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how i deal with being sick

I've been sick all week. Caught a bug. Is it flu? No idea. Maybe.

I don't get sick often. Maybe once or twice yearly. But when I do, it hits hard and there is a routine I go through to allow my body to heal itself.

I'll try my best not to make what I'm about to describe sound gross.

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Gem guitar from the 90s: G&L ASAT III

g%26l asat iii electric guitar

It's not the Strat-style pickup configuration and electronics that really make this great but rather the bridge.

What you're looking at here is a G&L ASAT III from the late 1990s. It does not load strings from the rear but is rather a top loader, and things get better from there.

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9 volt battery prices are stupid

The main reason people buy 9V batteries are for smoke alarms. This has been the way of things for what, 40 years now?

In guitar and bass player circles, the 9 volt is used for pedal effects (a lot of BOSS pedals use a 9V directly under the footswitch), acoustic-electric guitars with a preamp and active basses.

Regardless of where you use the 9 volt battery, there's basically only one rule you need to follow so you don't get ripped off with these things.

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