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Hence the trouble of not actively gigging. With no focus/setlist, we bedroom players can fall into the trap of thinking we need to own at least one of every guitar used for every style of music.

It depends on the character of the wood for me. I really like something like this, where the lines are random and look quite natural This lacks character and does nothing for me. Unfortunately, many of Hamer's later tops fall into this category.

What type of trem rout is that?

My point? I hadn't really made one If I were, my point would be that 99.4% (give or take) of the people that are NOT the guitarist playing through their fancy rig (be it SS or valve) don't hear or feel any difference whatsoever, yet will claim to hear "nuance" whether it's there or not. It only matters to the guitarists who already know the "right" way and can't be persuaded. I own and regularly play through an Axe-FX II and a Swart AST. The Swart does maybe 5% of what the Axe is capable of, and the Axe can easily do about 95% of what the Swart can. In terms of what I play, the Swart does well to cover about 30%. The Axe covers 100%. I believe tube works better for some and SS for others, but with as far as modeling technology has come and the resulting versatility, I wouldn't pretend to be so arrogant to say one is better than the other. I do know what's better for me, however, and If anyone wants to buy the Swart, shoot me a PM. The Axe is not for sale I do wonder how the digital signal from one's ipod can benefit so greatly from the presence of a tube power amplifier that it sounds absolutely amazing when the assertion is that the full-signal waveform is so different that the nuance has already been lost.

You're taking something from the "sterile, digital realm" and turning it back into a "living thing" by sending it through the tubes? So you're not really opposed to the Axe FX at all.

^^ Pearl Jam's Alive = She

As a combination Christmas/Graduation gift, my wife gave me the world.

Jol does a much better job than I would. It doesn't take more than a couple hundred bucks to make me a prick to the have-nots.

Oh I'm laughing.... I'd be laughing harder if someone smarter than me could replace cmatthes little arm n hammer icon with this:

Freakin' corncob!

Oh, we play looks. It's the same principle that allows a clean car to handle better and offer a smoother ride than its dirty counterpart.

Yea, crazy thing... it seems that two lying drama queens pushed the owner of the HOC over the edge and he pulled the plug. This sounds like a fun story!

^ or stolen

There's simply no style those guys can't make ugly.

I was a member over there for all of about a day. Evidently, my IP was banned so all I ever get when threads here contain links to there is this:

The easy answer is....it wasn't there

When someone comes up with a quick and easy way to reduce all all inlays to this, I'm all over it.

Coincidence?

With as many OFR's as Gibson installs, my guess is they stuck with routing the ground to the bridge post per their normal. eta: I think if the ground wire leaves the control cavity significantly deeper (where the hog meets the maple) than the back rout for the Floyd, it's probably a good indication it's going to the post.

Or, he's playing the long game and has a room full of Chinese LP's out back that he'll list once he's established his reputation.

There's something off about the horn as well.

I'm not sure anymore if the Chinese counterfeits are narrowing the gap with Gibson, or if Gibson is narrowing the gap on the counterfeits. While it still was in 2006, the rosewood board isn't such an anomaly anymore given that Gibson has produced Customs with all sorts of fretboard materials now.

No bugs here. Never even heard of it happening before.

Hmmm....I wonder why youtube is telling me the vid isn't available in the US?

Hopefully you're able to pull out a few vinyls released the same year as you and spin them in your honor. Happy birthday!