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I had a Kendrick clone of a 5E3 Deluxe years ago, I liked it a lot except for two things: 1. I couldn't keep from maxing the volume on it as the amp sounded so good when I did that; and 2. It practically made everything I played sound way too close to Ragged Glory/Weld-era Neil Young, so I eventually sold it as I didn't want to get into a playing rut.

Sorry about that, having laptop issues! I added the info to my original entry so it should be easy to find. BTW, some people on the YooToob channel already made the observation that the featured Beatles 'song' sounds a lot like a Ringo song.

If you think things are bad now. here's a dystopian version of 1965, thanks to some time villain messing with the timeline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v5=8KK8B5oqW=v4 For some reason I couldnt get it to imbed/load, but you can easily find it on YooToob, just look for 'What's happened to music' from the episode 'The Devil's Chord' on the Doctor Who YooToob channel. The reaction of The Doctor and his companion are priceless! Cilla Black and a classical orchestra aren't immune to the history being meddled with, either

I heard/read the same thing years ago, too. Audiences and musicians alike tend to listen with their eyes anyway, from what I've learned, me included.

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I just bought a Trademark 60 in great used shape recently, so I'm only about thirty years behind everyone else.

It's just a paint job, nothing more. They might be relevant if someone has a Noo Wave revival band and/or a closet full of Zubaz.

Made at New Hartford, IIRC. No affiliation, I'm on a laptop computer right now, so I'm 'cut and paste' challenged at the moment, you can still find the listing easily on the DGS website.

The late Stan Jay (of Mandolin Bros. fame) used to say that a lot, back when he had something rare or choice come into his store.

Good on her, and good luck to her, too! Sounds like she's doing it the DIY route kinda like Jack White/Third Man Studios, though White's gone even farther by putting out vinyl records, too. Reminds me of this Toyota RAV4 TV commercial that I saw on US TV recently. It kinda makes a commentary on sterile digital 'cookie cutter' click 'n link-style music, and the commercial's so new that YouToob doesn't even have it yet, it's called 'Industry Plants',and can be found on ispot.tv.

That's quite the BOMB there! Cherry bomb, that is. GLWTS!

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Here we go again...every so often, Guitar Center gets an urge to start up a 'house' brand (like the Hamer/'G.C' brand pictured), most recently they had their 'Laguna' brand which was designed by Keith Brawley, who worked for Fender years ago. General consensus seems to be that they're pretty decent guitars, and can be had cheap on the used market (eBay often has a handful available): Keith Brawley was also responsible for the 'Brawley' bass brand, which was the old Mars Music house brand in the 2000s, before he worked for Guitar Center. I've got an old Brawley Artemis 4-string bass (MIK, Ash body, 35 inch scale instead of the usual 34) that I found in ultra clean condition at DGS for the princely sum of $150 a few years ago. It's a good 'un, I ain't letting go of that bass, ever. Here's an old Reverb listing just like mine: Brawley Artemis Custom KB-24 Bass 2002 Natural | Reverb

I wonder if Murkat has any thoughts about Gibson's use of 'mood lighting'?

That's why I sold off my 'name' (USA-made and/or collectible) guitars and amps several years back...they were desirable, but the collector 'status' started to make playing them casually less and less enjoyable, less 'fun', with more of a financial 'responsibility' for keeping them. So I got rid of those, and I now have a small gathering of quirky musical mutts that I can play and use to my heart's content, with no regrets.