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Dollars, percentages, costs, overhead, numbers in general, they don't seem to exist in the world of guitar players. I don't get it, but it is how it is. I applaud your attempt, but I fear it is for naught And another thing. Somewhere in the vicinity of Most to All tickets are re-sold. The venue and ticket brokers agree on the percentages they will take, the artist/venue/unions etc. are paid well up front for each appearance at the agreed upon numbers, and then the tickets are re-sold. Your 700 dollar ticket had an actual concert value of probably less than 250 dollars on the day they agreed upon the venue and the date. So yeah, Paul can call up the Ticketmaster and whoever you kids are buying tickets from today and tell them to stop. Scalping isn't illegal, it isn't legal, it is all there is. rct

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Don't go. rct

In Bermuda in the mid 80's we only had television from 6pm to midnight. Lots of English comedy, most I can't even remember the names of the shows. Butterflies I remember, couple others mentioned here. We started watching Python in the mid 70's, late night public television. That shite still makes me laugh. rct

Who thinks of this crap? It's like a '59 Reissue Ford Mustang. Jesus H. rct

There is no Guitar Ownership Administration. Your registration card probably goes in a mail slot directly to the recycle bucket. Gibson often doesn't know what their own serial numbers are or did, something like this is the same as flying to the moon. rct

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I know I posted something here. huh. Anyway, no, a 59 Reissue does not have stop bar only. I don't think they made 335 in the days of no bridge piece and only stop bar. That would be an interesting guitar if it is an actual '59 RI. rct

lolz So, what does it have? Just a stop bar? That ain't right. Something stinks in Denmark, and it isn't the fish market. rct

Rarity is no indication of value, that's the first thing to remember, know, and embrace. rct

If you can cut a hole in ductwork and do some minor wiring you can do it yourself. It really makes the whole house better. 'specially out there, that is a dry down. Cheeky Monkey! rct

Put a whole house humidifier on the HVAC return. Nothing to worry about, whole house will be comfortable for you, the pets, and your guitars. rct

Nice! rct

You can insure it for any amount you want. It will cost you, but you can. If you insure it for replacement value you will not be able to consider the extremely limited custom paint, because it has no replacement value. So you are back to picking a value out of the air and paying for the insurance. rct

Nobody bought a guitar back then with an eye to re-fretting, re-sale, all that. It was bound or it wasn't, that was pretty much it. Binding is and was a build cost decision, not a consumer may have to re-fret decision. rct

Attaching it to that ViolinBurst Select is downright tragic. That thing is dope. rct

Because some didn't have binding, and that's what they were knocking off? My 66 non reverse had no binding, that kind didn't. Just a thought. rct

Friends don't let friends buy a Bigsby pedal. rct

The Sweet song is their own, not the same. rct

Not a giant fan, we've played them over the years. But man, they were a bona fide certified Rock Show. That New Jersey tour was really good, they filled that Spectrum and went hard at it for three plus hours. Great band. rct

I think what will happen is I'll use these coated strings for half the summer, forget whatever enthusiasm I may have had for them, and go back to just plain old strings for next change. Or not, maybe. It'll take a few Friday/Saturday nights to decide that. rct

I guess I could, but you would laugh. I still have quite a few sets of CFMs to get through, and I don't change them often. I don't use them out enough to have any kind of confidence in what I think about them. And strings are a big part of "tone" for acoustic peoples, and I just don't have enough experience with different strings and guitars, so my opinions would be slightly more worthless than my opinions about electric strings. You could though. You have a good variety of body woods and sizes, enough experience with a whole bunch more acoustics than I do, it would be worth it. rct

All of my guitars are better looking than me. That one wouldn't make the cut. rct

A year and a half ago I had 11 regular giggers. Over time I traded and sold, changed up stuff. Found myself at the end of 21 with 4 regular giggers. A manageable number of really nice guitars that I want to take out every time, all of them. January of 22 I came across a stupid deal on a 70th Esquire and I was up to 5 regular giggers. I thought I'd try some 'spensive fancy strings, these Elixirs you kids flap on about. 'spensive guitars get 'spensive strings, right? I guess I'll try it. Went over to guitar center. Shoot, there's three kinds of them. I gave a solid Chad "OK" and bought one of each kind. Nano, Poly, Opti. 10 - 46, because that's what I use. So, what do I put them on? Being the comprehensive analysis type, I consulted with my luthier and several big names in the guitar industry. After poring over the data I determined that the OptiWeb came in a Green box, so on the Green Tele they went. The PolyWeb in a Blue box, so on the Blue Strat they went. The NanoWeb in an Orange box, so on the TwO TOne Tele with EbOny BOard they went. So yeah, science. That left #1 and Esquire, two one piece maple necks, as control units, with ordinary junky Fender 250XLs on them. Then came D'Addario XS, their new coated strings. I got a couple sets of them and put them on #1 and Esquire. So there, I've got 5 working guitars with fancy schmancy coated web-y string thingies on them. Time for us to get moving, summer is coming, we start out mid May and we are already pretty darn busy this summer. We've discovered that drummer boy can actually sing, so we've been twice a week hard at it, 4 hours or so on Sundays, three hours or so on Wednesday nights. I've been taking two guitars on Sundays because it's gig time rehearsing, and I use both guitars. The point only being that they've been working, getting some good time on them with their new fangled strings. So using the four reasons I see people rave about these things the most, I've studied them as hard as a guy like me can study them, usually the first two songs and then I forget about them because I'm too busy singing and flailing at it to care anymore. Some pretty rigid criteria there. FEEL: They all feel good. The Elixir NanoWeb are too good feeling, too slick. They are on a 9.5" Ebony board, which is already pretty slick to begin with, but I can separate that and be fairly objective about it. I have to look more, because moving my hand on the neck is deceptive because there is no friction at all, I can miss where I know to go. The Elixir OptiWeb are similarly too much of a good thing for me. They are on a 9.5" one piece rosewood neck which is pretty slick in and of itself. These are ok, just a tad too much for me. The PolyWeb are close enough to regular old strings. They are on a bound rosewood 12" neck which is a thing of it's own. Of the Elixirs, the PolyWeb are the best for me. The D'Addario XS are on a 9.5" and a 7.25" one piece maple, the two toughest necks to play. #1 is only a couple years at best from needing a refret that it will never get, so it is a tough one to play. A 7.25" is tough even brand new, medium frets. These feel really good, very thin coating I guess, close enough to regular old junky rusttones. NOISE: Supposed to have less string squeaks with these coated things. I don't care about string squeak, never have, recording and all, so I can't rate them on that. TONE: Eh. It will take a whole lot more than strings, coated strings, colored strings, whatever, to change me from sounding like me. I sound like me, so I can't rate them on that. LONGEVITY: They've all been on for a while now, all getting good workouts. All 5 necks are pretty much the same as when they went on, between November and January. No shedding or flaking on any of them, 4 - 6 months into it. For me, there is a 5th quality. COST: They are all about 15 bucks a set, three times an ordinary set of strings. I can see getting three gigs out of a set of these, likely more. I don't mind 5 bucks a gig per guitar for strings, which is what I do normally, sometimes two gigs out of a set of regular old strings, so these should be fiscally effective. I don't make a fortune doing this, but I like to keep as much of the money for more good guitars and champagne and dinner with Mrs as I can. So, after this comprehensive, thoughtful, deep dive into the world of coated strings I come down to the main science based objective qualities that are the determinant factors in string engineering for my purposes. I like the D'Addario XS more than the Elixirs, and they are worth the money. You are welcome. rct

Good deal. Best to them. rct