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re: Any of you baws ever broken your collarbone?
Posted by Mizz-SEC on 3/3/26 at 2:40 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
No. But my nephew did and the chunk of metal they put in him to help it heal repeatedly had staff. By the time he was done he had to change professions because his collar bone was practically tissue paper.
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Concerts: Openers Who Were Better Than Or Upstaged The Headliner
Posted by Mizz-SEC on 3/3/26 at 7:47 am
When reading a Neil Sedaka obit I read he and Elton John had a falling out after EJ had helped revive his career.
AI helped me dig down on it and it seems Elton had arranged for Sedaka to open for The Carpenters in 1975 and Sedaka was consistently getting better reviews while breaking certain opening act protocols, so Richard Carpenter fired him off the tour.
What are other instances of openers being better, upstaging, or getting sabotaged by the headliner?
AI helped me dig down on it and it seems Elton had arranged for Sedaka to open for The Carpenters in 1975 and Sedaka was consistently getting better reviews while breaking certain opening act protocols, so Richard Carpenter fired him off the tour.
What are other instances of openers being better, upstaging, or getting sabotaged by the headliner?
re: GMT
Posted by Mizz-SEC on 3/2/26 at 11:47 am to dyslexiateechur
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My home is my sanctuary. I have a sign out front asking not to solicit at my home.
Apologies. If you have signs then they should by all means respect it.
I shouldn't have attached this to you, but I personally hate to see the decline in people getting to know their neighbors. It crosses over into the thread on how kids could be left to roam the neighborhood untethered to play ball and have fun. Neighbors knew each other and watched out for each others kids and property for bad guys or fires, etc.
Again I apologize.
I guess the day of neighborliness is out the window.
Bless you if you home has an attic or garage fire.
Bless you if you home has an attic or garage fire.
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Spend $2 in gas driving to a gas station that's 5 cents cheaper per gallon.
I don't get it.
Yeah, dumb if you go out of your way to do it.
If it's on the routes you travel from here to there, it's free money so long as the gas isn't junk.
I hate these generational thread war topics, but the first two paragraphs are almost complete bullshite.
Yes, we disappeared for hours but any decent parent had a pretty good idea of where their kid was. My father's generation had the same freedom. The reason this changed was the increase in fricking scum perverts who could snatch your kid to abuse or never see again.
And now unfortunately society as a whole has become more screen and inside oriented, especially with the kids. Keeping closer tabs on them became a necessity, not the preferred choice. I'm glad I grew up when I did, but I'm not going to bash today's parents for correctly assessing today's dangers vs. past time periods.
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Growing up, kids disappeared for hours and nobody called the police. I spent entire summers roaming the neighborhood with a pack of other kids, coming home only when the streetlights came on. My parents had no idea where I was most of the time, and that was completely normal.
Compare that to today, where we track our kids’ every movement through smartphones and worry if they’re out of sight for five minutes. We’ve engineered childhood into this carefully controlled experience, thinking we’re doing better. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: we might have accidentally weakened an entire generation in the process.
Yes, we disappeared for hours but any decent parent had a pretty good idea of where their kid was. My father's generation had the same freedom. The reason this changed was the increase in fricking scum perverts who could snatch your kid to abuse or never see again.
And now unfortunately society as a whole has become more screen and inside oriented, especially with the kids. Keeping closer tabs on them became a necessity, not the preferred choice. I'm glad I grew up when I did, but I'm not going to bash today's parents for correctly assessing today's dangers vs. past time periods.
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Growing up, kids disappeared for hours and nobody called the police. I spent entire summers roaming the neighborhood with a pack of other kids, coming home only when the streetlights came on. My parents had no idea where I was most of the time, and that was completely normal.
Compare that to today, where we track our kids’ every movement through smartphones and worry if they’re out of sight for five minutes. We’ve engineered childhood into this carefully controlled experience, thinking we’re doing better. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: we might have accidentally weakened an entire generation in the process.
I guess I would have one more question...
Do Gretsch's typically like the extra string tension of heavy sets? My Jazzmaster definitely does. It came with Fender 10s and at my first string change I went with 9s and immediately switched back. That said, this Gretsch came with 10s and my slightly arthritic hands said to try 9s and it helped with fretting with no perceived loss of playabilty on the songs we did. Both 10s and 9s would continually go sharp equally.
Anyway just curious about your thoughts on guitars and string tension. Only if you have the time.
Do Gretsch's typically like the extra string tension of heavy sets? My Jazzmaster definitely does. It came with Fender 10s and at my first string change I went with 9s and immediately switched back. That said, this Gretsch came with 10s and my slightly arthritic hands said to try 9s and it helped with fretting with no perceived loss of playabilty on the songs we did. Both 10s and 9s would continually go sharp equally.
Anyway just curious about your thoughts on guitars and string tension. Only if you have the time.
re: Paging Fret Shack... The Luthier's Workshop Thread
Posted by Mizz-SEC on 3/2/26 at 9:16 am to TheFretShack
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Good luck keeping ANY Bigsby in tune consistently. They look so, so cool, but they function lackluster at best compared to so many other vibrato units. NO ONE specs a Bigsby for performance - they spec one because it looks so badass.
The roller bridge definitely helps. Whether your nut is bone, graphite, TUSQ, whatever, it must be slotted perfectly to minimize friction. A little Chap Stick in the nut slots (lip balm is cheap, readily available and works just as good as graphite or gimmicky nut sauces) would also be advisable. You also need to string the guitar properly and stretch the strings out properly for best results.
Thanks for the reply and the success with your businesses. :cheers:
When you have the time I'd like to get your opinion on a couple of other items / things...
- One is a device called a String Butler which replaces the truss rod cover and acts as a roller string tree making sure each string is going straight into the nut slot.
- A couple of other devices are out there meant to reduce the immense break angle of the Bigsby B50 vibrato. One hooks over the back bar (eliminating the hook string attachment rods) and essentially making it a string through. The other device (BiggsFixx) replaces and elevates the center bar thus reducing the massive amount of tension the B50 creates.
- I'm also reading a wound G string set helps. Locking tuners, etc.
We tried back angle cutting the stock nut to no avail.
This is going to turn into a war of wills for me. I love the tone and playability of this guitar and am not going to take no for answer. Any additional thoughts you have would be appreciated.
re: Best Southern Rock Songs Solos
Posted by Mizz-SEC on 3/2/26 at 8:15 am to FearlessFreep
Here's an underrated Southern Rock gem by a band named Gypsy.
It never broke nationally but is a geat song!
It never broke nationally but is a geat song!
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old metal one.
Hmmm... I remember the metal coat hanger antennae.
I wonder if you could use a metal roof as one big antennae?
"Sometimes When We Touch" - Dan Hill
Paging Fret Shack... The Luthier's Workshop Thread
Posted by Mizz-SEC on 3/1/26 at 3:00 pm
So many of us have gear questions while others have knowledge and experience, I thought I'd start a thread as a catch-all for questions and answers about instruments and their modifications and repair.
My current question; actually two questions... I recently bought a Gretsch G5232T Electromatic Double Jet with a Bigsby and I love it. It's going to fill a nice niche between my Strat and Jazzmaster as a guitar that can play both surf and rock. The only problem is the damn thing won't stay in tune. It continually goes sharp. Open the case to play... it's sharp. Play three songs... it gone sharp. Hell I tuned it up, went to the can laying it on the couch, and came back to find it was sharp completely unplayed.
I read up on probable causes and solutions (including asking my buddy who's a long-time Gretsch player) and had my luthier friend flare the back side of the nut out a little and add some grease to no avail; still sharp. Then we took the guitar back out to his home work station and he swapped out the bridge for a spare he had in his parts bin. Yep, it still went sharp. Anyway he thinks it has to be in the bridge or the nut, so I ordered a returnable roller bridge as the first mod to try to solve the problem.
My two questions are: 1) Would you suspect the bridge first? The stock bridge visibly moved when the tremolo bar was pushed. The replacement bridge moved slightly less. 2) I'm wanting to buy a TUSQ Graph Tech nut, but am having a difficult time determine the right size without a caliper to take exact measurements. The listed nut width is 1.6875 inches or 4.28625 centimeters.
Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated. TIA.
My current question; actually two questions... I recently bought a Gretsch G5232T Electromatic Double Jet with a Bigsby and I love it. It's going to fill a nice niche between my Strat and Jazzmaster as a guitar that can play both surf and rock. The only problem is the damn thing won't stay in tune. It continually goes sharp. Open the case to play... it's sharp. Play three songs... it gone sharp. Hell I tuned it up, went to the can laying it on the couch, and came back to find it was sharp completely unplayed.
I read up on probable causes and solutions (including asking my buddy who's a long-time Gretsch player) and had my luthier friend flare the back side of the nut out a little and add some grease to no avail; still sharp. Then we took the guitar back out to his home work station and he swapped out the bridge for a spare he had in his parts bin. Yep, it still went sharp. Anyway he thinks it has to be in the bridge or the nut, so I ordered a returnable roller bridge as the first mod to try to solve the problem.
My two questions are: 1) Would you suspect the bridge first? The stock bridge visibly moved when the tremolo bar was pushed. The replacement bridge moved slightly less. 2) I'm wanting to buy a TUSQ Graph Tech nut, but am having a difficult time determine the right size without a caliper to take exact measurements. The listed nut width is 1.6875 inches or 4.28625 centimeters.
Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated. TIA.
And the silent shame of Mom asking where the "husky" section was.
re: Neil Sedaka
Posted by Mizz-SEC on 2/28/26 at 12:16 am to hogcard1964
I remember his resurgence in the 70's but was surprised with how many hits for other artists he authored.
These Boots Are Made For Walking" - Crispin Glover
David Bowie Was Prescient About The Impact Of The Internet
Posted by Mizz-SEC on 2/26/26 at 4:35 pm
And with AI it's probably still at the tip of the iceberg stage.
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