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I chortled. Guffawed I tell you. rct

We've been together since 1977, married in 1980. We've done some pretty cool weird crazy stuff, this was right up there with the best of them. Spiral Jetty, Winter in Yellowstone, man, too many to mention but this, this thing was just divine. rct

We are in Solon Ohio. Great drive yesterday, beautiful day today. Clicquot on ice, camp chairs, great spot right outside the hotel. Getting ready to go sit and watch pretty soon. rct

In the 70's I had 2 L6s, they had the varitone. I liked it. rct

That is dope. rct

He won't care. rct

13 year old girls and their moms might buy a few million Dead records, can't complain about that. Well, whoever is left and the estates of the rest of that band can't complain. And every time Taylors Version of Sugar Magnolia spins the Dead get paid too. Win Win! rct

This is beyond First World Problem, I don't even think there is a name for this crisis. rct

Wade's Guitar Shop. rct

MAN I laughed. rct

I laughed. Guffawed. Chortled. Bigly. rct

But everything was in black and white back then, so, you know, I miss them days. rct

I used a Sunset for quite a while. It was a good live overdrive. rct

The thread had the current president and how terrorists should attack a bridge and you guys can't figure that out? rct

In the 90's he was way worse on the newsgroups. I went around with him a lot of times, as did everyone else. I still used his pedals, 2 OCD, they were 2 of the best ODs I ever used. rct

So which is the bulk of Gibson customers? Somebody has data, somewhere, to support this kind of thing. I get loss-leader and all that but from a company that already has a high end normally this gets a bit...sticky. Nobody that actually plays guitars is going for one of these, the people we used to call guitar players, the people that used to be the only people concerned at all about guitars from G & F & CFM. It doesn't seem like they matter at all, haven't for a long time. There is room for everyone, I get that too, it just seems weighted in this ridiculous direction. The other two do similar, they have their moments too. rct

As of two weeks ago our GC was NOT taking trades of any kind. The last trade I made, two weeks before that, they were extremely fussy about what I was trading and wouldn't take certain things at all. And neither instance was guitar stuff at all, just studio and pa type stuff from gigging. So, I'll wait until they are taking trades and maybe something nice will come along at a decent deal. rct

You forgot "pre-CBS". Yer welcome. rct

He did, of course. And a few others. Ever used one? Ever done one song, like that popular one from the guy above using a double neck? Maybe Hotel Eaglefornia? rct

If I had a nickel for every raggedy or incorrect screw hole I completely ignored and rocked on with it... rct

If you didn't make your plans last year I doubt there are any hotels left anywhere along totality. We got ours last summer in Cleveland, and didn't even get gouged. rct

One of most useless guitars ever invented. rct

Yes, Cesar will tell his design team he is busy this afternoon look at the designs some guy on the internet wants to implement because, you know, that's how business works. rct

Ok, disregard. But don't disregard anything I said about how your guitars are set up, because I said nothing about that at all. String height is measured at that point because it works with proper relief to set the neck up to perform properly all over the neck. It isn't a number we would like it to be, for the most part, it is a number that is spec'd to provide correct performance all over the neck. If you want 3/64 at the 12th, set the guitar up to spec first. You will have to give it a tad more relief in order to get 3/64 at the 12th, but it is possible. If you wanted me to set your guitar up that way I would certainly try, but you might not like the feel of it at around the 6th - 10th fret area because of the relief needed, and it might have some annoying buzzing past the 12th. To get the 12th that low may show you quickly that some of the frets up high aren't perfect. Good luck with it. rct

I'll say it again. It isn't working out for you. It isn't even working out for the guy that says it works out. I come along and tell you facts, there are physics involved, setting up a guitar has numbers for all good reasons. There it all is, and again, even the guy from the company can't do it. It's either the way it is and trying this is a fail for everyone involved, for the reason I stated, or it is snark. It's up to you. rct