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  1. dbirchett

    A little musical humor

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    Footprint of Franz

    Is the footprint of the Franz dogear the same as a P90 dogear (ignoring the slight difference in the shape of the "ear")? Would a Franz dogear cover all the screw holes from the LB-1s?
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    RIP Kingston Trio's Bob Shane

    "But did he ever return, no he never returned. And his fate is still unlearned." Founding Kingston Trio member, Bob Shane passed away today. He had suffered a heart attack several years ago but passed away from complications as a result of pneumonia. In the late 50s and early 60s he inspired...
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    NS Starfire II-ST Dynasonic

    This uses a new DeArmond pickup that they call a Dynasonic but it lacks the undercarriage of the Gretsch Dynasonic (Gretsch invented the name). It appears similar in design to the DeArmond 2000 pickups that Fender sold to Gretsch to use in the Historic/Electromatic series and that Guild used in...
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    For those who, like me, struggle to hit the high notes ...

    https://babylonbee.com/news/new-throat-capo-lets-worship-leaders-hit-even-higher-notes?fbclid=IwAR39q6IqTAsm2p4rVsnb48iMD78hiiRsmOrjIMEwbk3G027qyoDv4SF3QTc
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    Substituting P90 dogears for Little Buckers

    Was there a diagram that showed the cutouts and screw holes so that I could see how close they would come to covering the cutout?
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    Two feet of snow in New York City

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    Today in Chicago

    The Polar blast of cold air forced the cancellation of today's production of Hamilton. Once again, Brrrr kills Hamilton.
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    On of ... shall we say ... questionable taste.

    On the first day of school, a first grade teacher told the class that they were no longer Kindergarteners and that "baby talk" was no longer acceptable, that they would have to use the regular, the adult words for things. This became apparent when she asked kids the usual question; "What did...
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    The road not taken ...

    A wife woke up in the middle of the night and realized that her husband was not in bed with her. She got up and discovered him in the kitchen nursing a cup of coffee. She said, "What's wrong, dear?" He answered her, "Remember when we were dating and I had that big Buick with the big back seat?"...
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    OK, let's try another one

    In church, a pastor called for testimonials from the congregation. A young lady arose and went to the pulpit. "Hi. About six months ago, my husband, Jim, was in a bad bicycle accident. He had several broken bones but the worst thing from the accident was that his scrotum was crushed. The...
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    This is starting to hit a little too close to home

    Jim, an elderly gentleman, gets a call from a good friend. "Hey Jim, what'd you do last night?" "We went out to dinner." "Was it good?" "It was wonderful" "Where'd you go?" <Long Pause> "I don't remember." "You don't remember where you ate last night?" "No. ... but give me the name of a...
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    A little more humor

    A little girl went to her mom and asked, "Mommy, where did people come from?" Her mom told her, "Well, God made Adam and Eve and they had children and the children had children and so on until now we have all the people in the world." The girl thanked her mother and thought about it for awhile...
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    A little Rural humor

    A farmer drove up to his neighbors house (only a quarter mile down the road). He gets out of his truck and storms up to the house and pounds on the door. Ten year old Jimmy answers. "Hello, Mr. Swensen" "Hello, Jimmy. I need to see your dad. It's important." "Well, he's gone into town. He'll...
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    WTB Need a new end strap pin for my Starfire V

    I have a 2001 Starfire V that takes a very funky end pin. It has a conical piece (with the tip cut off the cone) that goes into the guitar and then is screwed into the center block by a long, skinny screw (#5?). Anyway, it came out and I delayed putting it back in. So now it is missing and I...
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    Guild Jetstar review in Premier guitar

    A very favorable review. https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/27633-guild-jetstar-review?utm_source=Premier+Guitar&utm_campaign=c33282e202-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_07_10_37&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_93db14e670-c33282e202-65952949
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    So what do you think Guild will bring out next (archtop/electric)?

    Now we see the Newark Street Starfire XII announced, what do you anticipate seeing next? A deep body X-50? Something with DeArmonds? An X-350 with the push buttons? Some thinline acoustic-electrics? Thin line hollow body electrics along the lines of the Duane Eddy models or even the...
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    Got an interesting email from Curtis Novak ...

    Curtis Novak is making his version of the Fender Wide Range Humbuckers that were designed for Fender by Seth Lover. These pickups are brighter than the traditional humbuckers and featured threaded CuNiFe (Copper-Nickel-Iron) magnets instead of the typical screws/slugs. CuNiFe magnets are...
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    Walker and Williams straps

    Has anyone used them. Seem to be quite reasonable and the pictures of them look nice. https://walkerandwilliams.com/
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    Looking for two old Guitar Player reviews

    I am remembering two old reviews by Guitar Player that involved Guild Guitars. One was a comparative review of a Guild X-160 Rockabilly (I believe that it was in blueburst) with a Gretsch G6120. This would have been before Fender took over distribution of the Gretsch line, I believe. The...
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