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BFT Gibson said:
yesterday...we played 27 guitars into 9 amps & 9 basses into 3 rigs

Conclusion for me/i sound like me no matter what & certain guitars flavor a lil dif but could use any of em with EQ tweaks

Marshall from hard rock up(palm mutes-down tune-probably never again as i age)
Fender-found the mojo for my style ..set & forget with a RAT to EQ shift

Guitars..whatever feeling but 14 SGJ with 61 alnico could be the only 1 needed

Bass-P into Ampeg SVT or PF

now thats just me & my preference..only thing gonna do anything to my tone..is PRACTICE

been screwing around on internet way too long since accident..it showed on first song or 2 in studio this year..now..this xtra gear got to go..its a major distraction but it took going thru it to get to my happy zone....stripped my playing area this week...Fender amp 1 side-Ampeg bass amp other..feel relief....


just today i sold
Epi SG iommi
Epi SG 66
Marshall jcm 900
Ibby sc420
Ibby RG320
ESP LTD 7
Yamaha fg
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I'm selling off a lot myself. I just don't need it all and it looks like shoulder surgery is imminent.
 
BFT Gibson said:
"Same predictable sound from me all the time....lesson in last year....PLAY...but i am not into gear tho for the hobby....into music..i get sucked into the vortex of thinking i am missing something..only thing missing is PRACTICE to manipulate what gear i have for what musical job is thrown at..."

not sure where that came from..lol...but all i know is the playing time is way up vs taking things apart
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syscokid said:
Here's the diagram copied from the above article. What Dirk Wacker is saying, is to switch the #2 and 3 connections of the volume pot. So the hot leads from the pups will be connected to the volume pot's middle (#2) lug, and the volume pot's output wire will connect from the volume pot's "#3" lug to either one of the input lugs of the selector switch... Right? … :unsure:
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And my Hamers with 2 volume pots and 1 tone pot are wired like this:
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My Hamer Studio Goldtop:
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Nice....
 
BFT Gibson said:
ahh man srry bout the shoulder...
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Thanks, just another day under the knife. Seems like they come more often these days. I never had a broken bone all my life and only a few stitches.

This will be my third surgery in about as many years...

syscokid said:
Is it a simple, clean-out type of surgery, or something more severe?
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Not sure yet, doc took xrays and MRI. I have to have a consult next week, but it's looking like a surgery. Hopefully minor!
 
So are you sending me an G&L or no??? --- never really got a SOLID answer on that


DONT send me a Dumble--- Ill never use it---
 
Sp8ctre said:
I'm selling off a lot myself. I just don't need it all and it looks like shoulder surgery is imminent.
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Oh. No. Sorry to hear that man. My right shoulder is a disaster zone: dislocated and tore the rotator cuff (along with 4 broken ribs) skateboarding, about 6 years ago. Then, not long after it finally healed, dislocated/tore rotator/broke collar bone/5 broken ribs in a mountain biking "incident" that has left the whole area a mess. I have some sort of pain and discomfort every day. Loss of motion, and moving my shoulder is a series of pops and shudders - and after the collar bone break my right shoulder is about 2 CM shorter than the left one. I do go to the gym every day, and I put a lot of effort into keeping the muscles in my shoulder strong, which helps minimize the pain, but it'll be with me the rest of my life.
 
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Skateboarding????? 6 years ago> man I aint done that in ....lets see my sons 27.....so-----30 years at least -----think if I got on a baord now ----id just DIE ---face plant into oblivion------

I do know NOT to be towed on a board behind a dirt bike ----- shattered my right wrist and all the carpal bones ---- that was fun--- road rash covered my right arm from shoulder to knuckles------having ashpalt scraped out with gauze at the Emergency room was WORSE than the broken bones-------that nurse was the DEVIL!
 
eSGEe said:
Skateboarding????? 6 years ago> man I aint done that in ....lets see my sons 27.....so-----30 years at least -----think if I got on a baord now ----id just DIE ---face plant into oblivion------

I do know NOT to be towed on a board behind a dirt bike ----- shattered my right wrist and all the carpal bones ---- that was fun--- road rash covered my right arm from shoulder to knuckles------having ashpalt scraped out with gauze at the Emergency room was WORSE than the broken bones-------that nurse was the DEVIL!
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My friend latched on to my dads car while on his skateboard. My dad thought he let go and sped up...the road rash was ridiculous! He was wearing shorts and nothing else. He was scraped up from head to toe. Huge flaps of skin in some places! But nothing broken and he never went to the hospital. We cleaned him up at home and bandaged the $hit out of him!
 
Sp8ctre said:
My friend latched on to my dads car while on his skateboard. My dad thought he let go and sped up...the road rash was ridiculous! He was wearing shorts and nothing else. He was scraped up from head to toe. Huge flaps of skin in some places! But nothing broken and he never went to the hospital. We cleaned him up at home and bandaged the $hit out of him!
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--- lol--- yep been there

Dude the fact Im a live is a miracle---
as a kid I got a RUSTY upholstery hook -- in the main artery running down my right arm once---the blood was coming out so fast it was purple/blue---scars still there ---I was shooting blood across the basement like spider man (we thought it was cool) the other kids Mom didnt--------tetanus shot and butterfly bandages
jammed a flooring nail (working under the house) into my skull and blood like Carrie=---
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scared the SHITE outta the ex wife when I walked up to the window asking for a "towel" ----tetanus shot.....stitches--Xray to be sure it didnt puncture through the skull---or broke the tip off IN the skull------it didnt -- -skulls thick as a brick probably bent the nail lol
 
I still try and ride on FLAT surfaces...maybe a mild hill. Last time I went down a steep hill I got high speed wobbles and almost crapped my pants.
Didn't dump it though, but never went down another steep hill...that was about 4 years ago on my cruiser board...

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Here is a board I got signed by all the big names at the last Vans Downtown Showdown. I went every year from 2008 to around 2013 or so...

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BFT Gibson said:
oh man.. got to dig my Dogtown stuff out now..lol
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I have a real nice Dogtown Board from Wes Humpston. Never been on wheels. I'm actually related to him! Humpston and Humiston both come from
Humberstone in the UK. There is a town and river named Humberstone in Leicester where our names derive from...
 
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