PrairieDog
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48 minutes ago, Rich H. said:
I believe you are missing my point. I have been using these strings for over 20 plus years and have never been dissatisfied with them. Every place sells them for $12.99, and the shipping is FREE! I still can't believe that Gibson is the only place that have them in stock., and then charge the ridicules price of $5.99. to ship them. I still will wait for the other supplier's to send me my orders. Like I said, I love the strings (I have tried D'Addario and Excel coated phos-bronze strings) and they are not as warm or lasted as long on my collection of guitars that I own now, or in the past. Thanks for everyone's input to my original post.
I guess I’m curious, you said you tried DDarrio Xs’s. So if these were the same $20 would you pay that if they shipped free? And the shipping is probably not per set, so you could order 5 sets and only pay shipping once.
No clue but if Gibson has them and vendors don’t, Gibson may be pulling back from shipping to distributors. Anybody can advertise they sell something, that doesn’t mean they can get them if the supplier doesn’t want to ship them. If Gibson has them in stock, I guess, it seems unlikely you will get your free shipping order filled anytime soon, if the vendor shows them on back order.
If I can offer a little real perspective, it’s 6.00 bucks. Bus fare. If these were the strings I really liked, and I wanted them anytime soon, I figure it’s a pretty minimal cost of doing business. And If $5.99 is really standing between me and the living on the street, well… maybe strings wouldn’t on the top of my spending list.
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4 minutes ago, ksdaddy said:
All I know for sure is that the only pics that remain on Imgur are the ones I posted like one would on social media. I had 50 or 100 pics I had previously uploaded and when I click on “my photos” or whatever its named, it displays “ this page cannot be found”.
Oh, bummer. I noticed they changed format a few months back. But I didn’t seem to lose anything other than like I said, I suddenly was getting a “you have exceeded…” message. so I nuked a bunch of stuff, when I wanted to upload more. I haven’t gotten that message since, but I haven’t uploaded much either. Bummed though the nuking broke the link to those posts.
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4 minutes ago, ksdaddy said:
Your previously loaded pics are gone.
Mine personally, or folks in general? I deleted a bunch when I thought I had to clear up space, but it turned out I just needed to put things in folders.
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7 minutes ago, Phil OKeefe said:
That's awesome, Prairie Dog!
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In your shoes, I would have probably told her, "no, it's not there anymore. Looks like someone bought it..." Which is true, right? Someone DID buy it. You're just not mentioning that it was you who bought it for her! 😃
😄yeah, I thought about trying that, but when it comes to buying her things, I have no game. I’d end up giving it away. She knows too well my reflexive, “Ernie” laugh (sesame street reference). I use it when I get her something I know she really wants/or is totally going to be unexpected. And after more than 30 years she knows me too well and is almost always is able to guess what it is. Like I said, good thing we weren’t on screen. And besides, I didn’t want to break her heart on an already bad day.
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1 hour ago, Mr K012 said:
@PrairieDog
Do I need to create an account for IMGUR?
You do, but you can set your profile to private so you aren’t in the public scrum. It only shares with the people/groups you share it to.
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7 minutes ago, ksdaddy said:
Imgur changed. You can “post” photos on there but it’s not like it used to be. I started using postimage and I like it.
I’ve heard some folks say this. I just started using it last year. What’s different that I should be aware of?
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Since early April, every time we went into our GC, my wife would pick up this used Recording King RR50 mahogany round-neck reso and noodle on it. Last time it even had a broken string, but she was trying to pick some licks out on it, chuckle.
She has two square necks and has a round on her wish list. It was not much, so I kept asking if she wanted it… she always put it back saying, nah, with some excuse why not. But then the next time we’d go in, she’d look for it.
I knew it was going to be one of those guitars that you get used to seeing at the store, and that you think about, but don’t buy. And then one day it’s gone, and you kick yourself over why didn’t you just get it.
She has been working really hard lately, and was out of town, having a crummy time on a job up north in the middle of some bad flooding. On my own back home, larking about running errands, I popped in to GC and bought it for her. The great guy at GC who knows us did me a kind one and took some more bucks off an already good price. We’ve spent more on groceries at Christmas.
At home, I set it on a stand across the room from her Gold tone Paul Beard square, like it’s been there all the time. They are nearly identical, save the neck.
When we were catching up on the phone last night, I told her I had checked GC while I was out. She asked if there was anything interesting, “Naw, nothing new. “ And sure enough, the next question was, “was the RK there?” I said “yeah, and they even restrung it.”
I could tell by her voice she was relieved…. I grinned a little and was really glad we weren’t face-timing, I would have made a lousy poker player.
Today she bagged the rest of the job, roads washed out so she couldn’t get to the next project area, and came home early.
She popped her head in the music room on the way to unpacking and said, “Oh! You were playing my reso?… Wait!? What’s this???”
I got a big kiss. 😊
So yes, the answer to how many guitars you need is: +1 😄
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Use Imgur. Click create post, upload your image, once it finishes, go to your profile, open your images, then click “direct link” in the menu that opens next to it. then paste that into your post here.
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Dennis Franz as Andy Sipowicz in NYPD blue.
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Yeah, looks like you can order them right from Gibson’s site. Hope you didn’t hand over any cash before they were shipped.
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4 hours ago, ma6515 said:
Hello, can you help with details on what is going on here. I just bought a Pelham blue murphy lab and worrying if this is a general issue. I understand that the finish is more brittle (supposedly, as I hear, like an original 1964 paint job) and will age (which I like) though if it is this fragile, which is not what I see on vintage, and does what I see in the picture, wondering if I should return and go with VOS. Comments and feedback appreciated from others. I don't mind dings and stuff bought if the paint chips off in larger pieces with a little bump or by itself, this is a problem in my book.
From what I understand a dinged up, flaking/crazed finish job is kinda the point of a ML. They are out of the factory meant to be prematurely “aged” and to keep on “aging” at an accelerated rate. if it were me, and I wasn’t smitten with it, I’d return it and buy a regular CS version, and ding it up honestly. At least you’ll have the stories to tell…. Good luck.
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Oh yeah…. Just drove past 20 or so versions of exit 129 this weekend…. You nailed all of them. Good ‘un! Thanks.
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9 minutes ago, Phil OKeefe said:
Or, you might just need a bigger house. Or, a "clubhouse" like Tom Petty and Mike Campbell, where you can store everything, do rehearsals, etc. 😄
Grin, getting there. We already broke down the dining room to turn into a music room…. Still can’t fit everything in there. Besides the guitars and banjos, we have a full size keyboard, full size Celtic harp, and a variety of percussion (no drum set, yet) scattered elsewhere in house. We have a comfortable finished lower level walkout, but I’m paranoid about flooding, with it being below ground on 3 sides, and there is no way to seal off the spaces down there, so it’s tough keeping it conditioned properly: too damp in the summer/too dry in the winter.
We do have our office pole building. We are beginning to joke about just retiring, and setting up the studio in there. But needing to walk in -50 windchills and blizzards to get to play sounds like a recipe for terminal procrastination.
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13 hours ago, SteveFord said:
When you have to put masking tape on the outside of the case and write what's in there, you've got enough.
This why I have all mine out on racks 😄 Now the tape is just to remember which case is whose when we need to pack them up in a hurry like a tornado warning 😆 Just had to do this last week, and we ended up in a Sophie’s Choice situation deciding the most expendable children due to lack of space in the safe zone. It was harsh. I gotta get a better case for my 1910 L1. I realized it didn’t stand a chance against any weather in its cardboard sheath.
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5 hours ago, Phil OKeefe said:
Re: #4: Only one acoustic? I have two parlor/short scale acoustics, a pair of 6 string dreadnought/jumbo bodied acoustics with different back and side woods (for different tonalities), an acoustic that is Nashville-strung, a nylon string acoustic, and a 12-string acoustic. All of them have different tones and uses.
As far as electric guitars go, I honestly probably don't need three Les Pauls, two SGs, or three short scale Fenders (Mustang/Duo Sonic/Musicmaster), but I can certainly justify owning one of each, along with my Strat, Tele, Rickenbacker, Casino, PRS, Danelectro 12-string, Gretsch, etc. - all based on each having its own unique sound. YMMV.
At a current count of about 30, I honestly think I'm getting close to having everything I really want and need, but I still need a lap steel with a bender or two, a Dobro, and a couple of other things to fill out the herd. I'd say I'm probably going to be good once I reach 35, and certainly no more than 40. Again, YMMV.
Perfect justification 😄
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13 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
The chances Gibson mailed the M2M guitar to the guy on Verb who is selling it is highly unlikely. It could happen, but I doubt it. Every year Gibson comes out with strange and exotic colors. Question to the OP so I don’t have to go back and read every post. Is the guitar you ordered in sparkly purple the only custom thing you wanted done to it? Other than that it’s is a ____________ model LP?
I never said it was sent directly to the guy on Reverb? I was just speculating it could have gotten shipped to MZ and they missed that it was for a special order, so put it on the floor and it got sold it to someone else, who is now selling it on Reverb. Ever work in retail? That kind of mistake can happen, unfortunately. But if the Reverb one is 2022 then it’s moot, isn’t it.
I just hope the guy gets his guitar soon.
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22 hours ago, Jericho-79 said:
OP guys.
Thank you for all your advice.
So I should NOT start looking at Reverb for what I'm looking for?
Someone at Reddit just showed me a Reverb listing for a LP Custom with a purple sparkle finish.🤭
But I should just have more patience and let the Music Zoo do their thing?
Okay, after that comedic interlude, let’s get back to your question. I was thinking you should get the serial number off the one on Reverb. If it’s a 2023, call Gibson customer service tomorrow. They can tell you who the guitar was originally shipped to. If it turns out to be MZ, and since you placed your order, then there is a good chance MZ messed up your order, and you’ll have some leverage. Be polite but firm. Give MZ a chance to offer some consideration on the price for the royal screw-up, exp: waiving the SO charge if there is one, or a good percentage off the price. Otherwise, let them know you are cancelling your order with a full refund of your deposit. You’ll have start over with another place or bite on the Reverb one.
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2 hours ago, rct said:
Yes, it's called "income tax", so yeah, pay and tips. Investments are subject to most capital gains thresholds and are therefore taxed "better" than income. If you are getting 2% and netting enough to pay taxes on that 2% you can well afford it Mr Musk. I don't know what federal tax there is when you spend money. The feds actually still allow just a small advantage in home ownership, so I can't quite see a net negative there. I don't know of any fed taxes on a car every year. Don't give your money to your kids, buy life insurance that specifically names them as beneficiary(ies). That's estate planning 101, no taxes on life insurance proceeds. Federal estate taxes START at over 13.6 million, so there is that, the few states that still tax estates start considerably lower and take considerably more.
Maybe you should look at what it is that makes your state, even without a personal income tax, one of the least tax friendly states in the country and stop just parroting GUMMINT BAD stuff from the 30's.
rct
Huzzah!
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1 hour ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
What other LP would Taylor Swift play? A boring non sparkly one? It goes with her stage outfit.
I don’t know anything about TS or what guitars she plays… not sure how it is relevant or what that has to do with whether MZ sold the poor OPs special order out from underneath him.
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17 hours ago, Jericho-79 said:
OP guys.
Thank you for all your advice.
So I should NOT start looking at Reverb for what I'm looking for?
Someone at Reddit just showed me a Reverb listing for a LP Custom with a purple sparkle finish.🤭
But I should just have more patience and let the Music Zoo do their thing?
I saw that listing too and for moment wondered if your guitar got bogarted out from under you…. But figured I was just being paranoid and that purple sparkle was thing folks are doing these days 🤨
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23 minutes ago, merciful-evans said:
Hi, now I'm in the uk, Our prices tend to be more, meaning than the $ value pretty much = the £ value. You've done the right thing checking out reverb and its surprising you got only a couple of maches. I just had a quick look having copy & pasted your
into google and seem to be looking at £3300 to £3600 across ebay, and various uk stores.
The flame tops do run higher of course and even then there is a lot of variation. Do you like the guitar?
16 minutes ago, gretschjet said:Just mentioning, 3300 pounds is equal to 4100 US right now, so it sounds like it was actually a pretty good deal! 🙂
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“Overpaying” is a fluid concept. Did you buy it to flip it or play it? The price is dependent on how many are available at any one time, and the condition. Right now is there one available cheaper in the same condition? Then yeah, you *might* say you overpaid. But where is it? Private party with no guarantee, or a shop that has your back if something turns up wrong?
In my experience, GC tends to price pretty competitively with reverb/ebay (actually my experience has been sometimes scoring huge deals because they didn’t recognize something special.)
The most important thing, is do you like to play it? Ask yourself Is it worth throwing back hoping something a few dollars lower will come along? Or do you want the immediate gratification?
These are the intangible things I think about when buying and pricing. I’ve made some sorry mistakes passing up great guitars for picky reasons, like fussing over a couple hundred I couldn’t deal off, or assuming I can just find a better one later.
I say, use your exchange period to figure out if it works for you, and keep an eye on the market. If something else pops, then your decision gets a little tougher, but my guess is, unless you bought an Epiphone priced as a Gibson, you paid a fair price for a guitar you have in your hand right now.
Enjoy, and pics if you decide to keep it! (Edit: I was typing while you were posting, that is a great looking guitar!, hope it works out when you get it!)
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This is just a fan forum. Gibson doesn’t monitor these posts. You need to deal with a dealer or the shop you bought it from to get the warranty work done, or contact Gibson directly. Use the phone number. You will get a better, more immediate info. This is assuming you bought it new from an authorized dealer. If it was used, getting warranty work is iffy. You can try, but you may have to pony up for the repairs yourself.
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Ironic, so much of my much younger, former life was wrapped up in the search for his tone… not me so much, but my band friends. We’d spend weekends scouring the stores for pedals, pick-ups, amps, modifications… never could nail it exactly right.
So of course life moved on, and I got out of that world and did a 180 into acoustic/folk/blues. It wasn’t until this thread I had any idea BMG were even a thing. I was surprised how inexpensive they were. Just for a second thought about buying one, just for the nostalgia of it and to put a pin in that chapter 😆
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Should I be worried that the Music Zoo hasn't heard back from the Gibson CS regarding my M2M order?
in The Gibson Lounge
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A receipt would have an order number and all the other details of your order including the build, the total price, a delivery estimate and showing your received deposit.
A business can’t just take your money without documenting what it is for. There are checks and balances that are required to record the transaction in their accounting ledgers.
Was this an online order? Are you calling the number on your receipt to talk to Rick, or are you calling an actual MZ store? Google the MZ store/website and make sure the numbers match what is on your receipt. Then I’d move past Rick and speak directly to a manager, and politely explain what’s been going on and ask them for a copy of your paperwork, and proof of when the order was submitted to the CS. The manager should be able to follow up for you with Gibson. That is their job.
I sincerely hope it’s just a long timing thing, but you got some red flags waving high on this one.