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Here's my lineup: 1 Strat, 1 Parts (and building another), 1 Tele FMT, 1 Hamer. On gigs I take 2 or 3 of them, depending on how much I want to lug around But unless I break a string, I usually end up playing the Strat (or alternating sets with the Parts) all night.

On the other hand, the other guitar player in my band has more damn guitars than anyone I've ever seen (3 LPs, 1 PRS, 1 Hamer, 1 Steinberger, et al ad infinitum ad nauseam), and he'll sometimes change on almost every song.

Too much trouble, I say. I can approximate any sound he gets on all those buckers with my singles so I can concentrate on the song rather than the guitar.

So, subjectively anyway, the Strat wins hands down.

Now don't get me wrong, I loves me some ebay.

But . . .

I refuse to buy anything from anyone with an attitude. Period. It's my money and if you want it you gotta play nice. I don't care if it's the last friggin' widget left in the universe and my canooter valve won't canooter without it, I ain't buying it from Mister Grumpy Pants until he realizes that he is not god's gift to the marketplace. If he don't like it, he can "have a Coke and a smile and shut the #@%$ up."

Yeah.

The top is cut from a piece of oak siding off an old barn and left unfinished.

The back is beech from a 2x6 in the same barn. It's heavy as a beech, too.

pickguard is rusted roof tin

tunamatic bridge

Tailpiece is a rusted iron strap hinge.

Schaller humbucker, no name tele neck pu

Grover deluxe tuners

Neck is 5 piece laminate, maple and walnut, w/ angled wormy chestnut peghead. ( the holes go all the way thru.   )

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The Born in a Barn Special. Looks like GOTM material to me. Really. I like it.

Do you still have it? How does it sound? Have any clips?

Is that a PRS-type switch?

http://www.prsguitars.com/csc/schematics.html

How about this one?

http://guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/product/WDUHH5R1101

The market speaks.

Can you download those files from Cakewalk? How free are they?

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I'm not cheap. I'm frugal. Say it with me. FRUGAL.

I've used a drill with a sandpaper roll to reshape the control cavity on a strat-style body. Don't know if that helps, but you know.

I don't know what anybody else thinks, but look at some of this stuff. Use whatever works.

http://europa.spaceports.com/%7Efishbake/index.html

I know I know!! "your thinking what the hell is this OZITE stuff"

well I was not to sure my self this monring but Now I know It's a covering for guitar amps and sub boxes and all that, Iam helping a friend find out some info on the stuff he needs to buy some for his amps that he's designing and building, Know down to it   I have no idea where he could buy the OZITE In a small supply at first and then in bulk if all goes well.

Thanks

!!METAL MATT!!

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http://www.ozite.com/purozi/conpro.html

Gotta love that Google.

I was thinkking about buying that Hohner headless guitar thats like $350 because I think it would be cool to add to my guitar collection. And then my friend said you need special strings for them and I was wondering if that was true.

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If it's like this one:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home...ase_pid/512513/

The Steinberger trem takes double ball end strings.

I just recieved some music with a chord notation I am not familiar with.  The chord is C followed by a triangle and a 7.  What is the triangle? 

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That's a "jazz" chord symbol. Like that one is Cmaj7.

http://www.musicstudents.com/chord/symbols.html

I'd use the white plasticy tape that has no glue on it.  You use it for plumbing (go and have a look a the joints at the bottom of your radiators and you'll probably see some white stuff at the joins with the valves).

Easy and mess free (and cheap too)

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Teflon tape, or "Thread Sealing Tape with Teflon." $1.49 at my local Ace Hardware.