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    Steve Winwood is Awesome

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DYC61HzmtM&feature=related I know this is from 2007 but I just found it recently. Steve plays a 2 minute solo and the girls singing backup applaud....awesome.
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    I've got old....metal

    I just bought this little old hot rod. A 1963 Chevy Impala SS, 327, 4 speed, 12 bolt posi rear end. Let's see yours...
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    Toyota recalls 2.3 million more vehicles

    From MSNBC: Toyota issued a recall covering 2.3 million late model cars, SUVs and pickup trucks Thursday, broadening its largest such action ever and acknowledging that potential accelerator pedal problems were deeper than previously acknowledged. In "rare instances" the accelerator pedal may...
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    My current home line up

    All tube all hand wired point to point: AX84 Hi Octane Cornford Carrera Black Face GDS 18 Watt Webber 5E3 Mojo 5F1 Champ With 50's tubes
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    Is this a 53/54 Les Paul?

    So a friend tells me he knows a guy with a 50's Les Paul and I say I'd love to see it. 2 days later I get a call from the owner and after talking he says come over and see the guitar. The back story goes like this...he bought the guitar in 1965, it was an all gold, gold top. It did not have a...
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    Mark "The Bird" Fidrych dead at 54

    http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9452168/Former-MLB-pitcher-Fidrych-dead-at-54?MSNHPHMA RIP Bird...I'll never forget 1976.
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    GDS/Twister amps rock!

    This is my most recent build, a GDS 18watt TMB. I went to a GDS mini seminar and did the build with Graydon's help. This amp is my 4th build I have done an ax-84 hi-octane, a Tweed deluxe 5e3 and a Champ. Initially I was less than impressed with the amp. It just wasn't what I expected tone wise...
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    Contact cleaner

    Can anyone recommend a good contact cleaner. I want to clean the tube sockets on a couple of my amps. Thanks ! PG59
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    Home - amp line up!

    I decided to post a pic or 2 of my home amp line up. and another... Just one more... Loud and proud in the Delta. Let's see yours!!
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    DRRI Octal sockets loose

    I just bought a used DRRI that came with JJ's in the rectifier and power section. The tubes were really loose in the sockets. I pulled out the power tubes and put in some chineese tubes I had laying around and they were a little tighter. Does anyone have a fix for loose octal sockets? I think...
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    Tweed Delux clone

    Here is the Tweed Delux clone I built. It's mostly a Webber kit, but I changed a lot of stuff like resistors, jacks, switches and for a while the speaker. Right now the stock Webber is back in it. I also modded the original circuit with some ideas from Bruce at Mission Amps. This Delux is...
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    Tweed Deluxe Radio?

    Last night I put new strings on my Telecaster and decided to plug into my Tweed deluxe clone. I flip the power switch on, let the tubes heat up, plug the guitar in flip the standby switch and I'm getting a radio broadcast through the amp. That's a first for me. The signal was weak but I tried...
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    PAF stickers on 68 custom?

    I took a look under the pick ups on my 68 custom RI today. I wasn't expecting to see PAF stickers. Do all Humbucker historics have PAF's? What pick ups are they...I have no reason to believe they are not the originals?
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    68 Custom FT From Mark's

    I got this on 1/12/06. It's a 2002 Custom in new condition. The guitar sustains forever, maybe that's a trait of customs, this is my first one. I guess the PU's are bb's from what I have read. I really don't care because the guitar sounds great. It feeds back easily too, in a good way. The...
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    How big are your hands?

    My friends and I were talking about different guitar neck sizes and which were better for people with big hands or small hands. Well of course out comes the ruler and we're measuring the length of our hands. My left (fretting) hand is 8.375 inchs from the base of my palm to the tip of my...
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