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Bigger than Kristofferson? Is that possible? Back on subject: Allman Brothers, Live at Fillmore East. I'm working on Stormy Monday, so it is getting played a lot.

Yeah, Blackstar, they want and are used to responding to bling. I like greenie better, however.

Most recent disc spun around here was Dire Straits Making Movies. Big nostalgia indulgence! Hey Jakeboy, Shake Some Action! Love the Flaming Groovies, and I well remember Teenage Head.

That sounds pretty cool, and well worth the standing O.* *Unsolicited, and possibly unwelcomed thread hijack: Had a professor I greatly respected tell us one day "Save the compliment of a Standing Ovation for only the very best performances. It is the ultimate compliment you can give performing artists, so don't cheapen it by giving it away for merely good performances. Sit in your chair and clap enthusiastically for good art, but only stand when you've had an experience that filled you with awe and wonder." He went on for quite a while, but since he was an impressive guy I've tried to do what he said, and have gotten a lot of strange looks at times when everyone else around me was standing and clapping. Sigh. Pretty old school. (performances by my kids at school, obviously, made me violate this overall guidance). Regardless, his advice didn't seem to align well with rock culture, but it sure sounds like it fit perfectly with what you saw.

The original article shamed me into deleting the two out of nearly 4000 songs I have in my iTunes account I didn't pay for. I wish I hadn't gotten those. Shame on me.

Welcome back, Geoff. We missed you.

Well done, Chris. He deserved it.

Winston Churchill said "Never wrestle with a pig. You'll get dirty and the pig will enjoy it." I think that pretty much applies here. I'm cleaning up.

Well, since you said it was your "favorite guitar store," I would say that you should talk to them and work it out. They know you, and you know them, and they know you didn't do anything wrong. Good people will come to some honorable, honest solution in a case like this.

Not cool, Indian Scout.

I'm 50, am a living room guitarist, and have a Korina Vector. I know it could be viewed as ridiculous, but I don't care. I'm pretty damn responsible in every other aspect of my lif, and love guitars, including Vs and Explorers. (Kiz, your Korina Standard really out to sleep next to my Vector, and I ought to have the checkbook to make it happen...)

Paul Kantner, I just read, doesn't like WBTC, either. Different Strokes for Different Folks. 35 years ago I was a huge JA plan, with posters on the wall, belt buckles displaying my undying loyalty, the whole shebang. I even have a copy of Bark, (a horrible album) still in its paper bag. In high school I though Miracles was a fantastic song, and JS show in 1978 was the first concert I ever attended. I still have a Fender Medium Tortoiseshell guitar pick Kantner used to play Volunteers with in 1980 or so. But I never cared for them much after Mickey Thomas started with them, and haven't replaced my vinyl with digital. I don't know if they changed more, or if my tastes did. Edited to add: Thanks for the review, Steve.

Good luck, Harry!

I'm thrilled for you! What a fantastic gift, and what a cool way to present it! Like someone else said, that speaks volumes of a fundamental love. And, that guitar is stunning in its beauty. Enjoy!

Sigh.

Lovely, but that it is a relisting takes some of the luster off.

I'm somehow reminded of when my Dad used to make me watch the Lawrence Welk show. There was the same feeling of being forced to watch it, and of knowing that my Dad (or in this case, the Great Successor) would demand that I acknowledge their musicianship, even though it really didn't do anything for me. RAWK in the DPRK!!

Absolutely, double cool.

Well, let's just put it all together then: eBay sucks cat pee.

OK! Wear and tear and being sold originally without a case seem to be the most common, with cat pee being (fortunately) a distant third, and no one having any theft stories to collaborate my initial theory. I'm glad. I had mentioned the Honda Prelude and its seats because I had developed the idea that there was really only one set of missing seats and the guy who owned that car paid a disreputable associate to steal another set of seats which led to that second car needing replacement seats, and so it went down the line in a long daisy chain. There was some chance that something similar was going on with guitar cases. I've tossed two worn out cases, and replaced them with improved OEM variants. If you have a Daytona case (with no cat pee in it) laying around empty, I'd be interested in buying it. Thanks.

Gents, (and the few ladies), I've been wondering, how is it that guitars like our beloved Hamers get sold without OHSCs? Two explanations seem plausible to me: 1. The original case broke. This seems kind of unlikely to me, but my experiences are pretty limited, so I keep an open mind. 2. The guitar was stolen from a stage somewhere, sometime, by someone, and is now for sale by someone else who bought it in good faith and is selling it with the same honest intent. For example, there was a nice looking duotone for sale a couple weeks ago on EBay that came with a non-original case, and was being sold by a pawnshop. There are lots of other examples we've all seen. I can understand an older guitar outliving their cases, but I struggle to think of how newer guitars (arbitrarily, less then 15 years old) would not come with a case. Back in the early 90's I owned a Honda Prelude, and was told repeatedly that people would steal it, and take the seats out of it to sell on the black market. I wondered why others would want my uncomfortable seats, and wonder today why so many guitars don't seem to have their original cases. By the way, for whatever it is worth, that Prelude was stolen. I got it back, with the seats intact, but with other damage. Your thoughts? Bill

Can't beat Roxy Music's Avalon. Pure seduction.

Even my 15 year old daughter is impressed! Very nice work, Jay.

That's awfully hard news to wake up to. My deepest sympathy for your loss.

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