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    Is something wrong with the "vintage registry"?

    no matter what I click on it just shows the goldtop section. :hmm
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    Bonamassa....BCC: Live

    Watched the last half of an hour long show on Palladia just a few minutes ago (missed the first half, danginit). All it said was "from european tour" or something. When I turned it on, looked like a burst....but not like any of his. Too much color....pretty plain. Deep red edged. Tuner...
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    Saw Uncle Ted last night....

    ...and this byrdland sounded fantastic. Like a cello with a small tornado inside it. And the old boy can still throw down y'all.
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    saw ZZ Top friday...question.

    7th time for me dating back to the 70s. Anyway, always a bit of an adventure trying to guess what guitars he'll use. Surprisingly, he used a reverse headstock single HB tele style guitar for the first (approx) 1/2 of the show. Then he started swapping. First to what could've been a Pearly (E...
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    New futon cover!!! New futon cover!!!!!

    ummmm, wasn't really sure where to put this. There's vintage, there's historics, there's USA, there's even a nawlin....and a couple of "others" too. anyway...that's all the Gibsons. Ain't got no mo, no mo.
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    Lifeson Axcess. Anyone got one? Questions....

    It's really the first LP that's come out in years that's got me wanting to spent the dough ray me. What I'm starting this thread for is to find out if the tone variations available cut the muster. The peizo floyd and the series/parallel switch mainly. Anyone that's checked one out, or has...
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    Speakin' of Melody Makers....

    Were there any real, permanent bonds formed with any of you and one of Gibson's '07-'08 offerings in tribute to the '50s melody makers? I came really close several times to picking one of them up but just never hit the button. What were they...like $350 or something, right? :hmm
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    '56 Special...help me keep it original.

    The neck volume pot is very stiff to turn. I'm used to using my pinky when adjusting anything, and on this one I really have to use my thumb and forefinger to do it. It seems to operate properly in that there's no scratchiness or dead spots. If you have a spray product to recommend, I'd...
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    Conan plays a silverburst....

    ....just sayin'. :wah
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    Fish scales....

    Didn't know where to put this one.... I'm planning on selling a few guitars, and know that many serious (online) buyers would want weights. In lieu of buying something fancy, I went to Academy and bought a Rapala hang type fish scale. Goes up to 50lb, measures down to 1/100ths, and will do...
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    One more '80s dot thread...pickups this time.

    I love my '82 dot RI, but I'm not bowled over by the pickups (shaws). Like...but not love on the pickups. Here's the deal...I have several sets of humbuckers, and have been thinking of trying something else in it for a good while. I have a bad volume pot...dead until about 2 then it jumps to...
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    Speaking of southern boys playing bursts...

    A facebook friend of mine posted some pictures from a "Mule" show he saw in Birmingham...happened to be on my birthday. Go figure. He told me it was cool to post this. There's several shots, but this one shows the guitar best. Looks like Wawren's having a good time to me!! :3zone...
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    Improper use of amp stand....

    ...or gravity being nice.
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    Has there been any '09 R8s bought around here?

    I don't remember seeing one yet. Seems like it's the R9s year at the LPF. What are they like this year? Are they still plaintops? Colors? And are they making CR8s this year?
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    '50s single cuts...how does their shape compare?

    I was just wondering if it's similar to a Standard. Because..... If you found one that was pretty much fubar'd, and put a genuine OLD slab of maple on top and used the neck and fretboard....what would you wind up with? Of course there's the binding and inlays to consider. Seems like a fun...
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