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  1. On 8/5/2023 at 11:32 AM, tbone_ said:

    What model is that Gretsch Hulla? And Chinese or Japanese?

    I can never remember the numbers for Gretsch guitars.   Had to look it up.   It is the Streamliner (cheapest of their lines) but it doesn't have that on the on the truss rod cover.

    They went a little overboard with the name on this one, even after the numbers.   Sticker says Made in Indonesia.  
    Gretsch G2215-P90 Streamliner Junior Jet Club 

    Weighs 8 lbs.  I mentioned the nut was smaller than my other guitars, but apparently it is the same as my big hollowbody Gretsch and actually a bit bigger than my tele.  I guess the skinnier neck makes if feel smaller.    I can't get over how good the P90 in the neck sounds.  

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  2. awesome. like the grain on the neck, love the creme plastic and the gold knobs. curious how the... I assume that's essentially a filtertron or a filtertron-style pickup on the bridge? Curious how that and the p-90 play together. Fun guitar, at $400 it's been pretty tempting a few times.
    That filter-tron is going to be replaced. Probably with a TV Jones. It is significantly weaker than the glorious P90 neck pickup. I LOVE that neck pickup and it still sounds really nice in the middle position. But weak.

    I'll also probably replace that bridge with an adjustment wrap around at some point.

    The thing is really well built. Nut width is smaller than my other guitars but I really like the neck. Best word to describe the overall guitar is smooth. Extremely happy with it.
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  3. On 6/23/2022 at 9:33 PM, Left Coast said:

    As an employee of a studio, I can say this is exactly correct. Without the 20%-30% tax credits, productions won’t come to use the sound stages.

    Yep.  Georgia's growth in the film industry is all because of the tax cuts.   Pretty much killed the film industry in Louisiana.   

    In one interview I read, they asked Taylor Sheridan why he didn't film "Hell or High Water" in Texas.  He said he wanted to but it was much cheaper to film it in NM.  

  4. Sweetwater is sending me at least two packages of candy.  I also had them throw in a Katana 50 watt demo model.  And what good is an amp without a guitar.   If I'm going to be stuck in Young Co. Texas for an unknown period of time, might as well have a new toy to spend some time with.    The new Katana has a foot switch to switch between the channels so that should be fun.  I actually just bought it to use as a practice amp for my pedal steel when I get home, but then I pondered the idea of having an amp with no guitar out here.  That was just silly.  

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  5. On 7/27/2023 at 10:52 AM, Celery Man said:

    I generally don't like "guitar dudes". Like, I've never been to a G3 show and have no interest in going to one, I appreciate strong instrumentalists but I don't appreciate instrumental acrobats, or at least I don't appreciate viewing feats of instrumental acrobatics outside of the context of songs where it adds to it. Something like Eruption gets a pass because fucking Van Halen rocks outside of just shredding and even then I'm not going to play it all the time.

    For a long time I have perceived Billy Strings as a "guitar dude" of that type. But, I think I'm at least partially wrong and have started to nibble at his music. His name is part of what gave me that perception.

    Just watched his Rig Rundown.  He has an old 1945 Martin that belonged to Jody Payne.  He showed it to Mickey at Willie's 90th and Mickey pulled out a container from his harmonica case and sprinkled some of Jody's ashes in the guitar.  

    https://www.jambase.com/article/billy-strings-guitar-rig-rundown-video-2023

     

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  6. 8 minutes ago, noharleyyet said:

    My bride bought me a Martin and a Strat in the late 80's for Anniversary presents from McCarty's on Kemp St.  Family managed IIRC, nice people... spent a good bit of time there drooling. 

     

    Do you mean Sam Gibbs? 

    Hayley's Music on North Kemp has a pretty good inventory & the manager is savvy...good luthier also. His personal guitar and amp collection is damned impressive. 

     

     

    Yep.  Sam Gibbs.  I bought my first 'real' guitar and a Super Reverb there in 1978.  

    I'll have to go check out Hayley's.  I just saw that on the www but the pictures were old.  Thanks for the input.  At least P2 is still open.  

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  7. I grew near Wichita Falls and am back in the area dealing with elderly parents so I went to the only guitar shop still open in WF.  They used to carry a lot of great guitars.  Now, all bottom of the line PRS and Squires for electrics and Seagulls and lower Taylors.  They had one Princeton Tone Master for $1,100.  It appears they mostly cater to high school orchestras and bands.  

    In the late 70/early 80s, there was another shop called McCarty's.  It was fantastic.  In fact, Bill Welker who owns South Austin Music used to work there before he moved to Austin and bought that shop.  It closed a long time ago.  

    I drove to Ft. Worth, looking to play a J45 and some various electrics.  I refuse to step foot into a GC, so the best store I found was a Music Go Round.  I went to Zoo Music...holy fuck...what a warehouse of shit.   Not a price on anything.  No amps were plugged in. NOTHING has a price on it.  You had to go talk to the surly fucker to drag any information out of him.  I know these places have taken a beating from the on-line stuff and GC.  Makes me sad that the small shops don't exist any longer.  

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  8. 5 minutes ago, Budkudzu said:

     

    Follow up:

    She :   Why it the thermostat set at 78? 

    Me:      It’s set at 73.  You're looking at the temp.  It 78 because of the oven and the outside temp.

    She:     I’ll turn down the thermostat

    Has she put the fan on HIGH as well?  

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