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2000 Gibson Les Paul Special — Solid Mahogany — Great player! Case included! $1,050
This is an example of the greatness that comes out of the Gibson shop. It has a few dings here and there, but they don’t take away from the guitar at all. The frets are in very good condition with hardly any wear at all! The rosewood fretboard is silky and dark with tight, straight grain — a very nice pick of wood for this particular guitar. Hardshell case is included!
The stock Gibson pickups are warm, with highlighted highs… they have a sort of hot sparkly quality to them.
Again, there are a few dings, but this guitar sounds and plays so good you’ll swear it was straight from the 50s!
2014 GIBSON SGJ IN GREAT CONDITION $1000.00
This 2014 Gibson SGJ solid body electric guitar is your chance to pick up a genuine Gibson guitar for a fantastic low price. From rock to rockabilly, country to punk, you’ll be hard pressed to find a more widely loved instrument style than the SG – and this streamlined SGJ gives you exactly what you want! In addition to a lightweight and smoothly contoured mahogany body and slim-profile neck, this SGJ features a pair of Gibson’s hot new ’61 Zebra humbuckers. Get genuine SG style, sound, and playability, with a Gibson SGJ!Streamlined mahogany body and SG slim-profile neck feel amazing.
The lightweight SG guitar style has been a hit for decades. The Gibson SGJ’s sleekly contoured, lightweight mahogany body fits you like a glove and makes the guitar incredibly comfortable, even for long playing sessions. The SG’s iconic dual-horned cutaway gives you unobstructed access to the upper registers, while the slim-profile maple neck provides the easy action you need to pull off fast runs effortlessly. And while we’re on the subject of soloing, it’s noteworthy that the SGJ is a 24-fret instrument, which makes it ideal for shredding across a broad range of musical styles.
A great deal on a real Gibson SG.
The bottom line about this SGJ is that it’s a real Gibson solid body electric guitar. Ask anyone, and they’ll tell you that the Gibson name still stands for something. American-made and built to the standards Gibson has held to – despite rising manufacturing costs – you can feel proud when you pick up your Gibson SGJ electric guitar.
The Gibson SG sounds interesting. I am always looking but not buying much. I pretty much have my set up.
Epiphone Les Paul Plus top Pro. This is my go to.
Epiphone ES-335. I am liking this more and more
Fender Elite II bass I’ve had this since the band in college
Yamaha acoustic sounds great.
An electric acoustic Not as good, need to fix the action on it but otherwise is ok.
Shop Electric guitar Strat clone made by my son in wood shop. That was the project that year.Marshall Origin 20 head
Mashall Code 50 amplifier with speaker
Friedman Mini BE This thing is quite surprising.
2×12 cabinet with Celestion 2 12 inch Vintage 30 speakers.
Peavey Combo 300 bass amp from the band in collegeI have some effects pedals as well. My wife doesn’t want anymore clutter. I don’t have time to really play them much and I’m really not all that great of a player really. But I enjoy it.
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That’s quite an array of vintage gear, and probably worth a few bucks to collectors. I tried a tonette in grade school. I’ve had a bad ear since I was little and couldn’t play in tune.
My wife was gone last night so I sat down to learn a bass line from an old Bread song, Look what you’ve done. I have acoustic guitars, drums, and voice recorded (a friend sang). I just need to add the bass line and finish it up. I’m listening to it and the bass line is nothing like I expected from Bread – Bland that is. I really like the song but I figured the bass line would be pretty limp. It is not. It is all over the place. I got the main part I think, but then I thought, this must be on youtube and sure enough, it is. So now I have a video of the guy playing it and tablature notes to try to figure it out if I can’t figure it out from the video. This will be a bit of a challenge to get down. I was going to add stuff, but with this, I don’t need to. It is plenty busy. Anyway, that’s pretty much how I spent my evening last night.
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No. 1 grandson learned how to play the piano watching YouTube instruction. He uses all 10 fingers too. Mostly classical piano. Show him sheet music and he can read it. He learns the keys bit by bit and recalls the entire song from memory.
That is pretty wild. Sounds like he has a special talent there. That’s just awesome.
I can read music and play piano a little. Right hand mostly, single notes. Double notes are tougher. I think that’s great and hope he moves forward with that.
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I make an effort to coordinate 2 hands, never mind 10 fingers and a foot pedal. I watched young kids play but they had instruction since they were like 3 years old.
Watched 2 of the grandkids over the weekend while the parents went to visit friends out in Nashville. We picked them up Friday afternoon at school and brought them home Sunday evening. The parents were due in at the airport at 9 PM, delayed of course and didn’t walk in the door until 1:30 AM. We skipped out and got home 2:45. We would have stayed there except wifey had a 8:30 AM doctor appointment.
Close, it was an eye doctor. She has cataracts and the doc wants to replace the eye lenses. Her eyesight really deteriorated over the past year so it’s become a must do. It’s laser surgery then a lens implant for both eyes. Great, not covered by Medicare or my secondary. Medicare will fund a pair of $100 sunglasses. I checked various vision insurance plans and none of them offer full coverage. Essentially, I would have been trading premium and deductible over a 3 year period. It’ll be $7500 out of pocket.
Cataracts are not covered? That seems kind of weird. I would guess she will feel like it was $7500 well spent when she has perfect vision afterwards. I can tell you, my left eye has poor vision due to a stroke 2 years ago. All I have is peripheral and it is dark and distorted. If I could spend $7500 and get my sight back, I would do it. But it is an optic nerve and retina issue, they were starved of blood and were irreparably damaged. Most times I don’t notice it, but it still makes itself known everyday. It is a bother, but it is better that than typical stroke aftermath symptoms. I have two friends that have had strokes and their balance is greatly affected. And I’ve known a number of folks that have had strokes and were physically and/or verbally challenged. So I’m lucky.
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I thought strange that cataracts aren’t covered since it’s a quality of life issue. Still, I wouldn’t want to be subject of a stroke even if it was covered 100%. My mom had a stroke that greatly affected her speech and memory. We had to put into an assisted care facility. When I entered the room she would think I was her brother, never recognized me again. She passed 3 months later from a recurrence.
That’s very sad about your mother. It just reminds us that we need to spend quality time while we can because you never know when that will go away and it never comes back. Fortunately for me, there is an obstruction blocking an artery to my brain. So the clot saw that and went to the eye instead. So that meat smoker I got saved me I think. Otherwise I would probably be disabled to some extent.
I knew a guy at work that had a massive stroke while vacationing in Spain. He came back but was impaired. His speech was tough to get a handle on. People that worked in his group could understand him, but I had a hard time. He had some movement problems that were a stumbling block. But his mind was all there and he was able to function and was the lead of his group. So he was physically impaired but not mentally impaired. I worked with another guy that had a stroke that affected his leg and arm. Otherwise was mentally functional. I did hear that both were real hard chargers before their stroke and mellowed quite a bit after the stroke. So there was a mental aspect I guess. For me, I’m not aware of a mental issue. You’d have to ask my wife.
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My mom had some heart issues that led to the stroke. Fortunately, she died in her sleep at an assisted care facility, she had a great life though, 89.
Happy Father’s Day. Had the full clan in yesterday. I’ve been collecting bikes of all sizes over the past few years. Most are free curb pickups in good shape. I picked up a Schwinn 1968 stingray for $40 and a Schwinn Orange County chopper for $25, neither has any rust. Both owners had no clue what they were selling. The garage is full. The troop went out in masse. The latest pickups just last week were a Trek and Diamondback, mountain bikes that are in great shape and a 12″ Cannondale. I picked up a set of training wheels for the two little guys.
I have no idea what those folks sold you. But a 1968 bike, I would have been 6 and wanting a stingray no doubt. I had a old fuddy duddy schwinn that was a tank. I had a friend that had a bike with a car like gear shift on the bar. It had a banana seat and everything. It was the coolest thing. He let me ride it and I took it up the road, a slight hill. I came down fast, too fast. The handlebars became unstable. I just remember not being able to keep the handlebars from going back and forth. Next thing I knew I was in an ambulance. I guess the bars did a 180 and I did a header into the pavement. I had a scar on my elbow that was there for a long time, I have no idea when it disappeared. But it was at least 10 years it was there. Probably 20. I hit my jaw and my mother was concerned I broke my jaw. I didn’t. In fact, I was ok, except for a scrape here and there. I never rode that bike or any like it after that.
I hope your little guys had a load of fun!!
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Just got back from 4 days at Cape Cod on the Massachusetts coast. All 19 of us. After 4 days, beat, we had to drive 7 hours through weekend traffic to get home. Slept 10 hours and I’m still beat today. It was a great place for kids on the beach. Plenty of room for baseball and good fishing from the beach and the canal in the back of the hotel.
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