My guitar
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I would never fly United.
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Christian Graus wrote:
I would never fly United.
Nor me... I'd be reluctant to fly any US airline for that matter. I just had the song jump in my head when I read your post. I hope your guitar recovers! Iain.
I have now moved to Sweden for love (awwww).
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Because the luggage handlers submersed it in water, or at least left it in the rain for a long, long time.
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It's around the toggle switch on the top. I suspect it could be sanded back and repainted, if the paint were to match. I wrote to the insurance people and am waiting to hear if they will let me claim on it, then I'll see if I can get a price on fixing it. There's a really good guitar repair guy in Hobart.
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Check the electricals. What you don't want to have is a case where you have to replace the pickups - it would be a shame if you had to change them as you'd lose that original tone.
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So, on this trip I brought back a US 1979 Les Paul and a 32 track recorder. Everything got wet. The Les Paul is damaged, the front is all warped. The 32 track, I've not plugged in yet, but something is rattling inside there, I am concerned. :(
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
The baggage handlers must have overheard you saying that you wished you were Graeme Duffin.
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Check the electricals. What you don't want to have is a case where you have to replace the pickups - it would be a shame if you had to change them as you'd lose that original tone.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
Well, I have been playing it, and that seems OK. Do I need to do more than just play and see if it works ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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The baggage handlers must have overheard you saying that you wished you were Graeme Duffin.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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So, on this trip I brought back a US 1979 Les Paul and a 32 track recorder. Everything got wet. The Les Paul is damaged, the front is all warped. The 32 track, I've not plugged in yet, but something is rattling inside there, I am concerned. :(
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
I feel badly for you. Back in 1981 I took a bus from San Diego to Boston and put my 1975 Les Paul Custom in baggage. My guitar ended up going through South Carolina before getting to me a week later. The water-tight hardshell case was damaged, but my guitar wasn't so I got off really lucky and I never did that again.
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So, on this trip I brought back a US 1979 Les Paul and a 32 track recorder. Everything got wet. The Les Paul is damaged, the front is all warped. The 32 track, I've not plugged in yet, but something is rattling inside there, I am concerned. :(
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Dude, you have the worst luck. Did you check it as baggage or did you carry it on? Sometimes you can carry such things on the plane. At least in the "old days."
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Dude, you have the worst luck. Did you check it as baggage or did you carry it on? Sometimes you can carry such things on the plane. At least in the "old days."
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did you carry it on?
I'm now wondering how a carry on bag might experience waterlogging. ;P
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ahmed zahmed wrote:
did you carry it on?
I'm now wondering how a carry on bag might experience waterlogging. ;P
someone peed on it? or spilt something?
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Dude, you have the worst luck. Did you check it as baggage or did you carry it on? Sometimes you can carry such things on the plane. At least in the "old days."
Fight Big Government:
http://obamacareclassaction.com/
http://obamacaretruth.org/If I could have carried it on, I would have.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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So, on this trip I brought back a US 1979 Les Paul and a 32 track recorder. Everything got wet. The Les Paul is damaged, the front is all warped. The 32 track, I've not plugged in yet, but something is rattling inside there, I am concerned. :(
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Christian Graus wrote:
a US 1979 Les Paul
Excuse me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard. :) [edit] Huge bummer on the damage though. :( [edit]
Christian Graus wrote:
a 32 track recorder
Which one? I've been eyeing the BR1600 (16 tracks) for a while, although I wish it had more tracks. Somehow I can't get myself to venture into using a software DAW (fear of latency). /ravi
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So, on this trip I brought back a US 1979 Les Paul and a 32 track recorder. Everything got wet. The Les Paul is damaged, the front is all warped. The 32 track, I've not plugged in yet, but something is rattling inside there, I am concerned. :(
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Nice guitar, real shame you messed it up. Frankly, I would go for a Tokai Les PAul. THey are every bit as good and cost a 1/5th the price. I used to have an old Hondo LP copy. It was pretty good, great sound, but you could never play up the neck as well as with a strat style guitar which is what I have now (its the top end Squirer and is rated as good as a strat, but cheaper). What amp do you use? I have a mid 70's Carlsbro 100w head (solid state). You dont see much about themon the net because they went bust, but they are supposed to be like Marshalls in that they produce a good rock sound, ad I have to say they are powerfull. Easially capable of giigging in the open air to a couple of hundred people. I have an old night club speaker to go with it ( has a secondary cone for the treble) and it seems to work OK despite being an 8ohm speaker).
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Well, I have been playing it, and that seems OK. Do I need to do more than just play and see if it works ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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So, on this trip I brought back a US 1979 Les Paul and a 32 track recorder. Everything got wet. The Les Paul is damaged, the front is all warped. The 32 track, I've not plugged in yet, but something is rattling inside there, I am concerned. :(
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Oh dear I fear somebody is going to take the rap for this one, I look forward to the next installment.
Two heads are better than one.
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Because the luggage handlers submersed it in water, or at least left it in the rain for a long, long time.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
I'm really sorry for you. It seems you are attracting those problems, aren't you ?
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Well, I have been playing it, and that seems OK. Do I need to do more than just play and see if it works ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
If you're comfortable doing it, lift out the pickups and check for any moisture that's got in underneath. A decent repairman will do this for you as part of their check.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.