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Turner Coates wrote: Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:28 pm WHOA!
I ordered a guitar on eBay from a seller in Japan, Thursday night at around 11:00 pm.
It was supposedly "Economy Shipping" from Japan to New Mexico.
I just checked the tracking, and it arrived here in town today at 5:30 pm.
That's frggin AMAZING speed for "Economy."
It flew FedEx, Japan to Anchorage, to Memphis, to Albuquerque in less than three days.

It will now be given to a FedEX Ground crew. I hope it's delivered tomorrow, but I wouldn't be surprised if it takes the local ground people as long or longer to get it to me as the trip from Japan took.

It's not anything fancy, just a dirt cheap ($240 w/free shipping) Vox Phantom 3/4 scale mini. It uses heavy gauge strings and regular tuning.

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It got here yesterday afternoon. Three and a half days from Japan to Albuquerque. YOWZER!!!! That's some fine "FREE ECONOMY SHIPPING."
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I just saw something on TV while channel surfing.
A country artist was singing while playing an acoustic with a capo. He had a tight band. Near the end of his song, it modulated up a half step. While the band played the first note of the modulation, the guy moved his capo up a fret, then fell back into playing.
I don't recall ever seeing anyone do that before.
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Been playing/buying/selling guitars for almost 35 years.......only experienced this a couple times....
Changing guitar strings, and whoever strung it last put a little knot/twist on end of each string. As I'm struggling to get the knots out while pricking my fingers, I could literally track down the guitar tech nerd who strung it, and jam the low E string up his dick hole. :evil:
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Turner Coates wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:28 pm I just saw something on TV while channel surfing.
A country artist was singing while playing an acoustic with a capo. He had a tight band. Near the end of his song, it modulated up a half step. While the band played the first note of the modulation, the guy moved his capo up a fret, then fell back into playing.
I don't recall ever seeing anyone do that before.
George Jones always did this on “He Stopped Loving Her Today.”

Ditto Waylon on “Mamas Don’t let Your Babies . . .” If I recall correctly.
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poisonheart wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:29 am
Turner Coates wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:28 pm I just saw something on TV while channel surfing.
A country artist was singing while playing an acoustic with a capo. He had a tight band. Near the end of his song, it modulated up a half step. While the band played the first note of the modulation, the guy moved his capo up a fret, then fell back into playing.
I don't recall ever seeing anyone do that before.
George Jones always did this on “He Stopped Loving Her Today.”

Ditto Waylon on “Mamas Don’t let Your Babies . . .” If I recall correctly.
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Turner Coates wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:11 am

(edited to add:)
It got here yesterday afternoon. Three and a half days from Japan to Albuquerque. YOWZER!!!! That's some fine "FREE ECONOMY SHIPPING."
Similar thing happened to me with the Fernandez bass i posted on here a few pages ago. Bought it on Sunday, arrived on thursday!
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I got a new complaint... Been playing through my new Blackstar amp and digging it but I decided to go over some stuff that sounds particularly good through my other amp. So I switched all my effects and EQ back over to the other one while adjusting all the settings back per cell phone pictures I took before so I wouldn't forget how it was set, and guess what? It sounds like shit. Now I have to go through the whole fucking knob twiddling bullshit process like trying to hack a password or pick the lock on a safe. I had it in the sweetest of sweet spots before and so far I've had no luck getting it back.

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Sleek wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:54 am Are those proportions wrong, or are you getting a mandolin?
Fuck that, get two.

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Been looking for one of these for a long time. Found this one on local Facebook Marketplace, of all places.

In remarkably good shape, considering that it's a 40-year old guitar.

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Tenacious_Dio wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:14 am Been looking for one of these for a long time. Found this one on local Facebook Marketplace, of all places.

In remarkably good shape, considering that it's a 40-year old guitar.
On my list as well. Nice!
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Tenacious_Dio wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:14 am Been looking for one of these for a long time. Found this one on local Facebook Marketplace, of all places.

In remarkably good shape, considering that it's a 40-year old guitar.

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Awesome, but pity no Kahler
LAglamrocker wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:07 pm You can tell Sleek had nothing to do with this…thats why it’s so entertaining
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exitflagger wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:23 am Interesting development. Anybody notice that Gibson/Epiphone is inching ever closer to making the shape of their newer headstocks just like the patented Gibson shape? The open book top is there but they've now removed the chamfers at the corners. They long ago changed the more exaggerated hourglass shape too. Not much difference now. Getting closer to that brief pre-merger period where Epi was making full-on lawsuit guitars with the copied headstock shape and bell-shaped truss rod cover, which are the two most proprietary aspects.

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I fiddled with one of the newer Epi Les Pauls and they seem to be going downhill in overall quality. Gibson is so fucked up.
Okay, so three years later here we are. I knew they were working toward this. Newer line of Epiphone LPs and SGs (and probably others I guess) have gone 100% "lawsuit" style:

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Ready for the punchline? The older headstock models (shown from the earlier post) are $550 retail and these with the ever-so slightly altered headstock shape are... $1300! More than double the price and I can't see that there's much difference other than the subtle aesthetic change.

Who's gonna bite the hook? :lol:

What a scam...
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HueyRamone wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:52 pm
Tenacious_Dio wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:14 am Been looking for one of these for a long time. Found this one on local Facebook Marketplace, of all places.

In remarkably good shape, considering that it's a 40-year old guitar.

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Awesome, but pity no Kahler
Ugh. Kahlers are for limp-wristed pansies.
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Sleek wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:48 pm
HueyRamone wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:52 pm
Tenacious_Dio wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:14 am Been looking for one of these for a long time. Found this one on local Facebook Marketplace, of all places.

In remarkably good shape, considering that it's a 40-year old guitar.

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Awesome, but pity no Kahler
Ugh. Kahlers are for limp-wristed pansies.
Yeah, but those came with Kahlers. I'm trying to get him a wangbar, not an imaginary fantasyland guitar that doesnt exist.

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It's already got a strat trem route. It'd be way easier to put a floyd on there than a kahler.
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Sleek wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:47 pm It's already got a strat trem route. It'd be way easier to put a floyd on there than a kahler.
Always preferred Floyd over Kahler.
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Sleek wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:48 pm
HueyRamone wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:52 pm
Tenacious_Dio wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:14 am Been looking for one of these for a long time. Found this one on local Facebook Marketplace, of all places.

In remarkably good shape, considering that it's a 40-year old guitar.

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Awesome, but pity no Kahler
Ugh. Kahlers are for limp-wristed pansies.
I guess I am a limp wristed pansy. Lol.
I have a 1986 (I believe) Charvel model 2. It came with a kahler, it stays with a kahler. :D
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HueyRamone wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:33 pm
Sleek wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:48 pm
HueyRamone wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:52 pm

Awesome, but pity no Kahler
Ugh. Kahlers are for limp-wristed pansies.
Yeah, but those came with Kahlers.
The DT555 model came with a Kahler. The DT155 came with a standard trem.
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exitflagger wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:30 pm Ready for the punchline? The older headstock models (shown from the earlier post) are $550 retail and these with the ever-so slightly altered headstock shape are... $1300! More than double the price and I can't see that there's much difference other than the subtle aesthetic change.
Sort of. The Standards are in the $600 range, and come with Probuckers.

Then you've got the $1,000 1959 Standards, which have Burstbuckers, a case, and aged gloss finish (whatever that is).

The $1,300 1959 Standards have the open book headstock, Custombuckers and a VOS finish. And case. This is for the person who can't afford a Gibson, but still want's to pay Gibson prices.

I wouldn't buy one, but they seem to be selling. :|
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Ladies & gentlemen (ha ha.....'ladies'. As if) I present to you my 'new' limited edition 2005 Custom Shop 1966 Strat in firemist silver. Lighty relic'd. Here are a couple pics from her first shoot: (again, I apologize Huey. This is your hot-dog run or bathroom break post)

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I shudder to think what you paid for that.

...plus, it is outside of: black, white, red, sunburst or natural, so I cannot acknowledge it.
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Sleek wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2024 12:16 pm I shudder to think what you paid for that.

...plus, it is outside of: black, white, red, sunburst or natural, so I cannot acknowledge it.
These from my research go for anywhere from $4.5k to $6k plus, but I took it in trade. I got the better deal. Knowingly, as the guy I traded with has more guitars than most stores, and he's a pal.
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sirthx2 wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2024 12:52 pm
Sleek wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2024 12:16 pm I shudder to think what you paid for that.

...plus, it is outside of: black, white, red, sunburst or natural, so I cannot acknowledge it.
These from my research go for anywhere from $4.5k to $6k plus, but I took it in trade. I got the better deal. Knowingly, as the guy I traded with has more guitars than most stores, and he's a pal.
If I find out you traded a V for it, you're in deep shit!

It actually looks kinda cool........ for a strat.
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HueyRamone wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2024 1:24 pm
sirthx2 wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2024 12:52 pm
Sleek wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2024 12:16 pm I shudder to think what you paid for that.

...plus, it is outside of: black, white, red, sunburst or natural, so I cannot acknowledge it.
These from my research go for anywhere from $4.5k to $6k plus, but I took it in trade. I got the better deal. Knowingly, as the guy I traded with has more guitars than most stores, and he's a pal.
If I find out you traded a V for it, you're in deep shit!

It actually looks kinda cool........ for a strat.
I'll be buried (or cremated) with the V. It's so nice it's a 'case queen'. I take it out from time to time just to smell it. I truly love that guitar. I traded the Firebird, but I'll end up with another one. I want a 3-pickup firebird with a tailpiece. Preferably in pelham blue.
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Is it weird that that guy looks disappointed?

...no pun intended.
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