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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

Well, everything is working out so well for you so yeah, keep trying that 12th fret thingy. lolz rct

Right. String height is measured at the first fret above the body join. So on Fenders it is measured at the 17th. On Gibsons, I don't remember, but a quick look says I would measure at the 17th also for an SG. I don't know when measuring at the 12th became the thing. It isn't. It wasn't ever. rct

Where are you measuring the 3 or 4 64ths? rct

If the Yamano guy had to use the restroom and he missed that one, or he had a slight cold and was not quite paying attention, or he just didn't like it, it would be the same as any other Custom Shop job. He picks them. They pick them. There is nothing at all different about them. I could simply say that my Custom Shop guitar is one that Yamano missed, right? rct

Homz! rct

I still listen to FrampToon Comes Alive regularly. A great live record in a time of great live records. Right before the live one came out, Mrs saw him at Glassboro State College, $6.00 a ticket, only a couple hundred people in a 2000 seat theater, that same band on the live record. Well, she wasn't Mrs yet, in fact we weren't even dating yet, but, you know. rct

Don't need tickets, but last year we did manage to secure a hotel room out in CleveTown to be in totality of the full eclipse next month. Stoked. rct

Yes, a decade ago it was still pretty good, not nearly as good as the decade before that, it was starting to...I don't know. We were at the convention center one year in February for the Craft Council and got blizzarded in. It was dope as hecks, had a great time, one of many down there. We miss it. rct

They are. We feel right at home talking whilst in Charm City. Well, we did. We haven't stayed down there in quite a few years now. We used to go to AVAM pretty regularly, and the American Craft Council show at the convention center. A lot of really good times down there, but the harbor just hasn't been good. Maybe we should try again. rct