Oh I'm with you, man. I try to keep 80% or more of my deals local. Especially since I get a ton of broken guitars for dirt cheap or free, fix them and sell them.. I'm not paying sales tax on every $300-500 guitar when I can't show a receipt for the "$250 refret" or "$150 rewire" or "$300...
We've had years to prepare for this kind of stuff. I keep receipts for everything. In the pro photography realm people won't buy shit from you unless you send a detailed invoice. Which I'm glad for. I sold a medium format camera body for $3300 last year and Ebay issued a 1099 showing a profit of...
That Metallica concert happened 33 years ago. Metallica's heyday was over 3 decades ago. Get over it.
Another thing to note is that Moscow concert was free. Those suckers, Metallica, lost out on all that big money. Meanwhile Taylor Swift played to more than 10 million people during her Eras...
If you have a local Walgreens, they can print up to 24x36 posters and the quality is pretty good. I've had several prints made there with some of my amp photos. Obviously, the picture quality has to be good for bigger prints. Here's one I made for a buddies limited JP2C. I just looked up the...
Probably 16-17 years ago we had a small one in NJ. They called it the HoM/House of Metal. People on here called us HoMos. Besides sevenstringer and psychodave, I think all those guys that came to the meet up have left the forums.
4:09 "And frankly, if you guys get mad at a thumbnail or title not being what you think it's going to be.. I would prefer that you just not watch my channel".. Ok. Thumbnails and Titles are the name of the game on youtube. If someone clicks on a video and the thumbnail and title are unrelated...
I had a USA 100 Watt Achon and it was one of my favorite high gain amps. Mix between a pissed off 5150 and Rectifier, but with an incredible clean channel. Mine had a weird issue where the volume would drop out, especially when you're really blasting it. Bruce Egnater had it for months and...
John reached out for me to repair the guitar. Which was surprising because I was one of the ones pointing out the crack is clearly visible in the listing pictures and John knew about it.
Given the drama, the further potential for shipping damages, I declined to repair the guitar.
Nice score! The DRG was my favorite out of the IIC+'s just for the Cleans. Nothing like that combo of 6L6 and EL34. SRG has loads of aggression and sizzle, but the DRG cleans are to die for.
It's such a racket. I stopped selling on Ebay because of it.
I sold a medium format camera & lens last year for $3,300. They sent a 1099k showing I made the full $3,300. After fees/shipping $2700+/- was direct deposited into my bank account. I had to dig for the form showing I profited $600...
He doesn't like the guitar. Block him. Not worth your time. Like I said before 90% of RGs from that era (and even newer ones) will have that crack. It's only a matter of time. At this point it's just something I expect with those guitars, especially if they've been gigged and not babied. Those...
Which specific RG is that? Tilt joint bolt on joints from Ibanez RGs are notorious for cracking in that specific spot. 9 times out of 10 it's a tension crack and mostly in the finish. Nearly every single Ibanez RG and JEM (12+) that I've owned with those joints had those cracks. Some have been...
Or do Lessons. Tons of working musicians depend on doing lessons all the way from big acts to smaller venue guys. He could make a decent bit just by offering individual lessons and teach about shit from technique, dialing in tone, setting up gear, touring, etc..