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  1. 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 .
  2. Murph, If the T-50 stapler doesn't fit through the sound hole, perhaps a pop-rivet gun might. RBSinTo
  3. Dennis, Putting the case of a new guitar having a problem it shouldn't have aside, from personal experience I can assure you that the adhesive used on Velcro is not strong enough to stand up to the pull required to unfasten it, and will fail every time you pull the battery box out. I suggest you speak to a Luthier for a better adhesive alternative that won't affect the sound. RBSinTo
  4. saturn, They already have. Check out the other thread here about the bridge collapse. RBSinTo
  5. No its not. Not at all, and I knew immediately what you were referring to, but want you to spell it out. RBSinTo
  6. fyp., Nothing wrong with your ex-student taking up a career specializing in the dances of Poland. RBSinTo
  7. I'd like to see a new biathelon introduced: farting and tap dancing. RBSinTo
  8. Any guitar, regardless of quality will rock, if the musician playing it is talented enough. Not exactly an earth-shattering concept. RBSinTo
  9. Chief, Nothing new here. A couple of years ago, someone put an expensive electric guitar down their sweatpants(!) and walked out of Cosmo Music (a very large retail music store) here in Toronto, and I don't think the thief was ever apprehended, or the guitar recovered. The act was captured on surveillence video, but the person was gone before any action was taken. RBSinTo
  10. Chief, I guess neither of you ever saw the sciece-fiction film "The Day the Earth Stood Still", which had a Theramin in its music. "Gort barrada klaatu nikto." RBSinTo
  11. PrairieDog, I made no references to persons on fixed incomes, or their inability to spend $4,000.00 on a guitar. You should take more care when citing other's comments in a thread. RBSinTo
  12. PrairieDog, We were in North Miami in December, and because I didn't dare take a guitar down on the plane, I visited a Guitar Center just to noodle for a bit. I was shocked by the number of acoustics that were damaged beyond repair, and yet were on display at full price. I was neither impressed by what I saw, nor how I was treated by staff during my visit, and would never spend any money in their stores. RBSinTo
  13. Sheepdog, I'm so relieved to read that the sun won't actually be turning off. Now I won't have to put on my witch-doctor's outfit, and prance about to beseech the gods to turn it back on, and can just relax. Much appreciated. RBSinTo
  14. Waking up is always the first major accomplishment of any day. RBSinTo
  15. While it was about 8 or 9 years ago when I bought it, the 2001 j-45 (that was equipped with the mandatory repaired broken headstock), cost me $1,200.00 CDN, (around $960.00 USD.). The repair was well done and stable, the guitar plays well and sounds very nice, and as I've come to realize is the best Gibson guitar on the planet. RBSinTo
  16. Ghost_of_fl., Thanks for the head's up. I checked my neck, and while it is a bit crepey (after all, I am almost 76), my wife insists I don't need a re-set. Maybe I'll just use some of the money to get new windshield wiper blades instead. RBSinTo
  17. .....and round and around we go. RBSinTo
  18. BT., That stiff transparent, colourless pickguard protector looks exactly like the pickguard on my Guild maple Jumbo. Guild had a line of less expensive guitars they called GAD ( Guild Acoustic Design) that were built in China (analagous to the off-shore Epiphones in the Gibson lineup), and for some reason the Chinese version had a clear, transparent pickguard instead of the coloured tortoise shell(?) guard on the domestically-built version. My pickguard is virtually invisible, and I briefly thought about replacing it because to me, a steel-string acoustic guitar seemingly without a pickguard looks strange. However, it was so skillfully applied that in the end, I decided to just leave well enough alone, and not mess with it. Good decision, I think. RBSinTo
  19. PrairieDog, Whether they did or not, they were very complimentary, as we all were of each others' performances. And in the context of a recital where the students ranged in age from about 10 to 75 ( that would be me), and many were performing in front of an audience for the first time, it would have been incredibly rude for any of us not to be. RBSinTo
  20. i am always surprised and frankly dismayed by the sound of my voice when I hear it on phone messages I've left at home. It sounds very different from what I hear when I talk. And when I watched the video a fellow student made of me at our recent teacher's recital, playing and singing "Reminiscing", I cringed. I really hate the sound of my voice only slightly less than the sound of me playing guitar. Together they are a musical tragedy. RBSinTo
  21. Guithartic, Keep in mind that if Gibson did reduce the nut width, The Fans would have to buy the "new" j-45 in all the colours lest their collections not be up-to-date. RBSinTo
  22. My teacher always complains about the inaccuracy of much of the music available on-line, or even in printed books, and often modifies anything I bring him. In the case of "Reminiscing", the score wasn't even available, and had to be determined by listening to the recording. To score "Dream a little dream" he listened to the recording, as well as a karaoke version, and between the two, scored the fingerpicking and the very cool chords, but they are accurate. RBSinTo
  23. Having put "Reminising" to bed after playing it in my music teacher's recital, we decided to start on something new for the next concert. We came up with an instrumental version of Cass Eliot's 1968 cover of the 1931 song "Dream a little dream of me", written by Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt, and Gus Kahn, (and first recorded that year by Ozzie Nelson and his orchestra). I have a sanitized version of the chords that I found years ago on-line, but my teacher listened to the song a few times, and correctly scored the chords and fingerpicking from the Mamas and Papa version for me to practice from. RBSinTo
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