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  1. Are you allowed to use a snorkel? Be a very short competition otherwise.
  2. Nah. They were built by aliens. Illegal probably. From another galaxy. Flown in by the Pharo.
  3. Only have 1 of those - velcro attached battery holder - and it's never fallen out. Knock on wood. (Koa for you cork sniffers..) I'm guessing if the velcro adhesive is applied before the wood is wiped down real well, there will be a minute amount of dust - including sawdust - that'll affect the attachment. So, I'd be sure to wipe the wood off really well before trying to re-attach adhesive tape. 2nd point - I've found Gorilla Duct tape is really, REALLY strong. If you can figure out a way to double it up - I'd bet you dollars to donuts, it'd be permanent under normal operating conditions. But, since you've already reported fixing the problem. This suggestion is a (half) day late and a dollar short. Dollar not being worth more than 75 cents now. In WallyWorld yesterday - to purchase ONE 9v RayoVac battery - price? $6.74!!!
  4. I purchased an LG1 in '64 for $125. I would think yours cost about the same back then. In today's dollars - that would roughly equate to $1250. The minimum wage back then was $1.25. I had to put in long hours at the local grocery store to save up for it. My actual 'student' guitar originally cost around $25 new from a department store - a "Stella". There are a dozen or so LG-0s on REVERB and they range in price from $900 to $1500, depending on condition.
  5. That explains that framed piece of spray painted concrete I have had hanging in my home for 25 years with the little brass plaque that reads "Berlin Wall 1961 - 1989".
  6. I guess if you open a thread on a bridge falling down, it had better be the London Bridge and played on a Gibson.
  7. I've had an epiphany = never found an 'aha' moment with any of the dozens of strings I've tried. Some were noticeably better, but none were 'great'. Until I put a set of Elixir 80/20 Phosphor/Bronze Nanoweb medium lights on my 2010 SJ200. Just made it sound unearthly. Been on there a year and a half. No plan to take them off anytime soon. Some flaking, but they still sound other-worldly. Obviously, I'm not good at describing 'tone'. But I know what I love when I hear it.
  8. In Women's Gymnastics - the Floor Exercise is like 'break dancing'. Maybe the East German 'women' are pushing this.
  9. I read once that Emmylou Harris in an interview said something to the effect "There is nothing that can compare to a fifth fret A bar chord on an SJ200." I'm surprised by the significant difference in size between the SJ200 alongside the L200. I saw one in a case once at Sam Ash. Didn't ask to see it. Just seems like it would have a different level of 'fullness'. Breadth and Depth and Balance.
  10. I had a very good guitar student for 4 years around 5 years ago. She sells insurance now on the phone, but I had lunch with her last year. She says her “career” is “ pole dancing”. And says they are trying to get THAT recognized as a sport and into the Olympics. The Greeks would be so proud.
  11. I think 'the literature' going back says Gibson created the J200 before 'electronics' in an attempt to provide guitar chord background in orchestras and big bands. Cowboy artists got on board after that. But Martin had different ideas of how to build a "banjo killer" and was more successful. Only based on mine - the SJ200 is not louder than a J45 or an H'bird. But is definitely more balanced and sweeter.
  12. Sort of hard to forget with people constantly reminding us. 😀 Also hard to forget that the procedure Chauvin used was approved by the Minneapolis PD, and that was why the city paid out $27 million to Floyd's family a couple of days before Chauvin's trial began.
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