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Biz Prof last won the day on April 4 2023

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About Biz Prof

  • Birthday 08/04/1971

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    '93 Special, '93 Studio, 90 Centaura, '96 Washburn USA MG-122 Artist, Homebuilt "Boss 429" Telecaster, '91 Fender HRR Strat, '72 Reissue Telecaster Custom, Ibanez AS73, '10 Standard (import), PRS Singlecut, Partscaster Tele, Kramer Pacer/Focus mutt
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    1985 JCM 800 Marshall Model 1987, Fender Super Sonic 22, Phaez Pasadena 18w head, 1976 MusicMan HD-130 212, Marshall Origin 20H
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    Too many Boss pedals to count, Chandler Tube Driver, Mesa V-Twin, Vox 847, assorted nuts and bolts

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    Guitars, woodworking, muscle cars, intellectual discourse

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  1. Serial number indicates it is a '95. Officially, it is a MG122 Artist. I picked it up at a Greensboro-area pawn shop for under $300. It had no case, no bar, a layer of dust and finger funk, and was missing a string. I gave it a couple of hours TLC, and procured a bar. Out of pure blind luck, I scored a NOS OHSC for $50 from local guy who had bought the inventory of an out-of-business music store. The neck is on the smaller end of the spectrum for what was being commonly produced in the mid-'90s, but it feels good. All the hardware is satin chrome. It actually had all the cavity covers. I did change the bridge pickup from the stock Pearly Gates to a JB and swapped the corroded, wonky superswitch for a traditional 3-way blade. The Pearly Gates was a bit too trebly on this guitar--perhaps an effect of the 25.5" scale, maple top, and vibrato bridge. Interestingly, the string spacing at the bridge suggests that trembuckers are a bit wide. If you change pups, just go with traditional Gibson spacing at the bridge.
  2. My college-going son really wants the Tone to the Bone banner, but I'll let him determine whether he has the scratch for it.
  3. Love that finish. The purpleburst was just as cool, even if it seems he played it less than the blueburst and Whitey.
  4. I love this guitar. And I'd wager that a similar build by Gibson Custom Shop would retail north of $7k. And at that price, it might have the correct headstock shape.
  5. Ditto. I don't need it, but it needs to be given some TLC and re-homed with someone who could really use a badass USA-built shredding machine.
  6. That Special looks pristine except for the condom-shaped truss rod cover; that's an easy fix. The serial number is ~3,000 ahead of my '93 TV Yellow Special. Hard to believe they were making so many guitars during the '92-'95 peak production era, but that's partly what made the brand accessible to so many buyers--me included.
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