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Take a listen to my mate putting my M80 through it's paces last week. We had a party at home for my wife's 60th, and 3 of us borrowed the bands back line and drummer and did this Neil Young song. This guy had never picked this guitar up before. Everyone was blown away by it's sound (and his...

Hi all, not been on here for a while, but have maintained a keen interest in Guilds. During one of my many eBay perusals a black 1976 M80 came up here in the UK. I did a quick check here to see if anyone had put dibs on it and put a bid in on it, and won. The owner has been honest about the...

Hi Guys Wonder if anyone there can help out, the fact that most of you sit in a different continent to me is an advantage straight off. (I'm in the UK) I've got a Rivera Venus 3 amp that's developed a fault (no sound since you ask, although the power amp drives with a lead in the effects loop...

Having received a copy of the above book for my birthday, I note that it is very light on the Guild side. The guitars seem to be chosen mainly for their unusual looks or rarity rather than their playing qualities. It sems as if the write ups are gathered from several contributors, as they are...

http://www.ricktoone.com/2010/09/neutral-tension-bridge-patent.html Saw this and thought it would be worth a share. Apart from having a perfect name for a luthier, I was interested in his concept. However in my experience, if you do not have enough pressure on the sound board then the tone is...

I hope I may be in the right place to get some help on this. Its a barbeque question, and as an Englishman living in England, I've always had and loved Weber barbeques. The last one we had was one of the Q series, a 2000 (the egg shaped cast one) I think, and had it for 10 years, it lived...

Anyone any ideas on this. Definately not a 60s Bluesbird. The style of the headstock, the rounded end of the fretboard, and the f holes apart from anything else. No binding on the rear though. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=111579217227&alt=web

Never seen this before. Watched a jazz show last night and the guitarist was seamlessly moving between a pick and finger picking. Not full finger picking, but the thumb and fingers style of country. I sometimes alternate like that and was keen to see what he was doing so I asked him afterwards...

Dont know why I've never seen this before. In one of the Nashville honky tonks yesterday we saw a drummer who had converted one of those sit on beat boxes with a foot pedal and was using it as a sit on bass drum. Sounded great and cut down on the size of his kit for a small venue. He told me it...

Has anyone seen a lead with a simple switch on the instrument jack that disconnects it as you plug in?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-4-sT2KFdo&feature=youtube_gdata_player Song from Tom Pettys new album. Having seen the Eagles getting a bit of a bashing on another post, its good to see an artist from a similar era releasing something that has their unmistakable signature on it, but still...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2QEIgDgvXs&feature=youtube_gdata_player A reunion of my old mates from over 35 years ago with a shaky blues set. Unfortunately the Bluesbird stayed in the case. I'm on harp about 2/3rds the way through. Perhaps we could entice Pascal next year. Still think the...

http://www.johnetheridge.com/guitar.htm Saw John playing in a club near me last Friday. What a blistering guitarist. And look what I found on his website - bottom right.

Bought an old Hofner President a month or so ago. Had a real badly mended neck heel break which needed rebreaking, and then I removed 3 frets worth of fretboard and laid in a new piece of rosewood. Needed the neck angle adjusting as I took some height out of the heel with the neck joint repair...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CfoloqtFhI&feature=youtube_gdata_player Showing my shallow side here. Some lovely ladies playing guitars. However in my defence they're pretty darn good.

Lovely promotional video of the festival I attend most years in the south of England. Check out the cool harp player at 0.20 - it might be me!

Hi all Be interested if anyone can give me any help on a restoration project. Its an old archtop with a carved spruce top, but when I've taken the finish off the top its all blotchy as bare wood. I don't know if its the old finish which I'll never remove. I know an easy answer would be to darken...

Spotted this on Ebay. Have a look at the added electrics and pickguard. The seller quotes rare Hofner chrome hardware. I dont think so...

This is a precursor to another question I have, but as a start point what is all the fuss about nut material ? Surely the nut affects the tone only of the open strings which you play less than 20% of the time. Is it to try to get the sound as close to a fretted sound and volume as possible? I...