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#115,882
TBird1958 said:
Dylan, sorry to be slow getting back to you I'm on a trip with the band until Monday, I have your pickgard scans on my work computer. Regarding the headstock on my BaCH NRs I airbrushed them black with lacquer base model train paint then over coated them with clear gloss, less than an hour of work
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the BaCH logo is very thin...it actually sands off easily without really marring the finish...has to be done carefully though..
 
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was at the Tesla plant yesterday and the talk is that by 2025, your Tesla will drop you off at work and then go UBER/Lyft folks around (driverless) and then pick you up at work when done. Tesla would take your car payment and 30% of the proceeds and you pocket the rest.....buh bye UBER (who's surprisingly not doing so well after the IPO) and Lyft.......Asimov's "malarkey" wasn't far from the truth.....:wideyed:..
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
was at the Tesla plant yesterday and the talk is that by 2025, your Tesla will drop you off at work and then go UBER/Lyft folks around (driverless) and then pick you up at work when done. Tesla would take your car payment and 30% of the proceeds and you pocket the rest.....buh bye UBER (who's surprisingly not doing so well after the IPO) and Lyft.......Asimov's "malarkey" wasn't far from the truth.....:wideyed:..
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Sounds great. Is Elon planning on upgrading the electrical grid to support charging all those cars?
 
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My '64 Embassy arrived yesterday. Fantastic shape for a bass a fraction of it's age. I have some adjustments to do but it sounds fantastic. Has that thick punchy T-bird sound.
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Mike.C. said:
So when you start playing out with your drum kit will it be easier?
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Having played out with the kit, the answer is no, it isn't. It was rare for me to do a regular bar gig on drums, though. It was usually a whole several set evening or a private party. With memory locks on the kit, I can set it up fairly quickly, but it takes longer than rolling the amp on stage and plugging things in. The thing about drums is that there's often a kit that gets shared over the course of an evening. Which means I hope to be the guy playing somebody else's kit, not the guy waiting until the whole shebang is done before I can retrieve my kit. So far, so good.
 
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PillO said:
Playing my `bird tonight, I decided that the Roto 66s are done. The strings now have that dead rubber band sound. I had been thinking for the last few weeks that the strings just weren't what they were, but tonight I made the decision. Not bad though, I think they lasted me about 3 months, which is typical for me. But now I have to decide what goes on next.

I think my great steel string experiment is done. I appreciate why people like steel. Now I need to decide what happens next. Here are my thoughts, comments welcome:

Nickel Rotos.
Pure Blues,
Nickel Lowriders,
NYXLs, or
LaBella White or Copper White tapes.
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Tapes, so you can tell us what they are like.
 
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