The one that got away and then came back ten years after...

[Ariel Pozzo]

This 1990 Grand Am Lam was my main axe thru the 90's. I loved it so much I made her a cake for her 10th birthday on Feb 19, 2000:

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In 2001 I needed a change and stupidly sold it.
I almost bought it back in 2003 but it got away.
Then, a couple days ago I get a call from a friend telling me this gorgeous Grand Am Lam was for sale.
This time, I got there in time to buy it back.:)
So...I'm preparing to host her 21th birthday party next month.:D

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[TSAdeimy]

Beautiful! Glad you got it back. Almost sold mine, but had it refretted, and now am in love all over again. Congrats!!!

[Big Harry]

Amazing story ....Enjoy your guitar , and never sell it again !
First my Mother and later my Wife never allowed me to sell my guitars , doesn't matter in what kind of trouble we used to be ....and we have been in lots of troubles...

[enr1co]

So...I'm preparing to host her 21th birthday party next month.:D



Great story and beautiful guitar! The cake looked good too!:D

[gibson5413]

What an awesome story. Glad you got her back. She looks like a player!

[wolf]

Stunning guitar, awesome birdseye neck.

Think you should discuss with Big Harry who has the rights to the name BLUESITA !! :D

[paleolith54]

Cool story, Wolf. Reinforces a lesson I've learned (which is true for me, not necessarily for others), which is to only sell a piece (guitar, pedal, amp, whatever) you've picked up and just plain don't like. Except for those few, which I'm glad are gone, I've missed everything I've let go to fund other gear.

[stratoquack]

Congratulations! I love the birthday cake story!

[Casper]

I would Re-gold her hardware as a welcome-back present! Just did it to my 96 Classic and really brought it out! Would look smoking on that gorgeous neck!

[Pietro]

Wow, what a story!

I wouldn't re-gold it, though. That guitar has earned every bit of corrosion on every bit of metal. I'd do nothing...

[1990hollow-t]

Excellent....welcome back to the Vintage Tom Anderson Club!
A bit of auto chrome/metal cleaner does the trick on the neckplate tarnish....I used one by Autoglym over here....made it all shiny again. Nice birdseye neck.

[mojocaster]

Yeah, love the story. Thanks for sharing and congrats! :)

[Drew]

How is it different 10 years later--or is it exactly the same as you remember it? Has the color faded as much as it appears from the birthday cake photo to the recent photos?

[AndyK]

Great that you got the guitar back in one piece! I remember seeing your birthday party photos, and that's when I decided I wanted a blue TA!

Good question, did the blue fade, or were the first photos early digital pix with inaccurate color?

[mdrs]

That birdseye neck is amazing. Great story. Nothing like a happy reunion.

[Jack Gretz]

Ariel My man, How are you Sir? Great to see your guitar back in the hands of the master. :D