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Mitch, you may be surprised to learn what 'with benefits' means. Not that's there's anything wrong with that....... Anyways - congrats on the cool gear and the even cooler friends.

Well that goes without saying - the free delivery sold it!

Beautiful guitar, but 11 lbs? On a Custom Order?? HTF does that even happen? Did the guy ask for 'something heavier than a Les Paul' and they filled it with lead? Jeezus! I can understand it happening on a regular production model, but not on a CO. I think I know what killed the poor bastard.

Been on an amp feeding frenzy lately. The latest is from our own award-winning Atomicwash (Danny). It's a Vox AC10C1-VS Limited Edition (alotta name for a tiny amp): It does all the right Vox stuff in a small, lightweight package. Just add a Junior and a cable and you're good for the night. Love it! Since January, 5 amps have appeared: The SuperChamp was a backup until being sold to my bass player. Found out they quit making them so I bought it back. The Ibanez is better than expected. It's a bass amp with a 12" and a horn - perfect for the Yamaha piano. From Dave's. The Fender Rumble 200 is amazing - and under 35 lbs! My bass player played it hard and loved it. From Dave's. The Hartke...well you know that story. Plus, it's for the electric drums. Also from Dave's. Sure, it's not a pile of cool boutique stuff. In fact, one is just unreliable crap. But - right now - they fit the criteria: CHEAP, small, loud enough to be heard in a small setting, under 50 lbs so my poor old back can survive, and CHEAP (did I already say that?). The whole lot was just north of $1K., less than any ONE boutique amp I'd want to own. Each fit's their purpose extremely well, and my kids won't lose much when it's time to sell. It's been fun!

Hey! Shut up, you guys! I didn't know it was shit when I bought it. Thanks - now I'm going to have a complex. Plus, it's just for drums. Those guys can't hear anyways. (....ducks.....)

It definitely looks like somebody took a file to the corners of the nut. And that's some of the better photography coming out of a GC. One of the marks on the face of the headstock looks like a ding, but the rest looks like water spots and dust (to me). WITH the case! That's a pretty decent buy.

My Junior on the bench: I always thought the build quality of the New Hartford guitars was a cut above the early ones. Not that there's anything wrong with the early ones. They are great, too. But it's like they got the process really dialed in and fine tuned. They went from awesome to awesomer.

Nice! Isn't it good to know there are people out there with the talent to make that repair? Makes me want to smack mine with a hammer.

Waaaaaaaay back when, I Jimmy Paged it - slung clear down to there. Old age has changed that.

20 years ago it looked pretty good....

That's my old '92. BCRGreg routed it for the middle pickup. It originally was a regular old two P90 guitar. I had 3 minis in it for awhile, then switched back to P90s. Sold it in 2005. It got a lot farther than I did.

Mmmmmm..........Laura Petri........mmmmmmmmmm.......

You just described the inhabitants of our local saloon.

You need the offset ones for pedals that don't line up: They can still stress the jack if your pedals aren't on something super solid. Something like this is better in tight spaces:

I never got comfortable with the 7.25" radius. The Hamer Daytona was a revelation. Finally, a Strat that played like it should! I will never not own one. The perfect Tele is a T-51 with the 14.5" radius. Especially for a Gibson player. Or slap an Allparts neck on the Tele of your choice: https://www.allparts.com/products/tmo-22-replacement-neck-for-telecaster?_pos=1&_sid=9af52cbc4&_ss=r

NuX Bumblebee: There's about a thousand ways to configure one, and your power supply and 'always on' pedals can sit underneath the top row while still being accessible. I switched from a Pedaltrain Classic II to the NPB-L, kept all the same pedals and had about a 6" narrower footprint. The cross bars can be added, removed, or moved to whatever position you need. Pretty slick, really. ETA Website: https://www.nuxaudio.com/bumblebee.html

5 days. It took 5 days to finally get the proper response. You guys are really slipping.

I think Estwing put out that one.

Looking around, I have more 'bought new' stuff than I thought - 4 COs, 1 off-the-rack, and maybe 4 MIC (1 b-stock) that I got just to try. It's all just used crap now.

He just didn't understand it. And that's OK. 👍

Why not call them 'vintage white' or 'aged white'? Then put unsoldered covers over them so you can take 'em off yourself. You know, before you swap them out.

It would only be a little funny if Gibson lost and had to recall the guitars.