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GUITARS

PRS McCarty
ESP Xtone Paramount

EFFECTS

Boss TU-2
BOSS CS-3
Fulltone Fulldrive 2
Fulltone OCD
Zvex Fuzz Factory
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Ibanez FLL Flanger
digitech synth wah
Boss NS-2
Digitech Digiverb
2 Line 6 DL4's
Digitech XP-100
Small Stone Phaser
Dano Fish n Chips
Dano Mini Phaser
(i think thats everything)

AMP/CAB

Fender Showman (blackface)
Peavey Classic 410E cabinet

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Originally posted by TIKIROCKER



It's about a 80/20 mix in favour of the US and MIM stuff to be honest and the MIJ stuff is highly prized and goes for big money! I actually prefer the Japanese craftmanship in guitars to anything else which is why I'm buying a Yamaha and an MIJ Tele, they really do beautiful work. You would think because of our proximity in Asia that you'd see more MIJ but we don't.



It's weird, considering that I can order an MIJ Tele Custom from Ishi and have it delivered to my door for roughly the sticker price on my MIM Custom ($589).

:confused:


But then in the store two blocks from my house, they want $895 for it.

I should have listened to valvedriventone. He's like the voice of reason every time I try to buy something.

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Originally posted by jcn37203



It's weird, considering that I can order an MIJ Tele Custom from Ishi and have it delivered to my door for roughly the sticker price on my MIM Custom ($589).


:confused:


But then in the store two blocks from my house, they want $895 for it.


I should have listened to valvedriventone. He's like the voice of reason every time I try to buy something.



I think most of their good stuff stays for the domestic market they are like that with {censored}ing professional film too! My fave Fuji slide film Velvia 50 got replaced ( 50 is still out there for a few years yet though ) with a new 100 rating called 100F. But what happened is that the colours of the 100F aren't as dynamic as the original 50 but we find out later that there is another 100 ( not 100F just plain 100 ) that is being kept for the Jap domestic market that has the characteristics of the original 50 that allot us Landscapers in the west love! So why the {censored} don't we get the rich palette 100 like they do? Well it's been a few years coming but it seems like we may be getting it soon.

On another note I believe that there are some kinds of deals with Fender about how much market share they ( MIJ Fender ) are allowed to take up within the US domestic market ... it's all trade bull{censored} etc. I would buy MIJ any day of the week and I plan to.

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My Rig:
Guitar
PRS CU22 semi hollow 2x
Gibson Silverburst LP CU
72 Thinline RI

(pedal board #1)
OD808-
Keeley ts10
LOOOPER (FX send)
Dunlop 535 wah
Digitech Whammy II
Mooger 12stage phaser
Fulltone ChoralFlange
Fulltone Deja Vibe
Boss PS3 Pitch Shifter
Boss DD3 Delay (board #2)

#2 (in this order)
Line6 Filter Modeler
Line6 Modulation Modeler
Line6 Delay modeler (set-up for delays)
Line6 Delay (set-up for loops/samples)
rc20xl for more loops
...back to board #1
Boss RV3
LOOOPER (FX return) into a
Custom LOOOPER Footswitch (w/AB)amps
(tuner mute w/tu2)

Channel A Marshall JCM 800 2210 (only on gain channel)
Channel B Vox AC30cc2x

vox for clean, od808 for lil crunch--jcm800 w/vox and od808 for wall of sound....ts10 for lead boost....

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Guitars:

Fender '62 Jaguar reissue (MIJ 1993, pickups replaced with SD SJAG1's)
Epiphone Wildkat (semi-hollow P90's, Bigsby)

FX:
Stereoscope Gender Blender (usually used as dirty boost, also crazy upper octa-fuzz)
Crowther Hotcake (main light OD/boost)
Boss DSD-2 + DR110 (drum machine into trigger in on DSD-2, non-linear repeats/glitches)
Danelectro Danecho (regular "analogish" delay duties)
Korg DT10 tuner
(reverb & tremolo from amp)

Amp:
1978 Fender Deluxe Reverb w/ Weber C12N
Traynor 1x12 ext. w/ Weber ceramic BlueDog

Acoustic:
Tokai J200 copy (looks beautiful, sounds like {censored} :( )

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Originally posted by gregovertone

My Rig:

Guitar

PRS CU22 semi hollow 2x

Gibson Silverburst LP CU

72 Thinline RI


(pedal board #1)

OD808-

Keeley ts10

LOOOPER (FX send)

Dunlop 535 wah

Digitech Whammy II

Mooger 12stage phaser

Fulltone ChoralFlange

Fulltone Deja Vibe

Boss PS3 Pitch Shifter

Boss DD3 Delay (board #2)


#2 (in this order)

Line6 Filter Modeler

Line6 Modulation Modeler

Line6 Delay modeler (set-up for delays)

Line6 Delay (set-up for loops/samples)

rc20xl for more loops

...back to board #1

Boss RV3

LOOOPER (FX return) into a

Custom LOOOPER Footswitch (w/AB)amps

(tuner mute w/tu2)


Channel A Marshall JCM 800 2210 (only on gain channel)

Channel B Vox AC30cc2x


vox for clean, od808 for lil crunch--jcm800 w/vox and od808 for wall of sound....ts10 for lead boost....

 

 

gregovertone

Guitars: 8.5- very versatile and all great guitars..

 

Effects: 7.2 - seems a little complicated for what it is.. few nice ones in there though

 

Amps: 8.5 very versatile.. would cover a lot of ground. That AC30cc2x is still one I havn't tried yet- but have only heard great reviews..

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Guitars

'00 Gibson LP Gothic

Ibanez rx40 strat copy: Wilkinson trem, groover locking tuners, LSR nut...

Washburn D10S acoustic

Yamaha C40 nylon string

 

Amp

Marshall 6101 30th Aniv. Combo

Marshall 1960A Cab

 

Effects

Z.vex SHO Super Hard On Boost

Boss DD-20 Delay

Boss RV-3 reverb/delay

Peterson Strobostomp Tuner

Boss SD-1 Overdrive

Fulltone Fulldrive 2

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Zerobeat: really like this rig. Could use some modulation. B+

Custom GR: A- Seems well honed to the esssentials. and what quality essentials they are.

Idiot: Bit sparse for usual effects forum fare. But solid start. C (average - not at all bad)


Fourth Floor rig-

Guitars:
Heritage H150
Fender Strat '94 Plus deluxe
Rickenbacker 330/6
Gibson pete townshend SG -P90s
Fender MIM Nashville Power tele (Kinman pickups)
Martin DC1E
Martin J12-15
Esteve 1.7 classical

Effects: (main rig)
Teese Picture wah
Prophecysound Dual Collapse boost (think 2 superhard ons in parallel)
Keeley BD2
Loooper with A/B: a) Keeley TS9 b) Keeley RAT
Fuzz factory
Keeley compressor
Voodoo Lab tremolo
Pedal racks bypass strip
1) Infinitphase + Boss PS5 with EV5
2) Boss DD20 + Ibanez FL9
3) tuner mute --- Strobostomp

Powered by ADL Juicebox

effects (interchange bench):
Lovetone Big Cheese
Foxrox ZIM
Dano EQ
Zoom Power Drive PD01
Godlyke powerall for extra bits

Amp:
Fender Prosonic

bits;
Asama oscillator
ebow
slide

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Originally posted by innobidova


that's a nice bunch. did you purposely get all open coils?

 

 

Absolutely! I've found over the years that covered pups tend to squeal badly with high gain amps & multiple overdrives. Tried wax potting, didn't help. Took all the covers off, problem went away.

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Originally posted by FLYING V 83

I have yet to be rated. I feel strangely unfulfilled.
:(
My life will be a shambles without my fellow forumites' approval....



Forget it man, you get a 9 just for the two Yamaha SG's you have there. I'm buying an SG-2000 at the end of the year, they've been on my want list for 20 years. ;)

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Originally posted by TIKIROCKER



Forget it man, you get a 9 just for the two Yamaha SG's you have there. I'm buying an SG-2000 at the end of the year, they've been on my want list for 20 years.
;)



I am forever in your debt for the most gracious 9. Thank you.
BTW, the black one's an SBG1000 with the push-push tone pots, and the sunburst is an SBG500. Both are 1980 models.

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Christ im bored.
Ill rate all the new entries from Rob onwards

Rob:
Guitar-Very nice and concise. LP, Tele, Strat. I will say no more words against Kramers. 10 for flying the strat flag

Amps: AC15, Marshall Major, JTM45...throw in a twin and you have 4 of my favourite amps ever there. 10 of course

Effects-9. Not a big fan of the tonecores, esp the trem. But the dl4 was great and the echo looks cool. Dont like volume pedals either.
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Newsdude
Very bluesy rig.
7/10. Good but not inspiring...and no fuzz!
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Bbreaker
-Simplicity done well. Trem, OD/Dist/Boost/fuzz. Cool guits and 80's marshalls are cool. 9/10. 4 expandoras woul earn you a Gibbons-style 10...especially if you grew the beard. Was an 8 until you added the Matchless!!!! My 5th fave amp!
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Jcn-
Guitars: 10/10. Sweet lookin tele, and nice ibanez.
Amp:6/10. Not a peavey fan.
Effects-Phase 100 is nice, good choice of marshall stompers. 9/10---2 Eq's lost you the point. I hate eq's
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Jim-10/10. Very serious gear. Close to what my pedalboard came to looking like as well.
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Nosebleed
-wouldnt be a rig for me, but ill rate it a fair 6. Im an effects snob, my apologies for that. My ownership of the Muff, Phase 90, Ge7 and OD2 did not yield happy relationships.
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Kriegs...same applies. Cool trem, drive and delay. Nice axe. Have a solid state marshall. Could never go back to it. 7/10
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Teeth
Guitar-very cool guitars. Tokai and Epi do great jobs. SG with bigsby-very sweet. 8/10
Amps-Sovtek stack 9/10. Big fan. Not so much of Traynors, but Sunn cabs. Very cool. 8/10
Effects-Wanna try a sweet. One of the few frantones im yet to fall in love with. E13 Infinty setup is awesome. Had somethin similar with a TBD for a while. one point off for the warp factor. did not like that when i lined all the H&K's up. 9/10
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Tiki i already did
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Flying V
Guitars-10 straight. Nice arsenal. All done on a good budget. Standard pups in the PRS?
Effects-9/10. Very neat setup. Like the board.
Amp-8/10. fan of Laney's. Very under-rated rock machines. Plus a Marshall and Fender. Very cool.
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Boxhandler.
Guitar:10/10.
Amp: I like Mesa's. Not a fan of the aussie price tag, but cool amps. Nomad has a better clean than the Rectifiers have. 9/10
Effects: Great wah and trem, funk and octaves, plus a DL4. Probably the best covered "per pedal" setup on the board. 9 for that.
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Sas
Guitars:10/10. SG, tele, strat. 9/10---you need a 335 for the perfect setup.
Amp:Another Nomad. Great Amp. 9/10
effects: vibe and fuzz. Psychedelic...but far too simple for me:p 6/10
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Indo
trumpet-am i able to rate this? 10 for the idea.
guitar:Grail and GE7= -2 points. 8/10. Some good stuff there.
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Weather
Guitars-8/10. Firebirds are cool and 335's i love.
Amps:10/10. Love Vox AC's and the DrZ's get a good wrap. Cool cab.
Effects:10/10. The FLIP series were great pedals. Cool fuzz.
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amanonfire
guitar:P90 SG=HCFX wet dream for half of us. 8/10
amps: another sovtek, dont know garnet's. 8/10
effects: other than the DOD Fx series, i really like all those pedals. not a great fan of the small stone though. 8/10
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Roy
Guitars:10/10. Tele, V, Firebird, Heritage, Tele and a Lap Steel! A Strat would have earned you 11.
Amp:Love the JTM's. Jazz chorus=best SS amp. 8/10
Effects: Cool delays, comp and fuzz. 9/10
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Twang
Guitar: SG, vintage Tele Deluxe! i like. 9/10
Amp: Great amp. 9/10. Wish we got them here in australia
effects: 9/10. Great quality. Point off for the tuner
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Jay
Guitar:1/2 step down strat is a different animal. PRS= :D 9/10
Amp:cant rate. But the Koch preamp pedal is cool. So ill go with an 8/10
Effects: good OD. Visualsound are great. Do you have other pedals to rate you by? 4/10....one pedal:(
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Mrblackhat---reading this made me dizzy
Guitar:jaguar and SG 8/10. Cool, but strat and SG:D
Amps: Matamp plus JCM2554=10/10. Nice setup.
Effects: complicated. 10/10. Great units there.
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Jeverist
guitar:Godin, tele, strat, 335, ibanez=11/10. first one. very nice cross section of guitars.
amp:How is the deville modded (it needs them to be honest). AC30, marshall and fender=9/10. a twin would have given ya 10.
effects:10/10. Great setup. had an idea similar when looking at the Godin. one off 11 b/c of the GT8.
-Enters the top 5 "thebazaar" favourite rigs. Along with Jeff, Roy, Rob and 4th Floor.
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Pukes
guitar: full 5 for the PRS, 3/5 for the ESP. 8/10
amp: 7/10. Not bad, not bad.
effects:gonna say 7/10. ticks for the Dl4's, fulltones, fuzz factory, flanger and xp100. not a fan of much else.
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Greg
guitar:Some of my fave guitars. 10/10
amp:JCM800+AC30. Sweet/ 9/10
effects:Christ! Board 2-good use of the line 6's. 8/10. board 1-535 knocks ya back. 9/10.
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Zero
guitar:8/10. I like the jag, and the wildkat is something different
amp:7/10.
effects:weird, but wonderful. 8/10
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Custom
Guitar:7/10. Never liked the gothic series look. Ibanez strats are cool and those washburns are great acoustics
Amp:8/10.
Effects:8.5/10. Safe, conservative but superior quality. nicely done.
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TheIdiot---went with the one in the sig
Guitar: 8/10. one axe, but a nice one at that.
amp:7/10. not a traynor fan, but sound city earns you a big tick.
effects: 8/10. Love the 70's pedals....may i have your dist+?
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Fourth Floor---{censored} i love this rig
Guitars:Cool heritage, one of the better strat years, a ric, kinman equipped nashville tele, two great acoustics, cool classical and the greatest sig guitar ever! love it. 20/10. :D
Amp::( good amps the pro-sonics, but man, you need an AC30!. 7/10
Effects: 10/10. great board. even the bench is talent stacked. Love the band, love the rig.
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This has to be my longest post ever.
Rankings:
1-Fourth Floor-just for the guitars
2-Rob. Sweet rig.
3-Atomic Jeff.
4-Jeverist
5-Olle-cos who doesnt love it
6-Roy Brooks
7-X-Honey-X
8-JimVW-speaks to my own heart!
9-gregover
10-Tiki-easily the most unique rig we have.

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Here are the main ones....


Rig 1:

Gibson ES-335/G&L Legacy/Burns Brian May
Fulltone Dejavibe2
Seymour Duncan Tweak Fuzz
Boss Noise Supressor
Boss TU Tuner
Fulltone OCD
Robert Keeley Modded TS9DX (Flexi mod)
Robert Keeley Modded BD-2 Blues Driver (Freak Fuzz mod)
Emma - ReezaFRATzitz
Carl Martin Plexitone
Ibanez RC99 Rotary Chorus
Boss DD-20 Delay
2 Fender Pro Juniors in stereo


Rig 2:
Gibson ES-335/G&L Legacy/Burns Brian May
Fulltone '69
Fulltone '70
Boss Noise Supressor
Boss TU Tuner
Nady TD-1 Tube Distortion
Fuzz Face
Tonebone Hot British
ProCo Deucetone
Foxrox TZF Flanger (stereo) with two expression pedals

1 side into a Jackson Apogee 50 watt tube combo (with a Carl Martin Delayla and Maxon AD80 in effects loop)

and


1 side into a Fender Deluxe Reverb 1965 reissue




:)


I have some more gear but these two rigs are what I use the most.

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Alright here's mine -

Guitars -

Melancon P-90 Artist
Fender 52 Reissue Tele w' Fralin pups
Heritage Eagle Archtop
Fender 40th Anniversary Strat w' Rio Grande pups

Amps -

Toneking Meteor 20 watt 1x 12 combo
Edward Amplification The Ed 14 watt 1 x 12 combo

FX -

Lovepedal Woody
Maxon AD999 Analog Delay
Guyatone Micro-Digital Delay
Maxon Phase Tone
Maxon CS-9 Stereo Chorus
General Guitar Gadgets Ring Dinger
Dod FX25 Envelope Filter (don't laugh this is a cool device)
Keeley Compressor
Keeley Ultra/Seeing Eye DS-1
Jacques Tubeblower
DIY true bypass switcher
Pedal power 2

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I really like the guitars I have now. Thebazaar mentioned that if I got a Stratocaster I would be an 11 on my guitars. Actually, I don't own a Stratocaster because I just don't care for them. If I do get another guitar it will most likely be a pretty decent parlor guitar or maybe a particularly nice Gretsch.

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Originally posted by Roy Brooks

I really like the guitars I have now. Thebazaar mentioned that if I got a Stratocaster I would be an 11 on my guitars. Actually, I don't own a Stratocaster because I just don't care for them. If I do get another guitar it will most likely be a pretty decent parlor guitar or maybe a particularly nice Gretsch.



Get a MIA G&L Legacy. You'll care for it. ;)

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Originally posted by Grozna_Pizda



L:D L! How old are we again? L:D L!


Mine looks almost exactly like this, only the maple strips are lighter in colour.

kramer450.JPG



I've got one of those, except it doesn't have the stripe down the center. It's one heavy guitar and I don't play it much anymore.

My rig:
Main guitar:
Hamer Echotone (335 clone). I added a Bigsby, locking tuners and a set of Rio Grande BBQ/Texas pickups.

Effects:
EB volume pedal
Subdecay Liquid Sunshine
Keeley Rat
Akai Headrush
Boss Tremolo
Old Sabine tuner I've had for 13 years.

Amps:
Crate Vintage Club 30watt combo. It's a bit odd though, it's loaded with 3x10's. I haven't found another one with that configuration.
Sometimes I use an old Gibson 4x10 combo, It's a GA-55RVT Ranger from the mid to late sixties I think. The other guitarist in my band is using it while his AC30 is in the shop.


This is scaled down from my old set up: Gretsch 6129-57, Mesa Tremoverb and Orange 4x12 I used to use in my previous band. I just didn't need that much volume any more and it's much easier moving the combo around.

I have a bunch of other guitars, amps and pedals around the house, this is just what I use with the band.

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Originally posted by dminus0



I've got one of those, except it doesn't have the stripe down the center. It's one heavy guitar and I don't play it much anymore.


My rig:

Main guitar:

Hamer Echotone (335 clone). I added a Bigsby, locking tuners and a set of Rio Grande BBQ/Texas pickups.


Effects:

EB volume pedal

Subdecay Liquid Sunshine

Keeley Rat

Akai Headrush

Boss Tremolo

Old Sabine tuner I've had for 13 years.


Amps:

Crate Vintage Club 30watt combo. It's a bit odd though, it's loaded with 3x10's. I haven't found another one with that configuration.

Sometimes I use an old Gibson 4x10 combo, It's a GA-55RVT Ranger from the mid to late sixties I think. The other guitarist in my band is using it while his AC30 is in the shop.



This is scaled down from my old set up: Gretsch 6129-57, Mesa Tremoverb and Orange 4x12 I used to use in my previous band. I just didn't need that much volume any more and it's much easier moving the combo around.


I have a bunch of other guitars, amps and pedals around the house, this is just what I use with the band.

 

 

hey, where in fort worth are you located?? I am over in Hurst.

 

we should jam..

I have that same guitar, minus the Rio Grande pickups.

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Originally posted by TexGtr



hey, where in fort worth are you located?? I am over in Hurst.


we should jam..

I have that same guitar, minus the Rio Grande pickups.

 

 

I'm right in the middle of Fort Worth, near the cultural district. I'm less than a mile from the Wreck Room and the museums.

 

Did you get your Echotone at Earhart off N Beach by any chance?

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Originally posted by dminus0



I'm right in the middle of Fort Worth, near the cultural district. I'm less than a mile from the Wreck Room and the museums.


Did you get your Echotone at Earhart off N Beach by any chance?

 

 

Wreck room! cool. went to the Flametrick Subs gig last night over there.

I bought my Echoone from GC about four years ago, right after they started carrying Gibson again. Had it marked down from 600 or so to 275.00 Picked it up and had Players Music install my bigsby.

 

I am right over by NE Mall, maybe a half mile to the southeast of it.

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