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He has been given numerous warnings and one of the Admins said if his behavior continued, he would be removed. I have no beef with the guy but I have received a number of private messages that weren’t “butt hurt” whining, they had legit complaints about the effect his presence had on the forum. He just could not, would not resist the urge to poke people and start fires where no fires were needed. Nobody asked him to be a Gibson fanboy, but he has such a hatred for the brand, it puzzles me why he even would want to be here. Does this mean he can never come back? No, it does not. But the same people who would say he’s alienating all the members, making this a non-family friendly forum, and why, as a moderator, I’m “not doing my job” had better not be rushing to his defense.

Yes.

I saw them on Ed Sullivan in '64. I was 3-1/2 but I can remember my sisters (aged 11 and 10) making a HUGE deal out of the fact the Beatles were going to be on there. We had Pepsi and popcorn at the ready. Even at that age, I realized their hair did not look like any boy's I had ever seen. I wasn't judging of course, just amused I guess. I couldn't believe how much screaming there was. We bought the album "Meet the Beatles" either just before or just after that event. I was enthralled by the rainbow strip on the old Capitol album going around... on a 1955 Columbia 360 mahogany phonograph with V-M record changer. Which is presently sitting about 15 feet from me. And the 21" maple floor model 1960 General Electric television I watched the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show on.... is also about 15 feet from me. I'm weird like that.

Don't wait up.

And I’ve found Gruhn’s appraisals to be “for insurance purposes”. I’d never be able to sell guitars for the numbers he’s put on that paper.

I typically try to change strings one at a time because the string tension will not change much. If I were to remove all the strings at once (which is inevitable at some point) the neck will shift somewhat and likely the top as well. Once the strings are back on, it’ll go back to normal but it may take several hours or several days to get back to where it once was. As stated, it’s inevitable, but if you’re simply changing strings, changing one at a time can all but eliminate this re-acclimation period. Go ahead and remove all the strings and do your shimming, just know that there may be buzzes and tuning problems for a time afterwards, and know you didn’t break anything. It’ll all be good.

It’s a Melody Maker, a 1962-1964 or so. It’s had a lot of alterations. The body has been routed to fit two humbucker pickups and a new pick guard was made. I wouldn’t restore it. Any collector value was lost with those modifications but you now have a light weight old Gibson that probably plays better than a new Gibson equivalent. If you don’t have the original bridge/tailpiece combination, there are some aftermarket ones that fit fine and work much better than the basic original one.

My dad’s (now mine) 1981 Martin M-38 came with bar frets. Not comfortable. The neck developed a little too much relief and was corrected by Dana Bourgeois around 1983-84, back before he became famous. In 2005 I sent it to Johnny Rushing in TN for a neck reset and at the same time I had him replace the board with a new ebony one with normal tang frets and abalone snowflake inlays. I still don’t like it. Should have left it sitting in the case. Sounds like a million, plays like dog s——.

Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog.

I never joined either. Missed the draft by a couple years. I took my ASVAB and wanted to go in as an auto mechanic. The Navy wanted me to be inside a nuclear sub. Nope. No sub here. Too much of a home body anyway, didn't want to leave familiar surroundings. I regret it now. My brother was in the army and told me to stay away from it. My brother isn't known for giving me the best guidance OR following authority so... My wife was in the army (long before I met her) and loved it. The other side of the coin. My step daughter won a Voice of Democracy speech contest and ended up going to the national competition (quickly eliminated there). Along the path from local win to state win, we attended several functions with her and encountered countless ex-military. When they found out my wife served, they scooped her up on their shoulders. When they found I did not, I got silence and faces that just realized they stepped in dog s___.

Yep, ES-125TD with changed tuners, bridge, added jack plate ( likely to cover a rip-out of the original), and the neck has been reset, judging by the two plugged holes on the back near the neck heel where they shot steam in to soften the glue. Look inside for another number inside, if you can see any. Models such as these didn’t typically have serial numbers on the back of the headstocks until around ‘62 or so, but you might find a factory order number inside. If you held a gun to my head I would date this as a 1960. Let’s see how close I am.

It will either not matter at all to someone who loves the guitar or it will be worthless to someone who likes things left alone.

It's untweetable.

Doesn't look right to me. Tuners and nut have both been changed too.

It's quite plain to see that the model number was written with a pen. Maybe the original stamping was faint and someone tried to "fix" it but didn't have a clue as to what the guitar was. The guitar pictured is either and ES-125D or an ES-125TD. I can't tell if it's a thick or thin body in the pic. It was made 1955 or later (20 frets) and the bridge and tuners are not original.

I’ve got a 1981 M-38 that my father bought new.

I’ve been buying and selling five-ever (that’s one longer than forever). 98% of my guitar sales are eBay and reverb so I don’t get too wound up in where to meet local sales. I used to do many sales in the parking lot at work because it was in a convenient place and my job allowed me to wander away from my desk with nobody caring. Lately the market is so horrible though…. I’ve had a 1983 Gibson Sonex for sale for 3 weeks at $650 with no bites whatsoever. I also peddle a lot of junk on eBay. I mean, I am a hardcore bottom feeder and if I can find a used ball of twine at the bottom of a junk box and sell it for 80 cents, I’ll do it. Lately people aren’t even buying that stuff. In my 23 years on eBay I’ve found that if people are happy, they buy. Right now people are afraid.

Well, I’m sure blind people have some sort of visualization in their mind, even if it’s not accurate. If I hear a voice on the radio, I conjure up a fleeting and nebulous vision of what they might look like, but if I try to pin it down, it’s like trying to see a floater in your eye… it’s clear as a bell until you try to see it. I’ve never flown (like a bird) so I have no idea what it might be like, but I’ve flown in dreams. I think our brains will connect dots that we’d never be able to do consciously. These are comments that I would make about halfway through the second joint, and that’s been a lot of years.

I had one in the mid 80s. I guess it was around a ‘65 or so. I probably have a pic somewhere. I didn’t keep it long. I’ve never found an LG or B that I was comfortable with. They all felt like they were like a spring that was wound to the point of being ready to explode.

My fave Tortex, thick as a plank. I switch off between the sharp point and one of the rounded edges, depending on how vigorous I feel at the moment.

Ruth Bader…. No, that’s not it…

I’ve been selling on eBay since 1999 and I’ve never seen it so dead as this last year. Granted, I’m a bottom feeder and I’m happy to pick something out of the trash and sell it for $2.00, but lately even that has been hard to do. As to guitars, I’ve sold more on reverb lately. I’ve had guitars sit on eBay for a week and get 14 hits. I’ve been shopping for a pre cbs Jazzmaster for close to a year and there’s literally none on eBay, all newer stuff.

“Adventure” is a relative term. I was never one for travel of any kind. Mainly because I didn’t have the money, and partly because I’m a homebody. A couple months ago we drove to New Hampshire to see Jimmy Vaughn and Steve Miller. We turned it into a very casual 3 day mini vacation. I felt like I was skipping school. Yesterday we drove down to Augusta to the Maine’s Odd and Unusual Show, which was like 75 vendors of odd and macabre. It was great. There I was, in my “de rigeur” 1950s Dad glasses, madras shirt and Wrangler jeans among a sea of pink hair, black fabric and about three million dollars worth of tattoos. I couldn’t bring myself to spend $1300 on a human skull but I did buy an old grave marker. Didn’t hurt me a bit and not ONCE did I look at a clock.

Dating a Gibson prior to 1977 can be a challenge.

You know the definition of “mistress”? Thats something that goes between a mister and a mattress.