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    Any vinyl enthustiasts?

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    Oh, and as a point of curiosity/consumer advice, I don't actually own a record player. Anyone recommend a reasonable system to play them on? Would quite like a stand-alone unit since all my cassettes are rubbish and a CD player would be redundant.

    Any vinyl enthustiasts?

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    My collection isn't huge, but it's basically just bands I like from that era.(60s-90s). Got a few valuable ones that I picked up purely by chance on markets and local shops. And recently I came into a plethora of vinyl since my grandfather passed. Took out everything I liked (War of the Worlds, some Beatles 7" and a load of Shadows) and sold the rest. Collection consists mainly of Alice Cooper, Rush, Ozzy, Scorpions, Floyd, Maiden, Dio/Rainbow and a bit of Saxon. Plus a few other one offs like Skid Row.

    Just saw Rock of Ages.

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    You mean John Waters?


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    Okay, I really want to see it now! Does he make Tom Cruise eat some dog {censored}?
    :lol:

     

    I thought it was Adam Shankman? Honestly, I'm just checking IMDb since I recall seeing "From the director of Hairspray" on an ad plastered on a bus I got stuck behind on the motorway.

     

    EDIT: Just looked up John Waters. He wrote the screenplay for Hairspray, but didn't direct. I think Justin Theroux and some other guys wrote Rock of Ages.

    Tom Petty's guitars stolen - $7,500 reward

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    Yeah...if frankthomson was the 'leader' of this new world...and then, of course, he'd settle it all *old school*.


    Like how does *old school* work?


    Do you paste wanted signs up in all of the villages? Do you get a good horse and go search for the thieves while wearing a six-shooter and a set of chaps with a big hat? Do you tell the sherriff?


    Good think frank said "i like to show u kids how stupid u look"
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    :facepalm:

     

    I was really hoping he'd go for the dyslexia excuse :lol:

     

    Besides, violence would be counter-productive. In this case, it'd show a flaw in perception of the situation, like it usually does. Smashing that which has slighted you is the most simplistic and barbaric course of action. We're highly evolved and/or intelligently created beings, after all. We can solve things better than that.

    Tom Petty's guitars stolen - $7,500 reward

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    So what exactly IS your point, if you have one? That if someone is successful, it's okay to steal their {censored}?


    That's a moronic position to take.

     

    He's just being a contrarian. It's quite childish, really. In his mind, he's saying "don't cry over spilled milk"; trying to make the point that Tom can go out and buy more. His superiority complex tells him that to acknowledge a sentimental attachment to an inanimate object is stupid, which of course, it isn't. For example: my most sentimental guitar is my first, given to me by my dad from his own personal collection. I can't express the sense of elation and pride I felt when I finished restoring it a few months ago. I'd never consider selling it, and if anything were to happen to it I would be devastated.

     

    If I may take a cheap shot at Frank... Learn to use a {censored}ing keyboard. There's no excuse for illiteracy in the first-world. If you're from my generation, then you're reaffirming the stereotype that we're apathetic, lazy wasters. If you're older... Then that's just terrible.

    Tom Petty's guitars stolen - $7,500 reward

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    Posted

    Reward $ is kinda low.


    I bet he spends that on room service.



    I clicked on "like"

     

    I'm wondering if the low reward (in light of what the guitars are worth) is some kind of ploy. Y'know, to make the thieves think that the guitars are worth about that much. As a lot of people have said, trying to flip a Broadcaster could be pretty difficult, so who knows. Either the thieves get duped into giving the guitars back for much less than they might have gotten for them, or they realise how difficult it'd be to sell such a valuable (and in some cases, rare) collection and go for the easy money.

    Tom Petty's guitars stolen - $7,500 reward

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    Posted

    So are you saying that because he's successful he deserves to have his {censored} stolen? He paid his dues a long time ago and those guitars have more value than just money. There's a lot of sentimental value there as well. Stow your cheap shot, wannabe, holier-than-thou because I haven't had a decades long successful career BS. Its not like you're talking about someone whose daddy gave them all his {censored}.

     

    +1

     

    Tom's still a human being. I have a couple guitars that I consider to be irreplaceable due to their sentimental value. Tom and his band have as much right as anyone to feel slighted, regardless of their wealth and success.

    Tom Petty's guitars stolen - $7,500 reward

    in Electric Guitars

    Posted

    Going to see those guys on Thursday. Bummer about the stolen guitars. But, seriously, where can you fence a Broadcaster without being noticed?

     

    That was my first thought... I suppose that it'll either get sold at a modest price as neither the thief nor the buyer know what a Broadcaster is, or the thief does know and he'll sit on it for a while.

    But then, stealing from a famous musician just seems so counter-intuitive unless one plans on claiming any potential reward. Which isn't guaranteed, of course.

     

    Also, I'm enjoying the song references :D

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