Gibson Bashing or good review, What say you?
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chilipeppermaniac
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No. I do not.
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DROOLZZZZ
Hey bdon, if you push down on the Stets can the strings get so slack they touch the pickups? Or do you mostly control the amount of pitch lowering only so far?
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Someone photoshop in an orange shirt for Dono
Jethro Rocker
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My Godin has a non locking 2 screw unit and locking tuners. It is very stable, was floating and in this case I blocked under so it only drops. That way I can change tuning and I have many other floaters.
Nut must be done correctly as it seems very stable under even extreme whammy use which is how I roll. Very impressive!
So I suspect a setup like that with addition of locking behind nut would be as good as anything else.
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That's it, Don, F that POS GIBSON V. Sell it to me and get a proper Epiphone V like the reviewer's preferred SG.
They get pretty noodly…the wound strings, yes. But the high E and B not as much…they get plenty slacked, but I’ve not had them stick to the poles yet. Perhaps it’s just the nature of the P90 pickups…maybe not as pulling as poles on other traditional pickups…I dunno. I do know they get slack enough to flop like wet noodles.
No, thank you. The advantages of a trem set to “drop pitch only” include the ability to change tunings, or drop tune, on the fly without remorse. Soooooooooo……..
I’m good, thanks.
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Anything that can be held is real to me, just saying lmaoThere are boobs that are……FAKE!?!?
In my previous life, i dated a few women whose husband's left them for younger women, after having had some significant work done on themselves
It was like getting to drive a classic Ferrari that had been modernized. It was very satisfying, to say nothing of the enthusiasm of being noticed as opposed to overlooked.
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chilipeppermaniac
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Back in the 80's when I worked at a Porsche Audi service dept. one customer was an attractive young blonde who also happened to live in my apartment complex. Let me just say, some of the mechanics had positive reactions whenever she would bring her car in. I had a little more enjoyment than just a reaction.
gball
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Which one did you work at? Did you happen to know a guy named Eric Niemann? He was tech at Tischer back in the day - old friend of mine.
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chilipeppermaniac
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Nope, gball.
I was at Valley Motors in Cockeysville. 1987-1988
We had some decent techs and often heard horror stories from our closest dealer, Stoler.
Always heard good reports about Tischer. In fact one or 2 friends might have gone there once I stopped working at Valley,
gball
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That's cool. I actually bought my first Audi from Tischer but after he worked there (he actually went to work for Porsche North America) but they def treated me right.
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<<<<<<<<<<<<< has never bought a new car in his life.
Drove 1972 Datsun 510 until I got into carpentry around the fall of 1988. Bought a 77 F100 that I drove up over 240K until around 1994 when I bought my house and got my next WORKHORSE. My 1988 F250 4x4. At 337k, it sits and needs brakes and likely a whole mess of other long overdue overhauling. Shocks, Timing Chain and gears, all manner of odds and ends.
However, that was the best and the most loved truck I ever had. Just for fun facts, other than a few really heavy trailer loads of machines or lumber, I once hauled 2.4 tons of 57's gravel in the bed. With my 200 lbs, that made an even 5000 lbs going from the pit to my home. The next trip I told the scale guy I might try a little lighter load "today" I think it was 1.75 tons LOL
Drove 1972 Datsun 510 until I got into carpentry around the fall of 1988. Bought a 77 F100 that I drove up over 240K until around 1994 when I bought my house and got my next WORKHORSE. My 1988 F250 4x4. At 337k, it sits and needs brakes and likely a whole mess of other long overdue overhauling. Shocks, Timing Chain and gears, all manner of odds and ends.
However, that was the best and the most loved truck I ever had. Just for fun facts, other than a few really heavy trailer loads of machines or lumber, I once hauled 2.4 tons of 57's gravel in the bed. With my 200 lbs, that made an even 5000 lbs going from the pit to my home. The next trip I told the scale guy I might try a little lighter load "today" I think it was 1.75 tons LOL
In my previous life, i dated a few women whose husband's left them for younger women, after having had some significant work done on themselves
It was like getting to drive a classic Ferrari that had been modernized. It was very satisfying, to say nothing of the enthusiasm of being noticed as opposed to overlooked.
Next post will be how Ford 8.8" axles suck...
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Who is gonna post that? Robert
My 1991, 5.0 has a 8.8?
I'm pretty sure both my 86 and 88 F250's have a Sterling 10.25 Axle
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If they are 250's, then yes, a Sterling. If 100's or 150's, then an 8.8" differential.Who is gonna post that? Robert
My 1991, 5.0 has a 8.8?
I'm pretty sure both my 86 and 88 F250's have a Sterling 10.25 Axle
What Axle Does The 1986-1997 F-250 And F-350 Use? | Lugnut4x4
Trying To Identify The Axle On Your Ford F250 Or F350? This Post Will Help You Figure It Out.
The joking point of my post was, after describing those heavy loads, you may post that Ford axles suck because of the overloading, especially because i thought you were doing this in a 100 or 150!!!
The reply was entirely meant as a joke...people in general seem to overload pickups, or tow 20,000 pounds, then say they suck when something fails from the overloading.
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I bought only one new car in my entire life. In August of 1999, i bought a brand new, 2000 Hyundai Tiburon, because i was comutting 100 miles a day (round trip) to work, and wanted a more fuel efficient car.
That car was silver with black interior and red stitching, and was special ordered sunroof delete with a 5 speed manual. It cost about $14,000 out the door.
I'm glad you framed this as a general observation and not an absolute statement.
That's good.
Let me first say that I do agree that a Floyd Rose style locking nut is preferable to a behind-the-nut string lock. So, in general I would agree that a behind the nut string lock is probably not the best solution...but it does vary from installation to installation.
Back in the '80s, I had a Washburn Wonderbar on my '74 SG. I still have that tremolo tucked safely away in a drawer. Anyway, I did not personally install it at the time, as I was new to guitars. I had it installed by a guitar shop shortly after I got the guitar. They installed the lock behind the nut as that is what came with the Wonderbar kit. I used that system for many years without any problems and it returned to pitch very nicely. I do not know if the shop made any modifications to the nut slotting to make it work better with the string lock, but I doubt it.
Incidentally, one popular user of the Washburn Wonderbar is Pat Simmons of the Doobie Brothers. I believe he still uses it to this day. It's a pretty decent system, but it does not have quite the downward range of something like a Floyd.