Guitars and BEER!

Here's a direct comparison, a 1964 v 2019:

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The 1964 follows the carve, the 2019 doesn't even try; 1/2 inch away most of the time... The pickup selector switch is around an inch higher on the 2019 as well, so maybe that affected how the pickguard was shaped? The top right screw is in a very different position.

Having looked at it in more detail, it's pretty nasty. I'd imagine some of the main pickguard reproducers would have already made a replacement for the 2019s and have a template. I'll send a couple of emails away and ask...
 
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Mr Grumpy said:
Here's a direct comparison, a 1964 v 2019:

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The 1964 follows the carve, the 2019 doesn't even try; 1/2 inch away most of the time... The pickup selector switch is around an inch higher on the 2019 as well, so maybe that affected how the pickguard was shaped? The top right screw is in a very different position.

Having looked at it in more detail, it's pretty nasty. I'd imagine some of the main pickguard reproducers would have already made a replacement for the 2019s and have a template. I'll send a couple of emails away and ask...
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The knobs are closer together on the current production models. I think applies to all of them. I remember thinking how close together they seem on my 2028 vs. My 1968.
 
I don't know fer sure but I feel Bud is brewed thru a Horse, … malt , barley and Hops are fed through one end and out the other comes Bud!@ Though I know it's probably rice and corn added to the front end, which has no business in beer at all
 
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I don't know fer sure but I feel Bud is brewed thru a Horse, … malt , barley and Hops are fed through one end and out the other comes Bud!@ Though I know it's probably rice and corn added to the front end, which has no business in beer at all
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An interesting thing (from a professional brewer's perspective, at least) is that technically, beers like Budweiser are flawless brews. They are brewed to taste very little (hence the around 30 % rice in the makeup of the grist of Bud), but these beers are the hardest to brew right. A brewer has nothing to hide technical errors behind in light lager beers. Fot that I greatly admire the big breweries. Now, if they wanted to, they could brew whatever they wanted, but they choose to brew light tasting beers, simply because they sell the most.
 
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Playing the Epi LP Special today because I'll likely out it this week; doesn't get much attention.

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I found these beers in the local supermarket, never seen them before, one is 6.5% and one is 9.7% - usually, the higher percentage beers don't taste as good; we will see. :)

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Long Trail Ales are generally pretty good. Brewed locally for me in New England, up in Vermont. If a pub has their regular Long Trail Ale on draught, I will generally get it.
 
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Still taste like it's brewed through a horse, I've had that feelin since the " beginning " ….. though in Czechoslovakia I did drink a beer called Butvar, that's the sound, not the spelling, and was told it was the original bud before USA made and that was outstanding! At a giant Beer festival in upstate NY we has seen Germans from Europe drinking Bud and my buddie I was with just had to ask them " Why are you drinking that when there are so many " better " beers here? " they answered " because we like it " ! I know less than nothing compared to a professional brew Master but I do have taste buds, a palate, a stomach and a er, keister, in that order. When ingested it becomes the equivalent to fast food. Most here seem to drink it due to vast distribution networks across the country, large inventory in each major stores, cheap price, an extremely capitalized advertising budget …. as the Super Bowl @ $1.5 million each 30 seconds! They pay for the prime spots in the supermarkets. From a marketing standpoint that should be part of the popularity. In the last 15 years or so we have had a Renaissance of small craft breweries popping up all over the country that has been quite noticeably obvious here! Most have been very successful on a small scale. Bud's been buying them out and through it's vast distribution network have been introducing the craft beers, especially pushing IPA's, to a wider regional audience which has been very suce$$ful! I must admit I'm a beer snob from the first time I tasted it. My all time best favorites, right now, are Duval, a Belgium brew, and Dog Head but only the 90 and 120. They make a 180 but that's too much for my palate. I'm also partial to Guinness Stout and Carlsberg Elephant but that's arguably an acquired taste. I think it's extraordinarily fantastic that we have an actual Brew Master on board! Makes me thirsty just thinking about that …

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…. and I still feel Bud's brewed through a horse hysterical.gif
 
Gahr said:
An interesting thing (from a professional brewer's perspective, at least) is that technically, beers like Budweiser are flawless brews. They are brewed to taste very little (hence the around 30 % rice in the makeup of the grist of Bud), but these beers are the hardest to brew right. A brewer has nothing to hide technical errors behind in light lager beers. Fot that I greatly admire the big breweries. Now, if they wanted to, they could brew whatever they wanted, but they choose to brew light tasting beers, simply because they sell the most.
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Brewed to taste very little. I'd buy that. Rice beer. Poo. Beer thats been filtered tbroigh kidneys before bottling!! :p
 
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