fortyearspickn
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I'm in love. Again!
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5 hours ago, PrairieDog said:
There many people who believe Chauvin knew exactly what he was starting with his knee during those eight horrible minutes while a grown man struggled helplessly beneath him, begging for his life and crying out for his momma to save him. Don’t forget who/what started it all.
Sort of hard to forget with people constantly reminding us. 😀 Also hard to forget that the procedure Chauvin used was approved by the Minneapolis PD, and that was why the city paid out $27 million to Floyd's family a couple of days before Chauvin's trial began.
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Strings - consider looking for a cheap, used acoustic at Guitar Center. The first step to recovery is the hardest. Having a guitar, if you have the time, might fill that hole you feel inside. Lots of 'how to' guitar lessons on the internet that weren't there in the 80s to speed you along. G'Luck.
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Sweet. You'll love it ! Might have been priced based on being a lefty?
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36 minutes ago, badbluesplayer said:
We had one that was like 96%. I couldn't have been more bored. It gets dark every night where I live and eclipses aren't complicated enough for me to get all silly. The moon is in front of the sun. BFD. When the sun gets in front of the moon I'll pay attention.
Yep. Been through a couple of near misses - but aa Total in the late 60s on the Virginia. coast. "Is that all there is?" comes to mind. BPP - if the sun gets in front of the moon, I think we'll need something more than special viewing glasses.
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SOME political hacks!? You’re being too charitable! Will the bats under the bridge think it’s nighttime and fly out? Maybe they’ll get ahold of some of those politicians!
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23 hours ago, Murph said:
I would fear a muting effect with paper.
Agree. Paper, or card stock would not transfer sound, very well at all, I think. i've got shims that appear to be made out of those extremely thin 'gift cards' and similar plastic cards that sometimes come in the mail attached to a letter with a blob of glue. But, I opted to just get a new saddle and fit it. Costs only a little more from the same source!
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I would not kick that one out of bed for eating cookies. Would hope the face, given the small burst, has some depth to the grain though - some translucence. Otherwise - it is different enough from my wee three guitars - to really give me something new and exciting. But, as with ZW I'm in new guitar exile.
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Alfred E. Neuman
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I think because you can't take shortcuts when making a musical instrument. If you're more interested in Sales Volume and Margins than leaving a 'legacy' - you'll build the guitar differently.
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.... and can't remember half of them by the time you finish your coffee.
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After centuries, devolving from the 'First Guitar' which was probably in Spain and probably had nylon (catgut) strings - professionals who play Classical (or it's evil twin Flamenco) would probably cringe at being called 'finger pickers'. They've tweaked and enhanced their 'Classical' guitars to something foreign to what we generally think of - take a J45 for example. The strings are REALLY far apart and there is no fretboard radius. Often different woods top, back and sides. Even hold them weird. So, in the context of someone starting out on the road to fingerpicking, I think there is a wide range of acceptability between a Classical guitar and a steel string guitar. If, and when you get to the point you need and want and deserve an upgrade so you can play - IE. fingerpick- better, you'll probably know what you want. You might see a video of Molly Tuttle or Billy Strings and take a 180 !
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1 hour ago, scriv58 said:
tpbiii- i find your posts to be both entertaining and informative, and the pictures are wonderful as are the videos. Please do not take offense when some thoughtless attention craving philistine makes a rude passing remark. Although I enjoy perusing this forum, it is the least pleasant guitar forum due the lack of moderation of adult feral children.
Please continue with your posts and photos, and best wishes to you as well.
I represent that !
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Not sure what 'getting it fixed' would entail in AUS. But, for me, if it were covered by warranty and I didn't have to ship it - I'd get it fixed. If those didn't apply - I'd get a very small 'artist' paint brush with 4 bristles and a little bit of brown paint, so I wouldn't see it every time I picked it up.
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Looks like the Sad/Confused Emoji Troll is back. 😛
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The best guitar on the planet is the one I grab of the wall in my music room. Any other - be it in the US, UK, Japan , etc is irrelevant to me. Like if a tree falls in the forest and I"m not there - I know it won't land on me. Electric, classical, bright, woody, C-neck, D-neck, wide nut, Spruce, Hog, Gibson, Martin, Breedlove... Once you 've laid your money down - you've made the decision, "This is the best guitar I can afford, therefore - the best on the planet for me."
Among others, I have a J-45. Are there 'better' ones ? Of course! Are they more expensive ? Probably. Do I ever wish I'd kept looking for a better one? Nope. Law of Diminishing Returns. I'd rather have that $25K than the Monarch. I already have an SJ-200 and it sounds better than my skill level warrants already !
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Guitar Porn - absolutely perfect representation of what everyone thinks a guitar should look like. Sunbursts are nice - but blondes are better !
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11 minutes ago, Phil OKeefe said:
See you in a month. And if you post something like that here again, it will be your very last post.
Thanks for cleaning up the embarrassment. Damage Control 101 !
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When we moved here - to Texas - it was legal to have an open beer in a brown paper bag in your hand while driving. People also had rifles in their pickup truck gun racks. Now - you would go to jail for having one beer, and someone would steal your rifle and never get caught. This is progress.
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Here we go.
Maybe we should change the thread title to “Why we can’t laugh at stuff anymore “-
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and not just 'friends' but friends with benefits...
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1/1000" spread over 6 strings. I would not say that qualifies in a "change in specs" unless the bridge pin holes were proportionately reduced.
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friend had something to hold on to ..... reminds me of a joke, I can't post here.
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El Camino - just an Avalanche ahead of it's time. I can identify...
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How to order from Gibson custom shop? Sj200 with 24.75 scale
in Gibson Acoustic
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I think 'the literature' going back says Gibson created the J200 before 'electronics' in an attempt to provide guitar chord background in orchestras and big bands. Cowboy artists got on board after that. But Martin had different ideas of how to build a "banjo killer" and was more successful. Only based on mine - the SJ200 is not louder than a J45 or an H'bird. But is definitely more balanced and sweeter.