I caught the tail end of that, first heard about Rondo in March 2014 and bought my first (a CSB Harm) a couple weeks later, shortly followed by a CSBF AL-3001 and a white SX Liquid...Mossman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:39 pmYeah, I remember those days... 10-12 pages of guitars, 4-6 pages of basses (and not a damn ukulele in sight!). I liked it better when the site had pages, and you could skip right over the pointy guitars. I'm tempted to say the "golden age" of Rondo is over, but it actually ended a few years ago, didn't it? When the pointy guitars started to outweigh the ALs and SXs.Partscaster wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:40 pm Rondo, that once had 12 pages of 25 different guitars on each page, now is down to 21 offerings. Not even one full page.
I think the thing I miss most of all were the big B-stock drops at periodic intervals, that sparked a feeding frenzy on the forum. It was always fun to come on and see a thread with: "B-Stocks!!!" in the title, even if I couldn't, or didn't want to buy anything at that time.
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Covid guitar shortage
Delightful mix of insolence, arrogance and narcissism
Proud RINO trapped in a heavy metal chassis
Growing up, only kid in the neighborhood with an Uncle Ahkbar
Proud RINO trapped in a heavy metal chassis
Growing up, only kid in the neighborhood with an Uncle Ahkbar
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I think I caught the end of that era. Maybe a good year and then a few as it declined but I sure do miss it. Not that I even really want anymore guitars.Mossman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:39 pmYeah, I remember those days... 10-12 pages of guitars, 4-6 pages of basses (and not a damn ukulele in sight!). I liked it better when the site had pages, and you could skip right over the pointy guitars. I'm tempted to say the "golden age" of Rondo is over, but it actually ended a few years ago, didn't it? When the pointy guitars started to outweigh the ALs and SXs.Partscaster wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:40 pm Rondo, that once had 12 pages of 25 different guitars on each page, now is down to 21 offerings. Not even one full page.
I think the thing I miss most of all were the big B-stock drops at periodic intervals, that sparked a feeding frenzy on the forum. It was always fun to come on and see a thread with: "B-Stocks!!!" in the title, even if I couldn't, or didn't want to buy anything at that time.
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OMG..Rondo guitar offerings balance of power has tilted to twenty-three 7+ string identical looking monstrosities , vs fifteen 6-sting guitar offerings with four of those being lap-steel guitars. (Aaaahhhhh!)
Its like the Aliens taking over as our new news-anchors, or some such. Where am I ? When was normal?
Its like the Aliens taking over as our new news-anchors, or some such. Where am I ? When was normal?
"The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. The motions of his spirit are dull as night, and his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted."