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    Mike Mangini interview

    DT is basically the John Petrucci Band at this point. The other guys all make creative contributions, but he's clearly the one calling the shots now. I think they'd be better if the creative process was more open.
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    Opeth's Pale Communion album art released!

    I love this new album from start to finish. The one I don't like about where Opeth has been going since Ghost Reveries is that they had their own distinctive sound, and they've been avoiding that by chasing vintage prog textures. As much as I love Mellotrons and Hammonds, the band might be...
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    Motley Crue Break up and wait for it...

    It may be "binding," but my guess is that they could rescind this agreement if all four of them agreed to do so. In fact, under American law, I don't believe you could ever have a "non-rescindable" contract, so long as all parties agree to it. My guess is that they'll all run out of money...
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    NGD! Edwards Les Paul Content

    Nice! I get tempted by every damned one of those things that shows up on eBay.
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    NGD: Jackson Custom Shop

    I was wrong in my earlier post. It can't have originally been built for 24 frets on a 24.75" neck. You couldn't fit 23 frets at 25.5" on a fretboard designed for 24 @ 24.75". The guitar HAS to have been specifically built for 23 frets--there was nothing accidental about it. Someone at Jackson...
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    NGD: Jackson Custom Shop

    I'm guessing it's 25.5" on a neck that was originally built for 24.75" w/24 frets. Jackson uses templates for these things, so it's not like a fretboard of this length would just accidentally happen. It *is* disturbing that the Custom Shop would deem it acceptable to just slap 23 frets on there...
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    Strandberg #6 on Ebay

    What engage apparently did with Blitzie in that Ibanez/Carvin trade was abusive behavior, period. If he wants to do that on Craigslist, fine. But I would never put up with that as a forum mod/admin. Members should be expected to give each other a square deal, not try to pull a fast one like...
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    Strandberg #6 on Ebay

    It may be "your own responsibility," but a community has the right and the responsibility to get rid of members who scr*w over other members. It's just that simple. Engage abuses the implied goodwill of forums like this--the notion that a fellow forumite won't screw you over the way a random...
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    Pros and Cons: Scale Length 25-1/2" vs 24-3/4"

    Gibson has made a number of guitars over the years with 25.5" scale, such as many of their jazz boxes in the 1950s, or some of their more hard rock-oriented guitars like the U-2 and Victory in the 1970s and '80s.
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    Oh dear, Megadeth...

    Supercollider is better than Thirteen, but still not great. The biggest problem is the condition of Mustaine's voice--not good.
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    Progressive rock/metal that is neither djent nor -core inspired?

    Circus Maximus
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    KxK 7DC#11 Compare your NGD to mine and then kill yourself! (56k = FAIL)

    That's amazing!
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    Extra light string gauge recommendation

    I play with a 8-38 set, and I would use a 52 for the low B. LaBella used to make an 8-52 7-string set, but I believe they discontinued it years ago.
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    Mustaine Signature Models: Dean versus LTD

    The old Jackson KV Pros are a little strange, with the Kahler fixed bridge and extremely small frets. But that's the way Dave wanted them back then. The U.S. versions were identical, other than country of manufacture. It was weird how you could get used KV Pros for $500 for many years, and then...
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    I got my Strictly 7 Boden and....

    Jim basically said that in one of the videos. I'm not sure they're all B stocks, but either returns or guitars that were being made as production stock. It'll be interesting to see if he still tries to get three grand for them, given what's happened recently.
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