MisterDiddyWahDiddy wrote:
> On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 10:07:40 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 1/7/2016 12:46 PM, cibola do oro wrote:
>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>> On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 11:10:51 AM UTC-10, cibola do oro wrote:
>>>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>> On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 7:56:20 AM UTC-10, cibola do oro wrote:
>>>>>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 4:27:19 AM UTC-10,
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 3:31:44 PM UTC-5, Janet B wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Pizza war! Pizza Hut and Papa John's slash prices
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Too bad I wouldn't eat either.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There's an awful lot of guitarists around that could play better
>>>>>>>>> than guys like Clatpton or Page that will never make a dollar
>>>>>>>>> playing.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've always believed that the best players are people that
>>>>>>>> nobody's ever heard of. The reality is talent isn't enough - you
>>>>>>>> have to have the desire to make it playing music. I never had the
>>>>>>>> desire or the strength to be a performing guitar-monkey.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A sound appraisal.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Drive doesn't mean great music, but drive may share great music.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The worst part is that if you have some talent, people around you
>>>>>> will be trying to control your life. This happened to my guitar
>>>>>> buddy in high school. After college he moved to India and
>>>>>> disappeared for a while. My guess is that the idea of being a
>>>>>> performing monkey did not appeal to him either.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Under many radars:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Rfv0dQttM
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sumpin' tells me you may dog this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know why I don't have a Telecaster. It made the guitar
>>>>>> suitable for mass production and is responsible for our history with
>>>>>> the electric guitar for the last 60 years.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeppers.
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's truly a brilliant design. I've got every guitar that I've
>>>>>> wanted since I was 18. The only one that missing is the basic
>>>>>> Telecaster.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll always dig and respect guys that do their own thing. Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> I had a feeling you might.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe you add a 50s butterscotch one day?
>>>>
>>>> Heck, I may just build my own. Any monkey should be able to - as long
>>>> as he's a very diligent monkey.
>>>>
>>> I yield to your "monkey grip", since it's not a bass...
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>
>> Speaking of "grip" I find myself in a most ridiculous situation. I have
>> small tubes of denture material that is no longer made. The $7 tubes,
>> which I thought was overpriced, is now going for over around $140 a
>> tube. If I sell all the tubes, I'd probably be able to buy a Telecaster
>> plus a dinner at Morimoto Waikiki. Now that would be funny as all shit!
>
> The first Tele I ever saw had a bridge cover. They are beautiful with the
> cover on, and while the cover restricts picking near the bridge (most folks
> don't do that much of that anyway, do they?),

Never heard of chicken picking?

Charlatan.

> and adds a little extra work
> changing strings or setting intonation, the Telecaster with the bridge cover
> is so, so pretty.
>
> http://chasingguitars.com/wp-content...2013/07/03.jpg

It's a nice shiny ashtray, not much more.

> Speaking of pretty guitars, I've got a nice one, and I'm sure that real
> guitarists would think that some bang out 4 or 5 chord rock song hack like
> me doesn't deserve to play one of these, but I have small hands, and in 1st
> position the neck feels really nice.
>
> http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server30...0.1280.jpg?c=2

Digging the soapbar humbuckers and thinline body.


> If they made a little gold tone bridge cover for my Blueshawk, it would make
> the guitar even prettier. Like this one.
> http://www.12fret.com/wp-content/gal...ge_cover_1.jpg

Meh, but for rhythmn only, useful.

> Electric guitar bridges are ugly. Look at these Telecasters.
> http://www.tdpri.com/forum/attachmen...r-p1000713-jpg
>
> --Bryan
>
Ashtrays.