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Good chance my band mate Dave wired it.

If you like the old school mechanical keyboards, these can get pricey, but they're also customizable: https://www.keychron.com

Men In Black. Please.

The trial of El Kabong should be relatable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EDkIjIBsVM

One of my pat answers is, I don’t have a Hot Rod, I don’t have a boat, I don’t have ex wives but I got a bunch of guitars. 😎👍❤️🏁

“The LPD EIGHTY7 was designed to deliver the great guitar sounds of the 80's. The aim of this design was to capture the modified Plexi and JCM800 tones that LA recording studios were tracking in that era. Two modes, Green and Red, deliver a wide array of gain and tone combinations.“

Apparently playing all of my MIB pedals to notice the one I missed.

40 guitars? Rookie. Needs to step up his game.

Jesus, man! Where have you been?

80? Give me a fuckin' break.

Very sad news. RIP Ed...

“It was awful because all kinds of sounds were jumbled together all day,” Ain't gonna lie...this could have been me.

There's a man named Jeff who for years and years was always making trade offers on guitars I had. I always found him slightly offputting. We couldn't talk about anything via or text or email, I had to call him. The trades weren't always a bit in his favor, he could never take clear photos of his guitars, they were always out of focus. He just always felt like a bit of a bully, but not quite enough of a dick I wanted to block him or not talk to him again. So... I started wondering about him after he reached out to me again last week. It turns out he was a cop and was infamous for shooting a suspect multiple times and putting him in a coma. The lawsuit took years and years and it turns out he has qualified immunity. Anyhow, I finally understood the vibes he was giving off. It's exactly like cop vibes. Too many older cops always felt pushy and bossy to me. Not always to extremes, but just enought to make me feel uncomfortable. This was exactly like that.

Dang! That li’l fella must have them amps CRANKED to use boulders to hold them in place!

So, what kind of guitars were in his collection? We need the important details

@Dave Scepter Dang man, I thought Akira was the one that got busted! 😂

M.Z.A.. M.Z.A.. M.Z.A 🤘😝🤘

be careful not to make loud guitar 'noise', certainly no one here would be guilty https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/28/japan/kyoto-guitar-man-insomnia-arrest/

I love the retro-styling of Carr amps. They look like 50's appliances. Is the 87 a JCM800 pedal?

One day someone is going to ask me to play some rock-a-billy. There needs to be a Gretsch in my arsenal. One day I will master flamenco guitar, which requires a guitar made for flamenco rather than just a nylon string classical style that is necessary for playing baroque parts in prog rock songs. There are times that a seven string guitar with a locking tremolo bridge is required. One must be ready for that at all times. Only a Telecaster will play those classic country licks. The reason for multiple Les Pauls is that with different pickups in each of them you can get the tones of far more famous guitar players, and everyone notices that. One needs an OM or 000 sized guitar because the volume of a Dreadnaught is not always necessary. A Stratocaster is a must for half of the classic rock I play. A 335 is different from a 355, and you really have to have both to play Allman Brothers and Rush music. You cannot expect me to play gypsy jazz on a guitar with a scale length less than 26 inches. A dozen Hamer guitars barely establishes the wide range of musical applications they were made for.

Fer sure! V1 was not fully ripe when they released it! The good new re that is that JHS admitted their mistake and apparently made it good for anyone unhappy with the original version.

Pretty good Dumbleish pedal. If you are interested, be sure to get the V2 model as the V1 wasn't quite up to the task.

The elusive Dumble amp tones. Whatever that means to you..... There have been multiple threads about all this. One more now is available.....JHS has come out with a "DIY" version called the "Notadumble" that is pretty darn good for the price. At $119 (plus shipping and tax). It does NOT have tubes and does not have the many finetuning controls of such as the Ethos versions. What it does have is the simpler 4 control function of such as the Zen Drive as well as a separate preamp/boost or whatever you call it. To me it more or less emulates the in/out OD section of the D type amp, inc such as the Fuchs ODS. Use one or the other or both. (Plus an FX loop with TRS). It IS DIY so you assemble yourself. Very simple. All parts provided aside from a screwdriver and pliers. No soldering, etc. Quick and easy. Even comes with a tube of "Goop" in event you want to make it more authentic. Had to try it. I am pretty impressed. Stuck it in front of my Swart SST (which I consider one of my favorite amps of all time). A wee bit of finetuning to sort out "my tone" and balance the two sides to sit right on top of the amp's stand alone tones. Works great for me. Better than I expected, actually. Not that I needed another variation, but for a simple grab and go.....It will not replace my Ethos CFD Or Effectrode SR-71, but it ain't bad. And it also does not cost $600. A very simple pedalboard with this, a board mounted power amp (the Carvin is not bad for their low price!) and one or two pedals in the loop. Small, light and an easy in/out for setups. And probably less in total than the cost of the CFD alone. I just might try that this weekend. Would it be better (as in more tweakable) if it had a full tone stack instead of one tone and one presence? Yeah. BUT I was able to get to the tones I want very easily. Certainly quicker than the 23 knobs and (2-3 way) switches plus 4 footswitches on the CFD. Def learning curve there! Worth consideration..... BTW, they also make a DIY "Notaklon". I have NOT given that a try.

Oh I'm using that one for sure the next time!

Everyone needs vices, and guitars have been far less troublesome than food, drugs, and strange.