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Seems like a good time as any to post a video...I couldn't choose just one as these two seemed to fit the occasion. Post 'Video Killed The Radio Star' if you want, but I'm not:

What's left of the corpse is nothing more than Lowest Common Denominator 'reality' crap, and has been for a long time. Maybe they shoulda changed the name of the networks to 'LCDtv'. MTV channels going offline like they began, with The Buggles' 'Video Killed the Radio Star' MTV is shutting down its music channels after 44 years

Chet Atkins used to use these amps, too: Music Man’s Hybrid Boogie Amp: The RD-50 – Vintage Guitar® magazine

This song has kinda grown on me over The Holidays, and especially since now everything's about to freeze over weatherwise. Plus, I wanted to post a video that didn't have Chevy Chase in it:

Christmas is the lousiest time of year for wheeling and dealing, not least because you're competing with anything and everything else during The Holidays. If you're wanting to sell, I'd recommend waiting until Tax Refund and Guitar Show season in the Spring. Just my two cents.

Second favorite, from my Air Force days of being stationed in the UK (it's been a UK favorite for years, you still hear it a lot over there, especially in pubs) :

This came to me via UPS yesterday: Gretsch G5420TG Electromatic Hollow Body with Bigsby, Gold Hardware 2018 - 2019 - Black | Reverb Normally, I'm not a fan of gold hardware, so this is an exception to that rule...even the Bigsby is in gold. I like it, the whole thing looks like it means business! Practically no signs of use at all, it came with the proper Gretsch Canadian-made TKL hardshell case, and the guitar is a MIK model to boot! Plus the price was extremely nice. Just as expected, the guitar plays and sounds great. One thing I've noticed in the last year or so in shopping for these Gretsches online, is that reviews seem to indicate that the current MIC version of the G5420T is the equal of the older MIK version...and yet I keep seeing used MIC G5420T Gretsches for sale on Reverb that have stickers on the back of the headstocks with newer serial numbers on them, like they were 'seconds' or 'refurbished' or repaired or whatever. But, I've never seen or even heard of a MIK model that was, and I've actively looked around online. Hmmm, kinda makes me want to stick with the MIK version, y'know?

P.S.: Guess who else is feeling sad about Hofner going bankrupt? Paul McCartney 'very sad' to see bass guitar maker go bust

I tagged this above at the bottom of my post. It's still there: Shop | Höfner

Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club) has used a Hofner Club bass off and on for years: Shop | Höfner

I hadn't seen the Conan O'Brien Late Night video before I originally posted it. Two takeaways: -'All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down' has that hard-driving 'freight train' feel to it...Buck Owens coulda sung and put out that song easily. -I'm not sure who the band member is playing the LP Custom, but he's proving that you can back a 'country' song with a LP without falling into Blues/Rawk cliches.

Because they don't have any idea what 'NOS' and 'pristine' is, except that those words tend to make used guitars sell.

I wanna ask the really scary question: How much is the MSRP for these?

Country star Raul Malo dead at 60

Somebody will be very happy...if/when it gets bought. Don't forget this cautionary tale:

What your Spotify Wrapped listening age means : NPR Kinda reminds me of those old 'click-bait' quizzes that used to clog the Internet. I haven't touched anything like that in years, as I know that somebody 'out there' is just wanting to mine my preferences for profit, and otherwise could care less about what I really think. I have NO idea what my 'listening age' is, as my tastes are all over the place, and all the traditional methods that I used to use to find 'new music' (radio, TV, etc.) are all but dead. I don't do Spotify or any other streaming service. I've pretty much quit listening to anything that used to pass as 'current music' since roughly the mid '90's; nowadays, if I find anything new that I like, it's a happy accident. I wonder where 'Get Off My Lawn' sits in an age category?

The Blues Brothers movie was making the rounds on basic cable TV within the last week or so, so he'll live on in that, at least. RIP.

Pete Townsend used to do that (or so he said,allegedly), but he used to snap necks and other parts of guitars, too.

This is my 'earworm intro' of the day, so far:

Sounds llike GPT 4.0 wins the 'Incompetent Employee of the Year' award.

Like the old saying goes: 'Garbage in, garbage out.' One thing that strikes me about Generative AI is that 'grunt work' employees are likely to be the least at risk of losing their jobs, because humans are the ones that will probably still end up doing that, at low wages. The jokers pulling in six figures or more, on the other hand...

I don't worry about tariffs when it comes to music gear. I do what I pretty much have always done...buy used, and try to snag good stuff in the process. If I can't afford it, then I pass.

I bought one of these with case very cheap a few years ago, it does the Junior thing very well with its stock Fralin P-90 on board, and I never had any urge to throw money at a more expensive version afterward, including Gibson: AXL USA Bulldog AL-1090 Electric Guitar Review - Premier Guitar There's two of these for sale on Reverb for about $400 used right now (no affiliation).