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YES. 😀

Both black, and both Yamahas. Not that that necessarily matters. Post away. 😬

My new Revstar would be this bad-*** bike here. Just saying. 🙂 Okay, let's see your guitars and correlated bikes. 😮

Aakes, That's one of the great mysteries of the universe, uploading photos from your computer to the Gibson Forums. I have never been able to do it. Here's what I did however; I created an Imgur account, for free, and I generally upload my photos to there. In Imgur, when you click on each photo, a window opens up to the right, allowing you to select the export method. I always select 'Direct Link', and I copy the web link. Then I come back to the thread here on the Gibson Forum, and right-click and 'Paste' the web address below the text of my posting. Bingo-bango, the photo appears below. Like so:

Wonderful rendition, Jeff. Funny coincidence, with the cold weather and my local indoor pool out of commission, I've been working out on my in-home rowing machine. I'll always put on some old CD or album, and row away for a half hour or more. Just the other day, I rowed to Brian Wilson's solo album Brian Wilson, and Love And Mercy is the opening track. Rowing along, half out of breath, and trying to sing those high background harmonies, let me tell you, it's some good stuff. Great timing, sir. 🙂

Welcome, JT. I'm not much help with vintage acoustic instruments, but I can say that it's a nice old guitar, and if it still sings to you, it's a great one. Make sure you put it in your Last Will & Testament, so that it won't go into the wrong hands when you pass on. I have had friends and family dropping like flies lately, so that's on my mind quite a bit. 😐

Like SGT Pepper, I like a 90 degree cable for front-mounted output jacks, but I also like to loop the cable around thru the strap for extra security. It's embarrassing as hell to be playing live and really getting into it, only to step on the cable and have it either pull out, or do damage to the front of your guitar. 😑

I updated my 'family photo collage', but didn't have the patience to photograph them again in proper identical settings. 🙂

Welcome, Craig. The Gibson SG is a fabulous guitar. I love the thin plank body, the output jack on the face of the guitar, and the light weight of an SG. The tones of course are legendary. Coincidence, my daughter works in Melbourne, (Florida, ha ha) and lives with her hubby and daughter on the Indialantic barrier island. I'm shopping for my next SG. I had a perfect P-90 equipped one, but was ultimately not satisfied with the tones I got out of it. I fancy a Gibson SG Fusion (single Tone and Volume knobs, my favorite), but the local used guitar scene is a tad proud of them. I don't want to pay more than the thing cost brand new back in 2017. 🤨

Is this a smart-phone thing you guys are experiencing? Because it's always fine on my home computer. 😐

Hallo Peter, guten morgen. As you said, the serial number 105060727 will not make any sense on any of the guitar dating web sites. Is there a chance that the first character in the serial number, on the other hand, is not a '1', but rather an 'I'? (Capital 'i') If so, then I05060727 yields this result on the Guitar Dater Project website: Your guitar was made at theSaein Plant, Korea,on June, 2005Production Number: 727 I'm hoping that's the situation. One other thing; If a guitar maker wants to counterfeit a black beauty Les Paul, he is more likely to fake it as a straight-up Gibson, rather than Epiphone. (Same with a fake strat. He makes more money if he creates a fake Fender, rather than a Squier.) Best of luck with the sale, good sir. I think you are okay to proceed here. 🙂

Welcome, Rich1195. I must confess right up front that I believe that there are great guitar amplifiers, good guitar amplifiers, and poor amps as well. Terms such as "practice amp" and "bedroom amp" are just marketing niches, in my humble opinion. As are "performance amps" and "high-end tube amps". I can take any great-sounding amplifier to a live gig, no matter how large or small, and mic it to the PA. And we will rock the house. Your search for a great guitar amplifier must, therefore focus on the critical customer desires more so than the package labels. It feels to me that you require a great-sounding amplifier with some built-in effects that sounds fantastic thru head-phones. (And you would really rather that it not occupy the same space as a large bookcase.) My recommendation is to take the advice of all these good men and ladies, on the merits attached to those simple standards. Chances are that the amp will sound fabulous thru your headphones therefore, and then later on, you can schlep it to live gigs. And everybody wins that way. Since you are willing to drop $500 t0 $700 on it, I don't think you'll have any problem finding plenty of great candidates for your dream amp. And it may have a Fender logo on it, and there's a good chance that it may carry the badge of Marshall, Crate, Vox, Blackstar, Boss, or Orange. Who knows? Only you will know when it's right. Just don't paint yourself into a corner, I guess that's all I'm saying. Okay, I'm gonna shut up now. 😐

Aakes, Some photos might help. 😐

Here's my experience with the A's. A was the grade I was assigned in school whenever I did something that made the teachers happy. This occurred only rarely. AA is Alcoholics Anonymous. I'm not a member because my alcohol abuse is rather public and well-known. It's hard to be anonymous about it when everybody is hip to your passions. I contribute money and time to the local Chapter of AA anyway, because they assist/support people in crisis, and they have helped people dear to me to stay alive. AAA is some sort of automobile club where you pay a modest fee, and then when your car or truck breaks down, they'll come get you and haul your rig to the repair shop for free. I don't use them. I keep my vehicles and motorcycles in tip-top shape instead, and avoid outside agencies putting their greasy hands on my stuff. AAAA is the Army Aviation Association of America. Though I have been an Army aviator for well over 40 years, I have never been an member of AAAA. I'm not much of a joiner, I guess. Okay, I'm gonna shut up now. 😬

Welcome, Dave. My family immigrated over here to the new land in the late 1800's from Scotland and Ireland. We like a wee dram every now and then, to this day. Ah dinnae ken. It's in the blood, I reckon. 😐

To the original point, here's what I just listened to on my computer. 🤔

Me too. 😌

It's okay to listen to the voices in your head. Just don't obey their commands to kill others. 😐

I must politely disagree on many of your points. And I'll concede to a few of them. Disagree: * The Ramones analogy. Not an apt one, by any stretch. * Terrible musicians. Not at all true. Decent to above average, in their prime. * Gene, awful bassist. I don't know where you get that. He's pretty good. * Ace being tutored on his guitar parts in 1995/1996. I have songs that I have written that I have to practice and study pretty hard when I haven't played them for a few months. Give the guy a break. Paul a sub-par guitar player. The evidence does not support your hypothesis. Your bias bleeds into your posting, I suspect. Agree: * Peter did way too many drugs. Ace did as well. And alcohol too. I'm not sure what barley has to do with drumming, by the way. I cook it into my soups and stews upon occasion, and my dogs love it. But I can find no reports of George Peter John Criscuola employing it into his drumming routines. * Ugly dudes. At this point in history, they aren't particularly attractive. But they were fine looking young men, back in the 1970's. 😐

Wonderful guitars! Big KISS fan. Saw them in Dothan, Alabama in December of 1975, and years later on the reunion tour in 1996, down in Pensacola, FL. We keep KISS songs in every set list, and play some KISS as often as we can. Strutter is the first song my high school garage band played at a school gig in 1976, and my band and I play it to this day, nearly every gig. (We had to teach it to our girl singer. She had never heard of it.) 🙂

George Michael and Andrew Ridgely fixed the drop-down curtain at time-stamp 0:36. Just sayin'.

The Sweetwater repair of Dweezil's SG. My God. Such skill, patience, and artistry. I wish I had one tenth of that talent. 😐

That's good news, Jay. Should be fun. Keep us updated, sir. 🙂

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