10PoundLester
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On 7/21/2024 at 5:15 PM, sparquelito said:
Aaaaand so I'm banned from that other forum, for the next 8 days at least.
And I have no idea why.
The anonymous notice I got implied some sort of perception of misogyny on my part.
Which is crazy, because I love women.
And I fear them.
Man.
Can't step out into the telecaster yard without stepping in telecaster shiit.
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I got banned from that one plus one of the other ones they run. Found out the hard way that they are NOT on the same wavelength as I am.
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I'd send it back while you can and get a different guitar. Having to repair a brand new guitar is ridiculous.
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I wouldn't care to see/hear her sing if it were free in my living room.
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16 hours ago, Larsongs said:
I could care less what Taylor Swift, Joe Bonnamessa or whoever plays.
I've played just about every make & model of USA Guitar that I might possibly want. Acoustic or Electric. I've purchased quite a few that I love.
Quite honestly, INO, PRS & Taylor have no Soul.
Right! It is all about preference. I mostly prefer USA built Martin, Gibson, Guild & Collings Acoustic Guitars.
You are absolutely correct sir. I was gonna post almost this same sentiment. Taylor and PRS are completely without soul. Every one is exactly the same as the next one in the model line. I've tried every one of each that I could find over the years, even owned a Taylor 12 string at one point. Not one of them ever did anything for me. You can try four Les Paul Standard 50's (or whatever) and find four different feels - none bad, just different. Try that with Taylor or PRS and you'll play four clones of each other with absolutely no differences at all. No nuances that make you choose one over the other. I never liked them and never will. But then again, who cares what I like right? If someone else likes them, that's fantastic! Hurray!
And I figured that you meant "IMO". 🙂
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2 hours ago, Jim H said:
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. . .I tried turning a saddle around once, didn’t turn out well. Maybe I’ll practice on an old spare bridge.What could go wrong?
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The loose fit should mitigate itself under string tension. As for the high E - can you turn that saddle around? You can also lower that end of the bridge a bit, but I don't think it's a show-stopper if the string does touch the back of the bridge as long as it isn't extreme. My Les Paul is like that and I don't worry about it. YMMV.
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Being self employed for the past 22 years, my retirement date will precisely coincide with the date on my death certificate. Cause of death will most likely be "Ran out of Steam".
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9 hours ago, sparquelito said:
There are fretboard inlays and then there are fretboard INLAYS.
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Yours?
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Not one of my guitars has tuning issues. Gibsons, Fenders, G&L, Gretsch, Martin - none. I must be lucky.
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Maybe the tech was trying to do the OP a favor by getting rid of the totally unnecessary, cheap PCB and then point-to-point wiring four quality pots and the tone caps in the way it should be.
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On 6/29/2024 at 10:06 AM, kidblast said:
Thanks Rob!! 47 years in IT, it used to be a good career,
but America loves it's cheap labor, and that eventually put an end to it.
Enter India - Exit IT as a place to build a good career.
Same here - they tried to get me to train my Indian replacement. If I repeat here what I told them, I'd probably get kicked off the forum.
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On 6/14/2024 at 7:03 AM, 10PoundLester said:
I stand corrected - Gibson DOES make a 335 with white plastic.
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I know one thing - it will sound great with those pickups. I have them in my 335.
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Careful what you post - Gibson might send you a bill for the relic job.
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Gretsch Talk
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I found this to be very interesting and entertaining. RIP Greg - he was a master for sure. I grew up listening to ELP and others of that era so I can appreciate very much watching this.
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1 hour ago, PrairieDog said:
Nod, we got one of those small Fender amps with 100 different models programmed into it for the Lucille. And our recording set up has 1,000s of pre-programs. Yeah, the models were fun to scroll through, but the tube modelers are just failures. Tubes changed tone constantly as you warmed them up and drove them through a set and depending on the humidity/air pressure, etc. The modeled digital versions all just sat there straight-line flat, the same tone from start to finish. Boring.
You can't get "touch" out of a computer model or transistors. No soul. Like Taylor and PRS guitars IMO.
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6 minutes ago, PrairieDog said:
Ahh, so what you have actually figured out is the correct number of guitars for a guy who likes playing his music alone to a computer.
For me, I like to play my various guitars with/for other human beings. Computer? Heck, I don’t even need electricity to jam an acoustic set. But it is nice to have different acoustic guitars to get different sounds depending on the song.
And how tedious to have to dial in a model when you want to change up a break in a song, when you could just stomp on a pedal or flick a switch. And then there’s all the time you need to spend pre-programming the hundreds/thousands of sound combinations you “might” want to have available, that you could access simply switching up different guitars. Not to mention having to remember where all the sounds are in your controller.
Some of us who grew up in the analog era, find the tedium of the pure flat sound of digital cloning wearisome, even when it is modulated to “mimic” live performance. If you grew up accustomed to ubiquitous pitch-tuning, you might not appreciate the character and depth that comes from a natural human voice or instrument pitching a fraction off from each other, and the interesting, intrinsic vagaries that come out in a raw, live performance even when recorded.
You nailed it PD. I started playing in 1970 so it was tube amps or acoustic guitars. I can't count the times I've tried to use computer modeling to attempt to recreate the tones I can get from my '68 Deluxe Reverb and it never ever works. When the power goes out I grab my OM-28 and am happy as a pig in mud. Like I said above, give me my 335, Tele and the OM and I can do anything I want on a guitar.
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On 6/22/2024 at 5:46 PM, Texsunburst59 said:
I played out live for 28 years before I retired from gigging.
When I was gigging, I only had about 6 guitars.
When I stopped playing, I had a lot of time to look at FBMP, CL, and pawnshops for guitars.
Over the years since 2009 I bought and sold over 80+ guitars.
As of now I’ve gotten it down to a semi manageable 40+ guitars/basses/acoustics.
Since I don’t gig out anymore, I don’t really need this many instruments, but I really love buying and owning guitars.
Here’s my collection
'49 Martin A Style Mandolin
'76 S.L. Mossman Great Plains
'78 Gibson Gospel
'81 Martin 7-28 ( 7/8 D-28 )
‘81 Sigma DM3
‘02 Taylor Baby
'03 Taylor Jumbo Custom
'04 Ramirez 1-E Classical
'09 Breedlove Roots OM/SR acoustic/electric
‘15 Martin Centennial DC - 28EElectric Guitars & Basses :
‘63 Gibson ES-330 w/ Bigsby
‘72 Fender Tele Custom
‘74 Fender Sunburst Jazz Bass
‘75 Fender Mocha Stat
‘76 MIJ Electra X-310
‘77 Gibson Walnut RD Custom
‘78 Fender Natural P-Bass
‘79 Fender Antigua Strat
‘80 Gibson Jimmy Wallace ‘58 “Prototype LP
‘80 Gibson Cream Explorer
‘83 Gibson Cherry ES-335 Dot
‘86 MIJ Fender ‘69RI Pink Paisley Yele
‘87 Fender Sunburst (E4) Strat
‘88 PRS Goldtop Special
‘89 Gibson HCSB LP Standard
‘90 MIJ Fender Black’50’s RI Strat
‘90 Fender Pewter Strat Plus
‘90 Fender Black Strat Plus
‘90 Fender Ebony Frost Strat Plus
‘90 MIJ Fender Vintage White P-Bass
‘90 MIK Epiphone Sunburst Sheraton II’94 PRS Goldtop Standard 25
‘95 PRS Purple Custom 24 10-Top
‘99 Tom Anderson Cajun Red Hollow Drop Top Classic
‘00 Gibson Trans Amber Classic Premium Plus LP
‘01 Gibson Black LP Jr.
‘02 Gibson Trans Amber DC LP
‘03 Tom Anderson Tiger Eye Hollow T Drop Top HSH
‘03 MIJ Epiphone Black Elite LP Custom
‘08 Gibson Wine LP Standard Plus
‘09 PRS Sunburst DGT 10-Top
‘10 Fender Olympic White Standard Strat
‘15 Suhr Sherwood Metallic Classic Pro Strat
‘15 Fender Surf Green Tele
‘18 Rohlack Custom Fiesta Red Strat
‘20 Fender Black Jim Root JazzmasterWhat - no Gretsch? Blasphemous!
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Here's your baby - Duesenberg Les Trem. It is designed for stop-tailepiece bridges. :
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3 hours ago, kidblast said:
yea man, that's exactly what I thought that was referring to, and think it's perfect btw..!! 🙂
my 95 is bit heavier at just over 11.5 Also have a 2002 that's around 9. it's feather light compared to these two
I do not mind the weight btw, but I do tend to prefer the wider padded straps.
Wow - 11.5 pounds! That's a killer! I play sitting down since I'm not in a band and don't gig anywhere.
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2 minutes ago, kidblast said:
Exactly 10 lbs
My avatar LP is also 10lbs hence my nick here - 10PoundLester.
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Beautiful! What's its weight?
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5 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
I’m guessing you like him. . . .
There's your problem - you're guessing.
What’s the opinion of the 2013 ES-330?
in Gibson ES
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@sim84 That's a beauty. I have a 335 that looks very similar.