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Guitars.<br />
ERICA<br />
BRIAN<br />
Strats, in rock parlance.<br />
ERICA<br />
And what is so special about a Strat?<br />
BRIAN<br />
It has three pick-ups instead of one. And the Whammy Bar, I<br />
mean, you could light a cigarette, read a magazine, the note<br />
would still be playing.<br />
ERICA<br />
<strong>The</strong> bowing I had to do. If only I’d plugged in.<br />
BRIAN<br />
All the greats had Stratocasters – Clapton, Hendrix,<br />
Lennon...<br />
ERICA<br />
When he wasn’t murdering the Czar.<br />
John Lennon.<br />
BRIAN<br />
ERICA<br />
I know. I’m not that much of a dinosaur. In any case, I<br />
preferred the Rolling Stones.<br />
BRIAN<br />
I might have seriously underestimated you.<br />
ERICA<br />
I know nothing of their music. Mick Jagger once visited me<br />
backstage at Town Hall and said he was an enormous fan.<br />
(beat)<br />
Strats, Steinways - all this virtuous selfless purchasing<br />
for others. You would want nothing for yourself?<br />
BRIAN<br />
(thinks)<br />
Time. Time to lock the door to the shop. Unplug the phone.<br />
Time to do the work I want to do.<br />
Original Skarstads!<br />
ERICA<br />
BRIAN<br />
Yeah, but, let’s face it, there’s not what you would call a<br />
great demand for them.<br />
ERICA<br />
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