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To be completely accurate, it is now: "The Monaco Formally Known As III"

...I should have added: and paint it zebra stripe...

Merry Christmas everyone!! Yes, even to you bass players and drummers out there!! 😁😀

I know. It’s like they were targeting you.

So he still calls it a MIII? Maybe someone should point something out…

I'm thinking of routing my Newport P90 for humbuckers and putting in a pair of Phat Cats.

Madness!

Yes indeed. The uninformed might be confused seeing an original untouched Monaco III in a for sale ad right next to the "Notaco" III

Merry Christmas! And now begins the OPEN BOX DEAL season.

At that asking price, it won't likely be going anywhere anytime soon, IMO.

Hanukkah falls late this year. I don't remember it falling on Christmas in the past but my brain is about dead. So, Happy Hanukkah HFC. Thank you for making me feel at home here. If you are not of the persuasion then Merry Christmas to my Christian friends. If you are neither then Most Happy of Holidays to you and prosperity in the future. It's all good, man!!

I've got a Rivera era Vibrolux Reverb. I think it's an 82. All tube and P2P. Also a Deluxe Reverb. 1980 I think. I love it. Johnny Marr just put a beautiful book out. The photos and history is amazing. I bought a second to read the 1st. It's a collectors habit. It's autographed and so many pictures and detail shots and huge. Dimensions and weight listed... about 4lbs if I got my Kilos to LBs right. https://us.officialmusicandmerch.com/collections/johnny-marr/products/marr-s-guitars-hardback-book-signed-jnm

Paging @diablo175 https://reverb.com/item/86337125-peavey-vtm-60-tube-guitar-amplifier-head?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=86337125

You've been around here how long? You are supposed to have several Hamers with all pickup configurations.

How did they attach all that stuff to a styrofoam block? That must have taken some patience

If you love it buy it. It’s a horrible deal and should be pointed out as such.

Merry Christmas!

$2k for that abomination! 😤

December 1999. At Slim’s/SF, opening for BOC. Wielding the, “Millstone”, a tad too high on the strap:

Perfect candidate for sparkle finish, but only for a much lower price

Lotsa pointies everywhere. The two Carlino Korinas I played were TITS!

Me, after xmas dinner on my way to the next xmas dinner.

I was going to post something, but don't want to get hit by lighting, a car, or falling airplane.

Yes!....And having a luthier match the wood grain and fill in the pickup route must have cost a good bit of money.

Yes, Standard.

I’m a huge Johnny Marr fan, and preordered the book within an hour of it being announced. I was tempted to snag another autographed copy last fall when I took my son to see Marr’s DC stop, but I restrained myself. Agree that it is an incredibly well/done work!

HH!

What he just said.

Happy Guitar Holiday to everyone. Have a drink on me!

Merry Christmas !

Merry Christmas!

Yeah, I know what it says on the headstock.....😉 I have better, but I got one of these a while ago at this price, just as a beater. Replaced with a set of 4 lead Gravelins I had sitting around. Happy with the deal. https://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid?source=3TEMDMOBB&utm_medium=email&utm_channel=email&utm_source=sfmc&utm_platform=mce&utm_campaign=Automation_3TEMDMOBB_SDOTD_Test3B_Deals&utm_term=Deal+of+the+day&utm_id=45045&sfmc_id=48756445&optid=0034M00001wd9lzQAA

Agreed. Crazy what <$500 gets you guitar-wise these days.

The beginning of ZR's post was full of great info, and the ending was full of shit.... 😇😀😃

How to fuck up a guitar.

I’m wondering if that was the same as this one - made for Melissa Ethridge’s touring guitarist. He sold it a few years ago and I was helping him get it out there… It sold for less than this one..

That chrome pops!

I’d hit that, I miss my Vector.

As a daily user of Narcotics and stool softeners I can speak from a point of experience, you don't want to run out of either one of them!!!

I think you all are ignoring the point about stool softeners, Metamucil and the like and you're missing the euphoric pleasure that can come from the combined lightheadedness from the pain meds and the controlled, complete bowel evacuation. This is one of the finer things in life.

I am glad the surgery went smoothly. You probably have some restrictions on how much weight they want you to lift post-op. I had neck surgery to remove a benign tumor from the top of my spine about seven years back. The surgeon told me he didn't want me to lift over eight pounds for three weeks. Without missing a beat I asked him "How am I gonna take a leak?" He thought that was pretty funny.

For whatever reason (whether they've lost the ability, or never had it), it's happening more and more. Check out this guy's YouTube channel. It's hilarious in a sad way: https://www.youtube.com/@wingsofpegasus Phil's credibility comes from being an exceptionally talented vocalist. Watch some his videos. He's just stating facts. Imagine Taylor Swift raking in $4 BILLION on a tour where she may never sing live, in front of a band that may never play live. It's obscene. Same with The Eagles. Or Metallica. Or ....fill in the blank....So many 'augment' their performances it's just.....dishonest. Yeah, there are still great bands out there actually playing their stuff. THOSE are the ones I'd buy tickets for. But stadium and larger venue acts? No thanks. Too much fuckery going on. Good rant though, right?

I snagged this one for $600 and foolishly sold it. Admittedly, it was for a Goldtop P-90 3-Holer, but I also moved that one along, and have regretted both!

Robotic surgery is freakin' amazing. I had a HUGE robotic surgery last year called a "Robotic Simple Prostatectomy". I had extreme BPH, I could barely pee, it was horrible. PSA was 15!!!. So after 3 no-fun Biopsies, 2 MRI's, my prostate was over double the normal size. The high PSA turned out to be due to the BPH, not cancer - whew! This was the best treatment for the long term. Other treatments don't last and you have to redo some of them. I went for the biggie surgery, $150,000 (My wife has insanely great insurance and we already met our deductible) For a simple explanation... they go in and take out the goopy part and leave the prostate intact instead of removing it, so no nerve or peeing issues etc (I had no cancer thank god) Got 6 holes in me and yeah, had to have a catheter for 10 days - That sucked. I'm peeing like an 18 year again and you can barely see the holes. For the fun stuff, we've been binge-watching The Penguin, Tulsa, Silo. All good shows.

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I'll share with you one of the best pieces of advice my late brother gave me as I was about to have my gallbladder removed. He had had hernia surgery a couple of years prior, so he felt this would apply: He said to take a stool softener the minute you get home from the hospital. "The last thing you want," he said, "is to be sitting on the can after internal surgery trying to push out a shit." I followed his advice and upon dropping that first comfortable post surgery deuce, reflected on the sage wisdom he had shared, and I was very grateful.