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  2. That was a good one. Thanks, I was overdue for a laugh.
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  4. Hang it on your wall = art. Play it = instrument. See it’s not difficult to figure out.
  5. I'm keeping my yap shut on this one. I've already been tossed from the telecaster forum. 🤨
  6. While I really like this 185, the original pickguard does nothing for me at all and have been debating with myself about removing it and replacing with my favorite guard material, fire stripe. I have been reluctant to remove the guard............cleaning up the adhesive residue would require the use of some products that the finish has reacted to badly in the past (naphtha, polishing compound, Virtuoso cleaner. This morning, on a whim, lifted the edge of the guard with a fingernail and just kept going...............peeled right up intact, leaving behind some serious residue. Managed to clean it up quite well with naphtha, exposing the tan line I expected. I will send the original guard to a couple different makers (one after the other) to be copied in fire stripe........results later. Even with the tan line it looks pretty good without a guard............
  7. Lot of super glue and rosewood dust. But $1500 is not low enough to make me sit at the bench for 9 hours with the aforementioned ingredients.
  8. My wife says I have more and more "GET OFF MY LAWN" moments!
  9. "Detroit Breakdown" - J. Geils Band
  10. ghost_of_fl, I usually buy my Velcro from a fabric/ sewing supply, so I doubt that it is industrial strength. I applied the adhesive-backed stuff I had to the flaps of a pouch in my hockey bag where I keep my supplies (tape, laces, etc,), and found very quickly that every time I opened the pouch, the Velco came off the two sides. In the end, I sewed both ends of each piece to the flaps and the problem was solved. Obviously won't work in a guitar, where a stronger adhesive for the Velcro is required. RBSinTo .
  11. It obviously needs to be welded I’m place. That or nuclear fusion.
  12. I would take a look at your battery connections and see if they’re corroding because once a batteries in there for a long time it gets yucky.
  13. So the US was the only country to ever have slavery? Not by a long shot. I wonder what the Egyptians who built the pyramids for the Pharaoh were paid? Oh, that’s right they were slaves they got nothing. .
  14. It is being reported that the "race baters" are now starting to question Francis Scott Keys legacy as they are bringing up his families ownership of slaves as well as remarks he's made about the inferiority of blacks. It sure didn't take long. How unfortunate that people can't let things be. It wasn't problematic when they originally built the bridge. Now, it's an issue.
  15. Yeah, I'll bet they could create a pedal with a rotary switch that engages the three main designs. From what Fuller says in his interviews, he originally had one germanium diode wired in and going to I believe V-Reference. as opposed to ground. Now he's using two Ge diodes and both go to V-Ref. instead of ground. I'm sure he's thought about it.
  16. Ha@ dem00n. Yeah, I remember him.
  17. If a bad person wants to do something bad, they will find a way, they will not come to a guitar forum, and read a post by a guy from California to find out what steps they need to take.
  18. I think it’s not who you are, but it’s what you post.
  19. I think you can get trinkets at the Gibson Gift Shop with those points!
  20. In the 1960s an LG-0 cost about $20 less than an LG-1. I never owned an LG-0 but did score a 1955-1959 LG1 in the early-1970s for $150 . But given my rather limited income in the 1960s, about the best new guitar I could aspire to was a Harmony Sovereign. The mail order catalog version would set you back around $55. I do still play a Stella but it dates to I assume 1940 as it sports at the least an Oscar Scmidt-made neck which was part of the leftover stock Harmony acquired when they purchased the guitar building end of the Schmidt company in 1939.
  21. Gibson L-1 Robert Johnson 2003 - 2016 | Reverb
  22. And the companion to that model, the John Lennon Revolution Casino. Perhaps that is what the OP is referring to. If it is a poly finished Inspired By, no change should occur to the finish. But you would expect a nitro finish (as on the JL Revolution and JL 1965) to sink in time, which indeed might make the top feel rougher. In any case, I would use Gibson Pump Polish on it. It won't make the top feel too much smoother, but it is an excellent cleaner and polish. Red 333
  23. I was mostly wondering about the adjustable bridge. And the neck. This one has its share of dings … but the price reflected it and I’m ok with that. I think it has a tusq saddle. Wondering what changes bone would bring? anyways I’ll put it through the paces this weekend.
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