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That is clever as all git out.

It ain't that good either! 😝

I really like it. I've been hunting a mid 90s LPS DC TV to replace one I'd stupidly sold in the mid 00s, and I'm glad nothing connected til now. I much prefer the correct color of TV and the wraptail. I even dig the strap placement up on the horn. Sounds a bit brighter & a tad cleaner/twangy compared to the single cut. It has the slim taper neck which is a nice change from all the fat necks I seem to have. The SC has a big neck. The pickup height adjustment screws feel a bit sloppy in their seats, but I can fix that when I do the first string change. Compare that to the SC, which were rock solid right out of the box.

early 1957 Junior, 2008 (I think?) Historic Jr, 2024 G-USA Special Sorry, I know you said Juniors. 1962 SG/Les Paul Junior WIDE thin neck. Never encountered anything like this on a Gibson before or since. I've had this damned thing 22 years now, and only have two or three photos of it for some reason. 1960? Junior ex Billy Rowe, traded to BCR Greg for a Robin Fleetwood. 2003 Historics, both traded in search of R9s. I know you said Juniors only, but I just got the DC special on the right last Wednesday. 2025 GUSA LP Special TV DC

HAPPY JUAN LAUDER DAY

Noises, proximity to my amps at my recording station, and owning several P90 guitars drove me to start incorporating Noise Gates into my pedal board. My system is in the corner of the bedroom, and then my rack of amps is to my right a couple of feet away. Everything picks up everything. It's a constant battle with EMI and the guitar pickups and amps. I live in a Hold Your Tongue Just Right in order to play existance. I've tried those goofy HumX plug in adapters, putting one the amp power cable and another on the pedalboard power, but I kinda think they're snake oil. If they made a difference, 'twas minimal. The thing I ran into with my noise gates was a whole 'nuther kinda rabbit hole: Ground Loops. Rig: Marshall style amps + Fryette Powerstation X 4cm / Noise Gate, power from MXR Iso brick. I've tried three gates. Two EHX Silencers (first one completely died one day) and the hot shit crowd favorite ISP G String II gate. When I added the noise gate, an awful electrical high pitch almost beep boop sound happened. (Gawd, it is hard to describe) I remove the gate, noise stopped. Rinse, repeat. Eventually I read I had a ground loop and the cure was an isolation transformer. So I bought a $29 Pyle 2channel iso transformer from Amazon to try. Plumbing that into my 4cm was a bitch to figure out, but it did stop the racket. Circling back to the fact I've had two EHXs, I swear upon my forefathers that I was able to wire in the first EHX and make it work without using an Iso Loop, but then it died. I don't know why, I still can't understand how that happened, and I mourn the damned thing to this day like I lost a family pet. The replacement gate, the ISP was worse about the ground loop. Ordered another EHX. Not as bad as the ISP. That said, I have to keep using the Pyle iso tranny to make any kind of gate work. UNTIL YESTERDAY... I have an old DBX 266XL Expander/Gate/Compressor sitting on top of my studio monitor and I had an 'Ah ha' moment. I put it into the fx loop of the PS-100 and it was dead quiet. And the gate works like it's supposed to, no ground loops, nothing but good ol rock 'n roll. Personal thoughts: I'm not gonna say that P90s are noisy, but they sure will expose any electrical flaws in a building or amp rig. The Power Station 100 sure is handy and amazing, but damn it doesn't play nice with some things. The times I have played live with the PS100/Marshall/Gate and physically spaced them apart from each other, made no difference regarding the ground loop, still had to use an Iso Transformer if the noise gate was present. Why do I insist upon using a Noise Gate? I can not STAND any kind of hiss or white noise in my old age.

The 5 layer binding on the top bothers me. The 3 layer binding on the back REALLY bothers me.

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Those push in Floyd snug fit collars are awesome! Try cutting a small square piece of the soft fuzzy pedalboard velcro (the loop side?) on the block to soften the landing of the blocker screw.

JHS Overdrive Preamp Original box and papers, no velcro $PENDING SALE shipped 48 states, no trades. ISP Decimator II G String Noise Gate Original box, has velcro $SOLD shipped 48 states, no trades.

Fryette Power Station PS-100. Dual master volumes, fx loop, can tame a Superlead or turn a 5w champ into a 100w muthafukka.

I put a pair of Greeback 10s in mine and they sounded AMAZING. Got the bug to try some creambacks and wish I'd kept the GBs. That little head also sounds pretty rad ran into a fullsized 412.

I prefer Brad to Joe. Taking a two year break from playing guitar/music was kinda dumb, but God, I needed a break. Playing along with Van Halen I to get my chops back up is also kind of a reach these days. Much more so than when I was at the top of my game, which wasn't much. Gibson Explorers are shaped wrong. I cracked the back of the headstock of my '62 SG/Les Paul Junior recently, and I really hate myself for not double-checking the latches on the case before I picked up the case, only to watch it skitter across the bedroom floor. Not digging this new Failure album as much as I'd hoped. Recently got back on Facebook to run the dealership's FB page, and I really, REALLY regret that. I still like pink guitars. I think I'd like to have a brownface Deluxe one of these days. I gots da blooz.

WTF am I doing owning a dobro?

I wanted to see if I could do this.... This is a list of guitars that I can remember owning. I still have (I think) the ones in bold text. I wonder if I missed any? You'll notice no Fender Strats Guitars I've had pass thru my hands 1989-2000: 197? SG Std 1989 Explorer 1974 Les Paul Special RI SC 1979 Les Paul Custom 1995 Les Paul Special TV DC 1979 SG Std MIM 1994 Tele red MIM 1991 Tele blue w P90 neck, painted copper, converted to Esquire Epi LP Standard Pink Sparkle Flake Squier P bass 1985 Explorer with Kahler 1983 Explorer White 1998 Les Paul DC Standard Tamale Red 24 fret 1992 SG Jr black 199? Peavey Foundation bass 2000-2014: 2000 Les Paul Classic 2001 EDS 1275 Doubleneck 2001 Les Paul '57 RI Historic Goldtop 1957 Les Paul Junior TV SC 1960 Les Paul Junior DC red 1962 Les Paul/SG Junior 1968 SG Special 1968 JTM 45 acoustic 1990 Kramer Proaxe replica '58 Explorer replica '58 Flying V 2001 Les Paul Junior TV DC 2003 Gibson J45 acoustic 2003 Gibson ES335 Candy Apple Red 2003 Les Paul 58 RI Historic plaintop 2004 Les Paul '59 Historic Chambered Cloud 9 RI flametop 2004 Les Paul 58 RI Historic plaintop 2005 Firebird VII Ice Blue Edwards LP Custom 3 pickup white 1989 Gibson SG Elite (pink!) 1995 Hamer Standard '59 burst 2003 Hamer korina Flying V 2006 Hamer Zandard Standard 2008 Hamer Standard korina chambered Goldtop 2008/2009 Robin Fleetwood 2008 Gibson SG '61 RI 2009 Gibson Trini Lopez RI 1991 Gibson SG/LP Custom 30th Anny 2009/2010 Charvel CS San Dimas Hot Rod Flame 2010 Les Paul 58 Historic RI page 30 burst Flametop 2011 Les Paul GC Custom Pro Pelham Blue 2009/2010 Charvel Pro Mod Primer Scream 1989 Gibson Explorer cherry red

+1 ouch.

Dusted off my Korina Vector last night. That is a fine, fine guitar.

Definitely the wrong thought! You certainly need more guitars. Well, thanks to a recent move & a surprise 20lb weight gain, I've only got three pairs of pants in the new house. So it's Guitars 6; pants 3. The upshot: I now have a sweet ass walk in closet that I can put a lot of my shit in.

As I stood in my closet getting dressed this morning, I noticed I have more guitars in the closet than I have pants. I thought to myself, "I need more pants."

Congrats! That's beautiful. You've got something to be very proud of there.

Mitch is a straight up good dude.

Mitch you really went above & beyond. Just got mine today, arrived on my birthday even. Best B-day present ever. This little sucker even has a mini replica of a functional guitar stand! Mind = blowed. Hats off, good sir. Edit: what I really meant to say was, Thank you!

WOW. That is VERY, VERY cool of you to do. I'm flubbergasted!

I'm such a sucker for 3 humbuckers, that the blue monstrosity above even appeals to me.

Thank you, thank you. I'd like to thank the Academy.... Actually, the satisfaction of knowing that I could manage to go a full year with no new guitar purchases is a prize in itself. I think 1988 was the last year that I was able to do that. Congrats to all the winners! Self restraint is a thang, y'all.