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Their clothes are way too clean for their sound. 😆

I'm sure you didn't mean it this way but I read that in the exaggerated Jerry Seinfeld voice: Who ARE these people???

I subscribed to Rolling Stone magazine for a long time. In 2010 they did similar "year-end" and "decade-end" lists of best artists, songs, and albums. Out of all the categories I had heard "of" a few of the artists, actually heard ONE of the songs, and owned ZERO of the albums. I realized I had aged out and that's when I quit subscribing. I don't feel like I've missed a thing.

I remember when I first started using Reverb and had to contact them with some question. There was an actual number to call and I talked to a real person. As I recall, the call routing menu was extremely simple. The person I spoke to was friendly, upbeat, really knowledgeable, and wasn't reading from canned scripts. It has gotten worse and worse over the years to the point where when I do still use it, I pray to the ghost of Eddie Van Halen that I don't have any trouble. On a slightly positive note, I got the email below from eBay recently. Apparently they are going after deadbeat bidders who don't pay after they win an item. Starting May 13, 2026, buyers in the US who win auctions on eBay will no longer see an option to cancel orders. Why we’re making this change Auctions on eBay work best when winning bidders follow through and pay. You have told us that canceled bids disrupt your sale, hurt the item’s value, and create overhead. To better protect you, we’ll be removing the option for buyers to cancel winning bids. What this means for you Fewer cancellation requests US buyers will no longer be able to submit cancellation requests after winning auctions. Auction sales are final While US buyers can still message you directly to request a cancellation, it’s up to you to grant or reject. Our policy states all auction sales are final and fully supports you in declining the request. Protection from negative feedback If the buyer leaves negative feedback due to a declined cancellation, you can request its removal through Seller Help within 90 days of the sale. FAQs What should I say if a buyer is confused about why they can’t cancel? You can let them know that this is an eBay policy. Once an auction ends and they’ve won, cancellations are disabled and the order is considered final. If they have concerns or questions about the policy itself, they should contact eBay directly. Learn more about eBay’s policies. What if the buyer sends me a message to request cancellation? Per eBay’s User Agreement, auctions are considered binding and buyers aren’t allowed to cancel an order themselves after winning an auction. If a buyer messages you to cancel an auction order on their behalf, you will not be required to do so, however you can choose to if you prefer. Which of my orders are covered by the new cancellation policy? All orders resulting from auctions where the transaction takes place on the US site are covered by the new policy. Does this cancellation policy change apply to eBay Live? No, currently this updated cancellation policy only applies to transactions resulting from auctions on our core US marketplace.

Holy frijoles! If I could still play, I would be seriously interested in one or both of those! I'm going through the same thing. After spending a lifetime buying, selling, trading up, need that color, that one plays great, I always wanted one of those as a kid, etc. I had a great collection, perfect for me. Then physical/health events robbed me of my playing ability. I've let 3 of my 25ish collection go and I have 5 on Reverb right now but it's going to get harder and harder because after those every guitar I have left brings back a lot of memories and has more meaning to me. I will add this: after I let those first 3 go, I did not REALLY miss them and in my past whenever I've sold something usually I look back a few weeks or months later and wonder why I didn't do it sooner.

I saw a video of Phil X (I think) ripping the hell out of some Eddie song and he got every tiny bit perfect. When the solo came around he played Eddie's solo perfectly but then looped the solo section and played his own Eddie-style solo right behind it and something just felt...off. It was like AI or a copy of a copy of a copy. He's a great player and one of the best I've seen at copying Eddie, but there was only one Eddie.

Well, I managed to get to about 2 minutes in. He's great, and I like it when a shredder looks like he's having fun, but a little of that goes a long way with me.

Thanks for the tips! I've been using eBay or Reverb shipping labels and they always show how much they are discounted, and I always though it was a good deal and I couldn't do any better. I have occasionally used Pirate Ship and didn't notice any difference. I didn't even know PayPal offered shipping.

I think mine is still in the case with my Zandard. I'd sure take $125 for it but I kind of thought it would be cool to sell it WITH the Zandard (whose time with me is coming to an end. I'm 20 months post-stroke and it doesn't look like I'm going to regain my ability to play.)

I only saw Motörhead once, but it was with the Phil/Würzel lineup which I actually liked. Years later I named my cat Würzel. I know the band wasn't ever loaded with virtuosos but I still like them for being what they are (were). RIP to Phil.

That's really sad. Way too young. The story of Scholz alternating his vocals with Delp's and no one could tell the difference is pretty cool. I only got to see Boston once, but it was post-Delp and I think pre-DeCarlo so that must have been with Michael Sweet singing.

I'm going to watch that. Some of you might have seen the post I made about a possible buyer scammer about a week ago. Just a few days later I got another one. Some person with zero sales or purchases so therefore zero feedback offering $50 less than full price on a $3500 guitar. That makes no sense. I declined his offer and told him why it was because of him having no Reverb history. I never got a response. I few days later I went to check to make sure I had declined the offer correctly and re-read my message to him and all of it was gone. His offer, my response, everything. My guess is Reverb identified the account as a scammer and deleted everything.

Happy to see the recovery pic! One of my best friends and ex-bandmates went in for a stress test and they admitted him to the hospital THAT DAY. He had already had two heart attacks in his life but he ended up having to get bypass surgery the next day.

You normally don't, but sometimes you do? If a buyer on Reverb or eBay has zero transactions or feedback, I delete their bid. This guy did have ONE, but as I said it was ten years ago. WTF? On eBay you can actually set your listing so that buyers with less than a certain amount of time/feedback/rating/etc can't even bid which I have done there. I have to tell you I resent you commenting on my stroke(s). I'm about as laid back a person as you're likely to encounter (I've met several HFCers and they can probably tell you that's true). My strokes were ischemic, meaning they were caused by blood clots. I'm 6'3", weighed about 185 (now 175), never smoked, barely drink, excellent blood pressure, etc. so there were no lifestyle factors. We spent nearly two years trying to find a cause and it turns out I have a clotting disorder. I could keel over right now typing this or I could live to 100, who knows? We are managing it the best we can. So...there's no "extra excitement" here. I just don't want someone trying to scam me out of a $1000 piece of equipment. Even if you have a medical degree, I'm not your patient and a comment like that is not helpful nor appreciated. I have come to the same conclusion - thanks for your input! Love that! To close out the saga: I let the guy know I would be refunding his money and he got PISSED. He said I should have put in the listing I wouldn't accept buyers with insufficient history on Reverb. I replied that I told him that when I declined his first offer but he still made three more. He claimed he never got any of my messages so I screen-shotted them and sent them to him again. He then sent a "What? My money's not good enough for you?" rant and he got belligerent and accused ME of scamming HIM. So basically, ya know, fuck that guy.

That's true, but if I saw a buyer had 200 transactions and all positive feedback, I would be a lot more likely to trust them. Wouldn't you?

Ship to address is in CONUS. Buyer already paid through Reverb. If I were to now ship it, they would release the funds to me. I think you're right. I think I can just go in and tell them to refund the buyer. The problem is that he could claim to never have received it, it's broken, it didn't have purple wiring, the treble knob is sticky, or some other BS to try to get a full or partial refund. To restate the reason I'm suspicious: Buyer asks very technical and detailed questions about the amp. I don't even answer. Buyer makes offer on amp. I look at his profile and due to an odd (lack of) history, I tell him I really don't feel comfortable selling to him. Buyer doesn't respond. Submits higher offer. I message him "See my previous response. Buyer doesn't respond. Submits higher offer, now almost $100 more than a new unit. I don't message him or decline the offer; I just let it expire. Buyer submits full price offer. Reverb considers it a sale. Buyer messages weird "thank you for selling me this amp" message in broken English. Why would he go up and up to an eventual full price offer after I didn't answer his questions and actually told him I didn't want to sell to him?

I bought this Ceriatone 2202 to use in my AC/DC tribute. Unfortunately I had my strokes before I got a chance. Someone either modified it or custom ordered it to be in that vintage Marshall head cabinet which I loved because it had the right "look" for my band. A couple of months ago I listed it on Reverb for $800 and got a few hundred views and almost 100 Watchers in just a week or two so I thought I had it priced fair and it would sell fast. After being up for a few weeks, it had not sold so one day when I was checking on it, I saw that Reverb had it tagged "Great Deal" and showed the price range was $890-1180 so I decided to raise it to $900, still at the very bottom of the range. Oddly, after raising the price I started to get offers but they were all low-ballers. So, since I was hoping to $800-900 I raised the price again to $1000 so if people felt like they just HAD to haggle, I could go down on the price to get what I actually wanted and they could think they beat me down. Don't get me started on people who see 1959 Les Paul for sale for $3000 and think "I bet I can get it cheaper. I'll offer $2000." I hate those people. Note: you can get a new one from Ceriatone for $880. (Not in a Marshall cabinet of course). About a week ago I got a request from a prospective buyer for more pictures and asking a bunch of very specific questions pretty articulately. I'm not a gearhead so I don't know if it has pre-1980 Russian tubes or XC-35 capacitors or whatever and I'm not taking it apart to see so I didn't even answer. I've gotten in trouble before trying to answer questions like that. A couple of days later he made an offer of $900. I looked at his profile and he had ONE previous purchase ten years ago, no items for sale or ever sold. I declined his offer and told him he didn't have enough history for me to feel comfortable. He didn't respond but a couple of days later he makes an offer of $950. I declined and messaged him "See my previous response." A few days later he made an offer for $975. I didn't even decline that one or message him again - I just let that offer expire. Then he clicks on the full price and of course Reverb now says "Your item sold. Time to pack and ship." I get an message from him in horrible broken English saying "Thanks for letting me purchase amp. I take best care of amp...etc." Something doesn't smell right about this. What do you guys think?

I used those in my Cheap Trick tribute. Here are some I used in my AC/DC tribute and the ones we sprinkled on the tables at our wedding reception instead of rose petals.

Saved to my Spotify list. I can't wait to hear it.

Word of mouth on this "band" is spreading fast! One of my friends posted about them a couple of weeks ago and then two more who don't even know the first one posted about them in the last couple of days. They are so NOT me, but I really like them. The drum beats and basslines are pretty cool and I think the weird costumes are hilarious.

One of my favorites of theirs.

That's funny. Years ago one of my bands stopped a McDonald's on our way to a gig. We were all young long-hairs back them and the people there asked if we were in a band and when we said yes they asked the name. We said "Stone Temple Pilots". STP were just starting to catch on so nobody knew who that was. We said "Just remember STP - you'll be hearing about us soon!" Little did we know how huge that band would become. I wonder if those people still tell the tale of how they met STP before they hit it big.

I hate to see that. I really liked Under the Blade, and You Can't Stop Rock and Roll is my favorite, but each album after that they lost me a little more. I only saw them once and it was years past their heyday. They were playing a little outdoor concert series in Richmond, VA and the day they were playing it was like a freakin' monsoon but all shows were rain or shine so they still held it. The venue probably held 10-12,000 and only a few hundred of us braved the weather and came out. They, and Dee in particular, played that show like it was Madison Square Garden and it was going to be the last concert the world would ever see. He gave as much as I've ever seen any performer give that day and I left seriously impressed. I hope he takes care of himself and lives a long, happy life.

I was in a band with Linni Disse, the guy who took Dave Hlubek's place when Molly Hatchet reformed as Gator Country. Coincidentally Bruce Crump, MH's original drummer, lived about 10 minutes from me and played in the local scene. He played with a lot of my friends but I never got the chance to jam with him. I played one gig with a guy who was Christopher Cross's drummer before Cross got a record deal. The drummer for Silent Rage, a hair metal band that had a video or two on MTV, tried out as a singer for a band I was in. The Cheap Trick tribute band I was in recorded our demo at Bill Leverty's (Firehouse) home studio. I had never listened to them at all until then so I streamed all their stuff on Spotify and I have to say Bill is/was a killer player. He showed me some of his licks and practice routines but they were beyond me.

"Constipated Tulip" was the actual model name, but then they added the word "Artisan" and jacked the price up $4000.