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Title: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: MR|337 on January 11, 2008, 10:08:01 PM: Almost, that is...

I got one today a Gibson Custom Shop SG - from a guy in Cleveland (drove to his house) which was unplayed in original packing, case candy, COA, etc..Was made in 2005 and was as he described it, new.

I had to drive past Guitar Center on the way home and decided to stop and get a set of gold strap locks for it. I took the guitar inside (afraid to leave it in my truck) and when it came out of the case all hell broke loose! Most of the employees dropped what they were doing and came over to take pix of with their cell phones and digital cameras. This went on for a good 20 minutes with some of them posing with the guitar giving the Dio salute. :evil: I was afraid the manager was going to ask me to leave, so I spied a Marshall TSL 602 combo on the cheap and bought it for less than half price new - with a small rip in the tolex on one side. I was beginning to wonder if they were going to allow me to leave at all..lol

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I can fix the rip with a little bit of spray on sticky stuff like they use for auto headliners...Good as new.
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: LaxMan on January 11, 2008, 10:36:06 PM: so uh...what do you do with all these things? where in the hell do you keep all of em
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: MR|337 on January 11, 2008, 11:07:39 PM: Let's see..I tell you and your frat buddies come and clean me out? Just don't take my stash!

I usually keep just one or two guitars and a single amp at home. Once I get a few they are moved to another location in the county - a secure, climate controlled storage area that doubles for a band practice space.

Heres a shot of where I spend most Saturdays standing in front of sixteen 12 inch speakers..lol Thats why I'm a bit deaf?

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Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: LaxMan on January 11, 2008, 11:26:38 PM: well damn, im impressed cant see myself ever needing so many guitars, then again i cant really play more then one chord
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: MR|337 on January 18, 2008, 12:46:29 PM: I ordered this yesterday, should have it in a few. Always wanted one since the 1980's

BC Rich Bich 10 string!

(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee83/stevekellyjr/bich.jpg)
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: Ponce on January 18, 2008, 02:17:59 PM: That guitar is badass :notworthy:
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: MR|337 on January 18, 2008, 04:36:20 PM: Thanks Ponce!

I found out that in 2005 they only made five of those green custom shop SG's...
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: AntiHero on January 18, 2008, 05:08:33 PM: What kinds of things can you do? Srsly if you play anything from Between the Buried and Me...you'll be leet enough for me (it's a LOT of sweeping and picking)
You have some nice setups there...i'm not much for gibson, i can't play guitar but I'm more on the metal side, like Ibanez and Schecter, if i were to be into guitar.
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: MR|337 on January 18, 2008, 06:42:57 PM: I cut my teeth on 80's metal when it was new. Moved on to stuff like Slayer and Metallica in my late teens-early 20's. I finally woke up one day and realized there was no market for guys who play an "E" chord fast and scream oaths to Satan :evil:...So I went back and got acquainted with all the old classic rock that I used to think sucked, and found that I could play in a classic cover band every weekend and make decent money. I took this (then) hot looking blond with big tits home one night after a gig, and she never left. Next thing I know we are married and two kids..No more band! Had to get a job, haircut you know the rest of the story. I had to give it up for a few years and now have the opportunity to get back into it now that the kids are a little older.

Guitars are like women, theres one out there for everyone that appeals to you but not necessarily to me. I prefer high end stuff since I can afford it. God knows I used to have shit for gear, since I'm not getting any younger, why not go for the best?
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: AntiHero on January 18, 2008, 07:39:50 PM: Damn right go for the best, my prime years of skateboarding are failing and i only got another 20 in me if i'm lucky, and at the rate m skeleton moves and feels all the time, i got less.i grunt like i'm 40 when i stand up, i can't lean down and then get back up our of it, nor can i crouch and get out of it without pain...lol. Your guitar theory about it being equal to women is a good theory, and i do like it my friend.
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: MR|337 on January 18, 2008, 09:40:09 PM: It may surprise you to know that one of my fave bands was Mercyful Fate. I still listen to them to this day.

http://www.google.com/musica?aid=M0_ZoHFDWtJ&sa=X&oi=music&ct=result (http://www.google.com/musica?aid=M0_ZoHFDWtJ&sa=X&oi=music&ct=result)

First time I heard "Dont Break the Oath" we were in the city park at night tripping on acid back in 1986. I took off running for my life when the song kicked in...
:-D

http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=1798 (http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=1798)
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: DEATHHAVEN on January 19, 2008, 01:51:19 AM: that guitar is a piece of art,and i dont want to know hom much it set ya back,I would just cry to know
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: MR|337 on January 19, 2008, 02:44:37 AM: Princess finally speaks?

The green one was $2200.00 got a deal on it since it was two years old but unplayed. Ordering one from Gibson Custom shop today it's $5k+

http://www.guitarsale.com/Gibson-SG-Elegant-Quilt-Maple-Iguana-Burst-i759232.music (http://www.guitarsale.com/Gibson-SG-Elegant-Quilt-Maple-Iguana-Burst-i759232.music)
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: DEATHHAVEN on January 20, 2008, 12:37:20 AM: not as bad as i thought it would be,i only cried a little
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: MR|337 on January 20, 2008, 04:49:37 PM: Got the girls together for a group shot today. We had a late night...

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Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: Stayfen. on January 20, 2008, 05:16:35 PM: So just wondering, how much have you spent on all the guitars you've shown us lol
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: MR|337 on January 20, 2008, 06:21:41 PM: Quote from: Stayfen. on January 20, 2008, 05:16:35 PM
So just wondering, how much have you spent on all the guitars you've shown us lol

I buy them right (used). A typical shop will mark up 125% or more over the actual cost, thats why I almost never buy new unless it's internet. I gave around $780 for the BC Rich via internet order, in a shop it would of been $1500 (asking price). Most will reduce their prices 25% but still are making 100% profit. Only big stores like Guitar Center will price match internet pricing, and mom and pop shops wont because they don't sell 10 guitars, a pa system and 2 sets of drums each day. The Gibsons are used pieces even though the green one was still in the cardboard packing box, unopened. So I got it for less than half price ($2,200) because it was previously sold. The other two SG's..I got them for $400 each. The red one I had to put around $150 in new hardware + case into it so the end result was $550..Both would of sold new for $1k+
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: Video_Master on January 20, 2008, 06:32:36 PM: damn those are all sweet looking. I wish I knew how to play guitar.
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: Earl on January 20, 2008, 07:09:51 PM: Tha's a dam fine lookin' SG Leet!!!....I used to have a Rich Bich back in the day, it wasn't the 10 string but still a nice guitar....I'd still have it today but I lent it to a dude I was jammin' with at the time and the jackass pawned it with out me knowing!!!....needless to say I had to take the price out of his hide!!!...but anywhoo...if ya got any loose cash kickin around and no use for it...I'll take either or both of these!!!..... :mrgreen:
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: One True Sin on January 21, 2008, 02:11:22 AM: Wow leet nice guitars bro.
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: Video_Master on January 24, 2008, 11:58:03 AM: Leet,

You need to get one of these now.

http://www.steedshop.com/servlet/the-1213/Fender-Shelby-GT-dsh-500-KR/Detail?sfs=55809d9d
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: MR|337 on January 24, 2008, 12:05:27 PM: Nice car, but I wouldnt pay 5 grand for a Fender if Jesus and Hendrix owned it...I do have a few, just not high price stuff. Gibsons are my faves.
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: [GNG]ioScream on January 24, 2008, 01:10:06 PM: Here's my ax:
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: MR|337 on January 24, 2008, 01:53:53 PM: Nice feet!

Jackson Dinky reverse?
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: [GNG]ioScream on January 25, 2008, 02:12:10 AM: 2 emgs (81/85) humbuckers (instead of the seymoure duncans) and fixed-bridge, i figured i would have trouble tuning with the floyd rose tremolo..

i loved my sg styled epiphone (les paul custom), but this jackson sounds and plays sick (24 frets make me moist, even if i dont use them much) and the action is perfect for my "style".. still miss the light mahogany body, though.. and who DOESNT love the sg body style..
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: [GNG]ioScream on January 25, 2008, 02:14:16 AM: feet sold separately.
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: MR|337 on January 26, 2008, 01:39:11 PM: Got the Bich yesterday, and now I know why it got it's name...It's a bitch to tune! :-D Check out those cloud inlays on the neck...

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Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: Paladin_Godfather on January 26, 2008, 02:19:04 PM: finally another guitar player!!!! i onyl have 4 and most of them are my older "start-up" guitars but here are two pics of my baby's!
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: MR|337 on January 26, 2008, 02:22:32 PM: I've been looking for a neck through Iceman for a while now. I am also into Ibanez Destroyers.
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: Paladin_Godfather on January 26, 2008, 02:27:59 PM: i love me an Ibanez.... My buddy just got his Destroyer all done up and what-not... sounds wonderful

hey lets get a TE jam session going hahah! :headbang1:
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: Elite_Prophet on January 26, 2008, 02:29:40 PM: if you guys decide to play cloud connected by In Flames I got the keyboard on lockdown haha
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: Noobinhood on January 26, 2008, 08:41:41 PM: TE concert, sounds sweet........ :headbang1: p.s. leet is the man........ :notworthy:
Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: MR|337 on February 01, 2008, 12:04:16 PM: One of those crazy fuckers at guitar center who were taking pix actually painted a mural of the damned thing on his wall!

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Title: Re: How to get kicked out of Guitar Center
Post by: Paladin_Godfather on February 01, 2008, 07:57:19 PM: thats hilarious... i have a picture of me on my local guitar store... but thats a Wanted sign... you swipe one half-stack and youre labeled for life!