What kind of guitar ran $99 bucks in 1966? And why would you spend that much for a kid?
Even better question: Why didn’t he work to earn the money himself? When I bought my first computer, it was with money from my paper route, from washing cars, walking dogs, etc.
“What kind of guitar ran $99 bucks in 1966?”
A cheap one. Guitar prices have come way down in price and up in quality since then. (They started importing them)
So Arkansas Bill plays the the sax, and Arkansas Huck plays the bass. Need I say more?
“What kind of guitar ran $99 bucks in 1966?”
A cheap one. Guitar prices have come way down in price and up in quality since then. (They started importing them)
So Arkansas Bill plays the the sax, and Arkansas Huck plays the bass. Need I say more?
99 bucks in 66 could probably get you a Les Paul...
>>What kind of guitar ran $99 bucks in 1966? And why would you spend that much for a kid?<<
According to Huck, his 1966 guitar included an amp and speaker, so the $99 does not sound unreasonable.
Good grief. Most middle class kids who got instruments in that time had parents who took a year to pay for them. He makes it sound like he was dirt poor.
I like how he tells the story of his cheap wedding rings like it makes him a hero. Hers was $11, his was $22. Yeah they're cheap, and that's cute, but what kind of man spends more on his ring than hers?
My parents spent $300 on a used guitar for me in 1966.
A good guitar was fairly expensive in 1966 since most of them were made by Americans in American factories. The same guitar I got for $300 in 1966 would sell for over $2,000 today.
Why criticize his parents Christmas decision? Huckabee carries enough baggage that is legitimately debatable.