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Flip the body and straighten the strings I'd say. That bottom horn as top would help reduce neck dive.

This is an Everything Pizza, shaken not stirred!

Not sure that counts as that is a requisite piece of kit IMO.

Americans are not a race.

Maybe hold off posting till you settle down because you seems to be mistaking punk for pop. Anyhow I watched the first 35 minutes of the vid and is Beato going to say anything with any meaning at all? He's not adding much to the snippets of music he's playing so far.

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Yep, discogs seems to be the most accurate way. Didn't know about the barcode scanner, that's brilliant!

Disagree with all my heart

Be part of the pandemic or not. I don't understand how people are willing to facilitate these events currently. -paragraph deleted- I'm sorry, I have nothing positive to say. I work in a hospital.

This is my standard tuning on both my Spector euro 5lx and my custom Cellar V. DR strings DDT heavies. However we're considered to be playing thrash metal.

Spector for me 100%, I don't get on with jazzes. What music are you planning to play, do you prefer slim or beefy necks, is weight a factor etc.etc.etc. Give us something to go on. Shootout is when YOU compare items and present us with the results.

16 is too easy: the content of course!

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A dry thick microfiber towel for every day cleaning, a drop of Dr.Duck's Axwax annually when I change my strings and batteries. I have one bass that's only treated with Birchwood Casey gunstock oil and wax, no other lacquer or other finish on it.

OUT!!!

All I can say is get the maruszczyk padded strap to go with it. I'm not using any other strap ever again.

One of you doesn't rinse in the sink

So they're good for metal! Step one: turn yourself down. Step two: all of the above.

Punk version Christmas is best Christmas.

Where are they talking to Rick Beato? Is this just a love letter or misposted and should be in the 'bad jokes' thread? No hate for Sting here but let's not pretend he invented sliced bread.

I don't get the fuss, if you're happy playing a skip rescue and that does it for you that's great. If you have the urge and means to politely fondle a 10k art piece, sure why not.

I wish he'd taken design clues from the body to copy in the headstock. Also having the pickup wire visible on the front is a poor choice, could have been even cleaner. Other than these two gripes, very interesting concept!

It's interesting stuff! As benh said they have to fit pretty snug to give the full benefit. Indeed they leave the ears open. Word of caution, as you can't be exactly sure of the calibrated volume level, it's difficult to determine how loud is damaging to the cochlea. A novel idea is the clip-on headphones by auricle which have just run their Kickstarter campaign. https://auricle.io

Take out the electronics if possible, then soak in epoxy to stabilise the charred bits. Mount new electric bits and off you go, unique instrument!

I believe GG alinn has already been mentioned. Sex pistols? Chotza? There's quite a list.