I used to love going to Sam Ash in Edison NJ. It was a refuge, on Sunday's (as I did everyday) I would stay with my Mom at her nursing home and as my treat to de-stress I would head over to Sam Ash on my way home and ogle some Amps / Guitars / Pretty sales girl (I wonder if she's still there ?). I a...

tlarson58 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:10 pm The icy drinks must be a Godsend.

Fruit Smoothies are all the rage here

Some pics if anyone is interested

https://www.instagram.com/globetrawler/

Hm... I was thinking about the margin on a $100 strat 'n amp starter pack vs. an Epiphone. Or a Gibson. It's all in volume, I'd guess. It seems as if they're sacrificing volume for bigger margins. Maybe this has nothing to do with the OP but I found it interesting. From a TGP post.. "Overall g...

tlarson58 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:40 pm Jeepers. I hope that it cools down enough at night so that you can breathe.

Lows of 85 at night...

Wow. Stifling. How are you keeping cool? I make 5 trays of ice every day and use AC. But unfortunately, GF's birthday today so I booked a nice hotel on the river in Bangkok...and with check in @ 2PM I have to travel to BKK via Metro and make my way to the hotel at the hottest time of the day. She i...

Whoa! That's some hot weather. Humidity pretty high too? Sent from my SM-S908U using Tapatalk Usually high in the morning, drys out later in the day...but as we are approaching the beginning of rainy season..there's usually an overlap where the humidity goes crazy high for a few weeks before any ra...

:lol: It might. Just make sure you experience it before GC's final bankruptcy. I guess I'm confused and pardon me because I haven't been to GC in about 10 years. But didn't they always have a 'high end' room where you could play and test some higher end stuff off the floor, usually only reserved fo...

Does this mean we'll get to enjoy some 16 year old shredding on a $6000 Dusenberg thru a Fender Champion 20 in the stores ? :lol: It might. Just make sure you experience it before GC's final bankruptcy. I guess I'm confused and pardon me because I haven't been to GC in about 10 years. But didn't th...

Does this mean we'll get to enjoy some 16 year old shredding on a $6000 Dusenberg thru a Fender Champion 20 in the stores ?

BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:42 pm George Washington had a Cherry wood Godin.

I wonder if he played that with his wooden teeth ?

Being a tall man with large hands Abe preferred a long scale instrument: presumably a '59 Strat...1859 that is

This guy just arrived: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240426/c93bd7272b0029bdac1d295c6a018263.jpg It’s a strandberg essentials 6, have been curious about them for a while and these came out and i got a tax refund and well, stuff happened. Don’t have a fully formed opinion yet though. Sent from ...

jhull54 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:09 pm Well, I thought this thread was about something else!

Just got back from Antigua...

Are you sure ? That looks more like Ocean Burst

They're tough little buggers. After the nukes fall all that will be left is them, cockroaches, water bears, and Keith Richards. By the way, how are you going to repair the hole? I'm guessing that an extraordinarily handy guy like you can probably weld on top of all your other skills. If it was me I...

Ok...here is an interesting tidbit, Squier / Andertons / Chicago Music Exchange will be offering an Antigua line...even a Tele Custom...hmm...now I'm interested except they would likely never make it to Thailand. https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/products/squier-classic-vibe-70s-telecaster-custo...

Chocol8 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:33 pm

Tonray's Ghost wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:18 pm Wait...don't you live in the snowy North ?

Not this week! It's late April and a balmy 43 degrees here!

Hey...it's 43 here in Thailand also ! Oh wait..that's Celsius.

You can't make this stuff up. I have an expensive 10500-watt back-up generator for when the power goes out (note that my power has not gone out long enough to use it in ten years). The gas tank sprung a leak and I was expecting to find that it rusted. When I took it apart to begin the repair or rep...

Ok...here is an interesting tidbit, Squier / Andertons / Chicago Music Exchange will be offering an Antigua line...even a Tele Custom...hmm...now I'm interested except they would likely never make it to Thailand. https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/products/squier-classic-vibe-70s-telecaster-custom...

Last night I received a package from the snowy North that included a bunch of new straps. I have a pair of Orange Frame JBL D-120F's that are on their way to Upland for a recone, and I have a Mu-Tron clone due to arrive Thursday. Pictures to be posted in the near future! Here are the AD-3200's line...

I do not like that finish but I am sure some do. I could never bond with a Strat anyway so it will never be an issue for me. Is it the single coils or the body style/scale length that you don't get on with ? I once put a GFS humbucker pre wired guard into an old cheapo strat and it was fabulously f...

I dunno....I actually love this thing !