Rubina is from the alvum "not of this earth", but the one on live in sf is alot better

Sparrow - How you know?

FAIRFIELD - A Sunday night street race turned deadly, killing an 18-year old Fairfield man and injuring two others in a testament to the dangers of racing cars illegally.

According to Fairfield police, all three victims were traveling in a 1999 Honda Prelude heading west on Dickson Hill Road around 10 p.m. The Prelude was racing against another vehicle and as the cars approached Palomino Circle, the Prelude lost control and crashed into a brick and wood fence, flipping over from the impact, police said. The other car rushed to the wreck and the driver called police.

Officers found the driver of the Prelude dead at the scene. He was identified as Raymond Banasan by the Solano County Sheriff's Coroners office.

Clarky/JSC1/Sharif: here we understand "slag" as to spit phlegm. Interesting...

ovation - so what do you suggest should be the content of the manifesto...... lol

The neck serial number dates it at 1978 [and I've had it from new] so the neck has a beautiful golden / amber tint....

I'm looking at it now..... what a babe...

Although 'birdseye' is super pretty I've always had a little doubt about its suitability as a neck wood because it could lack strength and therefore stability....
As a 'top' I think it's wonderfull...
A pal of mine had birdseye on his drum kit [the tom shells].. no stain just clear varnish... it looked awesome..

That thing where the Septics raid you of your own timber and sell it back to you is just plain mental....

I think that the Clarky Sig RG would be quite a thing..... I need to save up and get one made.. lol

What I don't understand is that most high speed street accidents from USA seem to be drivers losing control of their vehicles and hitting walls/overturning etc, yet you'd think side-on collisions would be common at intersections.

Sweep pick - hitting 'plateaus' in your playing is pretty normal.. albeit distressing and a great cause of angst...
here's why they occur:
When you are learning to play, three key elements within you start to grow.....
1 - manual dexterity - this is your technique. Like actually being able to go through the mechanical processes required [moving your fingers] to make music....
2 - knowledge - learning not only music theory but also being able to viusalise the various and many scale and chord patterns on the fingerboard....
3 - inner ear - this is knowing when things are in or out of tune just by listening. Further to this, it's also about being able to hear music in your mind so that you can go make it happen on the neck....

As you play, all three of these components grow. Your first big hurdle is obviously just being able to finger a few chords and make them sound nice... including nice crisp chord changes....
At this point, you make major break-throughs in your playing quite often - because you are very 'young' in a playing sense.... but as you get better these break-throughs are less often and require more and more effort....
You 'knowledge' is the easiest thing to grow.... this is all about studying... reading / being taught etc.... At some point you'd be inclinded to start experimenting with these new ideas....
Your inner ear picks up too... you start to listen with greater resolution than before... so what used to sound like a minor little mistake now begins to sound like a serious error... As you experiment with your new knowledge, your inner ear begins to understand more about these new sounds... and you begin to think and hear in a new way.... the way you play is now sounding bland... you are no longer excited and stimulated... and when you try out some new ideas on the neck your technique just can't cope yet.... it will though - it's just a matter of time and patience...
your technique is always the last component to catch up...
when it does catch up, you are on a high again and deeply into your playing.....

How do you break through the plateau?????
The plateau is in your mind so the only person that knows you're going through this is you.... you are still playing to the same standard as you was yesterday so don't dispair that something is broken or has 'gone'....
Variety is the key.... don't practice the same old exercises over and over.... try something a little different... something fresh... stay interested and stimulated and therefore motivated.
try for example learning a solo from Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd... or spend a little more time having blues jams with your buddies.... or learn to sight read and try some classical.... work on solos made out of short phases instead of endless legato runs.... experiment with a little lick and see how many different variations you can make out of it by altering it a little each time..... the point is... do something new on the guitar.....

If playing and practice becomes a chore then you will fall out of love with the instrument... and that is the worst thing that can happen.... and there is no need for this to happen....

You may not even notice yourself improving but those around you will.... this happens to me often.....

artanis - Slag in the UK to a girlie means that she will / has screw anything and everything... Salg to a man is someone that would lie and cheat on his best bud / family.... are real dirt bag....

The word I really like [originating from Manchester UK I think] is 'minger' [spoken: ming - er or mingah... lol]... this is much funnier: it is a girl that is not only a complete slag but she's also deeply gagging for a shag as if the world will end in a few minutes. Also, she looks like a bulldog chewing a wasp and is built like a buffalo....
phrases:
"she's a total minger"
"she's minging"

For more lessons on how to flunk English Language at school... lol lol.....

I think Durex in the UK and Oz are not quite the same too...
try going into a chemist in London and ask for a roll of Durex... lol

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Clarky: You've got me there, I've never heard of Durex. Is it sticky tape or something? Or some "adult toiletry" in UK?

Clarky... Actually my guitar neck is made of Birdseye... and believe it or not, the figuring has little to do with the strength! Warmoth always backs up their research, and they don't believe that it has anything to do with the strength of the wood nor does it affect the tone, the difference is simply cosmetic! and a company that makes such a high quality product I have complete faith in them, another strengthening feature is that my neck is "scarf jointed", right where the angle is, and that also promotes stablity!

But at one time, I believed that it would only make the neck weaker until I saw Eddie Van Halen's Ernie Balls & Wolfgangs come stock with Birdseye necks and fret boards! And some how I think Eddie is very similar with Joe about having a signature guitar that comes equiped with the finest of materials!!

Yep... Here it is... "from the Warmoth website"

Birdseye Maple (Acer Saccharum) Birdseye is another type of figure found in hard maple. It shows best in flatsawn wood. There is a wide variety of size and shapes in the "eyes" to keep them interesting. There seems to be a recurring rumor that Birdseye maple is unstable and not suited to guitar necks. having made tens of thousands of Birdseye necks, we can assure you that it is no different in stability than plain maple. AAA grade denotes very heavy figuring. Used for both necks and fingerboards

DCK - I tried to post it but iuma servers were down. I will try again. Thanks for showing an interest.

Clarky - Makes some sense. I absolutely love single coils in the front. I think humbuckers just sound too muddy there.

Megaboyd - Yeah, lotsa people racing. If only he was driving a Volkswagen rather than a tin c... I mean Honda.

Neilsa - Don't hold your breath.

Neilsa - Welcome to the site! :-)