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Kept the flies off 'em. rct

Same here. Time, Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb, Have A Cigar, they are the ones we've always had in the sets and I've always enjoyed them. I've never owned one of their records. My mother saw Dark Side at Philly Spectrum. Not at all like Zappa for me. Never liked that stuff, still don't. rct

So real people go out and play Skynyrd but they are a cover band of thieves no matter what the estates of the band say, but someone programs a Baby Einstein to knock off John Lennon and everyone is cool with it, because, you know, Beatles. lolz rct

L O L out loud. rct

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They must not have raked the leaves. rct

Dude! rct

I saw a '51 Roy had, a NoCaster, a true CLF guitar. That thing was dope. rct

The dealer BUYS his guitars from Gibson, the dealer is the first customer of Gibson. After the money changes hands, the guitars belong to the dealer and Gibson has, essentially, nothing more to do with the guitars. They don't care what the dealer does and doesn't do, as long as the dealer remains a customer. They are not interested in what the dealer does and does not sell or trade, they are interested in what the dealer BUYS, which the dealer will BUY no matter what you do, or think they should do, or how you think it should be. If the dealer stops putting up the money it takes to be a Gibson dealer, Gibson will then allow a different dealer in your area to pony up for a Gibson outlet, and none of it will have anything to do with your single trade and what you think it should be. The dealer determines the price HE CAN SELL THE TRADE FOR, not the price others are asking. From there the dealer determines your trade value. That's how it works. If you brought that guitar to my town you would be doing well if you got 1500 for it, because the manager(s) I know would tell you up front that it will be a tough sell for them, no matter what you paid for it and no matter what you see prices on the internet being. If you know for a fact that you can sell your guitar for 2500, SELL IT YOURSELF, take the money in, and buy what you want. That is how it works. You are right, the dealer basically does nothing. By the same token, when you trade, you are doing nothing, so you have to pay for doing nothing by receiving less than you think you should. I've been trading since the mid 70's. I know what I am getting before I get to the store. Do yourself a favor. Stop whining about what you paid for it, stop whining about how much they cost on the internet, and understand how trading works. The dealer will respect you and may just do what he does for me, which is lower the retail on the thing you are trading for by maybe another 10, 15%, and up the trade number on your guitar by another 8, 10% maybe. Everybody is happy. rct

It's just a guitar. If you didn't know all the stuff about it it would be either a nice example of an old guitar or just an old guitar that maybe wasn't that great. I have played quite a few old guitars that were just that, old guitars. Starting back then, when they were only 15 years old. Guitars are functional objects that perform well or don't, and they happen to be beautiful things to look at. All the rest is guitar players making stuff up in their heads. rct

You really have no idea how this all works, do you? rct

If they sell at 2500 on average every day everywhere else, then he can sell it for 2500. Get a calculator and figure out 60% of 2500, which is Hey! 1500. That's what a music business typically gives the average trade, about 60% of what they can sell it for. That's the most they will give you for it Then they will sell it for 2500, hopefully, and the rest is theirs. They don't give you what they sell it for or what you paid for it and call it even, that isn't how it works. rct

Trading is not for the faint-hearted. Your demands for a trade based on current eBay/Reverb/Craigslist/Facebook retail tomfoolery is way out there. They can only trade you based on what they themselves can sell the guitar for, not what some joker on the internet a thousand miles away says he got for his. How much you paid for something means absolutely nothing when you trade. rct

I am sorry for your loss. It is hard to lose a person, even harder when that person is your music partner. rct

"Specifications subject to change without notice" pretty much covers whatever left the factory that day. rct

So the Slytherins won? rct

I'm not sure if I'm mortified or turned on by this sentence. Remarkable! rct

Two major American guitar companies and the largest American musical instrument retail concern have attempted public ownership, more than once. It doesn't work when any of them are reasonably healthy, so I don't see where anyone with any sense would take a barely up and walking company public. With no public reporting requirements, you can only assume they are on the brink of paying off their bondholders. You have to agree, it would also be an opportune time to have a raging fire sale and part the company out for as much as possible. rct

The only thing that has happened in 4 years is that Gibson has almost made their bondholders whole. "Economically stable" in this instance is just a company that can possibly start looking at having private ownership again and a board that is not just the bondholders. There won't be an IPO. These companies are barely floating as private entities, there is not a way to please shareholders and make money in this business. rct

How is it that anyone knows that a hedge fund/capital asset management entity knows anything about the guitar industry, and what indicators are there that an IPO would be a good idea? Just curious. rct

Are them some bubbles or what? Just divine, multiple sizes. What a great bite of champagne. Dammit I want some. rct

I fixed it for clarity, so you could edit yours and we could rewrite history. rct

I just can't facepalm hard enough. rct

Korbel is an Epiphone, Cristal is a Custom Shop Les Paul. So yeah, you drink it because you can. rct

We were sitting in Epcot one night during the Christmas holidays time a couple years ago, they have these concerts every night and such. We were sipping some bubbly from Fffrraanntz and on came Al Stewart. We sat there at least an hour listening. He did this one. It was nice! rct