NighthawkChris

That chainsaw case looks legit, but in bad shape. Guitar looks like fake Gibson though… Just show me what’s behind the truss rod cover and that will remove all doubt.

At least you tried haha! Like sgt said, Lateralus was his cutoff. I think I only liked undertow, but all the other albums - even earlier - I just didn’t get too inspired by them. The one song I liked that they did was called Prison Sex. I don’t get into the aforementioned activity though, nor have I been in prison haha! Good song, but a lot of their songs aren’t in that groove like PS. Very strange video, interesting groove.

Ditto on Tool. I’d rather listen to Radiohead - who I do not like either.

On my “standard” LP Custom, I can feel a slight transition from the binding to the neck, but it’s not terribly noticeable. It shouldn’t be significant. But in reality, I shouldn’t feel any transition for the money these things cost. Send ‘em back I say.

Wow that looks like a straight up ledge you could rest your coffee on. Good call to return the guitar. That would be a hard pass if it came to me like that. That is a result of not doing something right during its manufacture if I’m seeing what I think I’m seeing based on your pic.

I grew up in the 80s, but always liked the bands my dad did - from 60s and 70s. I learned to play guitar learning Zeppelin and such. So I don’t really know jack about KISS but their music I’ve heard never turned me on to them. They aren’t the worst - BY FAR - just aren’t my cup of tea. Musically, Rush far superior. For crying out loud, they had (RIP) Neil Peart. People can love what they want. Was Gene trying to put an unseen value on his gig by what he had to do to make his millions saying someone as respected as Geddy would even have a hard time doing the whole KISS thing. So if this be the case, I don’t agree really because it almost seems like 2 different things - theatrics vs musicianship.

IMHO, I never liked KISS. I cannot think of one song they have produced I can enjoy listening to. Are all the theatrics necessary too? I don’t really get into Rush either, but I’d rather listen to Rush than KISS. Quite possibly I’d rather SEE in concert Rush than KISS too based on music alone. It’s not just eyes at a concert that are needed to enjoy…

Never got the whole tomato on a hot dog. I've had a Chicago dog in Chicago, and it was good, but the least favorite part was the tomato - and I love tomatoes. With you on the ketchup/catsup thing.

Yeah I don’t do ketchup on most things. A little bit on a burger, but I just don’t get into that stuff. Kinda grosses me out TBH. My kids eat that crap like no one’s business. Yuck!

Why do some people wear socks with sandals?

Things that come to my mind are thoughts... Oh wait, there's a thread about stupid jokes. Sorry!

@kidblast good deal man hope whatever you work out protects your goods.

My favorite are coney dogs - chili, onions, mustard, and cheese… I absolutely love these things, but I don’t pound them down competitively haha! Don’t forget the chili-cheese fries to boot!

This would make me question why you would still want to go with the Gibson case. None of my Gibson or off-brand cases have ever needed an assist to close them. Perhaps Gibson is thinking this is a solution to prevent toggle switch cap blow-ups? You know, when some turd decides to ship you a LP and forgets to take the toggle switch cap off. Happened to me a couple times. FWIW, when I travel with my LP, it's in a run-of-the-mill Gator case that doesn't call out anything Gibson on it other than the shape I suppose, and it seems to do the trick.

I've shared this before here that when I got COVID the first time, I was Pfizer'ed up - fully inoculated and I only knew that I had it because I mysteriously lost my smell and taste completely - only symptoms. I have nearly an acre of land and I decided to push mow my lawn to get in some steps to keep heart-healthy as I do at times. I did this with COVID. So my first infection was the mildest of mild infections an my smell and taste were completely restored after a week. I actually didn't get the 4th booster this time as I was lazy this time around for whatever reason. I've been working like a madman while keeping up with the kids and getting it this time hasn't been fun. I feel today I've started to turn the corner a bit. I was getting a lot of body aches, fever, cold sweats, dry, hot coughs, sleeplessness to boot... I quit smoking a few years back, so I always worry about this - having to deal with 20+ years of putting poison into my lungs and heart. I just didn't want to leave my kids fatherless. All that aside, derailed this thread with COVID talk, but it took away the fun from a nice 4th Celebration I look forward to every year. My neighbors light off some straight up mortars out here for long, sustained periods of time. My windows move, haha! I heard it all, but I was laying in bed trying to work this crap off while everyone celebrated outside. It is what it is though... Just bad timing I suppose. I hope that everyone enjoyed their Independence Day and had fun with their friends and family, because that's what it is all about for me. Hot dogs, burgers, good company, etc. Hopefully next year isn't like it was this year for me - or rather "us" as in my family.

Thanks Steve I appreciate the sentiments!

Truth is I’m not doing so good right now and I know what you said about this crap in the recent past. I don’t care if you don’t get a vaccine or even want to fight anyone about it. I just don’t take crap from anyone as this wouldn’t be the first time you’ve tried to get under my skin with some crass comment.

Kicking a man when he’s down huh @Mr. Gibson just like the teeth you kicked out of your farm animals to make the biting hurt less when you’re trying to make the next generation.

This year wasn’t a good holiday for me. Was feeling sick yesterday and got a PCR after a rapid test told me I was positive. Well got my PCR results today to confirm the obvious. Second time getting this crap… it’s worse the second time around too - for me at least. I usually like the 4th as I go see my friends.

Dave does it right

I think he had a fetish for peeing on girls faces… could be wrong, but probably not too far off.

Lol just the mention of that place got me fired up! I remember explicitly asking the guy who I talked to over there to make sure that it was packaged right and all that… I asked this of them because I remember the day I bought an R9 from another guy a while back and how that clown sent it to me with only it in its case in a box - nothing else to absorb the abuse from the UPS guys. That R9 came to me with a banged up box and the toggle switch blew up all over the case. It was even worse with MZ. The box it came to my house in had a flipping gaping hole in it, the pickup pulled the bushing out of the body, dings all over the body of the guitar, bent tuner, the list goes on, and they said it was in “excellent” condition on Reverb. What a crock. Last time I do business there as they had to of photoshopped the guitar in the listing that got me to bite. Yeah I sent that thing back and demanded my money back immediately.

I bought a guitar from the MZ. Lied on the description and they shipped the guitar with minimal packaging AND the box arrived with a huge hole busted in it. Then they want the LP senior… F that. Btw, ended up returning it because I don’t do business with dishonest MFs. The new Gibson is crap priced in a range only an idiot would pony up. Pass.

Looks like all the snappy Gibson had was put into their headstocks rather than their PR phrase 😁

Awesome!