Signal check before splash, yep, learned that the hard way too.

That old regular sounds like the real deal. The thing about those punk guys from the 80s is they actually lived it before phones and social media made every show a big deal. Places like The Salty Hen end up being where the real history lives, tucked away in booths with guys who never got famous but saw everything. Missing a show stings for a night, but a story like that sticks with you for years.

Sounds like you just got unlucky, one bad blade does not mean flea markets are a scam.