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  1. 3 hours ago, ghost_of_fl said:

    There is Velcro and then there is industrial strength Velcro.  The latter is very hard to separate and it seems like they generally go with some stronger adhesive. 

    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

     

     

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  2. 1 hour ago, Murph said:

    Mine have never done that. Actually the 2003 J-45 has a bracket/clip thing. Maybe it's screwed in? My J-15 has the velcro, but it's never fell off. My batteries are pretty old anyhow, I never/rarely use the electronics, I mic mine.

    If you could fit a T-50 stapler into the soundhole, you could staple through the velcro, through the body side, and just bend the staples over on the outside.

    That would hold it.

    Murph,

    If the T-50 stapler doesn't fit through the sound hole, perhaps a pop-rivet gun might.

    RBSinTo

     

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  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. 11 minutes ago, fortyearspickn said:

    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.  

    fyp.,

    Nothing wrong with your ex-student taking up a career specializing in the dances of Poland. 

    RBSinTo

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  5. 1 hour ago, Sgt. Pepper said:

    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

     

  6. On 3/19/2024 at 4:49 PM, Sgt. Pepper said:

    Page was such a skilled Theramin player. I think there are kits you can buy to make one. When me and my wife saw Brian Wilson both times he played Good Vibrations, and the first time she said, what in the hell is that crazy instrument making that sound? She had never seen or heard of one.

    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

     

  7. 13 minutes ago, PrairieDog said:

    I was referring to RBs reference to people on fixed incomes who don’t have 4gs to drop on a guitar.  I was saying those folks are not likely to be hanging out at GC.    

    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

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  8. 23 hours ago, PrairieDog said:

    I wonder if it’s a regional thing.  Up here in Minnesota, where in general folks tend to be fairly polite and considerate, I don’t come across many floor damaged demos (Except for the drummers, we all tend to play very discreetly when testing things out, so as not to disturb the other customers😆) The dinged things are marked “scratch and dent.” Well, except for Cracked Top Hell  GC we were in last month, and 20% or more  of the tops were split but still full price. That was on the store though for letting them all dry out.  

    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 

     

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  9. 6 hours ago, Sheepdog1969 said:

    Most times people make plans to watch something turn on. Millions of people across the US, (and other parts of the world), make plans to watch Christmas tree lightings. In Chicago, it is a tradition for many to watch Buckingham fountain turn on each spring. But this spring, millions of people are planning to watch the Sun "turn off".

    April 8th, 2024 is the date many US States will experience a Total Solar Eclipse. To be clear, the Sun is NOT "turning off", it is just going to be blocked for a few minutes by the Moon, (for those in the specific path of the moon's shadow). Simply put, a total eclipse of the Sun is the most beautiful sight you will ever see in the sky. Nothing can prepare you for the amazing sight when the sky suddenly darkens and the Sun’s corona shines in the sky. No photograph can capture the stunning beauty of a total solar eclipse, you must see it for yourself.

    Learn about the basics of the solar eclipse at greatamericaneclipse.com/basics and find out more about the wonder of eclipses at greatamericaneclipse.com/splendor.  Maybe you too can make plans to go and watch something huge "turn off"!

    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

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  10. 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

  11. 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

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  12. 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

     

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  13. 2 hours ago, PrairieDog said:

    And I bet everyone else thought it was great!  Audience ears hear differently that we hear ourselves.  They aren’t comparing the inside/outside voice we invariably do.  What people impart to our voices, and hear, is the “confidence” that we can sing the song.    That makes a good singer.  A croaker like Dylan belting out “times they are a’changing” will always be a better received performance than a wall-flower haltingly and timidly whispering,  “Whiskey in the Jar.” 

    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

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  14. 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

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  15. 23 hours ago, Guithartic said:

    The more I've been researching and talking to people, it seems that there hasn't been any changes to this model since 2008 or 2009 whenever they put the LR Baggs Element pickup in them. The only thing I could find, and I am not sure if it is a typo or a matter of what measuring device was used, is that Gibson listed the J-45 in 2018 as having a 1.725-inch nut width, and Sweetwater lists it now as having a 1.724-inch nut width. It's hard to imagine that Gibson would specifically start a specific plan to reduce the nut width by 1/1000 of an inch.

    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

     

     

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  16. 6 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:

    Who doesn't love tab books. Most are just wrong.

    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

  17. 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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