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  1. Yeah I do. Not sure if I'll be able to get them to post though but I'll try. Basically I bought a used Dot from my local Long & McQuade. I've been looking for a semi-hollow for like 10 years, used to have a Peerless made Casino that was amazing but had to sell when I was in a bind in my late 20's (time has FLOWN eh?). For some reason this Dot just caught my attention. Didn't have a price on it but it was in really great shape, played great acoustically, took it to the counter and asked how much (they go for $550 new in Canada) and he says "how about $335?". Sold! Nice guitar, but I knew I was gonna put new pickups in it. Ended up putting in Klein Epic 58 PAF both 6.9k, a Schaller roller bridge (which is amazing btw) and Creamtone 50's spec wiring harness with bumblebees or whatever and a new nut and setup from a local guy (not totally happy with that) and also a Bigsby. Did the pickups, wiring and bigsby myself. Not fun trying to put new wiring into a 335! I think getting another set-up from someone better would make the guitar perfect as far as playability. But as is right now it plays decently but not quite where I'd like it, yet it sounds incredible. I had no idea the kind of tone low-output PAFs delivered, just incredible sounding! https://imgur.com/o2F3tNf
  2. Hey guys. Haven't posted in a while. I'm still playing but not as often as I used to, but when I do I have a blast. Stopped coming here because there's so little posts. It used to be crazy here! I lurk at TGP, don't post much. I'm still getting pedals here and there but just stuff I know I want to keep for good. There's only a couple of pedals I'd like to get. Still playing a 1979 FDR, went back to the stock speaker after having some Weber's in there for years. Still play a MIJ Jaguar. Got a Epi Dot really cheap and put $500 low output PAFs (6.9k) and a 50's spec wiring harness in it and it sounds incredible, really brought a new level of tone to me that I didn't even know I was missing and made everything fun and new again. Hope everyone's good and have a good Christmas
  3. Don't make the mistake I did which was: I worked in a used CD store for like 10 years and ripped so much music to my HDD, all in WMA-Lossless (facepalm) Can't be bothered to convert everything because my PC does that for me when I transfer it to my MP3 player or phone so whatever. If I could go back and do it again, I would simply do 320Kbps MP3 for compatibility. FLAC is a lot more popular so it's not the worst thing to do, but I'd really suggest that if you have the space rip everything to .WAV for archiving and rip again in MP3 for universal compatibilty. Or, just do MP3 at 320 since can you really tell the difference between MP3 and FLAC if someone blind folds you? I'm not sure I can (hey it's good to be honest with yourself lol)
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