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Justin Hayward is justly proud of his vintage 335. I did find the article where he describes his connection to his beloved Gibson: https://justinhayward.com/blogs/news/from-justin-my-cherry-red-gibson-335, As you accurately mentioned, Mr. Hayward had so many other projects going on besides the Moody Blues. There was an extensive article a month or so ago about Hayward's career and commercial success which, in hindsight, I should have bookmarked. As for the subtle and not so subtle differences between technology standards in the U.S. vs. the U.K., it's hard to know where to begin. Take household electrical supplies. ..in Europe and the U.K. household currents are 220-250 volts while in the U.S. they are 110-120 volts and the cycles measured in Hertz are different as well,. Metric standards were long ago adopted in U.K. and were implemented in Europe even before that, but the U.S. still stubbornly clings to the archaic British system of miles, yards, and feet. Road speeds are in Miles rather than Kilometers, American drive on the right side of the road while the British drive on the left. I would be terrified to get behind the wheel of an automobile in the U.K. and then have to make right and left turns. At least U.S. made Gibson guitars speak a more universal language. Perhaps I got it wrong on the "cheaper priced" Gibsons in the U.K. back in the '60's and '70's but there were so many bands back then and apparently a lot of gear was swapped, bartered, and sold amongst the bands and artists as groups broke up, changed members, or some decided that music wasn't enough to support them so they put down or sold off their guitars and drums and sought other gainful employment. Smuggling seems to have been a known phenomenon for quite a while in the U.K.. (and in the U.S. as well) It's seems there was the dreaded VAT (value added tax) on imports although the tax burden is probably less now than in decades past. I noticed that Gibson recently opened up it's first retail store in the U.K. in London. I'm curious to know how that venture is working out.

By all means go. It's a great opportunity and a way to help move on from your recent loss of a loved one. I've made that drive so many times to see my parents in Palm Springs. Now that my mother has passed, I try to go out to see my dad as often as I can. He is 84, sharp as a tack but has a serious and rare health condition. So I go. For me, it's a drive that can last anywhere from 4.5 hours to 6 or 7. The benefits for you Duane are two fold as I see it. Take what ever he wants to give you and listen to him talk about your father.🙂

Do you still have them (Shaws)????? I'll give you $300 for the pair

She just put out a "huge" rock-n-roll album appropriately called, "Rock Star". It's one of her biggest selling albums. Come on man!

"Signs" -- Five Man Electrical Band

You guys trip out over the weirdest, dumbest things. That’s not a two piece nut, that’s the line where it was masked off during finish

I’m on the seemingly never ending task of culling out old VHS tapes. I had/have some good stuff taped from Austin City Limits in the 80s but due to poor planning, most were taped on SLP and 40 years later they are grainy mush with muffled whistly audio. Sad. Two of the tapes that got unceremoniously cast into the “free for the taking” pile were the 2001 VH1 awards and the 2003 Grammys. I scanned through both. 20 years later, Gwen Stefani and Nellie Furtado looked and sounded awkward and forced. I don’t remember anyone on either show that I could define as “classic rock”, either in the up-and-coming group or the has-been group. Best to wash that memory.

What most of you are doing is known as portmanteaus. That is the combining of two words with separate, different meanings, in order to create a new word with a new meaning. I used this as a warm-up assignment with my students one day when, after one of my students asked me, "Mr. C, have you ever felt your cellphone ring and you reached for it and it didn't"? "Like a false alarm?" "Or phantom ring?" I said. So I got it. It's called a portmanteaus. It's a French term. In this case there were a couple of examples on Wikipedia I found. Phantom vibration syndrome or phantom ringing syndrome is the perception that one's mobile phone is vibrating or ringing when it is not. Other terms for this concept include ringxiety (a portmanteau of ring and anxiety), fauxcellarm (a portmanteau of "faux" /fo͜ʊ/ meaning "fake" or "false" and "cellphone" and "alarm" pronounced similarly to "false alarm") and phonetom (a portmanteau of phone and phantom)[1] and phantom phone signals.[2]According to Michael Rothberg, the term is not a syndrome, but is better characterised as a tactile hallucination since the brain perceives a sensation that is not actually present.[3] WebMD published an article on phantom vibration syndrome with Rothberg as a source. [4] Several other articles have been published in 2010s, including in NPR, Bustle, CBS News, and Psychology Today. [5][6][7][8] Here's one I've used since high school/ It's the combination of Fu@%ing and Idiot. Fid-iot noun a really annoying stupid person. "That guy's a real fidiot." ARCHAIC a person of annoyingly low intelligence. "he entered their employ and learnt their secrets by pretending to be a fidiot"

I'll try to make this story as short as possible: My pops worked with a dear friend (Patrick) as a butcher at Gemco back in the 70's-80's and I just heard from him as he just found out my pops passed away, and he asked if I was still playing guitar. Patrick used to moonlight at Charvel in the late 70's as a tech and eventually had his own side business for guitar repair and such. He was telling me he doesn't work on guitars anymore and he has some Charvel necks from the late 70'' and tons of tools and guitar parts. I told him I was mostly into Gibson guitars over the last 25 years, and he said he had some Gibson necks from the late 60's early 70's that don't have fret-boards when he was a "Repair Guy" for Hanich Music in West Covina as he did some warranty work for Gibson at the time. Hanich would drive the work over to his house. He said his memory was a little fuzzy but he was installing truss rods on both of them and when Hanich Music closed down he kept the necks and a bunch of other guitar parts. I asked him what wood species the Gibson necks were and he said they were one piece mahogany and the tenon joint was medium to long type on both. and the necks are sanded bare...... I always thought Gibson Norlin Necks were 3-piece maple... I dunno. Anywhoo, he told me if I want to do a road trip to Hemet CA, I can take everything he has collected for $0.00... The only catch is he wants to hang out and have a lunch and talk about old times, as he thought the world of my pops.

Glad All Over - The Dave Clark Five

How many licks does it take to get to the chocolatey center?

Yeah.... I'm afraid those 29" Waist Levi's will no longer fit....and my forehead has become a fivehead.

Too much girth too little hair. Thanks for the compliment. I had a heck of a time getting YouTube to let me post that.... Copyright issues!

Cool! Re pics: use a site like imgur to upload the pics then paste the “direct link” (if you are using imgur) in a post here. The images should pop up. Love to see the pics of the Garage and the guitar!

By jove, I think you’ve got it! Hope the brainac who thought of squeezing twice as many headstocks out of the board got a raise that day.

Well gee, They are completely different. One’s red and the other one isn’t. Think of it as each goes with a different pair of shoes 😙

It makes me think of that weird Theodore guitar.

Obeast o·beast /ˌo beest/ Adjective and/or pejorative noun an woman who is extremely overweight but also unattractive. ( e.g. That gal at the bar wasn't just fat and ugly, she was positively obeast.) 🤨

I think I want both. There’s the trouble.

I just wanted to give a heads up for the Gibson Garage at 61 - 62 East Castle Street London W1 8NQ. I went there on Wed 24th April with my 1967 ES330 I wanted them to take a look at it as it had been in storage since 1971 The shop has only been open for 2 months I was told . The staff were brilliant just so friendly . I have never seen a guitar shop like that before . I wish I could put pictures on her but it wont let me. Anyway they changed the strings checked the intonation and generally checked it over. They told me It was a lovely instrument . I think every one of them had a go playing it surprisingly they said they never see guitars of that age. I would recommend the shop to anyone in the UK .

vibrato vi·bra·to /vəˈbrädō/ noun An extra large, battery operated device that women use to pleasure themselves. (eg. Mary's vibrato required 4 D-cell batteries.)

Better be careful, you might end up with a baby guitar.

Em7, I have been listening some more to your versions on Soundcloud. You mentioned that you tune down and use a capo. How would you say doing so affects the tone? I remember doing it when I was learning bar chords, in order to bring the hand closer to the body and increase my grip strength, but I have never done it to change the tone of a guitar. Also, I really like the tone of the 335 and your playing! Lars

I sometimes feel that my musical skills are not good enough to warrant the caliber of guitars I own. However, my instruments are more than just instruments to me. I see them as art pieces of sorts, that happen to be useful when making music, and that inspire me to write and play music. That's at least the justification for me. I really only “need” one acoustic and one electric. You wouldn't ever feel that you had too many paintings on your wall, right? If you love having guitars around you and they bring joy, I see no problem with having more than one that makes a similar sound. With all that said, guitars are expensive and in the grand scheme of things, luxury items not necessary for survival, so all of the above only holds true if money is spent responsibly in regards to the needs of those who are depending on us… Lars

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