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A 12-string MIJ Epiphone acoustic was one of my first guitars back in the late '70s, but I've mostly had electric 12's off and on since then on an irregular basis, I kinda have a love/hate relationship with those. Lately, I've actually been thinking about stringing up one of my electrics to 'Nashville' (AKA 'High Strung') tuning; has anybody here done that, and if so, what did you think of the results?

'Borrowing licks' is one thing, but the title of your post ('sound like Jimi') made me think I'd have to get a Marshall stack (again)...and those days are far behind me, nowadays I don't want to drag around any sound gear heavier or bigger than an old-fashioned Noo Yawk phone book if I don't have to.

I think that the technical term for a photo like this is 'Exhibit A'. Talk about a crime scene!

I remember back in the late '70's/early'80's, practically everybody who was familiar with those LPs in transparent colors (Standards, Customs, etc.) with maple tops wished that Gibson would use two- piece maple tops (like '50's models) instead of those three-piece tops, me included. Hell, it didn't even have to be figured wood, plain two-piece maple tops woulda worked just fine. it didn't make sense to me or anybody I knew why Gibson didn't do that from an aesthetic viewpoint, I always thought a three-piece maple top looked mismatched; also, maple was probably the cheapest of any of the woods that Gibson used on LPs, too! Nowadays, Gibson probably charges a premium for 'vintage accuracy', for using three piece maple tops.

What's the point of having a limba body if you're just gonna cover it in black paint? They shoulda done it up in Butterscotch Blonde Transparent. Plus, how many pieces of limba did it take to make the body?

Article byline says it was written by 'Janelle Borg'. Maybe it was!

Sonny Curtis, member of the Crickets who wrote the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" theme song, dies at 88 - CBS News He started out as an early music partner of Buddy Holly in the 1950s, but was probably best known for his songwriting...and he wrote a lot of tunes that made it into the charts and got covered afterwards by others, too: If this song sounds familiar, it should; it was a big hit for Leo Sayer when he covered it in the '70's: He wrote and sang the Mary Tyler Moore theme song 'Love Is All Around', as mentioned in the news article above:

This appears to be the official demo video, as it's on the Gretsch website:

Seems like something's missing in this article. Interesting old photo, though: Why Lita Ford is still partial to her Runaways-era Gibson SG – despite wielding B.C. Rich guitars for decades

Cool guitar! What kind of wood is the body made from? I've seen similar Eastman models listed at DGS as having an Okoume body, anybody know for sure?

Here's a bit of Gretsch trivia; I had heard that Pete Townshend used a Gretsch 6120 in the early '70s (it was a gift from Joe Walsh), but I didn't know how often or where he used it...and it turned out that he used it a lot for recording. In 1973, the BBC asked Townshend to shorten the performance of the song '5:15' on the Top Of The Pops TV show due to the TV show's time constraints, so of course he reacted predictably: The guitar was repaired after this 'little accident', and he still used it afterward on occasion in the studio. Gretsch 6120 ‘Chet Atkins’ | Pete Townshend’s Guitar Gear | Whotabs

I'm not much younger than you, and I still have my old video game callous on the side of my right index finger from playing tons of video games at arcades years ago back in the '80's and '90's. I very rarely play video games anywhere nowadays (can't remember the last time I did), and I don't have a game system at home; but the dang callous keeps growing back, so I keep filing it off/down. The only thing I really regret is not having all those quarters I spent years ago!

Apparently just announced within the last week or so: “Makes next-level Gretsch style and sound more accessible than ever”: Gretsch brings its iconic Falcon and Nashville hollowbodies to new-low price points with unveiling of the Synchromatic Collection | Guitar World I've already got a few Gretsch G5420T hollow bodies that scratch my Gretsch itch just fine. Comparing the new ones to the ones that I already own now (Electromatic series, MIK manufacture, made in the late 2010's to the early 2020's and costing me roughly $600 each used including the correct-sized TKL Canadian-made Gretsch cases), I don't feel any need to run out and throw money at these new Chinese-made Synchromatics. It probably doesn't bode well for those Gretsch owners that try to sell 'upgraded' Electromatic G5420s by modding them with TV Jones pickups and jacking up the used prices 50% more or even higher, though. What say you?

The Rick Nastly mashup's been kicking around for years, along with this one:

Nice looking guitar! Are the original knobs included?

What happens when you turn the treble past 9 o'clock? Or is that only as far as the control will go?

If you can't swing the money for the guitar or miss out on it, there's always the cartoon figurine (no affiliation): Take My Money Fry – Youtooz Collectibles

More of the same info, with (maybe) a bit more detail: Gibson launches hunt for the 'Back to the Future' guitar that inspired John Mayer and Coldplay's Chris Martin

Once upon a time, I had two mid-90s USA Hamer Standards (no maple veneer top, just all mahogany), but only one came with a TKL 'USA' case, the other had a 'import' TKL case, both of which were made in Canada. The difference? One had 'USA' in small letters next to the Hamer logo on the lid, the other one just had the Hamer logo on the lid, no 'USA'. Otherwise, the cases were identical in all other respects. I didn't lose sleep over it.

Well that's just great, now we've got stoopid buyers. Great if you're selling, not so much if you actually need the thing and/or don't have the money.

Have prices gotten stoopider lately, or is it just noob sellers that got stoopider?

Weird Al needs to call up some famous friends and release his own version of this album.

Seems like I've seen a Robin very similar to that one, except in sunburst...