Champagne Sparkle,
2 OX4 humbuckers, peghead repaired almost invisibly,
9.13 lbs, original frets in fine condition, vgc, hsc...$2500
*CHARVEL Strat Style, made in Japan, translucent Burgundy/Purple
finish over Ash body Rosewood board, gold hardware, traditional
trem, vgc, hsc.....$800
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*MARTIN M-36 Custom, 2016, it has a 12 fret neck and solid peghead,
it is 1/16" deeper than the standard model and has the longer body
that a 12-fretter usually has, exc, ohsc.....$2500
*MARTIN 000-28E Modern Deluxe, 2024, NEW, light two-way
titanium truss rod (64 percent lighter than steel), bridge pins
made from Liquidmetal Technologies a unique alloy that increases
volume about 3db, a composite carbon-fiber bridge plate
made of a layer of Adirondack spruce between two layers of
carbon fiber - designed to increase volume, Vintage Tone System
(VTS) Sitka spruce top, Rosewood back & sides, Adirondack spruce
scalloped X-bracing, protein glue, with the Fishman Aura VT pickup
system hidden inside, near mint, ohsc...$4999
*RIBBECKE Archtop, 1992, 17" cutaway, almond burst top, 1 3/4" nut,
25.4" scale, carved Spruce top, natural curly Maple back & sides,
curly Maple neck with bound Ebony board, the Benedetto floating
pickup is custom to snugly fit into the curve at the end of
the fingerboard, Ebony pickguard, bridge and the tailpiece,
Rose of Abalone & Pearl inlaid in pehead, exc, ohsc........$7500
*GUILD Starfire Emerald III Special, 1962, Emerald Green, 2 White
DeArmond pickups, Bigsby, clear plastic Guild Volume & Tone
knobs, stepped pearloid diamond shaped tuner buttons,
a very rare guitar with tag that specifies this special,
in near mint condition, a rare find for a Guild collector,
original brown case with plush burgundy lining ..$7500
*AMPEG Jet, 1966, blue square tolex, Tremolo, Jensen C12R speaker,
vgc++....$650
*FENDER LTD, 1971, handbuilt by Roger Rossmeisl and Phil Kubicki
in the Fender shop, outrageously beautiful with gorgeous blistered
Maple back and sides, German carved top in the Rossmeisl/Rickenbacker
style, mirrored Fender "F"s on the peghead, come lacquer
checking but otherwise near mint......$23,500
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*MARTIN CEO-7, 2024, NEW, Gloss sunburst finish, 00 size with 14 Fret
Slope Shoulder body, Scalloped X-Bracing, Adirondack Spruce top
Mahogany back & sides, Dovetail Neck Joint, Modified V Neck Shape
w/ Standard Taper neck, straight-across Ebony bridge, 24.9" Scale,
1 3/4'' at nut, ohsc...$3199
*MARTIN 000-28EC, Clapton 000,2023, Clapton model, 000-14 Fret
Spruce top, Gloss finish, East Indian Rosewood back & sides,
Dovetail Neck Joint, Scalloped X-Brace, 24.9" Scale, 1 3/4" at
the bone nut, Modified V shaped neck, near mint..$2750
*HEADSTRONG Santa Cruz Combo, Brown w/ wheat grill, NEW 5 watts,
with Reverb, 1-12" Speaker,Treble-Middle-Bass controls, line out
The Santa Cruz Amp is not a clone or replica of any one Black Panel
style amp but rather an amalgam of a few. Inspired by the power
section of a 5 watt, the EQ of a higher watt amp and classic tube
driven spring reverb, this amp may be one of the most versatile
low wattage amps on the market today!
Normally in 5 watt style amps you are lucky to get anything
more than a volume control; with a full treble/mid/bass EQ section,
the amp responds much like the larger black panel fender style amps
Very active, you start to hear the volume of the amp once you dial
in the EQ. A nice trick for this is to turn up the volume a tad over
half way and dial in the tone controls to get the desired level
of volume and drive from the amp.
A line-out jack has been added on the back panel to allow for
direct plug in to a recording or PA board. With these features and
the ability to run 3 different power or rectifier tubes without a
re-bias puts the Santa Cruz in a class of its own.
5-9 watt output, Hand wired, Finger Jointed Pine Cabinet, Tube Reverb
5Y3/5U4/GZ34 Rectifier tubes, 6V6/EL34/6L6 Power tubes, Line Level Out
One Button Footswitch, Hi/Lo inputs.....$2500
*FENDER Blues Junior, made in Mexico, Limited Edition Tweed,
shows a little wear and tear, vgc....$450
*KOONTZ DCT Deluxe, '70s, dark green, slim line double cutaway,
2 Humbuckers, Gold Imperial tuners, engraved gold plated tailpiece,
split block pearl inlays, multi-ply binding on Ebony board,
multi-ply bound ƒ-holes, arched curly Maple top & back, MXR
style knobs, 2 Volume, 2 Tone and a Master Volume, Mahogany
neck, exc, ohsc...$4950
*GIBSON '54 Goldtop Re-issue, 2004, 2 P-90s, wraparound
tailpiece, fingerboard looks like Brazilian Rosewood, exc, ohsc...$3650
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*FENDER '55 Blonde Custom Shop Relic Limited Edition
Strat, 2015, Ash body with translucent Blonde finish, fairly fat Maple neck,
7.37 lbs, certificate, exc, tweed case.......$3500
*FURCH "Blue Series" Deluxe DLX Gc-CM VTC, Czech Republic, Grand Auditorium
Cutaway NEW, Natural finish, 2024, cutaway with the flat finish,
Cedar top, Mahogany back & sides, LR Baggs pick up, Furch gig bag..$1871
*FURCH LJ 11-SR, NEW, Little Jane, Spruce top
Rosewood back & sides, the perfect travel guitar whose neck
easily is removed and stashed in the guitar while the whole
thing fits into the Furch Backpack...and, it stays in tune upon
the 20 second re-assembly! Solid Spruce top, solid Rosewood
back and sides, 24" scale, 1 11/16" at the nut,
locking tuners, zero fret with strings-thru-the-nut....$1963
https://furchguitars.com/en/instruments/travel-guitars/lj10-cm/
*FURCH Classical GNC 4-CR EAS, NEW, Cutaway,
Cedar top, Rosewood back and sides, Baggs pickup, pearl Rosette,
Ebony board, 1 3/4" at the nut, 25.5" scale, Tortoise style binding,
w/ hsc...$2573
*FENDER Tremolux Amp, 1960, Tweed, original 12" Alnico
P-12R Jensen speaker dated October '59, original transformers,
Tremolo of course, a few extra screw holes in the back, vgc....hold
gbl **** JUST IN Wednesday November 6th, 2024 ****
*GIBSON ES Les Paul, 2016, sunburst, 2 ƒ holes, 6.03 lbs, Bigsby,
2 PAF humbuckers, exc, ohsc, certificate...hold
*GIBSON Studio Les Paul Plus, 2015, Tobacco sunburst curly maple top,
"no-holes" Bigsby that can be replaced with the original
stop tailpiece, 8.9lbs, 2 humbuckers, Crown inlays, exc, ohsc...$950
*MOLL Express Bass 20", 1997, gorgeous Cutawy ARCHTOP Bass guitar
masterpiece by Bill Moll,Sunburst finish, carved Spruce top,
Ebony Bridge and pickguard, Ebony thumb rest, floating
pickup at the neck, multi-bound Ebony fingerboard with
Deco Abalone inlays, 3 piece Maple neck, Carved Curly Maple back
and sides, 34" scale, gold plated D'Angelico styled tailpiece,
~ 55" total length, plays great too, exc, ohsc.......$7500
*Kelly/Ribbecke Sound Bubble Flat top, "the Expanding Sensation"
'70s, a collaboration in San Francisco leads to a shockingly
thrilling 18" across guitar, punctuated by a tear drop shaped bubble
in the top about 10" x 6" in area, with various artistic flourishes,
3 piece back of Rosewood with Maple wedge, Rosewood bindings,
vgc+, ohsc............$4900
*OVATION Custom Legend, 1978, full bowl with Pearl trimmed top,
carved bridge and truss rod cover, sterao and mono outputs,
diamond and dot inlays in Ebony board, gold Schaller tuners
with pearloid buttons, 1 stacked knob with Volume and Tone,
exc, ohsc.....$950
*KOONTZ High Strung 12 String electric, 17.5" scale, 1 9/16" at the nut,
bound Ebony board with abalone dots, offset double cutaway, shaded sunburst
Mahogany body is bound in white/black/white, bolt on neck, Humbucker at the neck
position, curly Maple neck,Grover tuners,
Sam Koontz began building instruments in 1959,
and had made over 200 guitars until his passing in the early '80s.
His guitars all featured his unmistakable craftsmanship and sense of
design. He opened his own shop in Linden, N.J. ca 1970, previous to that
he was a shop foreman for the Framus guitars that were imported from
Germany,and he later designed guitars for Framus. It's said that he also
did design work for Martin Co. during this time. Most significantly
Sam took on the design and development of the Standel and Harptone guitar
lines, including the manufacturing procedures; these guitars exhibit classic
Koontz motifs. He continued to produce beautiful, unique, guitars
unlike any other out of his Linden shop, a real beauty, vgc++, hsc....$3500
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*FENDER Esquire, 1958, refinished blonde, Maple neck
is dated late '57, original tuners, original pickup rewound by Rolph,
in the case is also a Rolph neck pickup for those who want to play
it as a Tele, the tweed case has some brown overspray, a fine guitar....$13,500
*FENDER Stratocaster, ca 1959 with a '66 Jazzmaster neck, the
neck plate serial # 98848, this has a sunburst Fender factory
refinish done ca 1965-66 with bold Fender markings stamped
into the body, neck is stamped “13 Sept 66 B”, someone has
carefully overlaid the word “stratocaster” onto the “jazzmaster"
name in the decal, bound board with block inlays, ‘single line'
Kluson tuners, pick guard appears to be from 1966, off white
that’s aged a bit but is lacking the metal shielding plate,
“black bottom" pickups, 1 of the pots is dated Feb, 1963
and another appears to be the same but code is covered in solder,
the third is a newer, has original saddles, bridge and switch,
the body is clearly older- '57-59 as it has the larger cavity
typical of 1954-1961 before the shoulder was added in the control
cavity, there’s a blue penciled date written in the middle pickup
route which could be read as 1957 or 1959, there are bits of blue
paint here and there (see pics ) and other specs of red and gold paint
testifying to the body having been other colors in it's life,
the refinish is perfect and was done by Fender and exhibits the tone
of the sunburst color that we see in ‘65-’66. All in all this guitar
looks like it was pieced together from a ca 1959 body, perhaps a 1963
wiring harness, and a ‘66 Jazzmaster neck, with original case,
Inside Pics here an old and fine looking
player, ohsc.....$13,500, reduced...$10,500
*GIBSON Les Paul Special, 1960, Cherry, 2 P-90s, neck
pickup about an inch from the end of fingerboard, vibrant
cherry,slim but not too slim neck profile, many small dings
and dents and a little bit of plastic strap shadow on the
back, vgc++, hsc.....$13,500, reduced...$12,500
*EPIPHONE Casino, 1961, light sunburst, dot inlays, Epi tremolo,
2 black plastic covered P-90 pickups, small chip at the edge of
the peghead, otherwise excellent, sometimes known as
the Keith Richard's Casino, hsc....$16,500, reduced....$14,500
*GIBSON ES-335, 2004, Black, Dot marker,exc, hsc.....$2450
*MARSHALL OFFSET 1/2 Stack, ca 1993, JTM-45 Offset Head with
matching 4x12 Cabinet, yellowed white grill cloth. the Head has
a Tuki cover, exc++......$4650
*MARSHALL 2061CX 2x12 Cabinet, c 2004, 60 watts, exc....$650
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*FENDER Vibro-King, '90s Custom, White, 60 watt combo with
3 Naylor speakers, Reverb with Dwell, Mix & Tone
controls, Vibrato with Speed & Intensity, exc....$1650
*GIBSON Les Paul R8, 2014, '58 faded burst reissue, 9.1 lbs,
figured Maple top, some belt wear on back, papers and certificate,
exc, hsc.........$3750
*GIBSON A Style Mandolin, ca 1918, finish has been mostly
stripped, no pickguard, original tuners and tailpiece,
not much fret wear, looks and plays very good, ssc....$795
*MARTIN OM-28, 2024, New, Natural top with Aging Toner, Gloss finish,
Sitka Spruce top, East Indian Rosewood back & sides,
Scalloped X-bracing , Modified Low Oval neck, with
Ebony board with Abalone Diamonds & Squares Long Pattern
25.4" scale, 1 3/4 at the nut, Nickel Open Gear tuners,
small OM pickguard, ohsc.......... $3399
*GIBSON ES-120, 1962, sunburst, non-cutaway slim-line with 1 pickup,
bubble pickguard, Schaller tuners, vgc, hsc....$1195
*KAY 6868, ca 1960, "Special New "Sales Appeal" Styling according to
the 1959 catalogue, Gleaming Honey Blonde with faux curly Maple, non-
cutaway, 15 1/2" across, Maple neck and board, vgc....$395
*GIBSON Firebird V, 2014, sunburst, tunomatic with
stop tailpiece, crown inlays, 2 Firebird mini-humbuckers,
Steinberger tuners, exc, brown case with papers....$1595
* a BOB DYLAN Hohner Marine Band Harmonica, Key of D
Hohner Harmonica in the key of D, with approximately a 1” square of
textured opaque white tape in the middle of the top of the
harmonica with the Key inked on in magic marker formerly owned by
Bob Dylan. This is how Bob had his harps marked so that he could
readily see the key he needed while on stage, or in the studio as
Hohner identifies the key of each harp with only a tiny
1/8” impression of the key into the end of the harp, extremely difficult to
see in normal circumstances let alone during a session or a concert.
This one was purchased by me from a friend, who was given it as a
gift by one of Dylan's techs both of whom I know personally.
A similar one written in the same hand, on the exact same
textured tape and was sold at auction for $4886 including the buyer’s premium:
https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/343653105965280
The harmonica is in excellent condition, with case......$4500
Books-
BACK IN STOCK! *Palm Trees, Senoritas... and Rocket Ships" - the illustrated History of National, Dobro,
Supro, Valco and OMI Guitars
A 423 page tour-de-force that explores the
fascinating design world of the musical instruments produced by the Dopyera
Brothers from 1923 to 1993. Famous for their 'National' guitars, they went
on to pioneer electric pickups, fiberglass construction, amplifiers etc, and
influenced the sound of Country Music, Bluegrass, Blues and Hawaiian music
through most of the 20th Century.
Entirely and lavishly illustrated with over 1100 musical instruments and
amplifiers and more than 100 artists who used them - this is THE
DEFINITIVE COLLECTION of all the various developments, designs, colours
and engraving patterns of everything produced by the Dopyera Brothers
in their various companies throughout the 20th century - National, Dobro,
Supro, Valco, Mosrite, Regal and OMI. It has them ALL! It also features lap steels, amplifiers
and various National and Valco manufactured items for other Trade houses.
The book is concluded with an updated list of the serial numbers of known
and re-discovered instruments - now in excess of 4200. A MUST HAVE for
anyone interested in these guitars. Leaves other books on the subject
in the dust....$140
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Duke Levine w/ the Roy Sludge Trio in the store the day between
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********* PICTURES from the EXHIBIT *************
These are fairly large prints and are here in the store for purchase, all signed by Jonathan Singer-
check his site www.botanicamagnifica for his story.
Prices were from $500-$1000. On sale, 30-40% off
SG and Marshall
Defying logic- 3 Explorers, courtesy J. Menza
Two '59 Les Pauls, courtesy J. Menza
Two Airlines
Three Strats, courtesy Lark Street Music
Old Golds-ES-295 & '54 Les Paul, courtesy Lark Street Music
The '60 Cherry Les Paul, courtesy J. Menza
Moserite Double & Selmer Zodiac, courtesy Lark Street Music
Bacon & Days anyday, courtesy Lark Street Music
Firebirds, courtesy Lark Street Music
EPI EMPEROR & AMP
2 Centuries of Progress!
more to come....
OUR FIRST, AND SO FAR ONLY, TV COMMERCIAL----
featuring Buck Malen, Johnny Rabb, Kevin Maul, unknown banjo phenom & Frances
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1DrFtoJAe0
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Before After .....
We often get asked "where do these guitars come from" ??? or "who buys these things" ??
So here's an interesting picture of the quite rare White ES-345 (that we had for sale for about a year)
with both it's original ( c. 1964), and current (April'06) owners.
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IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE VIEWING THESE PHOTOS, SEE BELOW
Some have complained about bad pictures. If this is happening to you or your PC, let me know. We have Macs
and the pictures are large and clear, so we'd like to know figure out why this problem is happening
An answer from my brother Rick-
By default, Internet Explorer will shrink pictures to fit onto one screen.
That's probably what people are complaining about. Usually, if they hold the
cursor over the picture for a few seconds, a button will appear and they can
click it to restore the pic to full size. I hate the feature, so I just turn
it off and always see the photos full-size:
From the IE menu bar, click Tools | Internet Options
Click the Advanced tab
Scroll down to the Multimedia section
Remove the check from "Enable Automatic Image Resizing"
Click OK to save settings
REPAIRS
For you who don't know, we do all manner of guitar repair and restoration. We do most of it here but
also give some work to Dom Ramos -repairing and building since working in Dan Armstrong's shop in
the '60s. We've also been a Martin Warrantee Center since 1985 before Martin closed down all 5 NJ Centers
because of a tax dispute between NJ and Martin
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Microaggressions are hateful unless used against the Jews
Progressives claim to oppose all forms of bigotry, but there is nobody more bigoted or oppressive than leftist progressive antisemites. Opinion.
by Matthew M. Hausman, J.D. Sep 24, 2024
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JULY 24th
This is by Irwin Mansdorf,
see it here too https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-duping-of-america/
When US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines recently spoke of “foreign efforts to influence our democratic processes,” specifically pointing to Iran, she expressed publicly what many have known now for years. The war against the West led by Iran and its proxies around the world is not only a war in the conventional sense, but also a war where psychological ploys are used to target what Haines described as Americans who “may not be aware” they are being exploited and used to further Iranian interests.
Nowhere are these efforts more felt than in the “ongoing protests regarding the war in Gaza” (again the words of Haines). The “playbook” is one that has created a somewhat absurd link between the interests of radical Islam and the ideology of progressive human rights. By transforming Gaza from a terror entity bent on the ethnic cleansing of Jews into a victim of colonialism and genocide by the Jewish state, the interests of Iran converge with so-called “enlightened” members of the progressive Western elite.
While the progressives believe they are supporting social justice, they are, in reality, being manipulated and exploited by the most extreme illiberal elements in society who would not tolerate their presence in their own societies. So, we see “Queers for Palestine” supporting Gaza, a place where queers cannot exist, and women’s organizations criticizing Israeli “apartheid,” while gender apartheid continues unabated in Arab society.
This is all part of a planned program of psychological warfare that has linked the wants of progressive leftists with the needs of radical Islamists. For more than two decades, the principle of “intersectionality” has been used to classically condition the goals of any “liberation” movement with those of all liberation movements. A “prix fixe” menu of preselected slogans accompanies any ideology seen to fit, and that fit is a “one size fits all” that has blunted critical independent thinking.
As with many psychological traps, independent thinking can become captive to rigid ideology. One example is an ideology that holds that “all people” are the same and that “all people” value and want freedom. While this may be true in the West, it is woefully out of touch with the Middle East, where tribal loyalties and religious thinking carry far more weight.
The consequences of this form of psychological manipulation are seen not only in the demonstrations noted by Haines, but also in mantras that reflect public policy. These mantras may appear to be fair, balanced, and reasonable, but when they are used to further Iranian interests, people need to pay attention. One glaring example is the mantra of solving the Israel-Palestine conflict by establishing an “independent Palestinian state.” Sounds fair, balanced and reasonable. But if we consider that this policy is supported not only by many in the West, but also by Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis, perhaps we can also begin to realize that people are being duped.
As the saying goes, “If you see something, say something.” Today, that not only applies to suspicious packages left unattended, but also to less suspicious illiberal ideas that cloak themselves in progressive clothing.
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A breathtaking speech by Miriam Novak at the UN General Assembly. Don't miss a word!
For two thousand years we have lived among you, offering you our knowledge, discoveries and inventions.
At the UN Special General Assembly in New York, held at the request of the leaders of the European Union and the New Arab Bloc, the representative of Israel, Miriam Novak, spoke.
Standing at the podium, in front of the green marble wall of the main UN hall, Miriam Novak said into the microphone:
"Ladies and gentlemen! As you know, eighty years ago, Europe, led by Germany, carried out an ethnic purge: it exterminated almost all the Jews who lived there. French, Belgians, Dutch, Norwegians, Hungarians, Slovaks, Poles, Lithuanians, Ukrainians – all helped the fascists.
You killed at least six million Jews, including newborn babies. Each of them could have given the world children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, so you can multiply the number of killed by four or five...
And now, when we are again plundered, beaten and killed in all your countries, and your courts release the murderers, you tell us that we have no right to defend ourselves?
We have no right to warn our enemies that we will respond to a new ethnic cleansing with an even more powerful strike?
Perhaps you can name another nation whose extermination is so fanatically sought by your new Iranian-led international community? And why?
For two thousand years, we have lived among you, offering you our knowledge, discoveries and inventions.
We have given you the alphabet, the Bible, the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, the twelve apostles, Spinoza, Disraeli, Columbus, Newton, Nostradamus, Heine, Mendelssohn, Einstein, Singer, Eisenstein, Freud, Landau, Gershwin, Offenbach, Rubinstein, Saint-Saëns, Kafka, Lombroso, Montaigne, Mahler, Marcel Marceau, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Yehudi Menuhin, Stefan Zweig, Arthur Miller, Maya Plisetskaya, Stanley Kubrick, Irving Berlin, Edward Teller, Lion Feuchtwanger, Paul Newman, Robert Oppenheimer, Benny Goodman, Eugène Ionesco, Imre Kálmán, Marcel Proust, Marc Chagall, Barbra Streisand, Claude Lelouch, Steven Spielberg, Anouk Aimée, Leonard Bernstein, Norbert Wiener, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin, Andrew Lloyd Webber and thousands of other scientists and educators.
Imagine how many such geniuses could have been born from the millions of Jews killed by you, and then from their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren!
But these unborn geniuses disappeared forever in crematoriums, burned synagogues, and mass graves.
So do you really think that your resolutions, boycotts and sanctions can bring us back to the gas chambers?
No, ladies and gentlemen! Having lived among you for two thousand years, we have had to adapt to you and learn not only your languages, but also some aspects of your psychology.
Otherwise, how would we have survived in Persia without Persian perfidy? In Spain without the Spanish cruelty? In Germany without German submission to discipline? In France without French avarice? In Poland without Polish vanity, and in Russia without the oaths and the Russian habit of court latrines, where one must squat and talk about one's spiritual greatness? — (Laughter in the room.)
"And that is why I will tell you frankly: yes, we are not angels. Among us there have been international crooks and gangsters, Lansky, Medoff and Epstein, thieves, looters, adventurers and even pedophiles.
But in all our common history, there has never been a Jewish Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. There have never been Jewish Josef Mengele and Erik Koch, Jewish Adolf Eichmann and Idi Amin, Jewish Andrei Chikatilo and Li Zicheng, Jewish Jeffrey Dahmer and Jean Bokassa, Jewish Fritz Haarmann and Ted Bundy, Jewish Nikolai Dzhumagaliev and Albert Fish.
We have never made necklaces with human ears, never scalped, never eaten human flesh, never made soap with human fat, never made lampshades with human skin, never made mattresses with women's hair, never burned people in religious temples, and never killed children in gas chambers. Instead, we created things that changed the world for the better.
Drip irrigation, seawater desalination, Intel processors and Centrino and Core Duo platforms, the world's smallest DNA computer and the world's first USB flash drive, nanowire and camera pill, multiple sclerosis drug and exoskeleton, Google Glass for the blind and baby breathing monitor, The radar that can see through walls, the holographic reality artificial intelligence synthesizer, and hundreds of other wonderful things.
Representing only 0.2% of the world's population, we have given the world 32% of the Nobel Prize winners. Yes, I forgot to tell you: we have never consumed and do not consume the blood of Christian infants to make matzah. Already in 1913, three Orthodox experts on Judaism proved this at the famous Beilis trial in Kiev.
In 1962, the Second Vatican Council lifted our guilt for the crucifixion of Christ, and in 2011, Pope Benedict XVI declared that "the Christian cannot be anti-Semitic, we have the same roots."
In 2019, his successor, Pope Francis I, said that "every Christian has a Jew in him" and that "one cannot be a true Christian without acknowledging one's Jewish roots."
In addition, the head of the global Catholic Church said that "the covenant between God and Jews continues to apply" and "that anti-Semitism includes not only attacks on Jews, but also criticism of Israel."
Finally, in June 2020, the Rev. John Hagee, the leader of American Evangelical Christians, published his "Appeal to the World," in which he said simply and clearly, "Why do we, eight million patriotic American Christians, support Israel? Because God is on Israel's side! If a Christian says he doesn't like Jews, then his false Christianity is very dubious. God says, "I will bless those who bless Israel! I will curse those who curse Israel!"
And now I want to ask the European delegates in this room: who do you think you are? Are you Christians or not? When you pray to Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the holy apostles, are you not praying to the Jews? And when you say that you carry the image of Christ in your heart, do you not admit that you carry a Jew in your soul?
Even if you are a hard-core atheist, your ancestors were Christians for two thousand years, and therefore, Judaism is in your blood – whether you like it or not!
So, ladies and gentlemen. If you insist on the international boycott of Israel because you continue to hate Jews and want the total extermination of Jews on earth, then be consistent – start with yourselves, do seppuku! It will be an honest ethnic purge.
And now, as we say here in America, I have news for you. Now, after the Christians, it is the turn of the Muslims to get rid of anti-Semitism.
Yes, it won't be easy, but just as the Almighty helped humanity get rid of the bubonic plague, anthrax, cholera, and coronavirus, He will help you get rid of anti-Semitism.
You ask: why? Why has the Almighty brought us back to Israel and forced you to give up your desire to destroy us? For He has to have a purpose, doesn't He?
I will give you my personal opinion. For according to His purpose, every nation is to bring to mankind what it does best.
The French - cooks and perfumers.
The English and the Russians - writers and poets.
Italians - artists and musicians.
The Germans - soldiers and philosophers.
And we Jews - geniuses.
Geniuses who, in all fields, are advancing humanity from barbarism and idolatry to culture, humanism and technical progress. This is our mission, which we have been accomplishing for two thousand years, despite everything!
So whether we have genetic, torsional, nuclear, tectonic, cosmic, or other defense weapons, that's none of your business! Whether you allow us to have defensive weapons or not, we don't care.
As one of the founders of our state, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, once said: "Whether you like us or not, we don't care, we arrived before you and we will leave after you."
FROM HONEST REPORTING- 11/27/23
During the tense four days that have passed since the start of the Israel-Hamas truce on November 24, media have created a false moral equivalence between the release of Israeli hostages held by the terrorist group and Palestinian prisoners who have been jailed in Israel. Such coverage, which implicitly equates Israel to Hamas and validates the latter’s strategy, may have far-reaching ramifications on the continuation of the war.
In order to achieve that distorted equation between innocent women and children who were abducted from their homes and prisoners who have been charged with acts of violence or terror, media have used three parallel strategies: Sanitizing the Palestinian prisoners, referring to the Israeli hostages as “prisoners” and creating textual and visual symmetry regarding the joyful family reunions of each side.
AP and Reuters Set the Narrative
The Associated Press has managed to incorporate the first two strategies in one headline: “Palestinian families rejoice over release of minors and women in wartime prisoner swap.”
The rest of AP’s story, while including some background on the released Palestinian “minors and women” (but none on the Israeli “prisoners”) carries an empathetic tone that borders on justification for Hamas’ kidnappings. For example, it quotes an official referring to “prisoner exchanges” as “the only hope” for prisoners’ families, without mentioning that she works for a group with terror links:
“These kinds of prisoner exchanges are often the only hope families have to see their sons or fathers released before many years go by,” said Amira Khader, international advocacy officer at Addameer, a group supporting Palestinian prisoners. “It’s what they live for, it’s like a miracle from God.”
The story ends with an emotional quote from a released Palestinian prisoner, who was jailed in Israel for throwing stones:
It was his first glimpse of the world after a year in prison for throwing stones in the northern town of Qalqilya. He was freed even though he had eight months of his sentence left to serve.He turned toward his father, wrapping him into a hug. “Look, I’m almost bigger than you now,” he said.
The hurling of rocks can kill, and it has killed Israelis in the past. It is most certainly not a harmless pastime activity as some media have intimated. The story also does not detail the various charges against most of the released Palestinians, which range from attempted murder and violent assault to terror affiliations.
The same distorted patterns appear in Reuters coverage. A mind-boggling headline refers to Israel and Hamas “prisoners,” including a four-year-old whose parents were brutally murdered in front of her eyes before she was kidnapped to Gaza.
An earlier version of the story included a video featuring a split-screen showing 9-year-old Emily Hand, an Israeli girl released from Hamas captivity, reunited with her father, next to the family reunion of released Palestinian bomber Israa Jaabis:
A textual symmetry followed the visual one: After detailing Hand’s family’s plight, the story ends with a quote from Shorouk Dwayyat. Nowhere does it mention that Dwayyat is a PFLP member who tried to stab Israelis to death:
In comments to Al Jazeera TV from her home, freed prisoner Shorouk Dwayyat, who had served half of her 16-year prison term, said she felt joy mixed with pain. “I feel like I am in a dream, but I hope that the war on Gaza will stop as soon as possible.”
When one of the world’s largest news agencies fails to mention such details, instead presenting terrorists on the same moral level as a 9-year-old who’s been abducted from her home, it violates journalistic and human values alike.
US, UK Media Sanitize and Equate
The New York Times also featured Israa Jaabis, sanitizing her attempted murder by passively blaming her vehicle:
She was arrested that year after her car exploded at a checkpoint near Jerusalem in the West Bank, leaving her disfigured and an Israeli police officer seriously injured.
National Public Radio didn’t even bother checking the facts. It simply published a photo gallery presenting the release of Israeli hostages amid pictures of Palestinians celebrating their prisoners’ release.
The Washington Post, meanwhile, included the following paragraph about the Palestinian prisoners release after a description and photos of the family reunions of freed Israeli children:
Videos posted on social media showed similarly joyful scenes in the West Bank, where Palestinian women and children freed by Israel were reunited with their families. A bus carrying Red Cross staff and the prisoners as part of the second day’s releases arrived to a crowd of supporters holding flags in the occupied West Bank early Sunday.
But the “similarly joyful scenes” were not similar at all. As German magazine Bild has pointed out: “The Israelis celebrate the return of the hostages, the Palestinians the release of prisoners. The difference couldn’t be greater: Israeli parents peacefully hug their released children. Palestinian ex-prisoners are cheered at terror marches”.
The Washington Post also does not say a word about why the Palestinian women and “children” (most of whom were minors) were arrested in the first place.
Israel spokesperson Mark Regev confronted a Sky News anchor about this issue, exposing the fact she was not even aware of the charges against the released Palestinians:
Some media have created an abysmal narrative that whitewashes terrorists by comparing them to innocent toddlers.
Some have minimized the kidnappings that took place on October 7 by equating the suffering of Israeli hostages to that of Palestinians in Israeli jails.
And by doing so, they have created a false moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas. They have also implicitly validated Hamas’ strategy of kidnapping Israelis and undermined Israel’s justification to continue fighting against the terror organization.
In a week that may be decisive for the course of the war as the agreed-upon truce between Israel and Hamas comes to an end, media have a responsibility to report the facts, not to create them.
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Bruria Efune ·A LONG READ, BUT IT'S FAST AND TRUE-
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I’m not writing this for the antisemites or closeted Jew-haters. They will always think and believe what they want to think and believe.
But for the Jews who are confused; for our friends who want to support us but are being bombarded with false information; and for the youth on college campus and even high school who are pressured to stay quiet and hide—this is for you.
We are one people, and when one of us bleeds, we all bleed. I know that you are also hurting inside, ever since the day you saw 1,400 of our people slaughtered in the most vicious way. And our friends worldwide who want a world of good, you also feel the pain of 200 kidnapped people—babies, children, and grandmas being held by terrorists.
Let’s take a moment to understand what is really going on, and address the claims you may have been hearing.
For perspective, let’s first look at what happened on Tuesday night, when suddenly every news outlet across the globe headlined that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza and killed 500 people.
The news outlets all published these headlines based on word they received from Hamas—a recognized terror organization that had just slaughtered 1,400 Israelis. None of them took a moment to consider that it was impossible for Hamas to know the death toll within mere minutes of the blast. None of them listened when Israel said that it does not target hospitals. It took until the next day when President Biden confirmed evidence that the blast was in fact from a failed Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket that these outlets changed their headlines only slightly.
But the ridiculousness of it all came glaringly obvious in the morning, when photos and video footage showed that the blast had been in the hospital parking lot, where there was nothing but damaged cars. Realizing they were caught in a huge lie, Hamas dropped their death toll estimate to “10-40.”
Take a moment to consider how eager everyone was to share word from a terror organization when it would make Israel look bad—even with significant evidence that it was false. Think how reluctant they were to correct the error, if they did at all. Now have this in mind whenever you hear any anti-Israel headlines. Consider how comfortable people feel with a lie when it’s to prosecute Israel.
With that in mind, let’s look at some popular anti-Israel catchphrases going around these days:
*”Israel’s response is disproportionate.”*
After decades of firing tens of thousands missiles and mortars at Israeli civilians, on October 7th, terrorists from Gaza launched a full war on Israel. An estimated 2,900 Hamas terrorists broke through the Israeli border and tortured, raped, and murdered 1,400 Israelis, and kidnapped 200 more. The vast majority of those killed were civilians, including babies, children, and elderly Holocaust survivors.
To quote one of the terrorists describing their cruelty, “we behaved like animals.”
The terrorists chose October 7th in order to target a music and peace festival being held in the forest near Gaza, which was full of teens and young adults. They stormed the festival and turned it into a bloodbath.
Since October 7th, terrorist faction in Gaza fired 7,000 rockets and missiles at Israeli civilians, adding an entire Bedouin family to the death toll amongst others, displacing 500,000 Israeli civilians, and destroying homes, schools, playgrounds, and even a wing of Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon.
The only proportionate response is the complete eradication of Hamas, and a guarantee of safety to all Israeli citizens.
*“Israelis are European colonizers!”*
This one is disgusting and blatant antisemitism. It’s shameful that we even need to respond to it.
Israel is and always was home to the Jewish people. For 3,377 years there has never been a time when Jews did not live in Israel. Most Jews were forcefully exiled by foreign conquers and occupiers, but never once stopped praying for the return to Zion and Jerusalem, and attempting to return when possible.
My husband and I can both personally trace our lineage to when our families were expelled from Israel, and when we returned, as can most Jews from both Europe and the Middle East. We are the indigenous people here, and it is racist to call us the occupiers or colonizers of our own land.
In addition, not all Israelis are Jewish. Many are Muslim, Druze, Christian, or others, and they serve in the military too, and are also being killed by Hamas terrorists.
*“The Palestinians just want a State!”*
In 1947 the Arabs in the British Mandate of Palestine were offered more than half the land in a partition plan. They refused it and chose instead to attempt the annihilation of all the Jews. They failed.
Notably, when the land from the partition plan was mostly taken by Jordan and Egypt, no one called for them to make it into a Palestinian state.
The Palestinians were again offered a state in the 1993 Oslo Accords, but Hamas opposed it, and instead chose to launch terror attacks on Israel.
In 2000, at the Camp David Summit, the Palestinians refused an offer that included even more territory, and instead launched the Second Intifada.
In 2005, Israel evacuated all 8,000 Jewish citizens from their homes Gaza, and gave the Palestinians a state with beautiful beaches and infrastructure. Countries worldwide poured in billions of dollars, hoping that the Palestinians would make it into a paradise. Instead, they elected Hamas as the government, and spent all the money on terror.
The Hamas Covenant is very clear in what they actually want:
“Our struggle against the Jews is very great and very serious... The Islamic Resistance Movement is but one squadron that should be supported...until the enemy is vanquished and Allah's victory is realized. It strives to raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine...”
*“Israel maintained a siege on Gaza.”*
That’s literally impossible, since Gaza also has a border with Egypt.
Israel maintained security borders like any other country. Due to Hamas’s tendency to import rockets which are used on Israeli citizens, Israel inspects all imports at the border, and in non-war times, allows all safe materials through.
To enter Israel, you must have a visa or work permit, which plenty of people from Gaza had. Many of the small Israeli communities near Gaza are made up of people who dreamed of peace with Gaza, and therefore hired many Gaza workers. In a horrific turn of events, several of those permit-holding workers assisted in planning the terror attack, and stormed Israel on October 7th to murder and kidnap the very people they worked with.
This pulls into question whether Israel should ever have given work permits to Gaza citizens at all.
*”Israel stopped supplying water and electricity to Gaza!”*
This sounds ridiculous when you think about it. What country supplies electricity and water to a people that declared war on them and slaughtered their civilians?
Gaza had its own power plant and water supply, but Hamas plundered the equipment to make rockets which they fired into Israel. Despite this, Israel had been supplying them with electricity, gas, and water. All three were turned off at the start of the war, but the water was turned back on shortly after.
If Gaza can’t produce their own electricity now, they can turn to their other neighbor, Egypt, who they did not declare war on.
*”Israel is killing civilians in Gaza!”*
Sadly, Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists hide in between civilians and use them as human shields. Historically, Israel has made a huge effort to minimize civilian casualties, by giving warnings before bombing any building, and using precision targeting.
This time Israel has a moral obligation to the safety of its citizens to eradicate Hamas. Therefore the IDF gave Gaza civilians a safe evacuation route away from areas which will be under heavy fire, with two weeks notice to evacuate. Hamas has been making an effort to block civilian evacuation, though most have thus far succeeded in moving to safer locations.
In addition, since October 7th, 1 in 5 rockets fired by Hamas and Islamic Jihad fell short—that adds up to 550 rockets that they fired on their own people, contributing to an unknown but high number of civilian deaths in Gaza.
*”Israel is committing an ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians!”*
The Palestinian population has been growing at the same rate as the Jewish population in Israel. That’s not how ethnic cleansing or genocide works. This is a bigger lie than the Gaza hospital bombing, and reeks of antisemitic undertones.
*“Israel is apartheid.”*
All Israelis have equal rights, at every level. There are even Muslim parties in the Knesset (parliament), holding 10 of 120 seats. A quick stroll through any major Israeli city will show you Israelis of all religions getting about their day together, happily. My dentist and my husband’s primary physician are both Arab, and that’s the norm!
Often when people cry apartheid, they are referring to Palestinians. They are not Israeli, they live in either Gaza, which is under Hamas rule, or parts of the West Bank, which are under governance of the Palestinian Authority. They are treated like any other visitor to Israel - they can apply for a work or tourist visa to enter, and then work or tour like any other visa-holding visitor.
*“Zionism is evil. Not all Jews are Zionists.”*
Zionism is a longing for Zion - Jerusalem, and Israel. Jews are from Zion. For over 2,000 years Jews have been praying three times a day, and after every time we eat bread, for the return of all Jews to Zion. You cannot separate Jerusalem from Judaism.
Stand strong. The world has become a frightening place for the Jewish people. We remember those who stayed silent enablers during the Holocaust, and those who managed to resist the pressure and become heroes. We see you, and we respect you for making the right choice.
Pictured: In between collecting mutilated bodies of Israelis killed by Hamas, and seeing the torture inflicted on families with small children before they were murdered, a ZAKA worker breaks down in tears.
A friend wrote this. I take no credit, but it's food for thought.
"I'm not asking anyone to take my side, or the side of Israel, but I am asking you to think critically about the news you get from CNN and the BBC and AlJazeera or whatever station you watch
If we were colonizers, we would be actively planning wars, and TAKING land, not giving it away for PEACE. ( SINAI, Lebanon, Gaza strip...all relinquished, after being won, fairly, in a war, which we did not start. And yet still given away, in the promise of PEACE, which we have not gotten in return)
If we were committing genocide, then the population of Gaza and the West Bank would not have GROWN since 1967, but rather gotten smaller..no? Arabs in Gaza and the West Bank 1967: less than 1 million. Arabs in those areas today: 5 million)
That is not GENOCIDE! You cannot have 500% population growth in a genocide.
The definition of genocide is:
" The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group"
Does it look like we've destroyed anyone or are aiming to?
Point of fact, we do not engage unless engaged with. And even then, our engagements are military, warnings in advance to clear the area and no civilian engagement whenever possible.
Which brings me to the next part:
War Crimes. Do you see in Israel rocket launchers on residential streets, missiles hidden under hospitals and schools (yes, even UNWRA schools got in on the deal)? Do you see 5 year old martyrs with hand grenades, and children trained with automatic weapons, and calls to behead all arabs, wherever we can find them? No, you do not.
That is what our army faces against daily. And our CIVILIAN population is faced with daily, hourly....the WAR CRIMES of HAMAS and the Palestinian Authority.
If we wanted to flatten all of Gaza and turn it into a parking lot, we have the weapon power to do it in 3 minutes. Why in the world do you think we haven't? After 10,000's of rockets and missiles have been fired indiscriminately at our cities and schools and homes, after Israelis have been killed and maimed and attacked....the reason is because we value HUMAN LIFE. Because we are trying to save the lives of the people of Gaza and the West Bank. We introduced water and power infrastructure to their villages. Before Israel, they had none.
Next, the claims that Gaza is an open air prison, or a death camp etc. Ask yourself, how poor Gaza, that the BBC and NYT likes to claim is cut off from the world, and has no access to supplies...can import or import the materials to make thousands of rockets and missiles and rocket launchers --but can't import food, or medicine? Ask yourself where all of the cement and supplies to build schools and hospitals went...when instead there are hundreds of miles of cement and steel reinforced underground terror tunnels built every year.
Finally, ask yourself how the leaders and government of poor Gaza have enough money to have a Billionaires Gaza Yacht Club with multi-million dollar yachts, and facilities, luxurious 5 star hotels, shopping malls filled with Gucci and Chanel and Polo shirts -- while their people literally starve and beg for help.
And that is the main point. Israel does not govern GAZA. Israel is not in GAZA. Israel does not control GAZA. Gaza controls GAZA. So whatever the War Crime is for shelling your own population (430 rockets fired from Gaza at Israel have actually fallen within Gaza hurting and killing their own people), for putting rockets and missiles under their homes, for stealing their food and international aid -- you should know who to blame. The same Gazan leadership the Free Palestine movement funds and supports.
And now, think again critically about this situation. Do you honestly think that "Free-ing Palestine", and turning Israel over to these same folks that currently run GAZA or Ramallah so well is the solution to anything? Will provide more food or medicine or opportunity or freedom to ANYONE? Free Palestine hangs gay men from the tops of buildings and drags their bodies through the streets. Free Palestine supports honor killings of young women who have been raped or abused or shamed. Free Palestine calls for the elimination of all Jews. Free Palestine is in reality, nothing more than a thuggish, brutal, facist military regime, dressed up like a woke, liberal western project with nice slogans and catchy protest tunes.
Like with most things, just follow the money and see what Free Palestine is really all about before lending your voice or your funds or support.
Again, you don't have to wave an Israeli flag from your flagpole, but if you care about justice, real justice, and peace, freedom and security, think critically about the information you receive and then ask yourself what rings true."
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