DanvillRob

I had a teacher for algebra in my Freshman year of high school.... could NOT learn for that man! I didn't hate him, I just couldn't learn from him! When I was kicked out of school, (2 years later and a different school), he showed up a School Board meeting and defended me to the Board....a kid who BARELY passed his class with a "gift C".

HA! Well....she took it, and gave me hell when I got home, (I had to walk home that day!).

I did cut school one time with a friend..... we took his Jeep to San Francisco. He got a parking ticket there....so in order to keep his parents from finding out, we went to the court house to pay the ticket that day.... was $25...that was a LOT of money back then! As a result, we had no money for lunch.....so we went to the free Soup Kitchen and ate with the homeless people! Unfortunately, my mom needed my car that day, so she walked to the school, went to the office to ask them if they'd tell me she took my car during the day, (I had to only car in the family at the time), The office told her, I was absent that day....she said, but his car is in the parking lot! Needless to say my ONLY time cutting school, (besides the 6 weeks I was kicked out due to my hair), I got busted!

WOW! That's a horrible story! So glad you missed it...

We were going to Santa Cruz on our "Senior Cut Day" too. But I found my brakes went out that morning....so I spent the day fixing my brakes and putting on new pads, (1960 Oldsmobile). The school called my house....my mom answered and asked if I was home. She said "Yes", they said "Are you SURE?" She said, "Do you want to talk to him?" They said, "No, thanks.). The seniors all had to do 5 days of detention, or not get their diploma.... 'cept me, and a few nerds!

That's one of the best school pranks I ever heard! Good on YOU!

I recall in the aforementioned "Miss Shaw's" class, there was to be a student dance. We had played the year before, and by this time we were working pretty big venues, so we weren't going to play the dance that year. She asked the class if they wanted a band that played mostly fast songs, or mostly slow songs....of COURSE, I popped up right away and said "How about a band that plays Half-Fast songs?"

Great stuff! Guitar sounds fantastic!

It's 6:38 on the West Coast. Here in Danville, it's 45 degrees right now.

I"d love to get a Standard 'Bird....but I just can't justify it, (and I have no place to keep it anyway!). I'll just have to muddle through with what I've got!

Maybe they farmed it out to India! I started working for GILLIG in 1981. We had 4-5 Engineers....one VP, one electrical and one mechanical....plus one draftsman and one guy who specialized in hardware. When I left in 2020 there was 140, plus another 20 we hired in India. I recently had lunch with my old boss, (who is also retired, but sits on the board of directors) and he said there are now 200 engineers plus about 50 in India!

Interesting.....I think your theory has merit. I kind of put a lot of stock in the scale length as a huge difference. There are songs I perform on the Hummingbird BECAUSE of the short scale, (more "bend" in the strings). My "practice" guitar, (the old "beater Jubilee) has a short scale, but I use it because of the Bursitis in my right shoulder, (because the body is smaller than a dread). I hear people compare Doves to Hummingbirds, and they focus on the Hog vs Maple, and never mention the scale length.

The bonus is that you can do it all the rest of your life..... I'm old and feeble.... can barely hold anything with my hands....no stamina these days.....but.... I still play guitar several hours each morning (while the wife sleeps). Playing right now! I'm far from the oldest guy on here....but I'm also no where near the youngest!

This is why music should be taught in schools...and kids encouraged to play SOMETHING! I was already playing before The Beatles happened....but they sparked my TOTAL interest...which I've been able to keep for all these years! Music teaches us MUCH MORE than how to play songs.

How about how the lefties have to drag their palms through what they just wrote! Smeared the pencil marks...or WORSE....the wet ink!

That's funny....but most of the desks in my schools WERE "Right-Handed" desks.... the tops were extended down closer to the seat on the right side....and the other side was shorter, (and the students got in and out of the desk on the left side). My old boss wanted to get and learn guitar....he's a "lefty".... I went with him to a friend's guitar store and found him a very nice guitar.....he was no better on a regular guitar than he was on a left-handed one....so I told him him choices would forever be broader if he learned to play right-handed.

I get the "right vs left" dialog here...but Mike's point is that to make chords, or pick notes, a player's choices are limited....so the "fretting-hand" is "what you play"....while what your "strumming-hand" does is infinite.... I tend to "Palm-mute", (and play the lower notes more) with my right hand.....it's just what "Feels right" to me. I'm no great player, (and even less of a singer), but after 60+ years of playing...I kinda have my own style.

CONGRATZ!

I Bought my DIF without ever touching it from GC.... so I could have returned it if it was a dog..... also bought my Hummingbird KOA before I touched it.... I called GC in San Jose from Southern California and bought it over the phone....IF they put it in the case and stored it in the back room until I could get there to pick it up....again, I suspect I could have told them to keep it, but I'd already paid for it in full. My J-50 was a present from my staff when I retired....so never touched it until it was on my doorstep..... I love all three of them....all for different reasons.....but they're special to me. I wouldn't be afraid to buy a guitar this way....as long as the dealer is reputable.

I made the mistake of selling off all my 'stuff' back in the 60's. Fender Jag I gave to my brother.... sold my Bassman Amp, Showman Speakerbox, Jazz Bass, Fender Echo Chamber....even my Shure 545 Mic! Had to buy new 'stuff' over the rest of my life. I recommend don't sell..... give to your kids/grandkids/nieces/nephews.

And join The Buckaroos!

Me (personally) want to see it with a pickguard.

DON'T BUY IT! The Pickguard is on upside-down! JK - It's beautiful!

EXACTLY! There are three of them.....and because they'll inherit all my 'stuff', I record the videos so they'll be able to see their old grandad playing 'their' guitars!

I like it.... I don't care what someone named it.