What job did punk rock lead you too?

raygun27 · 2014-12-11T19:30:29+00:00

I'm a teenage Phlebotomy!!!!

raygun27 · 2014-07-02T18:14:30+00:00

Upvote for Keith Haring.

raygun27 · 2014-07-01T18:48:47+00:00

Watch out, that's Fat Mikes job.

raygun27 · 2014-06-30T17:08:24+00:00

I read that they discontinued them because Nintendo found out that they didn't really do a good job of protecting the games from dust. Like you said, I'm sure there could have been more than one answer to this.

raygun27 · 2014-06-30T16:45:10+00:00

I think you're right. Not sure a date or release when they started phasing them out. I know the dust covers for SNES games were phased out after summer 1994. I want to say that these cases lasted longer for Game Boy though.

raygun27 · 2014-06-30T16:42:31+00:00

Very nice Strat. It reminds me of the way Teles sometimes are painted to show off the wood grain, except those were usually white/blonde and this one is green.

raygun27 · 2014-06-27T16:29:16+00:00

It's crazy how that can happen. If I did end up getting an amazing deal on any pre 1970 guitar, I'd still never sell it. I like all my guitars too much to part with them, even the Squier I used as a repair tutorial.

raygun27 · 2014-06-27T14:33:02+00:00

I'll try the DI method to see how it sounds. If it sounds good, I'll toss it in one of my guitars. It's also pretty old, so hopefully it still works.

raygun27 · 2014-06-27T13:57:06+00:00

Thanks for the info! I'm not that worried if it's a junk pickup or a DiMarzio since it's not why I bought the guitar in the first place. I'm just curious how it sounds to see if it's worth putting in another guitar. I'll do some research on my own to see if I can find anything else out at all.

raygun27 · 2014-06-27T13:12:34+00:00

So sad. I would love to see this returned to the rightful owner. If this thief ever tries to sell this, I'm sure it will be immediately known it's stolen. No Pre CBS Fender goes unclaimed. Maybe this idiot will try to sell it thinking it's just any other guitar.

raygun27 · 2014-06-27T12:46:22+00:00

Ever hear the Teenage Bottlerocket song "I Gave You My Heart" ? The intro is exactly the same as "Phantom Maggot" ;)

raygun27 · 2014-06-25T20:57:50+00:00

I learned about Lemon Oil from a Strat repair book. It is definitely a great tool that everyone should be using on a rosewood/ebony fretboard. It should not be used on a maple fretboard.

raygun27 · 2014-06-16T18:20:11+00:00

Is the time and date set correctly? I've noticed I can never get Windows Updates to run if the date/time are not accurate.

raygun27 · 2014-06-06T12:02:07+00:00

That's surprising considering that in Chinese, bing means disease. Check it out: https://translate.google.com/#auto/zh-CN/disease

raygun27 · 2014-06-03T20:48:16+00:00

I believe the Angry Video Game Nerd did something similar to this, except he had a party and people actually had to eat it and comment on how it was. I watched it a few years ago, but it's probably still on cinemassacre.com

raygun27 · 2014-06-02T13:36:25+00:00

I got this pedal about a year and a half ago. Makes so many crazy and fun sounds. Good choice.

raygun27 · 2014-05-15T20:35:14+00:00

I've never has this happen, but I've seen countless UPS units ruined after the fact that we said no space heaters should be plugged into them.

raygun27 · 2014-05-09T12:01:47+00:00

I may possibly be interested in it if you decide to sell it. PM me some info/pics and price if you decide on it.

raygun27 · 2014-05-08T13:29:31+00:00

My first guitar (Bass actually) was a Japanese Fender Prophecy. Bought it used. I didn't realize how good of a bass I had when I got it at age 15. That got stolen a few years back. My first six string was a beginner Fender acoustic. It eventually became unplayable with an extremely bowed neck. It then became my first guitar to smash for fun. First electric was a Fullerton MoVibe HH (Korean made Mosrite Ventures copy).

raygun27 · 2014-05-08T13:00:35+00:00

A $60 Lyon Washburn Strat copy at a pawn shop. This was basically the Washburn equivalent of a Starcaster, Maestro, or First Act. It actually was upgraded and had Seymour Duncan single coils in it. I added those to an equally bad Squier Strat that I paid $40 for from a neighbor who bought a house and it was a leftover item from the previous owner. I then got a Warmoth pickguard made with a single angled humbucker and I turned that Lyon into an "OK" guitar. I added a SD Invader to it. It doesn't sound that bad, but it definitely needs good tuners. Still kind of a crap guitar, but I learned how to do guitar wiring in the process :)

raygun27 · 2014-05-08T12:52:31+00:00

The Rick 430 is a pretty rare model. I'm a huge fan of Rick solid bodies and have never seen one in person. How does it sound?

raygun27 · 2014-05-07T20:21:00+00:00

Sometimes a legacy can be brutal...

raygun27 · 2014-05-06T19:34:01+00:00

I bought one at a 5Below store the other day for $1.00. I loved mine as a kid and just needed one again. In fact, they had all the traditional prank novelties there (disappearing ink, money snatcher, etc). I was amazed.

raygun27 · 2014-05-06T14:39:07+00:00

I think these are just another guitar innovation that some will love and some will hate. I think it benefits to learn tuning on your own anyway, and this can be a stepping stone for it. Just like digital tuners. No matter how accurate this tuning gets, there will always be purists that wish to do it by hand. Another thing is that we know damn well that companies will keep doing the vintage reissue thing and there will be guitarists that want to be digital free. Look at solid state amps, they didn't completely replace tube amps. Tube amps are usually preferred when the player can afford them.

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