SteveFord

I've learned that politics makes its way into everything on this here interweb thing. Even a discussion on motorcycle calipers. How stupid is that?

That's a handsome Les Paul you've got there, congratulations!

Let us know what it turns out to be, please.

Worked, read about Ukraine, ordered some CDs and an album, bought some more motorcycle tires and a new CD burner as I'm tired of making coasters. Now to see if the lawn mower will start, the neighbors are making me look bad which doesn't take very much.

I don't think I'll go across the street to tell the neighbor lady that I'm here to celebrate her vagina, she'd probably call the cops.

Did you try a different amp?

Probably a response to National Pickle Day is my guess. https://whatnationaldayisit.com/day/vagina-appreciation/

So that's who does that song, I only heard it a million times at work. Meh.

Thanks for the laugh, I needed that.

Recovering from my Fauci Ouchie and am coming back to life. Makes me want to strap on a six shooter and go to Colorado and hop off my cow and go wrangle a horse after a few beers at the Shooter's Grill. Opal, you hot little *****!!!

I'm more worried about Jewish Space Lasers causing damage to the nitro finish on my Les Paul Standard or maybe Ukranian people bombing themselves into submission to make Russia look bad.

Excellent news for you and your family (especially the ones in Ukraine). Say, they didn't happen to mention anything about a secret mission and a battleship, did they?

Now I'm starting to worry. I know that we shrink as we age but maybe it's the weight of the Les Paul that speeds it up? All of these guys are getting dwarfed by their guitars.

And here's some background information on it from Mr. Gilmour: Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour joined CNN on Monday to talk about why the band decided to record its first music in nearly 30 years — a song in support of Ukraine featuring vocals by a Ukrainian soldier. The legendary rock band released the new single “Hey Hey Rise Up” last week in support of the people of Ukraine, the band said in a statement. It’s the first new music from the band since 1994, and all proceeds will go to Ukrainian humanitarian relief, the statement added. The song is performed by Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason, with bass player Guy Pratt and Nitin Sawhney on keyboard. The song features vocals by Andriy Khlyvnyuk from the Ukrainian band Boombox. The band used audio of Khlyvnyuk singing in central Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, where he performed “a rousing Ukrainian protest song written during the first World War which has been taken up across the world over the past month in protest” against the Russian invasion. Gilmour, who has a Ukrainian daughter-in-law and grandchildren, said in the statement that he felt moved by Khlyvnyuk’s performance “in a square in Kyiv with this beautiful gold-domed church and … in the silence of a city with no traffic or background noise because of the war.” On Monday, Gilmour talked about how his family members sent him the clip of Khlyvnyuk singing that song in the square. "It's just a very, very striking performance and of course, due to the fact it's a cappella and there's no other instruments backing it. So you can easily take it to a studio and do something with it," he said. Gilmour said at the time he was "already very frustrated by my own inability to do anything much" for Ukraine. He called Russia's attack on Ukraine "appalling." Gilmour said it is an "awful thing that's going on in Ukraine" and this song "seemed like a great thing to arrive at my feet that I could then turn it into something which was actively, I hope, do some positive good." Asked if he could imagine the band doing a live performance with Khlyvnyuk in the future, Gilmour said, "I certainly wouldn't rule it out." "It would be great if we can make something like that work. And he's very keen on the idea. I have spoken to him several times in the last three weeks," he added. Gilmour said that one of those conversations he had with the singer, who is fighting in the war, happened while "he was in a hospital bed having been struck by a piece of mortar shrapnel." "He was there with a big black eye, a bandage all over his face. The reality of what he's living, other people are living through there is just beyond what most of us can really understand or believe can happen in the world."

Oh, it's not in hand yet. You'll feel the difference the second you play it, you really do get what you pay for with something like that.

Wow! The only thing I can tell you for sure is they have a different feel to them but you've already discovered that. My semi-educated guess is it's like Harley: you have the regular bikes being slammed together on the production floor and then you have the Screaming Chicken models that are assembled by senior employees on the top floor away from the madhouse. With Harlee a couple of guys do the Screaming Chickens from start to finish, the regular models are on an overhead conveyor and they go from station to station. I'll bet Gibson does the same thing with the highest quality parts going to the most experienced personnel.

I've never seen one but that is just a beautiful guitar. There's one on Reverb right now, The King Of Twang! https://reverb.com/item/47969280-gibson-duane-eddy-super-rare-38-75-guitar-run-2004

It could be any of them when they answer the door and it's 60 Minutes.

Sparky, That baby picture was perfect, my laugh for the day.

You're probably not going to be taking home a single pick up Flying V with a suede case.

If she's small maybe an SG?

It could be the lens.

I think they forgot to wash him (and the sweater) in Woolite and he's now 3' 4" tall.

Motorcycle season is coming up so bought a used Fox Creek leather jacket (which I need like a hole in the head) and a set of Michelin tires for one of the bikes which have just about totally bald Pirellis on there right now.