Hi gang,
What's for lunchHeck if I know. Right now, I'm more thinking what's for breakfast! But it is back-to-work day. So my best guess is a quick visit to the rather unimaginative Subway shop on 2nd. A veggie with pepperjack on wheat. Not too bad ...
Thanks for all of your participation in yesterday LR. At the time of writing, 21 people voted. Membership grew by 7 to 161, so we had a participation rate so far of about 12.5%! Not bad. AcidTechGreen seems to be most popular. But according to numbers that Craig provided, about 65% of our membership are using prosilver! And you can still
vote.
Tech tip of the dayBe careful when you use different font colors. Now we have a wider variety of styles, some colors are ill-advised. For instance, choosing a yellow font may be great when you use a style with a dark background like AcidTechGreen or proDark, but is hard to read for those of us using a white background (which is still the vast majority). If you find yourself in such a situation, highlight the sentence or post (like you want to make a copy). Usually this will provide enough contrast.But lets quit the 'Greek' as Mr. Roundel called it and return to something we all love and are passionate about: geetars!
Question of the day:
Which of the G&L (patented) technologies no longer in use do you miss the most? And why? See the poll above, where I threw in the maple bodies used in early models for good form.
As far as
versus
is concerned, I do not really have an opinion since I never used the tilt mechanism on any of my 3-bolts. Those of you that prefer the 3-bolt, is that because of the era these guitars come from or does it really have other benefits? What are the 4-bolters missing out on?
If I had to pick (and yes, I voted), it would be the Bi-Cut neck. It may be claimed that the currently used technology is not inferior, but the kerfuffle about the warranty on a Bird's Eye maple neck makes me think otherwise. And Bird's Eye Maple is definitely my favorite, especially combined with a gun-oil tinted neck. Here are a couple of examples from my collection:
1991 Commemorative:
1999 ASAT Classic:
2000 20th Anniversary:
2001 George Fullerton:
2004 ASAT Bluesboy SH (nice showing the Bi-Cut feature):
I don't have a guitar with a aluminum crinkle guard (yet) so no opinion there either. I love the maple in my Broadcaster and it would have been great if the reissue SC-2 would have had maple again. But then again, maybe the Broadcaster is just a fabulous sounding guitar no matter what.
See you all tomorrow,
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