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  1. Thanks for the help! I thought that's what I did. Well actually I pressed share under the vid in YouTube and that pulls up several options and the one I picked was Copy Link. Then I pasted into the post. Then I tried a few other ways but always the same result. Oh well.
  2. Jimbilly, Go see Big Wreck! I saw them open up in ATL for ( I believe) Kings x years ago. I just saw that they played here a couple months back, but I didn't even hear about it! This is at the Suhr get together in 2015. I wasn't there. https://youtu.be/83j6OYrPtRw?si=OM4lvXX__u5THyNv
  3. Bueler? Is this thing on? Inquiring minds want to know...😃
  4. Um, that would be the cash price, running it through insurance would make it about $2000!
  5. I'm a little confused. I do respect the knowledge of this board but always like to "trust but verify" myself because that's just how I am, no offense intended. When I looked at the Schaller site it shows; "Tremolo block with 3 fixing screws at a distance of 17mm; material: brass." So, is this what they just currently use, or is that what they've always been made from? They also sell replacement blocks and brass is the only option. Well. brass coated in some silver metal actually. I was thinking of trying a brass block but I wasn't sure about this info. And. I liked the idea of the set screws on the Schaller blocks further connecting the springs to the block instead of just spring tension . Probably getting into Eric Johnson territory here. Or, do your tone improvements come from using a fatter block than stock? My Hamer labeled Floyd from Schaller is on an '89 Chap Custom.
  6. Yeah, you can tell the guys who can still sing their parts like Extreme vs. a lot of others by just how much they hold the mic towards the crowd to sing the parts they can't anymore!
  7. Thanks for all the replies! I guess at 59 I have some company on this board! Yes I took off months on both. I use a vertical mouse and now use the left hand mainly for trackpad etc. But it seemed like not using it made it weaker and one day when I started the lawnmower it felt like I pulled something in another area of the same right shoulder. I have an appointment in about 11 days. It wouldn't surprise me if I had some arthritis or bone spurs and maybe they'll setup an operation to get it all cleaned up like they did for my wife. Yep, things that would take a few days when we were younger are now a year long thing!
  8. I play a lot of tennis. I most likely tore something at a serve lesson and my primary doc took an X-ray and said it's probably bicep tendonitis. After it didn't get better in a few weeks I went to an Ortho specialist and after doing the standard strength tests; holding your arms and having you do different things he felt it must be a fairly minor tear to still be that strong. So, to avoid surgery he gave me a cortisone shot and it felt better for a few weeks. I've been doing PT for it and ice on it etc. Now, after about a year dealing with it and 6 months after the last doctor visit it's getting worse. It's starting to affect my sleep. I can still lift ladders play tennis and such but the thing that really bugs it now is if I play guitar, or small movements on a phone or computer. I'm going in for an MRI and then we'll be able to see what's really going on in there. Have any of you had arm pains, especially shoulder, from playing guitar? I'm not talking about Pete Townsend windmills just regular playing with a pic and some fingerstyle!
  9. I bought a brand new Ibanez Destroyer II from guitar center in San Jose in the early 80s, in cherry sunburst. It was a well built guitar. They just flipped the cut away at the bottom of the body, the Ibby has the top part sticking out slightly, the Jackson the opposite. And the lower horn, as it sits on a strap, is flipped down on the Ibby. I don't have it anymore. I really wanted a Hammer Chaparral but never even saw one in person. Just the mag ads and a few videos. So I traded it in on a PV destiny which was the closest thing to the Chap around me. Pretty nice guitar as well, but could never get the action like the real deal which I got a few years later.
  10. Yeah, maybe the dark edges help soften the actual design. Looks pretty good to me there.
  11. I'm pretty sure USPS online pricing is only for shipping online. Go to the PO and it's a different ballgame. Some stores do that as well. Seems like the whole selling guitar and music gear is more difficult than it was before. And/ or they're just making more assholes in recent years!!
  12. Cash, grass or ash, nobody rides for free! 🫣😛
  13. Interesting, I've always called bridge position #1.
  14. Man, I like this one too. The solo here makes me want to buy this album!
  15. ZR

    Mastering?

    You could check this out...Mastering That site also has a lot of info on various plugins, apps etc. Especially free stuff or limited time offers.
  16. So sorry to hear. Prayers your way
  17. Loving you Sunday Morning, Scorpions. My ring tone on my wife's phone
  18. I always stop at Goodwill to peruse their records but almost always walk away disappointed; just how many Davis Soul, Engelbert Humperdinck, Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass albums did they press, and why are they all at my Goodwill? I even played trumpet for years but enough is enough! Some of the vinyl that looked a little promising was in such bad shape I would not play them on my equipment. Anyway, the other day I found a near mint SOR: 20 STUDIES FOR GUITAR JOHN WILLIAMS record for a buck so I finally bought one there! I'll continue my quest.
  19. It sounds like you just need to woodshed on your picking. Start the correct picking stokes slowly and avoid the temptation to go fast. You'll lose your form and will probably be playing with sloppy technique as you're just not there yet. No use to practice anything the wrong way no matter how fast or slow it's played. When you have the right technique down the speed will come with practice. Use a metronome and your playing will sound better when playing in time and give you motivation as you see your speed increase. The only advice opposing this is what John Petrucci uses in developing speed. He says he will try a new run or lick at say 140BPM with perfect technique, but then he'll just kill himself trying at say 180BPM. Then when he comes back down to 140BPM it's easier because the speed seems like slow motion now compared to 180. Although, I probably wouldn't try that yet until your basic picking is solid. Our own Kevin Dillard (I think he's still around but haven't heard from him lately - if so say hi Kevin!) wrote a book called Intelli-shred which helped me visualize the board in a more vertical way than just the horizontal boxes. He also had another book after that about arpeggios but I don't have that one. Fretboard logic has helped me visualize the fretboard as well. The SE version has books one and two together. I tried the Grimoire series like Jettster used before (still uses?) But, I sold them because I couldn't memorize every page, scale, mode etc. to memory like Rodney did!! And finally, it might be good to practice a run from a song like "Love Gun" that's just a didley-didley run but may make practice more enjoyable. Good luck!!!
  20. Started when I heard Lovedrive in high school. They use to let us bring these big ass cassette players (some were about 2'x2'!) fully cranked at lunch and between classes in CA. It was "Lovin' you Sunday Morning" Then it was the Animal Magetism album then the rest of the older Uli stuff. I held on for several more albums then the newer stuff didn't do it for me although some of it was good. They are still my fav band I've seen live. The energy that they exude on stage makes me think of a traveling gypsy show where they are playing for whatever tips they can get...weird I know!
  21. I also use an old credit card to remove stuff near the fret w/o scratching. I finish up with 2 grades of synthetic steel wool w/o iron in it. to polish things up.
  22. Does anyone know who's coming up tonight and Friday? I've DVR'd both.
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