well friends, ask and ye shall receive....thank you guys for all the help...both mysteries solved...and QUICKLY obits.al.com/us/obituaries/huntsville/name/larry-lee-obituary?id=11959074 southerngaragebands.com/dynamicsauburndale.html www.theledger.com/story/news/2020/09/26/polks-hit-making-country-musician-composer-carl-chambers-dies-73/3546106001/

This shit is way better than pedal demos

Uncle Larry, BCR Greg (Platzer) chimed in in the comments here. You should have him as a guest on Homeskool. He's one of the first people that that I can remember who was successful at fixing headstock breaks. It would be great to interview him about your burst. Thanks

Too funny that the OG owner of that doubleneck is Larry! Man that's some destiny shit right there.

One of the coolest things about vintage stuff, "The story" behind it, whether it's guitars, amps, cars, high end furniture ,jewelry, etc, posters, t-shirts.......it's endless.

Greg Platzer... former owner of BCR music and sound.

Once again. Thank you uncle Larry, for the wisdom and all for the low low price of free. 🙏

If these old guitars could talk, they'd say something like, "I heard there would be a guitar heaven where someone would appreciate us and play us to our full potential, and we arrived." At least that is what those two LP's would say. I can't imagine them ever finding a better home.

Tom - found this on the interweb regarding Larry Lee. It matches up because of Keetie and The Kats Larry Lee Obituary Aug. 31, 1939 - Jan. 15, 2011 Larry R. Lee, 71, of Huntsville passed away Jan. 15 at Crestwood Medical Center. He was born in Indianapolis to Roy Lee and Mildred Bain Lee and graduated from Mooresville High School in 1957. After graduation, he became an original member as guitarist of Keetie and the Kats. The band played many times at the Whiteland Barn and were extremely popular in central Indiana in the late '50s and early '60s. After serving in the Army, Larry traveled across the United States and abroad playing in many different bands. He performed with popular stars such as Kenny Rogers, Ike and Tina Turner, Jackie Wilson and Wayne Cochran. He settled in Huntsville and played for 13 years with Rudy Mockabee. He also played with former members of the Drifters and Steppenwolf and at the Switzerland Jazz Festival in 2004. He is survived by his wife, Kathy Robertson Lee, and son, Max, both of Huntsville; brother, Rick Lee and wife Julie; and nephew, Jeffrey Lee, all of Mooresville, Ind.; as well as other in-laws, nieces and nephews. A service will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Rocket City Dance Club, 2614 Artie St., Huntsville.

Eternally fascinating looking at these ghosts, yet the guitar survives. I see a palm tree in the background. It feels like Los Angeles. Love these existential videos.

Those old guitars do better than talk! They scream and moan and tell stories and in the right hands, inspire.

BCR would be the very cool Greg Platzer!

The book is called "Calling Me Home: Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock", by Bob Kealing, 2012. Chapter 9 opens with an interview with Carl Chambers!🎉

Apparently the guys name was Carl Chambers who was in a band called the Dynamics in Auburndale FL in the early sixties. I tried to post a link but it gets deleted.

Bonjour,Tom j'ai bien apprécié cette petite vidéo 👍💯🎸🎶🎵🎶 Bonne journée

Totally love this Uncle Larry. Old Guitars are like old sages, telling the stories of all those who touched them and drew out the music that the players loved to play. Like you, wish they could talk to us in our language, but they sure do talk in their own language when the next player in the lineage picks them up and makes music. Great archeology lesson.

Mailbox Burst has a ring to it

Not really into naming myself, but seems that "Mailbox Burst" and "Double Larry" have chosen their titles 😎

I love this stuff. I tried to find Larry Lee of Keetie and the Cats on the interwebs, and it sounds like he unfortunately passed away in 2011

I have always wanted a '58 vintage guitar - same as my year of birth!

Nice! Amazing research! And recording your desktop is a nice way to tell the story.

I couldn't make them out when you've had it out prior. Such an amazing collection Tom.

So incredible! Very moving! Thank you for being such a great mentor. You've left such a positive mark on the world and I wish you many years of love and peace brother you deserve it!

Amazing stuff. Really fascinating- and so cool that they found their way to you!

Man this is so cool to see these pics!! The double-neck photos are priceless. Must be incredible to see those old pics and hold those instruments now, but hey, they're in the right hands now!

Unc is king of the mailbox money. 💴 Best channel on the tube. So cool you have all the history on those guitars.

Guinness book on the most recorded songs on what guitar⁉️

Thanks for sharing ! I'll do my best to share this . My Dad had a 50's Gibson Les Paul Jr given to him by my grandpa back in the late 60's/early 70's . Grandpa found it at a yardsale for $5 lol . Sadly it was stolen . I live in Greenfield Ohio (Hometown of Johnny Paycheck) and I know someone here knows what happened to it . Dad took the finish off of it , that's about all I know . Dad is 72 and he is still pissed about it lol .

That thumb nail made me laugh out loud heartily. Thanks Larry!

Thanks for this man, I saw a picture where Don Rich’s band had their mics sitting on top of a cream fender head

Very cool stuff Larry!

Wow! The Homeskoolers Interweb of Things. Awesome!

Hope your move is going smooth. Happy Forth...

When I can make the kessell run in less than 12 parsecs.... then I'll be happy

Thanks for the shout out man!

HAPPY 4 LITTLE TOMMY

Man this is SO friggin cool

Right up my alley- this kinda stuff gets me going. Would love to trace my 68 tele back to its original days. It sure looks and smells to have a story or two..

Beautiful. The closest I’ve ever got to a real, old burst was seeing Bernie Marsden’s “Beast” (59). I love it when guitars have stories attached to them. Hope the move goes well. All the best from Scotland

Love this kind of stuff. The stories those three guitars will have in another 75years… not gonna get that out of a pointy ‘93 Ibanez RG

I love this stuff. Look at the size of the lad's hands. Made for the guitar.

What an amazing history lesson!! The pinned links were so interesting to check out. Would it make for an interesting video to have someone on the Homeskoolin' network talking to Uncle Larry about their knowledge of the musician and guitar. Joe Spann comes to mind with regard to Carl Chambers. Does Joe not work at Gruhn's? Thanks for this great journey!!

How F@cking to know the history, and have some photos! Man that's cool as hell!

The story is everything...instrinsic value...

I wonder who wound up with my '60 Jazzmaster and '61 P-Bass. I was 15 years old when I traded them.

From Larry to Larry

50 years from now someone will say “There’s my guitar! Who’s this Uncle Larry fella?”..

So cool! Is there an autograph or writing on the Burst near his forearm? I was amazed at how acoustically loud this guitar is when you were playing it unplugged. Same with the double neck. Just singing away. Happy Birthday ‘Merica!

I love this $hit! Happy 4th to all y’all

I have always enjoyed the fact that we an guitars ultimately live in structured coffins.

Now .. THAT is cool!

Kinda looks like the MB Burst was signed at one time, right above the dude's forearm. Could be part of the story. Also not sure those letters line up. Flat top buzz cut is definitely 60s.

This stuff fascinates me. I have a few of my own, unfortunately, I only know the history of three of them. Fun stuff Larry.

Did you notice that Joe Spann (of Gruhn Guitar staff) knew Carl Chambers!

I think your burst looks the best in the condition it’s in now. It’s crazy to think of the price difference between then and now, the more faded it gets the more it’s worth.

Like finding Joe Dirts Parents.

Love the clickbait photo, also love the Catalina island desktop photo

Looks like a palm frond upper right. SoCal/Florida?

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That looks like a 55 Pontiac. My dad bought one in 1970 for fifty bucks.

Who agrees they feel Larry is just Like an old friend?

The history and mystery is why I love the old ones. I really want to find out who played the shit out of that whooped dot neck i got from you….that has a story to tell and i always wonder….

Well, "Move-Part One" is online, just a rather basic slightly rocked up ga-dunk ga-dunk shuffle in E. I wonder if K-Records was the band's label, or what. Apparently the band released several singles.

Way cool Tom!

I'm active in a certain collecting space where the provenance of the item is nearly as important as the item itself, so I totally get the fascination. Any way you could sharpen the photo of the original Mailbox Letter LP owner (using photo software) to make out the initials?

I'm sorry but uncle Larry needs to up his wallpaper game.

DAMN!!!!

BCR Greg? he is active on the internet guitar forums.

Try BCR Sound & Music Leymoyne, Pa.

Larry, you know what ‘BCR’ is a secret code acronym for? Big Cans Rock!

Those other stickers by the og's forearm on burst?

Hey tom, how about flashalienfingers, did you see him?

Guitar archeology. I love it

I love old guitar stories!! What’s the craziest guitar story you ever owned?

This stuff is cool as shit

Hey Tom! As a session man do you get “points” on any of the records you play on or performance royalties? Or is it just your rate for the session?

Uncle Larry did you see the comment Darrell Ellis's son left on your video "Darrell Ellis Blues"? Just mentioning it in case you didn't. Enjoy your weekend!

all guitars should have a kind of car mileage, but instead with hours played

It seems like I've come across the name Larry Lee somewhere. Maybe in some old literature I hopefully still have. I'll dig around and let you know.

imagine that youngster had to mow a few lawns or work at the local diner to save up and get a les paul. How much new back then? $150.00?

Does a refinish impact value of vintage guitars, would the value be less by x %? I would have thought that your finish was the original since it looks so great!

Bukie Burst!

Can you make out what the 3 mailbox letters were or are?

And of course, the 4th grader who won the 6th grade spelling Bee knows how to spell archaeology correctly, hehehe. This is great stuff man!

Chords E to Amaj7 then G to Cmaj7 then Bb to Ebmaj7 then Db to F# maj7 then resolve to B, A and back to E to Amaj7 Add your own funk and other spices. Eees flat 3d is G , Gees flat 3rd is Bb , Bbs flat 3rd is Db, D flats flat 3rd is E . Therefore you resolve back to E with whatever you want, like 5=B 4=A then back to E to A maj 7 or A∆ . By the way I'm the janitor I learned this watching You Tube videos on Music Theory. Not this specific idea 💡 it just dawned on me 2 days ago. Wanted to give something back. Pay it forward ⏩

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Larry Lee is the same person with the double neck and the burst....hmmmm At least they look similar, different ages of course. Further investigation is necessary. Ha!

im pretty sure thats a young Forrest Gump

We do not own these guitars: We are just their stewards. Consider yourself blessed, Tio Lorenzo. The universe has deemed you worthy of said stewardship. Also, judging by the background flora in the photo, that pic was taken on the southern coast or maybe Cally-Forn-Eye-A. YMMV.

Dude look a the lower bout on the gold top, Florentine cut away.

Greg owned BCR. I used to visit his store in PA when I was in college, circa 1993-1995.

I'm putting my guess on Louisiana or Alabama!

If only they had an ancestry dna test kit for guitars..

I wasn't saying you should name it yourself, but that other folks would come to identify it as "the Burst owned and played and made famous by Tom Bukovac" ... Or just the Buk-o-Burst for short. 😎

Hey Tom!!! Check your email!!! News on the 58 Burst owner!!!