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  1. I just went through this and that's pretty much what I finally decided, too. Since I was pretty healthy, I went with the "high deductible" plan in both cases. This really cuts down on the monthly premiums. Medicare always pays for 80% anyway, and a full-featured Plan G would pay the remaining 20%, but I figured I could handle that 20% for office visits and whatever. As luck would have it, though, I promptly came down with (1) walking pneumonia, (2) some little heart anomaly that required fancy nuclear isotope imaging tests, carotid artery imaging tests, and a pharmacological stress test (all came back normal), (3) a weird blind spot in my right eye that was originally thought to be a detached retina but turned out to be an "eye stroke," so there's nothing that can be done about it. So I'm now partially blind. I can see fine with my left eye, but the bottom left quarter of my right eye's view is now just a big blind spot. WTF? This has not been a good month! Maybe I should have gone for the full-featured Plan G! Since I just take a couple generics, I'm just paying a minimal $6 a month for prescription medications, which has something like a $2,000 deductible, but it saves being penalized if I later want to change to a lower deductible. AFAIK, you are wise to decide against the "Advantage Plans."
  2. Reverb used to be 3.5% IIRC. Now it's 5%. Of course, then there's the charge for using a credit card -- another 3+% AFAIK. I haven't been selling anything lately, and really, I don't plan to.
  3. Impressive! Congrats on a great set!
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    Good to hear! It is simply unbelievable to me that Russia is intentionally targeting civilians. And here I was thinking this is the 21st Century!
  5. I gotta go with my Guild JF30-12, followed by the Guild F512, and finally the 2018 Gibson rosewood burst limited edition Songwriter 12-string....
  6. I think the best thing to do is just GET ONE! From what I've heard, it is a great guitar at a great price!
  7. Ha! I've got to admit - I've paid a tech to change strings, too, lol. And I leave 'em on for quite a while.
  8. Wow, nice lineup! I especially like this one ^^^
  9. I agree - my 12-strings stay in tune pretty darn well, and with today's tuner technology, no big deal to tune 'em up. Changing strings, on the other hand, yeah that takes a little more time. 😬
  10. Sorry, I only had EF500s -- MNS, PNS, and RAVS. Well, and an AJ500RC....
  11. I usually pick this one up first....
  12. I'll second that. With such a fine looking top, I expect it is laminate. That doesn't automatically mean it's got lousy tone, though. I used to have an Epiphone Performer with a lam top that had pretty remarkable tone.... Epiphone Performer ME
  13. I agree. I'm not even a fan of cutaways, but now soundports? I don't think so!
  14. Went fishin' the other day. Hooked into this prehistoric monster. Toothy mother! Northern pike.
  15. Wow, really some tremendous shots! I've been trying to capture sunsets in watercolors lately. Haven't quite got it since they come out looking like the California wildfires lol!
  16. That top is amazing. Yeah, I imagine the "compact jumbo" sound would not compare that well with my 17.25" lower bout jumbo Guild F50R.....
  17. I've always loved the CJ165. Gotta have an abalone rosette. I'm not into the newer ones at all though, and especially not the cutaways. This is mainly because, AFAIK, only the early ones -- 2006-2008? -- had ebony fretboards. Gotta have an ebony fretboard! And I'm talking about the flamed maple back. Some do come with a burst, IIRC, but on this model, I can break my strong preference and go either way -- the natural version is just as stunning as the burst. The thing is, you don't see this model come up for sale on reverb or ebay very often, and especially not with an ebony board. They're getting really rare. Worse, the price they used to go for seems to have doubled! I'll probably have to hit the powerball before I can fulfill this dream....
  18. Well, I think the wives of the forum's members is a pretty select group of the overall group of "girls." 😉 But no, Mrs. Cougar is not real fond of my guitars, but she does like the look of my Epiphone Dot CH (cherry), particularly in its hard shell tweed case with the bright red interior. She said "keep that one." 😁
  19. Sounds like one fun gig, the best kind!
  20. I think the point was, the previous last post in this thread was 5 years ago.
  21. The three photo examples in this thread suggest the pick guard positioning is slightly variable, but yeah, yours comes the closest while the others leave a very small gap. Easy Leo Kottke, haha. I always figured his playing was out of reach. Until about a week ago, that is, when I happened to start looking into just what the hell he was doing with that syncopated fingerstyle of his. I guess these days that means google "how to play kottke" lol. This is an ongoing project. Actually, on one of my recordings of Embryonic Journey I had figured out and included a version of Kottke's intro to his version of that piece. (Just the intro - the rest of his version - I'd like to know how he does that.) I guess I also threw in some keys on that version - a tough fit!
  22. Super major congrats, jdgm! My Corona-built JF30-12 was my first Guild, but I've since got an F-512 and an F-50R. All jumbos, baby! I still like my JF30-12 just as well as the much more expensive rosewood-backed F-512. Both spectacular 12-strings, which I play 90% of the time (along with my Gibby Songwriter 12-string). Is that an ebony fretboard on yours? Ebony is fairly rare on a JF30-12. Mine has it and I love it.
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