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String Spacing Rant and Other Musings

Woah, there's a blast from the past. Dial-up modems anyone? :D

Ya, I literally laughed out loud when it dawned on me that I confused the names. It’s awesome someone besides me finds that entertaining and remembers them (I recall 300 baud). For those not around back then, you could hand write ones and zeros on paper and then mail them to someone to enter into their computer before a download/upload would complete.
 
Ya, I literally laughed out loud when it dawned on me that I confused the names. It’s awesome someone besides me finds that entertaining and remembers them (I recall 300 baud). For those not around back then, you could hand write ones and zeros on paper and then mail them to someone to enter into their computer before a download/upload would complete.
The old days of the World Wide Web were tough times. High speed internet was an unfathomable miracle!
 
The Gretsch "Space-Control" bass bridge is a floater and works in conjunction with a tailpiece, but it is adjustable for string spacing:

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