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This is what happens when I break my own rules

Fri 2012 Sep 28

I bought a 12-pack box of Dean Markley Vintage 1972 reissue strings. As I've said in previous blogs, you should never buy this many packs of strings at once because what happens is that you'll never get through half the box without some of the strings rusting on you.

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d.c. cab
Thu 2012 Sep 27

D.C. Cab is yet another one of those movies I saw when I was a little kid, had absolutely no idea what it was about, found it again and watched it.

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The 12 things that affect guitar tuning stability
Tue 2012 Sep 25

I'll probably do a video on this later because it really needs to be shown (and heard) to fully understand why there is a very specific way to tune certain electrics.

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Gibson's "Norlin era" electric guitars
Mon 2012 Sep 24

Gibson electrics produced during the "Norlin era" are units produced from 1970 through 1983; these are considered by many Gibson fans to be the worst guitars Gibson ever made, and for good reason - they were in fact awful.

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Top 5 guitar finishes companies always get right or always get wrong
Fri 2012 Sep 21

What makes or breaks wanting a guitar or not for many is the finish. Now bear in mind "finish" does not mean the same as "paint". For example a "natural finish" obviously isn't a paint. It could be clearcoat to bring out the guitar wood's natural color, or maybe a stain to slightly darken a wood's natural color. So when I say "finish", I'm referring to paints, clearcoats, stains, semi-stains, "burst" style and so on.

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