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https://huntsville.craigslist.org/msg/d/ryland-busker-special/7230440790.html 🤔

I'm not a guitar builder, but it appears that that's an option when you order a neck from Allen Eden. It allows you to make it a lefty or a righty bass. And of course, to cut your own headstock shape, and to position the tuners however you like. Along with options for frets or no frets, block inlays or dot inlays, etc etc. Dizzying number of options. 😐 https://aeguitars.com/collections/allen-eden-bass-neck

I failed to mention two important things; * She weighs just 6 lbs, 1 ounce. Very light weight, and hangs comfortably strapped on, dead-level. (No neck-dive). This was an unexpected surprise, and very welcome. I can't stand heavy guitars and basses, and the thought of carrying such a light and soulful instrument to a gig is enticing. and, * It's a short-scale bass. Just a fraction over 32" scale, which is two inches shorter than the average electric bass. To be honest though, I can't tell or feel the difference. She plays nicely and intuitively, and (because it's fretless) the usual boundaries of scale and intonation sort of go out the window. Okay, I'm gonna shut up now. 😑

I bought a hand-built fretless bass today from a local builder named Tyler. He's a fabulous fellow, and his work and craftsmanship is as beautiful as it is interesting. Tyler cut, shaped, and planed the body from some very old mahogany that his grandfather gave him. Instead of a belly cut, the entire back side is gently curved. The neck is a maple jobbie ordered from Eden and it is sublime. I really like the feel and look of this fretless, wonderful neck. Tyler carved a custom shape for the headstock and mounted the tuners on there in a unique and quirky fashion. Flat-wound strings complete the love affair. The pick guard and back covers (and thumb rest) were fashioned from maple. 1 Volume, 1 Tone, 1 pickup, and some really great tones. A very happy Thanksgiving today, even though we had no family in town, and really didn't have any sort of dinner. Thank you for your creation, Tyler. This is awesome, good sir. 🙂

Mine would look a WHOLE LOT like this right here. 😐

Great moogly googly. A very nice (pricey) piece of history right there!! 😵

I just noticed the cracks at the headstock, front and rear. Very good chance that that headstock is in peril of falling off. 🤨

I wait. You asked for the ratio. 21 over 11 = 1.90909090909 That's exactly like pi. But not really. 😐

21 guitars. (Including bass guitars, uke, acoustics, etc) 11 amplifiers. (Including specialty amps for bass, keyboards, digital drums, etc) I probably should slow down. 😉

I love it. That's the model of Tele that strikes me as the most versatile, and gig-ready. You will have to let us know, of course. 🙂

Of the three, I love the Modern the most. 😉

So THAT is what they were trying to copy! Looks like they used Wite-Out correction fluid or something. 😑

MANY details are decidedly non-Gibson. * Shape of the headstock * Overall appearance of the sound hole sticker, as blurry as it is * Composition of the bridge * Style of tail-piece * Type and shade of sunburst finish And that weird 'jester' head stock inlay is very interesting, but also nothing that I can find on any Gibson model of any vintage. My gut says it's a fake, Elizabeth. 🙁

And by the way, I love the look of that white-over sunburst relic job. It's really cool, in my book. But then again, I've always been a fan of two-tone paint jobs. 😏

Sarah, I'm with the rest of the contributors on the diagnosis of finish crack. I think that's all it is, and there's no problem. My belief is that when you do the 'neck wiggle' test, you'll be satisfied that it's fine. Cosmetic at best, and funny, considering it's a relic'ed instrument in the first place, so no big deal. jdgm hit the nail on the head with his observation on guitars with white finishes. Aged white Nitrocellulose has a habit of cracking, on nearly every brand of guitar. I had an old white Stratocaster that had similar cracks near the neck pocket, and when I consulted with some guys on tdpri, they all had the same situation. It's like service stripes, eh? Or crows-feet around the eyes. Character-building. 😉

John felt many hands upon him and, in his dazed state, the sensation of being dragged and then descending into the ground beneath the rubble. He stumbled and fell, and was assisted into an odd ox-cart, and pulled along for many long minutes down a long, earthen corridor, and then so finally out into the night air. His ears pounded with a high keening noise from the blast. Clumsy wooden forms and concrete bits and rough screws had pierced his flesh, and they fell away as he was loaded into an Eastern European lorry. He sensed the aroma of a sea-side highway, and the salty fragrance and crisp, nighttime imagery of a grassy bluff overlooking the ocean. The doors slammed, and the vehicle lurched forward and then so down a lonely two-laned road. John began to speak, and then skilled, gloved hands set about putting an IV into his left arm. He objected at first, and then the medications dropped into his bloodstream like a load of bricks. He reeled. A familiar voice intoned, “Lie still, Uncle. Everything is going to be okay. You are in good hands.” John coughed for a moment, and then yawned. His ears popped as the vehicle descended down a long, cliff-side road and then merged onto a highway of sorts. The jostling of the lorry became a soothing rhythm that lulled him into a deep sleep. Highway sodium lamps flashed by, one after the other. The road hummed beneath the wheels of his transport. John dreamt of his cot back in the cell, the rough sheet, and the sodium lamp that had hummed above his head for so many years that he had lost track. “This isn’t healthy. I shouldn’t dwell on such notions of this.” A distant memory, and a voice. His counselor. “Happy Christmas then, John.” In his sleep, he responded, and the rescuers who held him tight on the gurney looked at each other in bewilderment. “Happy Christmas. And to all a good night.” 😐

Neil Young's Out On The Weekend - on my old Takamine six string acoustic. 🙂

These guitars are interesting to me. They are packed with unique features, not the least of which is a modular pickup mounting system, which allows you to swap your pickups out quickly and easily. Have any of you held, played, or owned one of these Swiss-made guitar? 😐 https://youtu.be/bZUPurfxKO8

Very nice!! Some Adrian Legg stuff going on there too. 🙂

Bienvenue, monsieur Bremand. Nous sommes honorés de vous avoir à bord. Possédez-vous des guitares Gibson, par hasard? 🙂

I went home with a waitress the way I always do How was I to know she was with the Russians, too?

An old Irish blessing for you and Deb, friend Butch. (and for Sundance too) These things, I warmly wish for you: Someone to love, some work to do, a bit of o' sun, a bit o' cheer and a guardian angel always near. The angels protect you, and heaven accept you. 🙂 (And a happy belated 40th to you and your missus too, rct. ) Congrats to all.

Played electric. And acoustic. All through Jr High and High School. Never rode a skateboard. Can't recall anybody I knew in all my travels who rode a skateboard during my Junior High and High School years. It just wasn't a thing where I was (in Germany, and then lower-Alabama), I guess. I mean, we rode motorcycles and raced motocross and all that. But skateboards weren't around. My younger brother got into it, and it was a thing apparently out and around, after I went off into the Army in 1978. I must confess that I am glad I missed it. I would have busted my ***, surely. 😑

As only mildly-familiar as I am with the original song, I must admit the timbre of her voice became grating after one chorus and one verse. It's a bit sterile, and saccharine, compared to Pete and Roger's original. After another listen, I can only imagine that her version would work well in a stream of Muzak, emanating from the overhead speakers during a long elevator ride. 😑

I'm not one to comment on that point, good sir. I know that it must feel like a great big, giant blasphemy. For her to do that to a sacred The Who album. I get it. But I must admit this much. The Who were a band who went right by me back in the day. I was aware of them, of course. I can name some The Who songs, and I can recount some notorious Keith Moon road war stories that I read about over the years. But I never owned any of The Who records, and I certainly never heard of (or listened to) The Who Sell Out. Here, I'll type out a complete list of such bands and artists that I never really listened to or ever learned to appreciate; The Who The Doors The Grateful Dead The Band Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin Jethro Tull The Yardbirds I heard of Quadrophenia at one point. But never listened to it. Wrong place, wrong time, I guess. Same with Tommy. Heard of it. Never listened to it. Went right by me. Here, I'll add to the list. Utopia. Heard of them. Never once in my life listened to them. I discovered Todd Rundgren years later when he produced an album for Grand Funk Railroad. And many years later I fell in love with A Cappella. And really enjoyed 2nd Wind and Nearly Human. In the end, does it matter? Many people loved Paul McCartney and Wings, but never really got into The Beatles. Okay, I'm gonna shut up now. 😐