And I usually say "never read the comments", but in this case the comments are actually pretty funny. (Unless you're a big Jimmy Fallon fan, I guess)

Anybody else getting "Internal Server Error" from the site more often than not? For the last week or two, I've been getting a lot of errors. Reloading usually fixes it, eventually.

Here's something a little different! Some friends and coworkers in Jordan sent me an oud! I've only gotten to handle an oud for a few minutes before; it's just enough like a guitar to trick you into thinking you can handle it, but you realize your overconfidence very quickly once it's in your hands....

If it's really 80.5mm, that does seem oddly small. I like the Gotoh 510UB and I have it on my LPjr type (also an import) but the dimensions are given as 82mm. The Hipshot Baby Grand gets good reviews but that one's listed at 82.75mm. Stewmac's "Golden Age Low-profile Wraparound Bridge with Metr...

I remember being taught that song in summer camp when I was a kid! I had no idea it had that kind of history.

I tried putting graphite lubricant on the nuts of a couple of my tremolo-equipped guitars (the Frankenpeavey with a Wilkinson/Gotoh VS100N, and the Firebird with a Les Trem II). It makes a big difference - no more pinging sounds and way better at returning to pitch. FWIW, to keep the graphite powde...

I tried putting graphite lubricant on the nuts of a couple of my tremolo-equipped guitars (the Frankenpeavey with a Wilkinson/Gotoh VS100N, and the Firebird with a Les Trem II). It makes a big difference - no more pinging sounds and way better at returning to pitch.

My guess: It's a time machine! tumblr_3a56bc743097e7c2ad3723573e4fbd4d_b608de3a_2048.jpg I wish I could find the comic now, but I remember seeing one in which this guy is sitting at home watching TV, when suddenly a portal appears, and another version of himself and a mysterious guardian type step ...

Those connectors appear to just be regular old 9V snap connectors, but they seemed a little larger than usual, and why would they be separated like that? So maybe mozz is correct in guessing it was for something other than 9V. mickey BatUtilityBelt is correct, those are LEDs. Six yellow (three each ...

Found this in the basement today. No labels or anything. I'm guessing it just makes the LEDs flash, but nothing happens when I attach a 9V battery to (what I assume are) the battery connectors. The workmanship is very idiosyncratic...somebody clearly knew what they wanted and put a bit of time into ...

This came up in the neighborhood for a reasonable price, and what's a guy supposed to do? It does cop a very reasonable "My Head's In Mississippi" tone without much tweaking... PXL_20231215_235920533~2.jpg Followup: I took the Lead 12 to band practice last night, and ran it through an eff...

Are you absolutely sure you really want an amp? How about a multiFX/modeler and a powered speaker or neutral amp? That's what everybody says now. :D But it is a valid question. I should step back and think about my needs/wants at a more basic level. * I'm looking for a gigging solution. I have ampl...

Ugh, I am still torn, and now I have a Christmas gift certificate to use. If I use that and some of my year-end bonus and sell some gear, I can swing a fancy new amp. The OR30 has an awesome feature set and sound. It is also larger and much heavier (almost twice as heavy!) than almost anything compa...

That's a fantastic experiment. Great work in listening with your ears and not with your eyes, as people say. Clearly the tone is not in plywood vs. birch, or finger joint vs box joint, or front-mounted vs. rear-mounted. Tone is in the packing tape.

I got to see my in-laws for Christmas, which was nice. Christmas dinner saw 12 people and five dogs in the house! I got to spend time with my 12-year-old nephew and give him his new saxophone, although I think I lost a great deal of respect in his eyes when I had to reveal that I couldn't read music...

Saxophones have complex mechanical parts A sax player friend living near the shore tells me he has to pay attention to the salt air effect on the instrument. I once went to the estate sale of a sax repair man. You should have seen the shop, so many small tools gauges, etc. Sadly, it all went bit by...

If you think guitars are overpriced these days, look at saxophones. My nephew is getting into the sax, and we're getting him one for this Christmas, so he doesn't have to keep playing his school's wretched one. Now, I know virtually nothing about saxophones, so I've been trying to educate myself a b...

I get that 'muscle memory' confusion when I play some PRS guitars that have 4 knobs, but are not oriented like a Gibson. Instead of being Neck Volume-Tone on tope and Bridge Volume-Tone on bottom, they are like Bridge Volume - Neck Volume on top and Bridge Tone- Neck Tone on the bottom. Very confus...

tlarson58 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:37 pm "Local pick-up only" is the way to go as well. Don't ship.

Yup. And make sure you have double-checked this and haven't accidentally listed this as "shipping available"!

This came up in the neighborhood for a reasonable price, and what's a guy supposed to do? It does cop a very reasonable "My Head's In Mississippi" tone without much tweaking... PXL_20231215_235920533~2.jpg EDIT: I just realized that the Lead 12 adheres to my theory of Marshalls, which is t...

OK, @toomanycats, you talked me into it...!

So I don't really need anything and I think I have everything I could really use...which is always the precursor to a severe GAS attack, right? In the last 24 hours or so, I've seen local sales listings for - a very cheap Fender Hot Rod Deville which should need just a little work to be in 100% cond...

I have gotten to a point where I don't beat myself up too much about mistakes on stage. The fact of the matter is that the audience responds much more to the general feel of a performance than they do to technical specifics, and the worst thing that can happen is that you make a mistake and then you...

Partscaster wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:10 am I might even go with an HHH set up...

Just be aware that (if your Hawk is like mine) the routing is *not* a swimming pool rout or anything, but is very specific to those P-90s. So you're likely to have to break out the router...

You've got a good eye there. Zooming in to the pictures, I also notice that the middle pickup ring has no screws (?!) and the pickguard looks like it's been filed down or cut away. Yeah, it looked like the screws on the middle pickup ring were missing but I thought it might just be the lighting. I ...