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  1. Lars68

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    I really like this model. Very classy and like a Les Paul custom in look. I like this kind of customs/limited style guitar a lot more than the crazy lime green colors etc they did a few years back. Lovely! Lars
  2. The 2016 Standard should have a white label, Gotoh tuners, as well as ”2016” etched on the truss-rod cover. Lars
  3. I enjoyed that very much! Like the drawings too. I'm not American, so excuse me if some of the topics flew over my head, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. I also write, play and record my own songs, with the same ETL Myrtle mic you have, but I can't perform them anywhere near your level. Welcome to the forum and please post more. Great guitar, by the way! Lars
  4. Hard to tell, but I think the new guard will look nice. To me, it kind of depends on how much of the sticky tape will be visible in the lighter parts of the guard. If it it shows too much, you can always cut smaller piece of the tape and only put them under some of the darker parts. If your new guard is stiff enough this will work just fine. Lars
  5. Very cool, Murph. I've never seen or heard a thing like that before! Lars
  6. With respect to forum guidelines regarding what topics are off limits, I will preface by saying that the lyrics are based on my experiences, which of course, are not shared by all. The lyrics are about searching and finally finding, in one particular spiritual moment in time, a sense of belonging, of love, of family, of happiness, and hope for the future. All of that is what the ”it” stands for in the song. The lines about Darwin was just a way to juxtapose the material with the supernatural, as a way of saying that even I, as a non-believer, can have moments of great spirituality and awe of the world and my place in it. I know very well that Darwin was a biologist, among other things, not an astrophysicist. Since I believe in evolution and that we are made up of the same chemical building blocks as the rest of the universe, from my point of view, it makes sense to write, “we are cosmic dust by Darwinian law”, but the last part of that passage “but tonight is a revelation” opens the door for the yet unknown. That's the juxtaposition. For me, these lyrics are personal, and not wacky, but I understand how they can come across that way. As for the “my home” vs “we built a home”, the first means literally my house, as in the building where I live, while the “we built a home” refers to raising a family and a feeling of home, not the physical act of building a house to live in. I actually think of it as a strength having a word with two meanings in the lyrics. Anyhow, successful or not, that was at least my intention with the lyrics. As for the singing, yeah I wish I could do better, but it is what it is…😢 Lars
  7. Sorry, I don’t understand what you mean? Lars
  8. Here is a song I wrote a few years back, but recently did a lot of rework to. I changed some vocals and added some ”choir voices” and other small mixing changes. I think it might be one of my better songs, at least as far as the production and sound. What do you think? Lars LONG TIME COMING It's Saturday night by the river Where the lights of my home shine from the far banks I'm holding your hand gently in mine Here's where I belong, for this moment I'm giving thanks I see it...I feel it It's here with me now I see it...I feel it It's been a long time coming When we first met I was lost at sea Like driftwood never floating to the shore But you salvaged me and we built a home A fortress strong as one I'd never seen before I see it...I feel it It's here with me now I see it... I feel it It's been a long time coming We are cosmic dust by Darwinian law No God of the gaps, but tonight is a revelation As autumn leafs fall along our path We walk with peace here at our destination I see it...I feel it It's here with me now I see it...I feel it It's been a long time coming
  9. Are you sure its's not just something on top of the finish, like residue from a polishing compound? If it is bare would shining through, personally I would go to a toy store and get a set of kids's color markers (must be water based!), find the appropriate shade of brown and color the area. I guarantee it will not harm anything and make the spots basically invisible. Any color ending up on the existing finish will be easily wiped off and the bare wood area will soak up the water based pigments. Lars
  10. Here is a closer look at one.I like everything about it, except the price. Lars
  11. John, I'm so sorry to hear about your battle with cancer. I had no idea. I hope the worst is behind you, and wish you all the best. I know all too well what a terrible desease it is. My mother died from it, aged only 59, after being ill for only four months, and my significant other had a serious battle just recently with an agressive type of breast cancer. It leaves not only deep physical scares, but mental ones as well, both for those with the desease and for the ones close by. Lars
  12. …Bruce and an old Banner. Lars
  13. Scales, a forum notification of your post led me to this thread. I remember you helping me out with my song back then. for which I'm still extremely gratefull. I especially remember what a great feeling it was to hear a proper musician doing his version of my simple song. I walked a few feet off the ground for a week at least 😀 I remember revisiting my original recording a few years later and replacing vocal parts and doing some remixing. If you care to hear how the song evolved, here is the version from a few years back. Not a masterpiece, by any stretch of the imagination… Lars
  14. I really need the authentic replica, collectible, 1959 switch tip in a Cali case. I would buy it, never ever to be installed on any guitar, but proudly displayed on my mantle piece, next to my Faberge egg 😀
  15. Some pretty good points made, and with some afterthought I was overreacting when I saw those PAFs. I guess as a whole Gibson is doing fine and my comment about acoustics was not justified. So with some hindsight and a slight adjustment of the target of my disappointment, selling PAF pickups for $1000 as a collectible, in their own version of a Cali case, offends me. https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Product/1959-Humbucker-Collectors-Edition-Series-1-Exclusive/PU59DCNC2-SET Lars
  16. I realize this video is about electric guitars, but the direction seems to be the same for acoustics too. It's a direction I personally don't like. How about you? Lars
  17. Nothing wrong with that sound. Seems to project very, very well. Lovely guitar and playing too! Lars
  18. I agree with Murph. Using names make the story more personal, and I think this holds true whether a story is fictional or not. Another example to add to the ones in Murph's list is Joe Roberts in Springsteen's Highway Patrolman. Lots of made up names in songs… Lars
  19. The J-185 is the one model of the classic Gibson designs I have never tried. A very nice looking guitar. Please post a little recording when you find the time and the setup is done. By the way, this is maple b/s right? Lars
  20. Kind of a strange uke, or? 😀 Does this mean congratulations are in order? Lars
  21. Ah, this is so sweet and relaxed. Sounding great, Sal! Lars
  22. David, I really like this. Can you post the lyrics? I always find it easier to ”get” a song if I can read along. As far as writing and playing styles, having a personal style is a strength, as long as the listener is not put off by repetitiveness among songs. For your songs, David, the story is what draws me in, and I haven't really given much thought to similarities in playing style. I can appreciate both a poetic style, as well as storytelling one. However, any song with lyrics that are lost on me has a massive disadvantage in my book. What is the point of writing lyrics if no one can understand what you are trying to say? That doesn't mean everything has to be spelled out, but I need to be in the right ballpark, playing the appropriate sport at least as a listener. Lars
  23. My guess is that what affects tone the most between these two variants is the amount of vibration created in the lower bout. The more flexible this area is, the better would be my guess. Wouldn't a belly-up bridge create more free area in the lower bout for vibrations, given the pin holes are in the same spot for both variants? Also, a Gibson with a straight bridge and one with a belly-up bridge sound very much the same. So any difference in bridge construction is probably small enough to drown among any other natural variants among guitars made out of wood. Lars
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