Bloody hell, a FIVER? Like a for real fiver, not the joke fiver we always offer when someone asks for a valuation? That's a dangerous thing to drop in here, you meanie! Just as well I'm too far away.
No, it wasn't! I was as surprised as you, believe me.
If you read the date the American way, it looks like you made it until March!
OK, I'm done taking the mick now, honest.
Quite a few people de-plate their JCs. Nothing wrong with that, looks good either way to my eyes.
I guess because mine is the 20th Anniversary one, I kinda feel a little obligation to keep it stock. Is that silly?
Keeping my wedding ring on must be the reason I don't have hundreds of people wanting a piece of me at/after gigs. Surely got nothing to do with the bass, or my face...
I don't think the thickness of ring will make much difference - they all sit much and such in the same place so it'll either hit something or it won't and it appears to be entirely dependent upon one's technique.
It's (70s) Gibson, so who knows/probably/maybe/nae sure?
My gut tells me they didn't get into factory fretlesses until the Ripper, and the EB was already in the twilight of its first run by then, but I could be wrong.
Mine doesn't bother me, it's nowhere near the pads of my fingers and I don't cradle the neck when I'm playing therefore it never touches anything except the finger it's on.
I do wonder how many people here moaning about how rubbish it all is would turn down the opportunity to appear in a playing capacity on the Hootenanny...
So quick, I hadn't even added your name to the list of participants! My bad - editing now.
EDIT - ahh, you said you weren't playing at the start of the thread. Tough, I'm recording this anyway, seeing as you announced your departure