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Good deal. Nobody got hurt, so they'll call you back, don't worry! rct

NICE rct

I agree completely. I would not have bought it in the first place, but I'm not into vintage guitars at all. I'd return it and spend 2600 on a really nice Les Paul Today. rct

As usual, the 600 pound gorilla that we are ignoring is how much you paid for it, which admittedly is none of anyone's business. If you want to know if yer gettin had it's hard to tell without the price. In my experience and opinion, refinished guitars are worth less, broke headstock guitars are worth even more less, and broke headstocks with paint put over to cover it is worth even more less than just the other two less. So, if you paid for a non broke guitar and got a broke one it would be a problem for me for sure. rct

I do remember all Gold Les Pauls, but from recent times, last 10 years or so, maybe turn of the century. I do not remember any all Gold Les Pauls back then, but that doesn't mean much. The paint does look funny, and that Reg. No. 9 isn't something I've ever seen before, but that doesn't mean much. rct

Oh dear. That's never good, sorry to hear that. rct

l'dol hard. rct

l'dol hard. rct

Well that was a hoot. Nice place, they liked us, lots of dancing, kept the crowd until midnight. I used the stracaster for 1 & 2, Esquire for the other two sets. All in all, not bad. Setlist: And a couple great action shots of my rig! Good night Mays Landing! rct

Hey you made it! Good deal. These guys will help you out for sure. Good luck with it! rct

Well that was a good one! Ok, so I put an acoustic patch on the damn GT-100 and warbled my way through Melissa because, well, I had to. But a great night all around. Drummer on fire both drummering and singing. Great night for dynamics, not a huge crowd at this joint, so we had to keep it down, and we did. Well. Good night, the reason we do this. Lost about 8 pounds, it was hot. The usual photographic mastery: rct

WTFH are you thinking? rct

Great night. One of them nights that is the reason we do this. Great crowd, three guys sweating their brains out which didn't take long. I coulda kept playin. No voice left, but I could have played til dawn! I know how much you look forward to my dazzling photographic abilities, so here you go: rct

Yeesh. It was at least 120 degrees in there tonight. Great crowd when we started and we kept them. Rough start, couple sound troubles but we soldiered through. All in all, a great night out with the guitars and the fellas. rct

Thanks for the insight folks. I'd be bashing at it out for a few songs a set. I regularly rely on my Gibsons, always have, so I figure a Gibson acoustic will have to hold up just as well. I'm going to be out trading in a few months, interestingly enough, an SG I don't get along with anymore, so this might be something for me to have a look at. rct

Me too on the traditional thing. I dislike cutaways. But a neck I can get along with and decent wood like walnut would make me think about it as a gigger if it sounds good. rct

Why not walnut? rct

Anybody seen one in the wild? Tried it, walked past it, whatever? Wondering what all you acoustic players think of any you've come across. Thanks. rct

Have a great and musical day! rct

Well, just got in from long night of rehearsing and business. Agent guy was there and local promoter guy was there. The "season" kinda starts next week and they just filled in the rest of the summer. Couple outdoor covered flatbed things, and they picked up a few more bar nights. It was a very tiring, good night. rct

He is. Me and Mrs could tell you some stories over some fine grape juice of our 90's days hangin around them guys. Pat is the hardest working man in show business! rct

Californication, and trying to put something decent in the solo. Last night was better than we've been doing it, so it's getting there. I'd need a wheelbarrow full of drugs to play as bad as the recorded solo. rct

You are not wrong. If anyone speaks "outperforms the market" and other groups of words like that, run far, run fast. They are full of crap. rct

Blue, purple, gold, champagne, green, red. They were everywhere. I mean everywhere. Tripping over them in Mars, go around the corner to Sam Ash and they had another dozen, all the colors. Pretty standard Epi LP stuff at the time. rct

I'm working on the intro to Crazy On You by Heart. rct