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    Any Brits here?

    I’m not familiar with what Rowling has said as I try to keep away from celebrity gossip, but if she’s prepared to file a lawsuit, she presumably feels they have a case to answer? I’d have thought the world was past holocaust denial by now, but then there are still flat earthers, so… For what...
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    Case Candy?

    In always happy to get a set of hex keys and a truss rod tool, because you can never have too many. I don’t want a strap in the case because I prefer to choose my own. I quite like the hang tags, no idea why, I just do. Realistically though I want a guitar and if applicable the right whammy...
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    Unpopular Opinions

    That’s not elitism, it’s public service ;)
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    For those who seek out rare/specific guitars: how much mods are too many?

    I agree pretty much with what Hollowway said, for the true vintage" guitars, those guys will accept you changing the strings since the Strat was made in 1954, but that's about it! Please don't have replaced the tuners or had it refretted, whether it needed it or not. For something more in my...
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    Unpopular Opinions

    As a suburban, middle aged British guy, bro-county music (at least the stuff I've familiarised myself with) seems like an romanticised version of the life we were promised by the American television shows from my childhood. It's blue skies, open roads and good times. Which is exactly what I...
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    Ibanez 2024 NAMM

    I’m sure I recall the 25th fret being needed because Paul wanted to play something by Bach or Beethoven that needed the high F or something like that. I like it because it’s ”one more” ;)
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    Ibanez 2024 NAMM

    If we're talking wish lists, - Prestige AZ with a Lo-Pro Edge bridge. - Solid colour J-Custom RGs without the stupid straplocks. - More JEMs, less PIAs If we're talking predictions - Guitars that SSO would buy if only the spec sheet was very slightly different that prove retrospectively...
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    Comments from non-guitarists about guitars

    This is a pet peeve of mine too. I find it really intrusive and judgemental, especially when it's typically fairly obvious that the musical tastes of me and whoever is asking are not really going to overlap...
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    Comments from non-guitarists about guitars

    Many, many years ago, my then girlfriend, now wife nearly Got us both thrown out of a boutique guitar store whilst I was having a look at an upmarket PRS. Her comment to the store guy about the exquisite figuring on the quilted maple 10-top… ”What’s wrong with the front of it?”
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    Slipknot split with Jay Weinberg

    For me I think the thing that would make integrating the current line up with "Slipknot - the Next Generation" seem "weird" would be the "age gap", the "kids hanging out with their dads and their dads' friends" energy. To me, this is kinda the antithesis of metal's rebellious, alternative side...
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    Custom Kamikaze Palette -- Opinions?

    I actually REALLY like the "no picture" kami pattern you showed in you post, to me it keeps the overall idea of the guitar but makes it a bit less "George Lynch Signature Model" which I figure is in line with the refinish. And, for what it's worth, whilst I don't have a kanji tattoo, I do have...
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    Custom Kamikaze Palette -- Opinions?

    OK first of all, I'm more excited by the idea of a custom Kami than I have any right to be given this is someone else's guitar! Secondly I love both the pink, purple, black, silver and the pink, purple, black and white schemes, But I've also had a soft spot for this red, red, black, peach camo...
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    Any Brits here?

    Boris was not indecisive. This speech recorded during the Covid pandemic proves how effective a decision maker he always has been...
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    NGD: Furusato Nozei 2023!

    Former British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson "allegedly" gave up his American citizenship over this law. Born in NY to British parents, he had joint British / US citizenship but hadn't actually lived in the USA since he was a child. A few years ago he made a huge profit on the sale of his...
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    Any Brits here?

    The "Maserati Incident" is not the only personal experience of this sort of thing I've had, but it makes the best "tabloid" story ;) (Here's not the place for the full text my personal grievances though!) So... "yes" I reported it and "no" I heard nothing further from it ;) I wasn't going to...
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    Any Brits here?

    I agree. I am harsh on this, maybe ( ;) ), but the last time I did charity deliveries (insert unnecessary humble brag ;)) , I ended up taking food vouchers to a family with a brand new Maserati on the drive. It maybe a Daily Mail/Tory point of view, but having seen it first hand, I am bitter...
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    Any Brits here?

    My own view on this is that whilst certainly more needs to be available to those most in need, as harsh as it sounds, I think the benefits need to be more stringently tested and delivered in a form OTHER than actual money simply to make sure it's going to the right people and is used for the...
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    Ibanez PIA77BON In The Flesh Over At AP Amsterdam

    I understand that the black headstock with green writing is in effect a tribute to the other swirled Vai guitars which had a similar colour scheme going on. The Thorn swirled ones had matching headstocks, but the original swirled guitars had this format.
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    Any Brits here?

    But at the same time, it's all a balancing act, and if Labour were to position themselves further from the Tories, then they know they'd lose too many centrist votes to folks who say "at least the Tories aren't UKIP" At the moment, there seem to be three choices. The Extreme-Right, the...
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    Any Brits here?

    I think one of the big problems with party politics in general and one that's affecting the UK at the moment, is that politics is non-linear whereas party politics typically is and that's what we're seeing here. There are "far right" issues that a lot of traditional left wing voters...


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