Well, I've up and done it---lucked into a bargain on a vintage Deegan vibraphone (Vibraharp Model 145,
with the bars replaced by the bars from a Deegan 1100; Model 145 last made in 1939) where the guy
wanting to sell was willing to swap me even-up for a Gibson Flying V guitar I didn't
really need (not
with four Les Pauls I don't!), and now I can do one thing on my bucket list: teach myself to play vibes.
Here's the main guy who made me want to play vibes in the first place, and I've been a fan for decades,
but suddenly it really started to hit me:
Milt Jackson, "Opus de Funk"Milt Jackson, "Gerry's Blues"