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Hello.. Have you tried simply lowering the bridge pickup a bit? Its pretty surprising how much difference that makes.. And you can even take it further by adjusting the individual screws... Apart from that.. If you can find one a Gibson 496r which is a ceramic pickup is that much hotter. I dont think Gibson make them any more but you can find them on Ebay cos a lot of people swap them out for the lower output pickups.. I have them on my LP Classic (469r and 500t) and love the way they sound (more like a Slash type pickup). They also used to come on Explorers and Vs from what I remember. So yeah a much more metal pickup if you like.

Did I never post my Goldtop? Its a 2011 60s Tribute Studio... I have had it from new and love it as much as my Standard and Classic.

Yes, this is how I have done it in the past.. Leave the sandpaper to soak in the water for a bit... And you can go even higher in grit if you can be bothered.

The issue is its not just the smell.. Theres like a layer or tar or something like that, that builds up over time. The smell might go away but in order for it to not be sticky any more it needs more than just air. And if you try to use standard polish it just smears all over the place... It might work if I were to use something like T-Cut but I havent tried it yet and it will mean taking the guitar apart to do it properly.

Mineral spirits have alcohol in them dont they (ethanol).. From what I know alcohol will soften nitro, (never use alcohol based liquids).... I have heard that lighter fluid (naphtha) is a good way to clean nitro but have never tried it.. I need to at some point as I want to put my LPs back in their cases after a decade or so of being on stands and subject to heavy smoking. But I dont want to put them back in their case before I can clean the smoke gunk off it.

That is because this one looks like its not a Gibson.... On actual Gibsons they are always in the same place.. OR it could be a 70s model. They did some really weird things in the 70s.

Yeah kinda pointless.. But I thought the technology behind it was quite interesting. As in how they get it do change like that.

Yeah, I worked in computer games for about 18 years.. GTA 1 was the first big game I worked on in 1995 and I actually designed the controls for the Playstation version... All a very very long time ago now.. I feel like it was a few lifetimes ago..

Yeah, it means something different to me than most people as I actually worked on those games... I left that company before GTA 3 came out, actually before we had even seen a demo of it.. But I left to go work at Sega so it was worth it at the time. But looking back, I should have stayed for GTA 3. You just have to realise that by that point I had already done three GTAs (GTA 1,2 and London) and was totally sick of it. If only I knew what was about to happen.

Yup.. Thats why they are called coffee shops 🙂 One of the Pink Floyd ones had a breakfast bar so you could go and order some bacon and eggs and have a J while you are waiting.. One place was like going in to someones front room, they had couches and armchairs to sit on and a bunch of board games to play, you could easily spend a whole day chilling out there. They were good days.

I dont really come across any stickers these days... But I do have some on my older cases.. Mostly from my games industry days and Amsterdam 🙂 On my LP Classic case And on my acoustic case..

A few minutes after this they probably put the price of that acoustic up stating it to be aged 😄

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64270913 Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty wins music rights John Fogerty ain't no fortunate one, but after this week, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer may be feeling like one. Following a 50-year legal battle, the founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival now owns the global publishing rights to the iconic rock band's songs. It came after Mr Fogerty, 77, bought a majority stake in the rights to the band's catalogue from Concord Records, which has owned the rights since 2004. "As of January this year, I own my own songs again," he wrote on Twitter. "This is something I thought would never be a possibility. After 50 years, I am finally reunited with my songs." Mr Fogerty owns the rights to his solo material, but his new majority interest gives him control - for the first time - over 65 Creedence Clearwater Revival copyrights, including hits like Bad Moon Rising, Have You Ever Seen The Rain, Proud Mary and Fortunate Son. The rocker founded the group in 1968, alongside his older brother Tom, Doug Clifford and Stu Cook, and was its lead singer, lead guitarist and principal songwriter. The California-born quartet notched nine top-10 singles and five top-10 albums on the Billboard charts, reportedly even besting the Beatles in album sales in the year 1969. They disbanded in 1972 and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. But decades of its frontman's life have been dominated by the protracted dispute that began after late music mogul Saul Zaentz signed a teenage Mr Fogerty and his group to his Fantasy Records label in the mid-1960s. Fantasy owned the group's distribution and publishing rights. Mr Fogerty, who traded insults and lawsuits with Zaentz, also claims he lost money because the label misled him with bad investments and absorbed his earnings from royalties. The label was sold to Concord in 2004, which quickly reinstated - and increased - the royalties Mr Fogerty had not received in some 25 years. The company's recently announced deal with the musician comes at an undisclosed sum. It will see Concord retain the CCR master recordings already in its catalogue and continue to administer Mr Fogerty's share of the catalogue for an unspecified amount of time. "I'm the dad [of these songs]. I created them," the rocker told Billboard on Thursday. "They never should have been taken away in the first place."

He has worked with so many people.... Another sign of his great talent cos people wanted to work with him.

Mastery......

Of everything I have seen or heard of him playing.. This has to be the best example of just how amazing he was (was 😞 ).. Its a master class in gigs and playing the guitar. There wont ever be another like him, thats for sure.. And remember, this is the man that turned down the Rolling Stones to do his own thing.

I know.. Same here.. Only what 5-6 months ago I saw him.. He looked like he had many years left yet.. Absolutely shocked on this one.. Just damn!!!!!

Ahh no.. Say it aint so... Gutted 😞 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64228780

Because it says Gibson on the headstock with the Gibson logo, that is actually illegal to sell...

Sometimes I do eat something so good it needs to be shared... Tonight I got a take away from the local Thai place. Its so good my friend who lived in Thailand for over a decade took his Thai wife there for dinner and even she was impressed.. Been going to this place for about a decade now. Always good.. Tonight I got, spicy honey fried chicken wings with some Thai Dim Sum (the dumplings) and some Som Tum Thai which is a papaya salad and the national dish of Thailand.. And it was all so so good.

Thats weird.. I somehow posted in the wrong thread.. My above post was meant for that other thread you did.. Howd that happen.

Maybe you should just join Facebook.. All people do is post nonsense on there... And pictures of what they eat.

Yes. I am very sorry to hear that.. R.I.P. Vader...

Just dont do what George does in Get Back and leave it leaning up against an amp, EVER 🙂 (even though thats a given for any Gibson with a 14 degree headstock (wasnt it 17 in the old days?).