Will do, I’ll post back. Bet there are cheap used ones on eBay, but … ickkk!
BTW - Do you recall if your buddy ever happened to say whether Magic Dick (silly forum censor, his name is Magic D*ck) of J Geils Band used a chromatic for “Whammer Jammer”? Never could definitively get an answer on youtube/etc, the responses vary between “Y”, “N”, and “Just for Part of It”!