And the winner is... #2

Another post for which I had already used the title!

However there is a winner for the "Freddie" brain teaser.....and the prize goes to Chris.

FREDDIE

Yes, it is a Mercury, so Freddie is the obvious choice of name. For anyone still puzzled, Google Queen (the band) and see who their lead singer was.

Chris tells me  is also the proud owner of a Rickenbaker 12 string, the same model that was owned by George Harrison (who was the proud owner of the second one ever made!), and was first used by him in the Beatles hit "I call your name" and later in "a hard days night"

Chris' prize is a  holiday aboard Loopy Kiwi around the cruising grounds of the Hauraki Gulf. All he has to do is get to New Zealand to collect it, and bring his Rickenbaker with him so I can have a play with it!