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I'd do it. I can't play anything less than a 25inch scale comfortably though, so I'm bias. Besides, it's very unique and a keeper.

The truest reason for tele tone needs to be posted one more time. The Tone Zone T is a good choice, splitting it will suffice but not be exactly the same.

Glorified tapping to me.

Could have got one of these Custom 22 Soapbars for around 1300 mint. Should have pulled the trigger.

Well, at the expense of beating a horse to death, Gibson Les Pauls for me. There are so many guitars that can do what a Gibson Les Paul does at a fraction of the price. Another that comes to mind is the PRS tremolo, which will run you $400-$500. It's only a guitar part, not a whole guitar. What, are they gold plated or something. C'mon. http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-ORIGINAL-PRS-NICKEL-TREMOLO-BRIDGE-TREM-ARM-BAR-GUITAR-PARTS-PAUL-REED-SMITH-/380408708724?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item5892203e74#ht_1851wt_1110

"Shout at the Devil" was Motley Crue's only good album and I still like it. Better than any Metallica.

The only two that really align with my thinking are... 1. Hendrix 70. Eddie Van halen

I wonder if I can feel that 1/27ish difference. Wish I had both here right now. It is not much of a difference but it is very noticeable, at least to me.

My understanding is that Hendrix had arranged to record with Gil Evans, the big band jazz man that worked with Miles Davis. I could see Jimi and Miles teaming up at some point. Also Jimi was tired of being the trained monkey and doing all the show biz schtick, no matter how popular it may be to some. He knew it was a rut and wanted out. He was creative. It would come out. He would have had to get a new manager for sure. The Rolling Stones survived their trip into disco ("Miss you"). Ambulance drivers are the one's who did him in, along with his management. Agree. Furthermore, near his end, he did speak of getting away from electrics and effects and focussing more on acoustic and jazz playing. I have read a couple of his biographies and both were consistent with this.

Hendrix played a different eruption every time he picked up the guitar.

As many here know, I have never cared for him albeit subjective. He did nothing to inspire or influence me and I found he had a negative effect on guitar playing. Example, he had a profound influence on people playing for speed with machine gun shredding without feel. Not that he didn't have feel but his playing influenced that genre.

This. Oh yes. I want to get one for one of my Strats sometime. And at a hundred bucks, that's getting irresistible. Winner. Best case going, I have 5 of them.

I absolutely hate them. I was in the market for a new Paul a couple of years ago and tried them out at length. I hated the way they felt and the way they sounded. There was a resonance to them that felt nothing like a classic Les Paul. It felt almost like a hollowbody. I remember hitting a chord really hard and I could feel the neck vibrating in a way a classic Les Paul never would have. I know some love this resonance, but it honestly felt like a hollowbody. No thanks, not for me. Wasn't it you the other day that said you wanted one?

It might be time for me to afford that PRS... You didn't do that poorly though, I've seen those guitars go for less recently and you got your minimum price and some cash.

If you're building it, I'd take a serious look into a Trem-King tremolo. I've seen them in action...they work as advertised. I checked them out and I buy into what they do but I'd probably need to try one before I shelled out the money and installation effort.

I'm building it. -american standard strat body chrome blue -usacg 25' conversion scale neck, boat profile, medium jumbo SS frets, maple pau ferro neck -these pickups... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130488425358&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_4572wt_905 -sperzel locking tuners -american deluxe or Wilkinson pop in tremolo (what do you reckon, I can't decide) Just waiting on the neck to come and I'm good as gold.

I love my roland cube 30x. No, it will never give the tones of a tube amp but the modelling is reasonable and so portable. For jamming with my acoustic mates its one simple grab in the car and off I go. Simple, easy, light, portable, fun and sounds pretty good to me.

I'd take a PRS over the 3 mentioned.

I would beg to differ their but as with all snobs there is no changing their minds. But then again that's not what I'm here for. But I will say this when I bought both of my MIMs I tried every Tele in the shop MIM MIA and Squier and the MIM were better hands down and that was with two neck pickups that were muddy. I wish I had cheap taste, but I don't. That's why everything in my life is so good I guess.

Comparing MIA standards to MIM standards, there is no comparison. I am only a hobby player and would never own a standard MIM. Call me a snob but my 08 MIA standard cannot be compared. It is better in every way. I have owned 4 or 5 of each. Some MIM strats are good, just not the standard ones.