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There are parts of the plan you won't share with voters.

For those that need more context.

No one is asking, but Tonex One is pretty fucking good as two amps in a verrrry small box for direct to PA, powered FRFR cab or into an interface for recording.

101 then 😜

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Rob Halford would NEVER!

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Yeah, I dig her playing a lot. Some midrange boost and a chorusy sound that fits their groove perfect. Somewhat Sledgehammery (which is badass in my book). Their arrangement is sparse enough to have room for the bass to get busy and she does it well.

Thanks, man. Then flip the switch forward and you basically have typical strat sounds in the 3, 4 and 5 position. The one semi-desirable strat sound the Lonestar doesn't seem to do super well is the clucky Knopfler sound in the 2 position, but I need to try with some different amp models that are better for that. I don't think the pearly gates is split/tapped when in that position so it doesn't sound as close to an SSS strat in position 2 as I've heard with SSH's where the humbucker splits, but I wasn't really trying to achieve that sound, either. Will see what I can coax out of the other pickup positions this weekend.

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Basically hot PAF style pickups from Seymour Duncan aiming at the pickups in Billy Gibbon's 59 Les Paul. Allegedly, SD partnered with Fender to overwind these from the normal Pearly Gates spec to better match the output of the Texas Specials. Some people call them "Pearly Gates Plus". There are some tone samples on the SD site here https://www.seymourduncan.com/single-product/pearly-gates and lots of stuff on Youtube. I recorded this solo with the PG last night for a song the band has in the works.

I'll trade it for that Hummingbird 😜 (no I wouldn't)

Eh, I do ok when I'm conscientious about buys. Guitars are easy to move when you buy at the right price and have some built-in margin to work with on the resale. That said, I probably lost about $100 on the Charvel with shipping and reverb fees. But I owned it and played it for about 3 months, long enough to really get a feel for it and decide it wasn't what I was after. If I could have rented it for 3 months for $100, I would have. What I really wish existed is a guitar-of-the-month club. $X a month, you get shipped a new guitar each month with a purchase price offer. At the end of the month, if you like it, you keep it and your card on file gets hit for the purchase price. If you don't like it, you ship it back and the guitar continues its journey until it finds a home. I am sure it's a horribly unviable business model or someone would have done it already, but as a consumer, that's what I want. It's still early, and I could eventually decide this isn't what I am looking for, but yeah. I doubt this is going anywhere anytime soon. It is already in strong contention for a desert island guitar for me. A single guitar that could cover just about every style I like to dabble in. You could perform Hendrix's "Wind Cries Mary", Alice In Chains' "Rooster" and anything in between with this and a blue/red channel amp. Throw something like a 5150 pedal in front and you can extend it to Metallica's "Sad But True". You wouldn't want to use it for something like drop C djent chugging, but for everything short of that, it can pull it off just fine.

The Charvel sold so I pulled the trigger on a ‘97 Lonestar Strat. It has got a great neck, and the Texas specials combined with the overwound Pearly Gates in the bridge cover a large amount of tonal ground. Super versatile tonally and feels and plays just right.

Burn it all down.

@PRONG HORN's response...

This needs more attention. Russia is actively attempting to influence our elections AGAIN. At least we're making them pay this time via the Ukraine.

We need a "Company Shenanigans" thread. I'm sure there are more than a few interesting stories. I've got a couple.

Are you hiring?

I think you are pretty close to accurate, and it matches up to what I see amongst people I know who are going to vote and were undecided and not super passionate either way. I see them calling out the angry bullshit they are seeing from the West Texas MAGA crowd we grew up with in a way that I haven't in the past. They seem to be rejecting what Trump and the Republican Party are selling in response to the criminal trials and extremely concerned about what a vindictive Trump would do with a 2nd Presidency. I think that's why you see Trump grasping for votes and promising everyone the moon and why a lot of Republicans are acting all fucking weird. There are a large number of GOP politicians on the Trump train solely for the power/money grab. They don't believe in his bullshit, but they have seen what he can do with the dumb motherfuckers that do. I think they are now seeing what is forthcoming and are getting uncomfortable and nervous about what the future holds for them and the party.

He's just warming up, bitches.

What you do with that shrimpcaster in the privacy of your own bedroom is no business of mine😜