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Gil Bang

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  1. 15 hours ago, Celery Man said:

    https://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/epiphone-les-paul-special-i-p90-electric-guitar/h77433000002000?cntry=us&source=3WWRWXGP&gclid=Cj0KCQiA8_PfBRC3ARIsAOzJ2urr8D2BeiEGvsuHfmdup8M6iz8JTQDq3PzMwNoK6ohxRQ08b3XAoXsaAhXREALw_wcB

    https://www.sweetwater.com/c590--Epiphone--Solidbody_Guitars/low2high

    Someone in the pron thread (a few guys have some epiphones) may be better able to speak to the consistency/quality of these ones.  I think the one at the first link is kinda badass.  The issue with any of these cheaper guitars as it relates to initial playability will be the tuners (cheap tuning machines on the headstock, won't stay in tune quite as well as when she upgrades down the line) and the "setup" - if the guitar isn't adjusted well the strings might be a little high, the intonation might be a bit off.  You could spend another.... ballpark of $50 maybe to have that done at a music store.  Giving options here because for an electric guitar, teenager, you want one they think is cool and speaks to them.  Epiphone is to Gibson as Squier is to Fender.  And those are the "big" electric brands.  Yamaha makes nice cheaper guitars as well, they may not have as much cool factor.

    Yeah, with a new guitar, I'd recommend having a luthier or at least, and experienced player do an adjustment/setup.  If she's taking lessons, it's likely that her instructor could do it. 

    If you're curious about what constitutes a setup, check out this video

     

  2. On 11/19/2018 at 3:22 PM, Buzzrock said:

    Damn I missed this entirely until this morning. Certifiable wizard on the strings. Watching Hee Haw as a kid, Roy always seemed like he could have been part of your family. RIP

    "I'm a-pickin'"

    "and I'm a-grinnin'"

  3. 9 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said:

    To an extent.  It can be used for that, to generate traffic, to create bidding war, etc.  We usually hold our own, but we usually get 4-5 emails when a listing goes live with realtors wanting to hold an open house.

    Yeah, the agents that have "made it" don't hold open houses.  They get a shitload of listings, and let their minions hold them.  New agents (or experienced agents that aren't busy enough) will reach out to other agents to ask if they can hold a listing open. 

    I do it too, particularly if it's a listing in an area that I work regularly, and if I'm not too busy.

     

    Meanwhile, I wanted to share an anecdote.   A good friend of mine is selling  his house in the Chicago 'burbs (near Northwestern Campus) as work has taken him west.  He listed with an agent with whom he'd been previously acquainted.   I'm BS'ing with him and ask him how it's going.  He says "oh...the market is super slow.  We aren't getting any showings, yada yada"

    I've been in this home on several occasions.  It's a nice home in a HIGHLY desirable school district.  The price doesn't set off any alarms.  I pull it up on redfin, and holy shit, the photos are horrible.  As bad as I've ever seen.  They make the house look terrible.  I call my buddy and say dude, what the fuck?   He makes a bunch of excuses for his agent...house looks better now, we've fixed that since the photos were taken, etc.  I give it to him and his wife with both barrels.  "These photos make a nice house look like a shitty house, and it's no wonder that you aren't getting showings.  I wouldn't take a client to this  house either". 

    So, at my insistence, he gets his agent to hire a real photographer, does virtual staging, and a drone showing the lot.   Walla, he's getting a lot of showings, even now when it's cold as a mofo in Chicago. 

    The lesson here is some agents suck, and if you aren't getting the action you expect don't take any bullshit excuses from them.
     

     

     

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  4. I believe the following video shows Dameyune Craig acting like an idiot.  With what looks like a decent sized dude in a red shirt following Craig and trying to get his dumb ass away from the LSU bench.  A&M TE Jace Sternberger gets in between Craig and an LSU coach in the video and moves the LSU coach back with his hands (not a punch, but it is an instance where an LSU coach gets moved back with a hand into the chest/shoulder). No idea if this is even Kragthorpe though.  There are basically not many other people are around.  This occurs at the lower right hand side of the video.

     

     

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