Hi Chris,
I used to love to stop into the barn, I took lessons upstairs at Darrell's Music from Steve O'Connell, who I bought my first Time GS2 from, if I remember correctly. It was a cranberry color and looked exactly like the picture of the first GS on this board. I bought a new Fender Superchamp from Darrells around 1980, sure wish I had kept that sweet little amp. I was in a band called Pegasus and our other 2 guitarists had Peavy Bandits that were about twice as loud as that superchamp, so I foolishly "upgraded" to a boogie MK3 150W head, currently using a Marshall 60W TSL 1x12 combo. Sadly I sold that cranberry GS2 when I joined the army in 1984.
The good news is I still have a GS2 that I believe you (Chris) built, I bought it from the barn office the very day I returned home from active army duty in 1986 -- it is white with fluorescent candy stripes, I think I brought it in to Darrell's Music (or maybe Advance at that point, memory is a bit hazy) at one point in the '80s and everyone was chuckling about the crazy paint job. I'll try to post a pic on this forum soon. I think someone in the Barn told me Johnny Winter had demoed my candystripe guitar but ended up buying a headless model instead. I run it to the TSL via a Shin-ei univibe, Echoplex EP2 and a Fulltone Clyde wah.
Thanks for putting up the site -- great info fueling vivid and hazy memories!
Best regards,
Craig French