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Today, 08:19 AM
Remove the back?
FWIW, I once tried to use a clear vinyl hose (I have a bunch that came with a maple tree tapping kit) to run some water soluble...
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Today, 08:18 AM
They certainly haven't listed much of what they got from Mike. I called and got my old Sweet 16 back by asking about it and yesterday bought...
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Today, 08:10 AM
He did sell them to Butler. There is a second store in Missouri. Both are run by two brothers.
They are disappointed that some instruments have...
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Today, 08:01 AM
I agree that it's a shame that he didn't list them here. But I did talk to him about it.
He wasn't in a position to pack and ship them. He...
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Today, 07:47 AM
Most of the old glue has been absorbed by the wood so there's hardly any residue - you can try to clean it up a little by sliding those aluminum...
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Today, 07:42 AM
Now back to our regular program!
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Today, 07:42 AM
I'm familiar with the O rings. I was at work in a pediatric ward when all of us watched the launch. It was traumatic. The teacher and the...
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Today, 07:18 AM
I love the heel carve on the guitar. You can get your thumb very close to the fretboard, which extends your finger reach for high frets. Not all...
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Today, 07:12 AM
You're talking about the function of a slash chord, not what a slash chord is. Two different things.
But I agree absolutely, A/Bb is much easier...
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Today, 07:09 AM
I have heard that those Calton cases are fantastic. I imagine that the case cover backpack would help keeping it low key. Thing is that I'm mostly an...
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Today, 06:53 AM
Passengers should never be allowed to forget their anything but a barely tolerated justification for those transport professionals' jobs...
When...
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Today, 06:43 AM
M.A.S.H vs Catch 22 ?
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Today, 06:41 AM
Hmmm, so at that time the reasons of the explosion hadn't yet been elucidated - those aren't exactly a tribute to anything good about "America"......
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Today, 06:00 AM
True, but it still could be kind of distracting if you had a whole audience full of mimes doing their 'mime thing' during the show, LOL
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Today, 05:44 AM
Send you a DM
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Today, 05:42 AM
And just when I've decided to save for a prewar L5!!!
How far are you from South Wales ?
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Today, 05:36 AM
I have some similar jacks in a Nobels pedal. They have totally disintegrated. The plastic holds them together. I'm trying to source some.
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Today, 04:41 AM
Apparently humanity developed striped clothing before the idea of the street and the front door…
Humanity - keeping its priorities straight since...
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Today, 04:18 AM
I'm sure he does, they make the best audience, don't talk during your performance.
I saw an old Dick Cavett show the other day, his guest was...
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Today, 03:59 AM
Just to keep the totally preposterous theme going, do you know who else wears shirts like that a lot?
Mimes.
Maybe Pat really likes mimes?
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Today, 03:53 AM
Well, the harmonic function of slash chords can be hard to decipher. For example, I wrote an intro to a song that had these two chords resolving to...
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Today, 03:49 AM
I have 24 guitars. My wife doesn't care.
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Today, 03:37 AM
Looks beautiful, lovely finish. Big congrats and happy NGD.
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Today, 03:33 AM
Our blues for the week is Mr PC by John Coltrane. The suggested key is C# minor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PttNMqbNMOI...
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Today, 03:16 AM
UK Sale.
Hi Bought this of a forum member a couple of years ago go but since then I found a Borys in the uk and this lovely guitar hasn’t been...
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Today, 02:27 AM
Say, for example, you were playing Iris by Wayne Shorter. There are some of those chords in that one:
The Bb+7 is another way of writing...
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Today, 02:23 AM
Up!!!. Reduced sale only until I get another guitar :)
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Today, 01:47 AM
Just came across those on Amanda Monacos Facebook page:
Ciari Guitars Pro-Play Folding Guitar
She had posted this photo:
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Today, 01:19 AM
It's hard to believe on a jazz forum that no one knows what a triangle means or what a slash chord is.
They even provide the notes. The notes...
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Today, 12:43 AM
I had no idea he was that talented. Will have to search some of those films out. I always appreciate multi-talented people who are so far beyond me...
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Today, 12:20 AM
I second and triple the admiration of other members, Rob. Your kindness and gentle sincerity always shine through your posts. Though we do not know...
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Yesterday, 11:41 PM
I have tried one. And you couldn't be more wrong.
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Yesterday, 11:13 PM
Mike beat me to the punch on that, and it went for $6k. Butlers asking price is absurd.
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Yesterday, 11:06 PM
Yeah, that’s right
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Yesterday, 11:02 PM
That's an awesome story. It just goes to show how talented and how committed to the craft the old guard at Heritage was. I just so happen to have...
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Yesterday, 10:47 PM
I also had one of the early Katana 50s and used it in a short lived surf band as well as with my oldies trio and really enjoyed it. I think I only...
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Yesterday, 10:47 PM
You probably meant "over F"
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Yesterday, 10:40 PM
These might be of interest as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HP1oz-7NPg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3GWtDYdjfQ
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Yesterday, 10:36 PM
Do you mean the one I posted almost exactly one year ago? :cool:
+1.5h Brazilian Guitar masterclass by Nelson Faria
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Yesterday, 10:36 PM
Sorry, mates, this, the Performaxe, is godawful. Aluminium and spruce-topped guitars don't mix. Anyday now, you're going to put a nice delicious...
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Yesterday, 10:27 PM
NeckUp Guitar Support
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Yesterday, 10:26 PM
I come here for the guitars, but stay for the couches!
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Yesterday, 10:07 PM
I bought an inexpensive nylon string electric (Cordoba Stage) mostly for Bossa Nova sorts of things. It does sound quite good. Having a hard time...
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Yesterday, 10:04 PM
You're one of the good guys, Rob. You get 100% well soon.
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Yesterday, 09:42 PM
Thanks,
He's chord scaling so his chord symbols are really chord/scale symbols (extra stuff enough to identify the scale), but he writes he's for...
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Yesterday, 09:24 PM
Sealer on Cameo no.11
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Yesterday, 09:21 PM
Sweet couch !
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Yesterday, 09:11 PM
The red one fits right in with my other two girls :) There's a theme here with these three, I just can't put my finger on it :highly_amused:
(And...
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Yesterday, 08:49 PM
Pretty close to Jimmy Rainey’s story. He said there was a bar in the South loop that let them play bebop on Sundays.
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Yesterday, 08:35 PM
I know the guitar well. Here's a bit of the back story.
Once upon a time, Heritage was new and trying to penetrate the market. The builders were...
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Yesterday, 08:23 PM
I love Joe too. I remember this in an interview, roughly: "I learned how to play jazz in small coffee houses and clubs. They're all gone. We're...
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Yesterday, 08:18 PM
We miss you Rob!
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Yesterday, 08:14 PM
These are standard Jamey Aebersold chord symbols. Take a look at this:
https://www.jazzbooks.com/mm5/download/FREE-nomenclature.pdf
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Yesterday, 07:43 PM
C-Triangle/F
Is a C minor chord with major 7 under F
F C Eb G B
The /F means play an F note for bass.
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Yesterday, 07:43 PM
Oh no. Yeah, I have to work on that too.
I agree.
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Yesterday, 07:39 PM
Don’t forget rhythm guitar. :smile-new:
I really like it. The forum feels revitalized to me.
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Yesterday, 07:32 PM
Has anyone untangled the symbology?
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Yesterday, 07:31 PM
also try Bbo type stuff there
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Yesterday, 07:29 PM
And here's a few examples -
Ellis Regina and Toots T
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtGMDmjk6EA
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Yesterday, 07:18 PM
Whatever tone he eventually settles upon just needs to be full and clear / clean.
But some of those examples were ?? ( trying to be nice here )
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Yesterday, 07:14 PM
It's much more about playing with your fingers, and playing in the right groove rhythmically. Fingers take the edge off of round wounds, flats might...
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Yesterday, 07:12 PM
Imo, assuming you're not worrying about clashing with the melody, you just have to experiment with different extensions and color tone /...
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Yesterday, 06:38 PM
Run through I did like 2 months ago. I tried to play it 'pianistic'. I might work it up again and try to do the Bird bridge. There are too many...
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Yesterday, 06:27 PM
"Stan Getz was born Stanley Gayetski on February 2, 1927, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Getz's father...
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Yesterday, 06:26 PM
Ditto Nelson Faria. He has a really good tutorial on playing bossa nova, choro and samba and understanding how those rhythms work. I played a fairly...
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Yesterday, 06:10 PM
If you say so! I had to ask, as this was probably not the case for figured bass (which we were also talking about). I could ask my friend though...
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Yesterday, 06:09 PM
I bought the 17” campy. Im driving out to pick it up next week. I don’t know Mike but I have followed his messages for years and I am humbled to be...
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Yesterday, 06:07 PM
awesome Easter egg!!
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Yesterday, 05:58 PM
Thanks, looks great and I might have been interesed at another time but I just got an Epi ES175 Premium in today and am as happy as a clam!
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Yesterday, 05:57 PM
I'm no dendrologist, luthier, etc., but this looks like old-growth Braz RW to me and unlike any East Indian board I've ever encountered. But I humbly...
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Yesterday, 05:52 PM
There’s tons of stuff like that in the OG Real Book. Don’t know how much of that survived the cut to sixth edition. How many cats have ever tried to...
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Yesterday, 05:40 PM
If all other aspects of the amp is perfect then adding a jack socket for an external speaker could be a simple solution.
If this also disconnects...
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Yesterday, 05:30 PM
These guys get a great sound for bossa.
https://youtu.be/I90yvDwoY5Y?si=EeCwYRpCuQCsyZPI
https://youtu.be/NcapxLsNlbc?si=mIzVbeCM01ccfNef
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Yesterday, 05:26 PM
I’m glad my question made sense. Thanks.
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Yesterday, 05:25 PM
Fixed the melody, got a few fingerings.
https://youtu.be/7qwicN1ZhS0?si=XLsVzj0Bd-9ETbTg
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Yesterday, 05:20 PM
Oh, and I do not believe the Line Out in the 100 watt versions (or the newer K50EX) disconnects the speaker. The Volume knob on the amp affects the...
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Yesterday, 05:09 PM
If you have a minor lick you like, you can get obviously use it over a minor chord, but you can also use it over dominant off the fifth of the chord,...
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Yesterday, 05:08 PM
The artist is bigger and heavier with a better speaker and extension speaker jacks. I had a pair of the Mark II Artists running in stereo and it was...
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Yesterday, 05:03 PM
Yeah so that’s just two common ways to apply minor sounds.
Simplest form, you get E G B which is 5 b7 9, and then Bb Db F which is b9 3 b6 over...
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Yesterday, 05:00 PM
I LOVE these! The pickups are quite unique, and the guitar and electronics really couple to make an outstanding alternative to the L-5. Jim Hall...
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Yesterday, 04:57 PM
So why do you go to the 5th or b2 on the bridge? Are you treating the A7 as a V and the V of the V would be a ii? and the b2 would be a tritone?
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Yesterday, 04:49 PM
stunning axe!
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Yesterday, 04:36 PM
I had one of the original katana 50 amps. I played through it around the time when I had my kemper and thought it was cheap and toy-like.
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Yesterday, 04:34 PM
Thanks again guys.
Yes, I play with my fingers (both rhythm and lead). I also thought that Nelson plays with guitar volume turned down to increase...
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Yesterday, 04:30 PM
Get well!
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Yesterday, 04:22 PM
Hi everyone,
Im Brad, the guy that makes the Performaxe alternative on Etsy. These Guitar Supports - whether it's mine or the many other designs...
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Yesterday, 04:21 PM
Total bummer.
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Yesterday, 04:18 PM
You may be right because the Guitar Dater Project website says this guitar is also Korean:
1980's Epiphone Emperor (F) Archtop (Pre-owned) – Mak's...
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Yesterday, 04:15 PM
A little honey colored Mohawk pro pen marker on the top cracks and an overspray on the top and she will look brand new again.
It's nice to see that...
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Yesterday, 04:14 PM
This has all I wanted to know and some additional food for thought. Thanks so much.
Pennies from Heaven is a great example indeed.
As for your...
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Yesterday, 04:09 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiRDklaBcHA
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Yesterday, 04:02 PM
Luckily Mark caught all those loose braces. They would have buzzed like a bumble bee, far worse than the usual Gibson humbucker rattle.
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Yesterday, 03:55 PM
I am also a big fan of Nelson Faria’s playing. My first observation is that he is using his fingers and not a pick. I want to assume you’re already...
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Yesterday, 03:38 PM
Fascinating work! Do you (some how) sand away the old glue? And how do you apply the new glue? Thanks.
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Yesterday, 03:29 PM
Melody is usually the last word here. Using a 9th on the VI7 chord is not unusual. Pennies from Heaven is another example.
However the b9 has...
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Yesterday, 03:28 PM
Hi, thanks for the feedback. I also went to that decoder site first trying to research this. If you read their disclaimer, they don't support...
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Yesterday, 03:05 PM
When I read your first post once again after all the answers you've had by now, I realize you have a very complete arsenal of guitars. Archtop,...
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Yesterday, 02:54 PM
Nice! Sounds good.
For the head, you might consider some slurs — hammers, pulls, one-fret slides.
It sounds like you’re picking every single...
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Yesterday, 02:52 PM
Meanwhile, I found another problem (fortunately, fairly minor) - I checked the braces and discovered that the treble side brace was detached from the...
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Yesterday, 02:42 PM
I had a vintage 175 refretted with SS frets.
The plinkier tone DID bother me. I ended up selling that guitar. If SS frets don't bother your ears,...
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Yesterday, 02:41 PM
I'm sorry Delta put you through that Overzealous gate-keepers certainly make it a challenge. I have a Calton case with a Colorado cover, the backpack...
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Yesterday, 02:33 PM
It's pretty good, you have the makings of a good player.
One thing. All your solos were in the same area of the guitar and it can start to sound...
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Yesterday, 02:24 PM
I would not take an anonymous Craigslist poster's word over that of the seller....
Guitar Info: Your guitar was made in Korea on February, 1993. ...
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Yesterday, 02:22 PM
Acoustically stainless steel frets sound different, but using an amp I don't hear any difference.
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Yesterday, 02:15 PM
This is a really sweet tele and am listing it reluctantly.
The good: I'm not sure who made the neck and body, but both are very high quality....
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Yesterday, 02:10 PM
Contact - Henriksen Amplifiers
Bottom Right
Also, I emailed them and they promptly replied,
"I'd say you should lay the amp on it's side for...
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Yesterday, 02:09 PM
Hi all, this is my first post here -- found you all via Google. I am selling a 1983 Epiphone Emperor F in tabacco burst. It is in great condition...
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Yesterday, 01:52 PM
There's a contact page?
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Yesterday, 01:51 PM
BTW When I packed up my guitar in its case, I made sure it would survive being shoved around and banged about, before sending it off in someone...
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