hamerhead

Had a guitar buddy listen to them back-to-back. He preferred the Rainsong over the McPherson.....

It was nice of Paul to give him a Hammer Explorer.

Shit.

Board works great! Thanks, Ted!

Good grab! It was in my cart for a minute.....

Holy crap. Steve Stevens lost his hair! AND his boots!

I don't remember him using an echo.

So, I wanted to trade the Rainsong to Dave's in Sun Prairie for a used McPherson Sable they had, but snoozed and losed. It worked out OK because one popped up on Reverb for less money so I snagged it. The downside(?) is now I have both the Rainsong AND the McPherson (along with my old Taylor 414CE). I barely use ONE acoustic, let alone 3. The upside is the direct comparison that's taken place over the past month or so: The Rainsong's neck is still less than ideal, but probably not as bad as my initial reaction. The sound, however, is pretty spectacular. Deep lows and shimmering highs unlike any acoustic I've played, with great projection. There's a real sweetness to it. It plays easy and is always in tune. Very well done. The McPherson is....different. Special. The neck isn't perfect but fits me better than the Rainsong. The sound is more even as well, without the dramatic lows and highs, but glorious nonetheless. It has a more cohesive, all-of-a-piece sound/feel/vibe to it that is hard to describe. As a pair, I think they'd record really well together panned hard left and right, and I may have to try that before one of them goes. Yeah, I'm only keeping one. Which one? Well, as sweet as the Rainsong sounds, the McPherson is getting all the playing time. There's just something about it that works better for me. It plays great, sounds great and the slightly smaller body feels great, so it wins. The Taylor stays...just because. ETA: a picture!

Mine, too. Drowns out her yappin'.

Head game. You see it in another cart and say, "Oh shit, I have to buy this right now before some other schmoe gets it." Ebay bidding is the same deal - you'll exceed your max (and often the value of whatever it is) just to 'win'.

Speaking of 'cramming', is there any way of having IEMs that don't feel/sound like you have your fingers stuck in your ears? My prior band used them and I couldn't get past that. It was a good system (Aviom, with individual mixers) but felt terribly disconnected and isolating, with zero 'live' feel. I bailed on it without doing enough experimenting.

That always gets blamed on my father-in-law, who was quite the prankster and has been gone for 30 years. We live in his house and I swear to God he moves shit the second I set it down.

Asking for a friend.

Worth the price of admission right there.

Gibson - once again answering a question nobody asked.

FIFY.

I have a couple of their MicroBlocks and they sound great. This is a no-brainer for a backup or grab-and-go.

I know I've asked this at least once a year for the last 20 years but it doesn't come up in a search, so: Where do you all get your custom truss rod covers (Les Paul) done? I swear I'll never ask again. ....'til next year....

Sorry....never really put the two together before. It could be something else, butthole. You and me are gonna have it out pretty soon. I've been in over 50 fistfigh........oh, wait......that was someone else. My mistake. Nevermind.

Possibly Hameritis? Sounds like a great guitar regardless. Can't wait to see it. Didn't Steve Stevens where the boots because he's like 4 feet tall?

I love those! My wife and I try to catch the fine print because the side effects are always way worse than the shit they're trying to treat. It's good for a laugh between bad news stories.

Damn Dave, that one just makes me sad.