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Whudder middle pickups? 🤔

I’m pretty sure he had a half decent sound man. 😝

I recently went looking for a case for my Star project and lucked out to find a used/like new Charvel foam core hard case for it. I believe the case was initially for Kellys but works just fine for the Star. I wouldn't be surprised if a Standard/Explorer/Destroyer fit it in. Better still, it's a good bit lighter than the molded plastic Kelly cases so, I saved a few $$ shipping it down to Georgia be painted. 👍

Yeah, same. 🙄

Therein lies the issue- I "sing" backing vox in the most pedestrian sense. Put it this way: the band tolerates my adding some backing vox. That said, my mic level is kept kinda low, likely because you don't want vox like mine way up in the mix. So, with a low(er) mic level for BV's, I'ma need a sound man to be johnny-on-the-spot with some slider manipulations or get a separate mic for vox only. ETA- The whole time I was typing this, I kept hearing the Scorpions "The Zoo" in my head. 😄

Well, damn! Don't I feel stupid. All these years and I didn't truly understand how a talk box worked. Snagged one of the newer MXR talk boxes and was gobsmacked to discover that the sound/signal, once modified in the tube by the mouth, doesn't then continue on to your amp. The sound coming out of the tube IS the end... ...until you get a mic up next to it. So the sound the "audience" hears is not from your amp per se, it's from your microphone. This creates some interesting issues with regards to mixing sound if a band member, say, plays guitar, sings backing vox and occasionally uses a talk box. The sound guy better be on the ball and I'm guessing there ain't no set it and forget it audio mixes. 😬

Nah, THIS shirt is perfect for me... It matches my Jeep and my latest guitar acquisition, which BTW, also got new pickups- a Gravelin Mongoose double slug and a SD '59

Maricela? Sweet lady but I'll see your MJ and raise you a Gravelin. Any day and twice on weekends. Had this installed and got it back today (yes, I can swap p'ups but not in a guitar that has the control cavity shoehorned full o' Sustainiac bits.) It slays. Think VH Fair Warning-era goodness. And for a bit less than what you'd pay for a custom shop Seymour.

Chrome reversed head (left handed) tuners w/ screws- $50 shipped Black Hamer stamped Floyd w/ bar (can provide springs, posts, and string bars. Might have a few locking nuts.) $165.00 shipped. Additional pickups- Newer SD TB-4's, Gravelin rewinds (Zza's, Mongooses) SD Invaders, Full Shreds, Alnico 2, DiMarzio Super Distortion, etc. DM for more details/photos.

I bought into the mystique and hype surrounding Maricela's winds years back. Bought a pricey MJ JB online and acquired a couple other of her JB's that arrived in older/vintage axes. Then I discovered that JB's, for my purposes, do not sound as good as the various Mongeese I've ordered from Josh. Even his J2B take on the JB (made to be closer to the original JB wind & characteristics) was uninspiring. If anyone wants to do a side by side comparison between a MJ JB and Gravelin's J2B, I have both.

Was riffing more on the general topic of grading in public schools and crazy parental/administrative expectations. We both know that kizanski, as an administrator (literally and figuratively) is free to do whatever he wants with the submissions and the rest of us can go pound sand if we don't like it. Circling back to teaching in public schools, I knew it was time to get the fuck out of teaching when I had an assistant principal ask me to revise my grading policies to accommodate a student (no special needs or learning issues) who made zero effort and turned nothing in. To add insult to injury, she was a PITA in class. It started out as, "can you give her an extension?" and "or can you maybe give her an alternative assignment?" (which I did, though under protest) She didn't do the alternative and the AP went in and changed her marking period grade from an F to a B. I lost all respect for that admin and that was the final nail in the coffin for my desire to teach. Relevance to Vol 5 of TBOTHFC? Zero. 😄

As another from the retired teacher category, if I had a dollar for every time I had an administrator tell me to extend my due date/ waive my late policy, I coulda retired a few years earlier. Why shouldn't @kizanski, as a civilian, get to enjoy that loophole?

I had parents who did not get cable until AFTER I left for college. I missed a sizeable chunk of the early-mid 80's heyday of MTV, along with a lot of the buzz and chatter fodder in high school. I agree that the live footage was always bit more exciting but there was no shortage of inspiration and awe created by the polished MTV vids. They often sold me on purchasing an album or single. On a few rare occasions, they convinced me to avoid the band/album as well.

Not really. I'm quite okay with the standard Standard headstock on mine. Sure, the coolness factor would be much higher w/a reversed one but there's something to be said about the aesthetics of the traditional orientation of the 6-in-line version. F*ck, I must be getting old(er).

Despite my penchant for gaudy graphics and colors, my Standard is pretty... well, standard. I prefer the classic '59 burst! But I wasn't always that way...

I almost pulled the trigger. If/when they put the Cobalt Slinkys in .09-.42 on SDOD, I'll be ALL over that.

The name that shall not be spoken...

The Zulu Blitz also had a sad backstory. I bought it from someone on here (I think) but discovered in short time, I didn't get on with it. Sold it to a gent in NY (I believe) and unfortunately, UPS delivered it with a broken head stock. If memory serves, it was sold it as a fix 'er up-er and presumably someone eventually bought it. Would have been a good project for Greg Platzer.

That was an ill-fated eBay acquisition back in 2008 or 09, maybe? Bought it because it had the reversed 6 in line head stock and H/S (which you don't see many of) and because it was orange metallic. The chrome-y, raised relief flames were likely thrown on by the former owner (Why, I don't know!) and bugged the hell out of me. It looked awful and it was going to take way too much effort and $$ to remove them. The Kahler was also PITA. But to be fair, some of that can be attributed to the fact that I had only played a couple of Kahler cam trems and didn't have the whole set up process dialed in. That, and I just am so comfortable with the feel of a Floyd and don't get on well with the Kahler. I ended up moving that out right quick.

Most on here know of my severe aversion to Kahlers. Learned my lesson with this. Deal killer right there. But that finish is sweet!!! Makes me long for this one back...

Not a Hamer but the sentiment is good.

Eva sez, "Happy, merry whatever you celebrate!" May it be a good one.

Fixed Income No Kids. I just made that sorry shit up... but it fits.