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As does my 49 year old D-28. RBSinTo

When my rig needs whipping out, its the Lovely Missus RBSinTo's responsibility. Thankyouverymuch. RBSinTo

Hendrix? Page? Page? Hendrix? You can't take any list of the "250 greatest Gauitar Players" seriously that omits William "Bill" S. Preston, and Ted "Theodore" Logan of Wyld Stallyns. RBSinTo

Chief, Nope. Unbeknownst to many, one of the central pillars of the Canadian economy is the Toilet Brush manufacturing industry. And along with generous government rebates to the citizens when we purchase them, we pay for the brushes in Canadian dollars. Just another reason I love being a Canadian. RBSinTo

Chief, Sincerely, thanks for the heads-up, but I must pass. I've just saved enough money to buy a new toilet brush, and just cannot switch my priorities. RBSinTo

m-e., Years ago, after reading the book, I decided to learn the aliens' language. The farting part was easy. I was a natural, but the tap-dancing was really tough. Even today, they have trouble understanding me. They say its my accent. RBSinTo

New Biathelons: farting and tap-dancing, or perhaps Underwater welding and oral sex. RBSinTo

Probably because they told you it was made by Gibson in the U.S. RBSinTo

Ceptorman, You are being trolled. And by a guy who thinks that the company that makes one guitar in 648 different colours, and pretends they are all different simply to boost sales, is the number one guitar company in the world. And he rags on Martin. Too funny. RBSinTo

Murph, If it really matters to you, reading the label inside any Martin guitar will tell you where it was made. RBSinTo

cayine, Yamaha makes a wide range of acoustic-electric guitars that are, in general, excellent value. Well made, they sound much better than they cost. A good place to start. RBSinTo

No. Because destroying instruments doesn't make a song better, and my meager musical skills would not be masked by doing so. Besides, it really is a stupid and classless move. RBSinTo

My guitars range in price from a $325.00 ES-335 knock-off to a $4,000.00 Martin, but I play them all the same way. My only over-careful behaviour is to never smash any of them over an amplifier at the end of a song. RBSinTo

Feh. Double Feh. Triple Feh. I expect this kind of idiocy from Gibson. But not from Martin. For shame. RBSinTo

Larsongs, I play my guitars to produce musical sounds, and I have absolutely no idea what you mean by this. RBSinTo

fab432, Did the seller explain how he played the guitar under the bed? I just tried it with my j-45, and it was really tough to do. RBSinTo

Dave, I'm truly surprised. RBSinTo

Dave, Smartly done! I always appreciate the skill and expertise of people who work with their hands on projects like yours. I think what surprises me most is the "Gibson" logo applied to the headstock. I thought they would be impossible to source, to deter scammers from faking Gibsons. RBSinTo

jibberish, Not too long ago, I asked a similar question regarding changing the bracing in my 1974 Martin D-28 to those used in the earlier 1937 models, or those used today in the D-45, and was told to leave well enough alone. While the sound might be altered by doing so, there was not guarantee, that the costly alteration would result in an improvement in that sound. If you must have the sound one gets from an LG-2, then your money would be better spent buying one, than trying to make the 1 onto a 2. RBSinTo

They taste good and make nice furniture and guitars. Peanut and Pecan only taste good. RBSinTo

I've got one of each. Martin D-28, Gibson j-45, and Guild GAD jf-30. The Martin sounds like an orchestra, the Gibson like a Quartet, and the Guild like the Quartet amplified. I like them all, and since I don't pretend to be a musical maven, usually just play them based on which particular case I open at the time. RBSinTo

In my opinion, much of the music they composed, as well as many of the covers they did earlier on hold up very well. Not that it currently takes much of an effort, considering the terrible dreck that passes for popular music today. RBSinTo

Got more new music. My music teacher has me starting to work on Evis Prestley's cover of " Mystery Train" (which came about as an extension of my interest in learning "Honey Don't"). Tough riff, but I'm determined not to embarass myself in class. And I got the tab for "Danny's Song" by Kenny Loggins (and covered by Anne Murry) to learn the finger-picking lead. Fingers on left hand all in casts and slings. RBSinTo

Choices. 1. Ignore it and keep guitar, 2. Return guitar for refund, 3. Exchange guitar, for another of the same model. Only you can decide on which choice to make. Good luck. RBSinTo

Since I began playing the guitar around 1963, it is possible I might have unknowingly used one at some point, but that is just conjecture. And while I oppose slaughtering Tortoises to make guitar picks, I have no problem with commercially-raised Nylons being humanely killed and processed for them instead. RBSinTo