Certain members will be tagged as a V.I.P., Site Admin or Moderator. Forum members distinguished with these tags are members who have enhanced credibility and for a variety of reasons, including their background, experience and knowledge. They offer their time to help better inform and enlighten other Project Guitar.com Message Board Members. Do not unnecessarily challenge these members or engage in needless debate. Please do not email asking to be a V.I.P. or a Moderator.

Suspended Members: Violation of the Forum Rules and Guidelines, in spirit or verbatim, will result in an immediate 14-day suspension, WITHOUT WARNING. Any subsequent violations will result in your permanent ban and instruction to leave permanently. Any user posting pornography or any other offensive material will be permanently banned immediately with no re-admittance to the board.

Once you register with Project Guitar.com and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us. Project Guitar.com also automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser including your IP address, Message Boards cookie information and the page you requested.

One member account, per person with valid email address (can be kept private). Please do not register more than one account. Doing so is a violation of the Project Guitar.com Message Board Rules and Guidelines.

PROHIBITED TYPES OF CONTENT:

- Pornography, links to pornography, and other obscene and objectionable material.
- Multiple duplicate posts across several topic areas. Do a little research, or a text-search before posting. Your question might already be answered, or your topic might be being discussed elsewhere. Post ONCE in the correct forum area and please don't post the same thing five times.
- The posting of wild, unsubstantiated rumors and speculations is prohibited.
- The discussion of politics, race or religion is not allowed on this forum. There are plenty of other resources and forums online for discussion of these topics.
- Terrorism discussion or other related topics.
- Hacking discussion or other related topics.
- Using the public forum to discuss private matters - take it to email please.
- Bootlegging, piracy, unauthorized filesharing or discussion about other ILLEGAL activities

PROHIBITED TYPE OF BEHAVIOUR/DECORUM:
- Personal attacks or slanderous accusations against other members, moderators, companies or people.
- Comments and actions that are racist, sexist, or homophobic.
- Discussion about suspended, banned members and/or past and present disciplinary action.
- Insensitivity to other members.
- Impersonating the Site Administrator or Forum Moderators.
- Profanity or harsh language
- Incoherent messages, littered with spelling errors and formatting errors. This includes "HacK3R" typing, unless your name is Prince.
- Public questioning or complaints about Project Guitar.com, forum software, word filters, the forum admin/moderators and/or their actions
- Posts and replies that say "e-mail me for info" instead of just posting info for others to share (except for private or other discussions best left off-line)
- Grandstanding & Exhibitionism - making a controversial post to elicit replies and argument
- Drama and martyrdom. Some examples would include "Me vs. The World" posts

Almost every "opinion" is welcome. Exchanging ideas and opinions in a respectful way is what makes the Project Guitar.com Message Board a pleasure to visit. Notable exceptions would be commentary such as the following examples:

- Messages that are disrespectful to other members
- "My favorite guitar player is better than your favorite guitar player" flame bait
- Anti-(insert band name here) flame bait
- Anti-Ibanez (or other brand guitar) flame bait
- Posting strong opinions about gear that you are not familiar with. If you don't know... ASK... and you will surely get help!
- Posts that are designed to incite replies and anger
- Any other posts geared toward creating havoc and disruptions.

If someone has a problem with SOMEONE else, use private e-mail and CC the Project Guitar.com Administrator. All cross-complaints to the PUBLIC forum will be promptly removed and your account banned for a two-weeks minimum.

Do not debate the forum Administrator or Moderators about rules, guidelines and changes.

THE COMPLETE VERSION:

1. In consideration of your use of the Project Guitar.com Message Board (the Service), you agree to:

(a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service's registration form (such information being the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Project Guitar.com has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Project Guitar.com has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof). It is also the sole responsibility of you, the user, to determine whether any of the Services and/or Content are inappropriate for you and any other who may access Project Guitar.com from web browsing apparatus under your control.

2. While we encourage lively discussion, we will not tolerate personal attacks.

Any person attacking another forum member will receive a formal warning and have their message removed. Any future incident thereafter, will result in that member being removed from the forum permanently.

VERY IMPORTANT:
If you have a problem with another member's comments in a posted thread, DO NOT respond with any further comments that will aggravate the situation. Members have two options of recourse....

a. Email the moderators, directing them to the individual and thread that the problem occurs in.
b. Resolve the problem between both of you via email.

Reacting to a hostile post with more hostility puts YOU in jeopardy, and risks your account being suspended and/or deleted.

If you have a complaint against one of the moderators or administrators, handle this in private email; not in the forum. Complaints about the administrators or moderators posted to the message board will result in your membership being removed.

3. The discussion of politics, race or religion on this forum is not allowed on this forum.

There are many excellent resources and forums online for discussion of such topics.

4. Members are to respect the designated TOPIC AREAS when posting their message.

Those who post messages that do not relate to the topic area will have the threads closed or the posts deleted, as well as being warned once prior to their account being removed.

5. Please do not post any profanity (harsh or mild) on the forum.

That goes for the TOPIC/SUBJECT or in the MESSAGE itself. Do not attempt to override the curse-filter, or to abbreviate curses.

6. The opinions and comments made in the posts written by our members are the rights to and the responsibility of the individual member.

Project Guitar.com assumes no responsibility of the content expressed or implied by its membership.

7. The inclusion of pictures within messages is allowed on this site.

Referring to images on other sites should be done so sparingly if at all. This not only uses up bandwidth between sites but often the images are copyrighted and protected by that site. They are not to be included on our site without the express written permission of the owner of the copyrighted image(s).

8. Forum rules and guidelines are not up for debate.

The Project Guitar.com Message Board is a private, members-only forum. Membership is a privilege, not a right. Anyone openly debating the rules we have set in place will be removed. Moderators/Admins & V.I.Ps of this forum are not to be argued with when enforcing forum rules and guidelines. Anyone arguing with a Moderator against disciplinary measures will be removed from the forum.

9. You agree to not use the Service to:

a. Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
b. Harm minors in any way;
c. Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Project Guitar.com official, administrator, forum moderator, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
d. Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
e. Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
f. Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party;
g. Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
h. Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
i. Disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll” faster than other users of the Service are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real-time exchanges;
j. Interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
k. Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law;
l. "Stalk" or otherwise harass another; or
m. Collect or store personal data about other users.

You acknowledge that Project Guitar.com does not pre-screen Content, but that Project Guitar.com and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or move any Content that is available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, Project Guitar.com and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the Forum Rules and Guidelines, or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by Project Guitar.com or submitted to Project Guitar.com , including without limitation information in Project Guitar.com Message Board, and in all other parts of the Service.

You acknowledge and agree that Project Guitar.com may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the Forum Rules and Guidelines; © respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Project Guitar.com , its users and the public.

You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.

10. Considerations for International Use of Services

Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.

11. Modifications to Service

Project Guitar.com reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Project Guitar.com shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

12. Termination

You agree that Project Guitar.com, in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account (or any part thereof) or use of the Service, and remove and discard any Content within the Service, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if Project Guitar.com believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the Forum Rules and Guidelines. Project Guitar.com may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing the Service, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the Service under any provision of this Forum Rules and Guidelines may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that Project Guitar.com may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the Service. Further, you agree that Project Guitar.com shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Service.

13. Links

The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites and/or resources. Because Project Guitar.com has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Project Guitar.com is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Project Guitar.com shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.