Hello all. I ran into Darrell last night at a gig and he told me of this forum, so here I am. I bought my Time at Darrell's Music around 1979-1980 (the sales slip is kicking around somewhere) I'd been playing in bands for a few years and really needed an upgrade from my beat up Mosrite. I took a trip to the big city of Burlington with a pocket full of cash and spent the day playing every guitar in Boyd's and Darrell's. I came home with the Time and have been playing it ever since. (As near as I recall, the runners up were a Gibson 335 and a Gibson L6 for about the same money)
Even though I'm new to this forum, apparently a photo of my guitar has preceded me: http://www.timeguitars.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20 It's a GS1-022 and the neck has a date of 3-25-76. I was under the impression the guitar was made in Darrell's basement...does this fit the time-line?
Through the country music circuit, I became friends with Dick Willis. Several times he tried to recruit me as a Time salesman, convinced that a satisfied owner would be a convincing salesman. Sales isn't my strong point, and I declined his offers. Dick was a great guy, and somewhat of a mentor when I started playing pedal steel. I'm still using the old MSA volume pedal he gave me.
I'm glad to see this forum, and look forward to hearing from other owners, as well as learning about the history of Time Guitars.