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Close up of my avatar. This is early '89 after getting my first guitar for Christmas of '88. It was basically a black no-nane Cort style hardtail with 2 single coils and strat shape. Also got a small Peavey amp. The first song I learned was Devil Inside by INXS. Wasn't good enough to learn the...

I'm thinking of trying one. Does anyone know if it's closer to Goncalo Alves (my favorite), or Roasted Maple? Strictly talking feel here, I'm not a tone wood guy.

The hyper fixation on guitar parts in songs. After watching Slash playing on I'm Just Ken at The Oscars I asked my girlfriend if some of those bends sounded really out of tune, and she said, "Whaaaaa?".

I have 3 partscasters with original Floyd Roses on them. The 2 with the rear neck nut screws stay in tune WAY better than the one without those. Is this something others have experienced or is it probably something else?

I've had a one piece Warmoth 1/4 sawn maple strat neck for 8 years and have never adjusted it.

I've been playing through nothing but an Axe FX III for the past 4 years (through an 2X12 FRFR cab and a pair of monitors), and I thought it was supposed to act similar to a real amp with the master volume cranked, because you can do that and turn down the level very low. I don't have a good...

90 X 55 SS frets. My go to on other brands custom necks.

'94 from Bettendorf. My high school band was called Day Old Donuts.

I don't want anything because I need to finish my current project. Spray painted a DIY ready body black a week ago. Need to get around to applying tape then painting white for a '78 EVH style guitar (with roasted maple neck). Thought about buying the actual model but I think I'm too far gone to...

What's really freaky is when you run into YOUR doppelganger. Happened to me once at a Jesus Lizard show in Iowa City circa 1997. I believe we had an unspoken agreement to not acknowledge it, and avoid each other for the rest of the night.

Listening to Allan Holdsworth since I'm going through my annual "let's see if I like Allan Holdsworth yet" phase.

Thanks! Although I'm one of those rare veterans who wishes Veterans' Day would go back to Armistice Day in the USA. The end of a war seems like the best thing ever to celebrate. BTW, I have no tattoos but I've always thought it I did, I would get one of a Marshall knob to 11. But I know as...

The 2 mistakes I've made both involve the frets. One neck had such horrible fretwork I would have returned it had I checked it before putting the guitar together. The other mistake is ridiculous. I ordered a 22 fret neck (which I finished myself), from Musikraft and I didn't notice it was only...

DLR was putting in the work back then!

Just bought a JB from Warmoth last week, along with a body and neck for a '78 white and black EVH style build. Thought about it for two seconds. It's $80 and I'm sure it sounds fine. 21 partscasters later I've never been disappointed in a pickup purchase. Guess I've become the dreaded "tone is...

Warmoth offers the Floyd Rose R3 rout (which is a 10 radius nut), on a 12-16 radius neck. Is there an easy (if even necessary), fix to make it play as good as possible? I like my action low. Not sure if this is even an issue.

No magic pups. Just reached a point of playing so long, making so many partscasters, (and having watched so many videos), that my response to pickups now is just, "Yep. Sounds like a guitar." 😀 I never knew about Jazz III picks until I'd been playing for 20 years and it was a huge deal. Always...

Dunlop Tortex Jazz III 1.14mm. I've used them for years and haven't thought about picks since getting into them. It's always satisfying when you can stop thinking about certain gear and just think about practice. The same thing happened when I got my Axe Fx III. I haven't thought about amps...

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