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Oh my!

No. This is unacceptable! The only prudent action is to buy all of us one so we can provide a group opinion! ?

I'm sooooo tempted to put up something by Roger Waters just to see Pragi's "**** Roger Waters!" reply! ? (Or U2! Although I don't think it makes any sense to knock the music of an artist or band just because one or more of the main members is a d0uche nozzle, I definitely can't stand it when they use their assumed audience to preach politics!) My favorite U2 one: During a concert in Ireland, Bono holds up his hands and demands quiet. Then he starts to slowly clap his hands above his head while he announces to the crowd "Every time I clap my hands, a child dies in Africa!" to which someone near the stage yells "Well then stop fooking doing it!!!" ?

Ah, I posted before taking that link! A couple comments about sustainers (sussed out when my one custom had one - it definitely got replaced!). First of all, the Sustainiac is a much better choice than the Fernandes version (which is actually just a licensed older model Sustainiac!), however you are now stuck with that humbucker for all non-sustainer use. That is, unless you get what they now are calling a Model C! When I get back into spending major dosh on music gear again, I will definitely be getting one! I loved the sustainer I had originally (just wasn't happy with the normal tone), so a clip-on version is the best of all worlds. Not only can you have the pickups YOU want, but you can move it from guitar to guitar. Ok, I'll admit it does look pretty fugly, but I'm not Steve Vai and was only using it (as well as an eBow) strictly in my private studio. ?

Of the Schecter's I've owned or played, they mostly only had one issue: For some reason, the input jack needed work! It was either loose or, in one case, needed to be replaced. Sure, easy stuff, but c'mon!

Wait... My favorite didn't make the list??? ? (Man, nobody gives Notepad any respect... ?) ?

I was going to post a few puns about unemployed people, but none of them work...

Prebecan? ?

I saw this play a lot closer to your neighborhood than mine! July 4th, 1981 at the Piccadilly Theatre. I believe that counted as the "cultural" part of our 31 days in 15 different countries! ? Ok, back to it... Yep, Detroit is still the Motor City (even if it really isn't anymore).

That's exactly why I like to keep reposting my favorite colab efforts like THIS and THIS! ?

Ah, ok. Got it now! ?

Ok, back on topic...

They both have a guy holding a guitar in the image! Duh! ? (Ok, to be fair, I didn't get it either. ?)

Everything's good here!

[rant] I get my head chewed off by my Mom when I correct her because she'll parrot something she just saw on the news like "It's the worst in history!" when the even isn't even the worst to happen in the last ten years! The approach all mass media takes now of searching through 10,000 decent events to find the one that's bad, then magnifying it, adding alerts and repeating it ad-nauseam really makes ME angry. It not only makes people think the world is horrible (it's not) and the worst it's ever been (not even close, it's actually in one of the best times - no huge wars, famines or dictators killing millions, etc.), but it triggers the amygdala area of the brain. The amygdala is the part that handles fight, flight or freeze (basic survival). As such, it releases stress chemicals which are designed to keep people ready to react and does not allow for deep sleep since it expects you to be able to wake up and immediately run or fight. After being in this state for even a short while, people get, well, exactly as I've been seeing. They're anxious, think everything's bad, they're health is declining and they're irritable. I should add that the mass media isn't even showing all the effects (we've had over 90 days straight of riots downtown with lots of deaths, lots of businesses completely wiped out and burned plus the destruction and graffiti is incredible (I have clients downtown and have seen it - I won't go down there anymore). So, why are they doing this to everyone and why is almost EVERYTHING completely 180 degrees away from reality? Well, those are exactly the questions everyone should be asking themselves! I know why, but this is definitely not the right place to be going into that. Let's just say that these same people are behind all the fringe movements that pit one group of people against the others because, as Julius Caesar said, "Divide and Conquer!" [/rant]

Wow, you definitely won't see mid-sections like that around Portland! Oh, you'd SEE the mid-section, but only because their shirts can't contain all the blubber. ?

You definitely didn't want to be around the FIRST Coffee House forum! It got so bad that it had to be shut down... The one we call the "old" forum is actually the second go-around. Unfortunately, wherever you go, there will be kids posting from their mother's basements and disgruntled 45-year old virgins who believe their (provided to them) opinions are the only ones that are valid. Perhaps they need to go listen to that rap duo Dunning & Kruger! ?

For full disclosure, that's not one of those that I made.

Eggshellent! ??

Uh-huh. Suuuuuure you do. ?

This should give you the whole album... Note that the guitarist, Michel St-Pere, is the founder of the Canadian Prog band the Mystery (the best Canadian Prog band not named Rush - lol!).