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You can buy a device that you leave on the strings to simulate years of playing. Who's going to buy one to test and put the 'played in wood' argument to bed? Tonerite

Converse Chuck Taylor All Star, unchanged (significantly) for one hundred years and still one of the most popular, recognisable shoes. Are we far enough off topic yet? 😄

Never Enough - The Cure

You Need Hands - Max Bygraves

I bought 'Kiss This' when it came out in the early 90s for the car. All of 'Bollocks' and the rest of their good stuff without the extra guff on 'Swindle'. It came with a 'Live in Trondheim' CD. In fact I'm going to dig it out and pop it in the car now.

Brand New Cadillac - Vince Taylor and his Playboys

You're History - Shakespeare's Sister

Lavender - Marillion

The gold top 'Maben' is £2.5k, so not cheap, but probably about right.

Absolutely deserved.👏

Seems like lovely genuine man. For some reason I've never actually made the link between Dan and Kent Armstrong.

How does the trombone work? 😄

Come With Me - Po Diddley ft Jimmy Page

All done. 🙂👍 A little confused though. It says it's about the links between audio and visual stimuli, yet there are no visuals. Or is there more to come?

The Joker and The Thief - Wolfmother

Been Caught Stealing - Janes Addiction

I'll do this tomorrow morning when I've got some peace and quiet. 🙂👍 "What do we want?" "Procrastination!" "When do we want it?" "Erm, tomorrow?"

That would make a lovely bass. 😎

Oh yes, all designs are heavily borrowed but I just thought the way they incorporate their own ideas into those designs and the craftsmanship were top notch. There's lots of companies copying old designs, these just seemed to adding some nice touches to those old designs. I think the offset waist really works with the 4003 horns, and the rear cavity covers add a real touch of class.

The above is good advice, but if you do end up deciding you want new pickups then maybe look at the Entwistle PBXN and JBXN. I've always said the PBXN is very much like the SPB3 but with slightly more mids, and although I haven't tried the Seymour Duncan 1/4 Pound J, the Entwistle J has that same vibe going on as the P. Absolutely go with the 1/4 Pound range of that's what you want as they're great, but the Entwistle Neo's are just as great at a fraction of the price.

Babylon's Burning - The Ruts

I'm about to get flats for my Melody acoustic guitar. Can you tell I love cheap rubbish........... that isn't actually rubbish, shhh. 😉

I'd just like to add I'm in no way connected to the company/luthier, I'd like to be because then I might get a discount. I'm seriously considering selling some stuff and commissioning something. It's been a long time since I've found a company that seems to tick all my boxes. Does anyone on here own a Latourneau, or know someone who does? Here's some more pretty pictures, because we all like pictures, right? (Some are guitars, sorry.) The following one is very @Andyjr1515 The rear access covers are just sublime, so classy. Lastly, a bit of volute porn especially for @SpondonBassed 😉

Bottles of beer? These will gently tease the cork out of a fine chablis, then massage your shoulders as you quaff it in the evening sun. 😄

That's part of the beauty, you philistine. The Maben is like an ultra classy Rick. Some of their other designs are equally as nice, even without the Rick cues.