This makes no sense to me. I am just over 50 and for the last 10 years I have yearly blood work done. One of the checks is a PSA. It's a simple blood panel that detects the presence of a Prostate cancer risk. The Cancer Biden has I guess takes 7 years to get to the point it is now. Are you...
On paper Germany has a higher tax rate but Dude we are texted to death. Income, property, sales tax, they tax you when you buy your car and each year thereafter. They tax you to catch a fish. They even tax you when you die. We get nickel and dimed with taxes. I am not complaining…no I guess I...
Fair point, but the US has just as much if not more taxation. We just spend all our money on the military. Regarding EU, I have a feeling they just don’t have a culture of littering. No way they could keep every square inch of road clean otherwise
I was in Europe the last week or so. I rented a car and cruised around Barvaria, Austria and Italy. Here are a few observations
1. The roads are nearly perfect. Not a pothole to be seen. In each country it was the same.
2. No trash on the side of the roads. Both freeways and side roads free of...
I am sure most of you have seen Bruce Springsteen telling a crowd in Europe about his TDS issues. As if a guy that has never held a real job, never known what it's like to struggle, about how the Trump administration is going to take away your rights. He couldn't be more out of touch with...
What I have issue with is the guys selling $1000 pickups aren’t any better than what Fralin is doing for $250. Just hype and marketing. There just isn’t enough variables to be that different. Can we agree on that?
Amp making has a lot more components and variables.
I don’t consider Fralin to be high end. $250 for a set of strat pickups seems standard for a quality brand. I am talking more about Ron Ellis or Rewind. Charging $1000 a set
ha ha. Ok Seymour.
There is not more obvious fleecing than Fender bringing back these old ladies that used to randomly operate a pick winder because they had whatever magic touch. Here is a video of Agibail. The interviewer asked about her technique and she basically has no idea. She’s just a...
Formula? There are only like 3 components. There is no secret sauce. Everyone uses the same 3-4 different magnets and the same 2-3 different wires.
I've got a pretty good idea what it takes to make a pickup. What I know for sure, its it doesn't take any longer to make a $1000 pickups vs Dimarzio...
Not the same thing. There is a lot of labor in building a guitar. The exact amount of labor goes into a Dimarzio as a Ron Ellis. The rest is in your head.
Some of these boutique pickup makers are charging $850 or higher for a pair of humbuckers. $375 for s single coil pickup. Just one.
Pickups are maybe the most simple technology in guitars. It's just wire wrapped around some magnets. There is no magic.
Who is buying this stuff?
Ozzy- Blizzard
Hendrix- Axis
Big Sugar- 500lbs
DLR- Eat Em and Smile
John Sco- A go go
Gary Moore-Still Got the Blues
Robin Trower- Bridge of Sighs
Cult- Electric
Van Halen- 1
Megadeth- Peace Sells
Back in Black has some incredible vocals. The problem is, BJ has never been able to sing that way live ever.
To me, that is ACDC's best album and it's not even close. And I love the old stuff.