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    Field Trip to Dave's Guitar Shop

    You missed the best part..... It's free to look, just walk upstairs! Last time I went I made the road trip from Chicago to La Crosse in a blizzard, still worth it. Also, if you're buying a new Gibson/Fender/PRS et cetera that's one of the best shops to get a chance to play 10+ examples of a...
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    Incoming Momose MES1

    On a used guitar, as long as I was aware the pickups were what they were it would bug me a bit but it's a fix many can perform so I'd just eat it and have the leads swapped. Vintage isn't exactly a fair comparison. However, the guy listed the guitar as "Mint" and said he "took it to his tech...
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    Worth a watch -> The outlook for used gear in 2024 - Used Guitar Apocalypse?

    Yep, DHL was the only option when I was checking out. Pretty sure the last couple things I got from them were EMS. Lesson learned the hard way.
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    Worth a watch -> The outlook for used gear in 2024 - Used Guitar Apocalypse?

    I have a guitar purchase from Ishibashi that's been stuck for weeks now. It's a Gibson, but they (DHL) tried to charge a "foreign item" import duty on it (which has never happened when I bought a Gibson from Japan before). So, I opened a dispute with DHL, now it sits at the Baltimore airport...
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    Centralab Pots Are Being Reissued!

    An illegal carbon strip? No, they still make pots like this, just not the same spec as the old ones used by Gibson. I imagine you'd have to order a lot to get them built properly, but it might be possible to purchase separate parts and assemble in house.
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    Suggestions for Nashville

    All that^^^ And also, depending on the cut of your jib.... Wanna see pickin'? Dee's in Madison, Robert's Downtown, sometimes the Station Inn, 3rd & Lindsley (Mr. Andy Reiss plays mon nights with his band the Time Jumpers). Wanna see old time Nashville, you know, cigarette vending machines...
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    Gibson releases exclusive new 'historic' PAF: 1959 Humbucker Collector’s Edition Series 1

    The throbak covers don't look like late 60's, that's just the angle of the photo. Edit, here's a 60's cover on the left, throbak on the right. The throbak is rounded at the edges but much more square at the corner, the 60's cover corners have a much bigger slope. I think the throbak looks...
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    Gibson releases exclusive new 'historic' PAF: 1959 Humbucker Collector’s Edition Series 1

    Yes, I read it and pointed out on TGP how through domestic retailers the price of a throbak versus import magnet is 18:1. And that's fine, folks like me buy them so technically the market will handle that price. Of course, the style of rhetoric where people keep quoting the up front cost and...
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    Gibson releases exclusive new 'historic' PAF: 1959 Humbucker Collector’s Edition Series 1

    You left out part of that Tom Holmes quote: So, in 1971 that's $1.25 a magnet. It's odd to assume that with the vast increases in productivity across many manufacturing industries that the price is the same...but let's pretend it is. In 2024 money that's a hair under $10 a magnet.
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    What is an 'ideal' weight for a 1950s gold top w/P-90 pickups?

    There was a snarky assertion posted elsewhere that I got a kick out of: "Hey man, how much does your Les Paul weigh?" "More than an SG."
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    1966 ES-345

    Well. It was posted here for sale Jan 25th, then sold by Jan 26th. :D
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    The Varitone Influence ES 345

    Yep, it was a great thing to have around when I had a 345. I found using it was kind of 50/50 depending on the mood I was in but not having to reconfigure anything when switching guitars was a plus too.
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    The Varitone Influence ES 345

    I have a "BMF ES-Box." You use a TRS cable from the guitar to the pedal then just a regular guitar cable after that. Worked great. I still have it but need another vari-tone guitar....hmm, problems.
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    Current Historic Specs Getting Less Accurate?

    Gibson could still sell these things with all sorts of details that might not line up to the originals. Good for them, that's the value in the brand. But, over the few decades of this forum it's clear that they've been pushed in the right direction regarding the details so the materials have...
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    Current Historic Specs Getting Less Accurate?

    Here's a word for you, Tolerance: the degree of accuracy required in a measurement or the acceptable range of values in which the measurement will be acceptable. Like the other users have stated repeatedly....there is some variation but it's a small amount due to the process, unlike, say, the...
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