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    Original 50's gold speed knobs - set of four

    Here is a vintage set of gold speed knobs from the '53-'56 era of Gibson. They are in very good condition, look great, blacklight properly. Asking $460 US includes shipping. Paypal OK .
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    Vintage Lifton "Built Like A Fortress" case badge

    For all you case geeks like me out there, here is an original authentic Lifton "Built Like A Fortress" foil case badge. I was able to salvage this several years back from a trashed case (not a Les Paul case!) with a badly burned exterior, unusable, but the badge is in excellent condition...
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    A bit of Mick Taylor.

    Hunt down the Mayall album "Primal Solos" - there's a live track on there called "Start Walkin'" featuring "the lovely Mickey Taylor" as Mayall introduces him. Five minutes of pure burst tone, blistering playing, controlled feedback and classic British blues licks. That was the first time I'd...
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    Clapton with Les Paul Custom, 1969

    Sorry to join this party late... I had the thrill of seeing Derek and the Dominoes on their one and only US tour back in late 1970, I think. He had this black Custom sitting on a stand behind him the whole concert, and I was praying he'd break a string on his Strat and pick up the Paul, but...
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    Cleaning headstock decals on vintage parlour guitars.

    I have a bunch of vintage parlour guitars and ukes, some playable, most wall hangers - but a lot have the most interesting and ornate old decals on the headstocks. For the most part, the decals have darkened with age, and I'd like to ask if anyone knows of a method to clean/restore them . I've...
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    Original set of vintage early 50's speed knobs

    I have for sale a very nice set of gold speed knobs perfect for your restoration. No cracks or abuse, just the right amount of vintage vibe. $200 US O.B.O.
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    FS: set of Tim White Timbuckers

    I need to pay a tax bill, so I'm selling the set of Timbuckers I had in my R8. Neck is 7.8, bridge is 8.4. Aged covers, both double cream. $380 through Paypal.
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    Help a brother out with his pot problem?

    No, not that kind of pot - I'm talking 'bout the righteous kind! MY '08 R8 has been the best Les Paul I've owned, great right out of the box, but you always wonder if you can take it up a notch. So I swapped the pickups out for a set of Timbuckers and upgraded(?) to the RS Historic pots, and...
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    Could you point me to replacement tuners for my '87 ES175?

    I recently picked up an '87 ES175 and would like to upgrade the tuners (they're a little sloppy) to a direct replacement set. Right now they're the original snot-green Kluson-style tip, but not with your typical push-in bushings - instead they have the screw down hex nut over a washer - sort of...
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    The Mystery of the Blue Handles

    Many times on old Lifton cases you'll see a metallic blue colour starting to show through the wear on the brown handles. It was explained to me once by a dealer that , at one point, the company that supplied the handles to Lifton ran short of brown ones and dyed a batch of blue ones. I don't...
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    Help me overcome my unwanted string noise, please!

    OK, I know playing cleanly is a result of getting the left and right hands working together, and I'm getting there, but I'm not really talking about that here. What I'm having a challenge with is the fingertips of my fretting hand (left) contacting an unplayed string during a lick causing it to...
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    My sacred quest for the One took me to exotic...Boise, Idaho!

    "Play as many as you can", that's what they all tell us on this forum. So, after unloading my tone turd of an R9, I decided never to buy online again - I'd have to hear it first and it's got to speak to me. To this end, I decided to incorporate a search for historics into our driving tour of...
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    A Babe of the Day for this Forum

    All dressed up in her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes and ready to rock the choir! (The alternate title of this thread was going to be "Chicks, cars and guitars" :hee ) I'll leave it to those who know more about this stuff than I do, to put an approximate date on the items shown - being most...
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    I got a mind to give up playin' - anyone here want to talk me out of it?

    I guess we've all reached certain times in our playing career/hobby where frustration sets in, we get a little disheartened and maybe even hang it up for a while, but I've recently come to the inescapable conclusion that I just don't have "it", so why torture myself. I've loved guitar for the...
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    Holy shit Cogswell! You're famous!

    So what did you ever do to this guy? http://cgi.ebay.com/ULTRA-RARE-Les-Paul-Sunburst-Burst-Gang-HC-Book_W0QQitemZ200089522124QQcategoryZ38086QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem :wow :lol Man, not only is he out to lunch on his price, but he sounds like a totally classless individual. Very sad. But...
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