Fuck You Paxton, Abbott, and Patrick. Please do let every damn door in the state hit you in the nuts on the way out!

#Voted #VoteEarly #Vote2026

Ghostdusters

#ImitationMovies
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This is _top level_ trolling by #PRS. The Defender Silver Sky, inspired by the Land Rover Defender, a vehicle much beloved by John Mayer.

https://guitar.com/news/gear-news/prs-defender-silver-sky/

#Guitar #GuitarGear #GearSquad

To most US Americans, today is about the terrorist attacks in 2001. And rest in peace all the innocent souls who lost their lives that day. But to me, today is the anniversary of the day that a talented brain surgeon (and his whole team) saved my son from infantile spasms by removing a tumor. The majority of infants with infantile spasms never learn to speak or walk. My son is living a mostly normal life, going to high school, posting game videos to YouTube, and stressing about getting a learner's permit to drive. There's so much to take for granted in life. Let's all try to spread love today.

The Schwinn in the Willows

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This bus smells like Andes chocolate mints. Not that bad all things considered.

Meet the Lizurd!

With Fender being proper assholes right now, I spent the last few weeks going all over town trying out SGs and Les Pauls. I quickly found I have a strong preference for the the SG neck profile, as well as the way the body sits and aligns with my body. The selection of SGs was surprisingly limited across 6 Guitar Centers and a couple local shops. I found basically everything about the Gibson superior to the Epiphone. Eventually landed on the '61 Standard in Translucent Teal.

https://www.gibson.com/products/gibson-sg-standard-61-translucent-teal

My first car was a '74 Datsun 260z, in emerald green, with a custom license plate. So this finish really connected with me. I usually go for a classic burst style (tobacco, bourbon, iced tea) so it's nice to add a little variety in the collection.

Fully intend to replace the tuners. I have Graph Tech locking ratio tuners on my Epiphone 335, probably stick with those on this.

#NewGuitarDay #Guitar #GearSquad #Gibson #GibsonSG

Mousse, M.D.

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Yep. Definitely prefer the #Gibson burstbucker pickups over the #Epiphone probuckers on the SGs. But at a third the price for Epiphone, a pickup upgrade would still come in well under the cost of the Gibson. But I am going to sell my USA Strat, so it'd be nice to replace it with another USA-made #guitar. Ugh. Sucks to have GAS.

#GearSquad

Went to my local #GuitarCenter to try out some #Epiphone Les Pauls and SGs. Every fret board felt super dry and the strings all felt nasty. Both fixable things .. but still makes it hard to be excited about any of them. Definitely prefer the thinner SG necks these days. And the position of the pickup switch, too. Though the cable jack location was not very practical with the Mustang Micro I was playing through. And I have to say, bringing a headphone amp with a couple of signal chains saved and a suite of songs to play is a great way to compare guitars. Certainly easier than lugging my whole pedal board and hoping the have my same amp! And with headphones on I'm zoned into myself in spite of all the other customers cranking amps in the store.

Managed to find a shop 90 minutes away that has the Guild Polara Deluxe, so I'll be making that drive on Saturday.

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There's no #guitar shop within a one hour radius of me that seems to stock #Guild electrics. I'm planning on selling/trading my Strat and looking at the Polara Deluxe, but would really prefer to get my hands on one.