tomteriffic

Testes, testes. 1, 2, 1, 2. What's the matter with this....

Y'know, I'm with Mobbie on this one. Now, there's lots of folks out there that are just TOO easy to bash, due to a personality trait , an embarassing incident in public or some such. And i do, and I revel in it sometimes, even. But it's done in good fun, and with respect because, what the hey, they've had a far more successful music career than I have. I came up on Classical, Big Band, Cool School and Bop, Show Tunes, country and folk, old-school blues and soul, and the Holy Trinity of studio bands (The Funk Bros., the Swampers, and the Stax gang). As a budding piano virtuoso, I learned and played all of that stuff. So, when something new comes along, I'll check it out. I may like it or not, and yeah, there's a lot of drek out there, but it sinks fast enough. When I consider that I first met Billy Joel 35 years ago (when his first album was about to come out and flop) and he's still making noise today. That right there is worthy of respect. OTOH, when I met him, he was a real jerk and I've only ever played one of his tunes in a cover band...

Most of mine have it to one degree or another. An exception is my '01 Newport. But my low-miles '98 Phantom Custom had it very badly. BCR Greg did a repair, but it's still visible if you know what you're looking for. It's lots better than it was, though.

All the best from here, Marty. Hang in.

One of those with the Modern neck profile is in my future. I've dug the one I played, but with the Vintage neck carve, it was a bit much for my smallish hands.

My #1 Hamer has been a '92 Special FM which I bought new in 1993. Still my ol' reliable go-to humbuckered axe. My go-to single-coil guitar is a Frankenstrat that I built in the early 1980's. It has the special non-suck EMG's in what became known as the DG-20 configuration (10 or 15 years before they called it that) and a Kahler. It's been my go-to for over 20 years. My first-shot studio guitar is a 1982 Martin E-28, one of 100 built, the first one offered for sale, as opposed to being a catalong/employee piece. All mahogany neck-thru with Duncans and active tone controls. I just stuck the pic of Bubbles The Frankenstrat in to see if it worked.