Chadd

Sure, but the preference is for the weight and that preference colors every other judgement that follows.

Ovation sales have been declining for years, that was bound to happen. Nobody buys the high end models anymore and almost everyone has their budget models produced overseas. Fender also sold off the Guild brand a week or two after that announcement.

Ok, so you weren't the guy wearing a Leafs jersey banging on the glass.

A single wheel will last months for anything short of running a business. Having a stone or two and some type of gauge for measuring the edges are the only tools I would say you must have.

Corey F'n Crawford

I'm so used to the first generation Mako that those almost look bland to me. Either way, they are great skates.

There are a couple sites that offer freelance work, a few agencies too. It really doesn't take a big investment in equipment to get good results.

Maybe some stick wax on the stick to make it easier to grip, or even a larger size?

Sorry to hear it. I don't know anyone in the industry that hasn't been nailed at least once.

Sold my gold strat that just never sounded anywhere near as good as it looked and then bought a Mesa Roadster. Four channels of 100 watt mayhem and madness on the way.

FBV spinners are symmetrical, it shouldn't matter. I put the number up.

There are probably ten times as many 59 replicas floating around as there are originals. Some of them are fantastic; Yarron, Max, Derrig, etc...

Sales sucked on the Les Paul, that's why they were discontinued. Funny thing is that Les demanded that they take his name off the SG style. Gibson makes the Midtown as a chambered semi-hollow. They're actually a lot cheaper than the laminated models. CNC routers make it a lot less labor intensive than a generation ago.

The new stuff is build as well as anything they have ever made, especially the Historics. If they still had access to Brazillian Rosewood or old growth Honduran Mahogany, those would be even better than the old ones. Nobody can hear the difference between multiple piece bodies and since piece bodies. There is more variation from one piece of wood to the next than you will get from joining the wood. Hell, 335s are multiply lamination, and always have been. I don't agree with everything they did in the Norlin era but the multipiece necks and volutes addressed the neck breakage issues pretty well. Unfortunately, purists don't care about anything other than the specs being different from the holy grail 59s.

I had three deluxes and paid $300, $500 and $500 for them in the early to mid 90s. I see people getting $2500 now for ones like the 73 that I had. Honestly, the new ones play and sound better than most of those old ones anyway. I don't understand paying as much for them as you would for a new standard. I have a 2011 traditional pro that is outstanding. All I have done is upgrade to orange drop caps because the ceramics were not right.

I have a 76 Les Paul Deluxe with a maple neck. I've owned it almost 20 years and never had to adjust the truss rod. A lot of the purists hate them but they are great workhorses.

Donkers will get it.

TGP is "The Gear Page", a website discussing high end gear, Robben Ford and Mustang Sally.

Women at that age don't usually want a good person, regardless of what they say.

They were supposed to make a decision on the job I want by today, hoping the contract negotiations with the union conflicted and they were not able to make a decision yet.

Many, many Blademaster shops do that.

my two cents, not that anyone asked for them but.... if you say that a kid has to do something or something bad will happen, you have to follow through. If you don't follow through, you lose credibility. However, my parents often sprung negative surprises on me and I ended up resenting them for it for a very long time. If you are going to withhold something, they should at least have a heads up about it. Something like "if you want to do X, you better do Y" seems like fair warning to me. Now for my petty vent: damn is it cold. If I complain about the heat this summer, I authorize anyone on this site to give me a good kick in the pants.

3/8 - 100/75 5/8 - 90/75 It stays in the same "family" of x/75 hollows

I usually dress for every pair, or for every skate if I have to fix a lot of problems on the steel. More consistent speed and pressure should reduce/eliminate the waves. A finishing product like an oil or wax on the last pass will also help.