SteveFord

Nope. Cord from guitar into amplifier. That's about as high tech as I get.

Muy bueno!

1.69" and the only way I know that is because I went here: https://www.gibson.com/Guitar/USAM1U838/Flying-V/Antique-Natural The neck on the V and Explorer feel identical to me. Fairly slim (but not where's the neck slim) and really low action is possible. Low frets, no stickiness to the back and the rosewood is slick feeling. Really easy to play, that's for sure. My limited experience with the newer Gibson USA models is they're all like that. So what am I doing? Struggling with a 2007 Explorer every day which has the heel of the neck way too fat to get above the 17th fret without taking your thumb way off the neck. I figure if I can get the hang on this one I'll have it made. Nearly 5 months later and I'm making progress. The new SG Standard is pretty nice, too. Shop around a little bit and they're not all that expensive.

If you have big hands the 50s should work well for you.

I could picture Uncle Fester with a Flying V...

I think you're right about the owner glueing it on there.

I have a new SG Standard, it's fine. The only thing it needs is a real case, that Golf Club thing doesn't do it for me.

Oh, sure. Lucille, for one. The neck is gigantic and it weighs a ton but I had to have one when they first came out and still have one to this day.

Now is the time to buy a car, all right. Congratulations! Say, are you a mail man? They put the steering wheel in the passenger seat.

No first hand experience but 355=ebony to me.

Sea snakes won't bother you unless you pick up a beached one. Dug out the old Guild D4-NT to take some pics for some hoser who threatened to buy it (he vanished) and played it a little bit. I'm told that scalloped back really DOES cause it to project a bit.... Nice guitar, I should start playing it a bit more. Feels weird after two years of solid body electrics, kind of feel like I should be wearing a fez and some sort of ethnic garb.

New addition to the household. Mom is finally happy again. and here's a dog photo bombing a selfie.

Iconasm - what you have in your shorts when you buy a new Gibson. Boy, that's a pretty guitar.

Expensive but probably worth it. I gave up and will be returning the wireless one. Might as well spend the money elsewhere, that shouldn't be too hard to do. Breaking in that little Origin 20, right now it sounds pretty pathetic but it's also right out of the box. I'll report back after it's had a 100 hours or so on it.

Worked all day, lost my bid on a guitar (who cares), fed snakes, lizards and tortoises, checked out guitars for sale online and took a shower. I finally had enough and lopped off a year's worth of hair growth. Not the most artistic hair cut in the world but I sure feel better. Even on blood thinners my head was too hot. Oh yeah, ordered another Roland cord. That cheapie wireless doohickey is okay for far away but up close to the amp I don't think I'll use it.

Did you ever hit an ironwood tree with a hatchet? Not recommended!

I'm not buying this one or even considering it. Once I started looking at the pictures it was what are you, nuts? $3700 or something crazy like that.

Very handsome and you even managed to work the word "iconic" in there. Well done, enjoy it!

I wonder if it turns into this if you take the strings off: That was a Martin HD-28 which showed up a few years back. That pic is day 2 after I changed the strings.

As usual I'm plotting my next move and there's a Firebird I've been looking at for quite some time. Earlier today I ready an article about "Firebird Neck" and how the weight of the banjo tuners could cause the necks to snap easily, even if they're in the case. I took a much closer look at this guitar and not only is it beat up but look at that neck, I don't think that's a relfection. Shame as that's exactly the color my old one was so that's what drew me to it.

Teen years? Coitanly it does. Back then it was Leon Russell, Eric Clapton, Beatles, Stones, Johnny Winter, T. Rex, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Blue Oyster Cult, Frank Zappa, all sorts of stuff that I still listen to. I'm with you on the Dead and had a couple of Deadhead girlfriends. They just noodle away and it doesn't go anywhere that I could see but each to their own.

MissouriPicker, Good for you! When that one little Dumeril got loose I was afraid a neighbor would kill it if they found it. My snake news is that big female boa graduated to rabbits today. I'm trying to give her plenty of reserves for breeding season. She missed last year but the previous year (her first) she had something crazy like 32 babies. I kept two just for the heck of it, they're little mice eating machines. Once they start eating rabbits they grow like crazy. Luckily, she has a great disposition: never bit, never hissed, just bombs around and hangs out. The wife likes my tortoises, is afraid of the snakes once they get above 3 feet and is terrified of monitor lizards. She's not much of a cage cleaning assistant. Rode into work today to drop off/pick up some more work and it is just so strange to see our beautiful (HA!) state capitol so empty of people. I would say 95% of the govt workers are working from home. It felt great to be out riding a motorcycle, I need to do that more often. On a guitar related note (little pun, there), a Geteria wireless system showed up. Thank you, guys, for making me come out of the Stone Age, it's pretty cool. So far, so good. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZJYDN4D/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Compared to the Roland cord that was recommended here there IS a loss in fidelity on both ends of the spectrum. However, for putzing around far away from an amp it'll be just fine. Also have a snipe bid scheduled for a guitar which I need like a hole in the head but who knows.

I agree, I'm really happy for her. With Molly Dog dying and then she's got some sort of surgery coming up she needed a real boost. The dealership called her up and said you've got 60,000 miles on your 2016 Crosstrek and you can trade it in on a 2021, no payment due until end of October. Her payments went down and so did her insurance so good deal. Her comment was you got your amplifiers, I'm going to go get my car! I told her I'll show her all the guitars once I snag a Firebird VII. Quite a few she's never seen. No sense in asking for trouble although I do tell her she can sell them all after I croak. She seems to like that idea. That's something that makes me go Hmmmm....

Wife gets new 2021 Subaru Crosstrek, I got a guitar strap (not pictured). I think she had the better day but there's always tomorrow!

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