Regarding Axe-In-Hand. I went there once in the early 90's and dealt with Larry himself. A dumb, know nothing young adult trying to sell a guitar to get some cash.
Anyhoo, he took my guitar, said the neck is warped put some effort into fixing it, and handed it back to me (it was, and is ((I still have it)) an Applause).
I said don't you want to buy it?. His response Nobody wants the 'Clap'. I laughed 'cos it struck me very funny, and said Hah that's good!. Larry says, It's not good for you. $25
I loved that and it taught me a lot. I still can't give up the POS guitar because of that story.
He let me jam on the '60s Vox 12 string he had, even though I obviously didn't have any money. Sorry to hear he's passed on.
