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coastie99 · Mar 11, 2006

Gidday Don. How about a "Rogue's Gallery", wherein members can post photo's of themselves for other's education / amusement ? Also, an epicures column would be nice - I've kick-started that one under "Coastie's Guitar Practise." Or do you think I should find more constructive things to do on a Sunday afternoon ?

coastie99 · Mar 11, 2006

Gidday Don. How about a "Rogue's Gallery", wherein members can post photo's of themselves for other's education / amusement ? Also, an epicures column would be nice - I've kick-started that one under "Coastie's Guitar Practise." Or do you think I should find more constructive things to do on a Sunday afternoon ?

Darryl Hattenhauer · Mar 12, 2006

But if people saw my ugly ass, they might quit playing Guilds.

Darryl Hattenhauer · Mar 12, 2006

But if people saw my ugly ass, they might quit playing Guilds.

dklsplace · Mar 12, 2006

I'm always open to making the forum better.

Ease of use is the key (for you to use & for me to facilitate)...too many categories & you have to scroll a mile to get to the bottom of the page...too few & people generally clam up & lurk.

For the time being, I'll keep watch on this (miscellaneous) category to see if there are any trends in "off topic" threads that may lead to new categories.

Thanks everyone, for being part of keeping this place fun & interesting! 8)

Don

dklsplace · Mar 12, 2006

I'm always open to making the forum better.

Ease of use is the key (for you to use & for me to facilitate)...too many categories & you have to scroll a mile to get to the bottom of the page...too few & people generally clam up & lurk.

For the time being, I'll keep watch on this (miscellaneous) category to see if there are any trends in "off topic" threads that may lead to new categories.

Thanks everyone, for being part of keeping this place fun & interesting! 8)

Don

Jeff · Mar 29, 2006

Digital Picture Gallery

A picture gallery would be an interesting addition.

Walter Broes · Apr 14, 2006

Here's a pic someone sent me last week of my hairy paw and my '62 Guild X175 :
[img:769:575]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/WalterBroes/58562186.jpg[/img]

Darryl Hattenhauer · Apr 14, 2006

What's the story on the smallsby handle?

Here's Merle with his custom Guild:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009 ... 1308?n=130

Walter Broes · Apr 14, 2006

It's a "Chet Atkins handle" that I put on it, it's slightly longer than a regular one which is nice, and I think it looks cool too.

Darryl Hattenhauer · Apr 15, 2006

Merle used them too, didn't he?

Walter Broes · Apr 15, 2006

Both Merle Travis and Chet Atkins had these wire type arms on their Bigsby vibratos - Travis' being much longer and reaching to the end of the fingerboard of his Gibson Super 400.

The Chet type arm on my guitar swivels though - the orginal ones Chet and Merle used were the "fixed" variety that didn't move - handy for fingerpicking, potentially very painful if you strum or have an active, mobile flatpicking hand!

All of these Bigsby arms are readily available new and a straight swap for a regular Bigsby arm btw.

Darryl Hattenhauer · Apr 15, 2006

Where are they available?

Speaking of trem arms. remember Pistol PeteTownsend. Remember how he held his right arm stiff at the elbow and swung his arm around like the blade on a (Dutch) windmill at top speed? He ran a strat trem arm completely through his right hand.

Walter Broes · Apr 15, 2006

You can order them from any Gretsch dealer - Gretsch owns Bigsby these days, and the different arms are in the catalog/pricelist. I got mine second hand off Ebay.

coastie99 · Apr 15, 2006

It seems only fair that at some stage a guitar struck back. Try this.............. http://thewho.net/whotabs/equipment/gui ... ashed.html

Darryl Hattenhauer · Apr 15, 2006

I saw him break a new handmade gem like a Kronbauer or something, and I thought it was a waste (I never thought that about a Gibson). But when he was talking on the show later, he said that the guitar wasn't rare, that it would bring free advertising to the deserving maker, and it could be sold for charity at a higher price in smashed condition. I felt a whole lot better about the whole thing. And Pete wasn't as crazy as he seemed.

Keith was.

Walter Broes · Apr 25, 2006

Here's an ebay auction for a Merle Travis arm assembly : Click!

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