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lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4012
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, July 24, 2009 - 7:37 am:   Edit Post

Well it's that time of the year again. The twice-a-year World Guitar Show camps out in San Rafael this weekend. Anybody planning to attend?

Bill, tgo
jalevinemd
Senior Member
Username: jalevinemd

Post Number: 804
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 6:27 pm:   Edit Post

Whadya get...whadya get...whadya get...?
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4015
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 10:02 pm:   Edit Post

A Tribute. I'm going back to pick it up tomorrow as I didn't have all the cash in my pocket. It's quite a deal, but I don't want to jinx it until I have it in my hands.

Bill, tgo
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 8436
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 2:52 am:   Edit Post

Wow! I hope the deal goes through.
jalevinemd
Senior Member
Username: jalevinemd

Post Number: 805
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 8:05 am:   Edit Post

And I thought my wife was understanding and supportive...
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4017
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 5:50 pm:   Edit Post

'01 Tribute in showroom condition. $4500. How could I turn it down??!! I'll post some pics when I figure out where my camera is packed! lol

Bill, tgo
artswork99
Senior Member
Username: artswork99

Post Number: 768
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 7:06 pm:   Edit Post

Nice Bill. Congratulations!
sonicus
Advanced Member
Username: sonicus

Post Number: 216
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 7:19 pm:   Edit Post

Congratulations!
57basstra
Senior Member
Username: 57basstra

Post Number: 1038
Registered: 4-2005
Posted on Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 7:40 pm:   Edit Post

ultimate ax!
olieoliver
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 2646
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 8:09 pm:   Edit Post

Bill, I'll bet senior management could have thought of a way! LOL


OO
jerryme
Intermediate Member
Username: jerryme

Post Number: 115
Registered: 1-2008
Posted on Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 8:19 pm:   Edit Post

Wow Bill... The batwing shape grow on ya'?
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 8483
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, August 01, 2009 - 10:50 am:   Edit Post

So, find your camera yet???
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4023
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Saturday, August 01, 2009 - 11:31 am:   Edit Post

Not yet, but I am sitting in a room full of boxes and it's in one of them! I hope to find it this weekend. Then all I have to do is find the docking station so I can upload and I'll be in business. I can report to all that playing music is definitely more fun that moving all your stuff!

Bill, tgo
cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member
Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 528
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Tuesday, August 04, 2009 - 2:34 pm:   Edit Post

Of course you know we want to see the new Hyak, too, right?

Peter
jalevinemd
Senior Member
Username: jalevinemd

Post Number: 806
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Tuesday, August 04, 2009 - 5:54 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks for reminding me, Peter. I almost forgot about the Hyak.
afrobeat_fool
Junior
Username: afrobeat_fool

Post Number: 36
Registered: 7-2009
Posted on Tuesday, August 04, 2009 - 7:46 pm:   Edit Post

I want to see the Hyak too. I'm still trying to get mine back from the guy who took it.
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4030
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 - 9:53 am:   Edit Post

The camera has been found! It is currently sitting in the dock at home charging. I won't be able to take pics tonight as I'm going to see Phish (for the first time). Pics of both should be posted by this weekend.

Bill, tgo
kilowatt
Intermediate Member
Username: kilowatt

Post Number: 108
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 - 1:47 pm:   Edit Post

Bill,

If you have a minute to add a review of the show, I would be curious to see what a longtime Deadhead's take on Phish is. Not looking to start any debates here, I like both bands, but have never seen Phish. Have a great show.

Regards,
Pete
jerryme
Intermediate Member
Username: jerryme

Post Number: 127
Registered: 1-2008
Posted on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 - 2:46 pm:   Edit Post

I saw around 75 Phish shows between 1996-2001. Compared to the Grateful Dead they were/are a little kids birthday party. Musically, their jams are great. Lyrically they are sub par. I quit seeing shows because the drugs for many fans were more important than any kind of music or community. I would love to see them again on this comeback tour, as the music they have been playing has been pretty good.
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4040
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 6:59 pm:   Edit Post

O.K., here's a couple of quick pics of the two newest family members. The lighting wasn't very good and these are the only ones worth posting, but you all get the idea.

Bill, tgo



jx2638
Junior
Username: jx2638

Post Number: 45
Registered: 2-2008
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 7:06 pm:   Edit Post

Very nice and a sweet buy...such a fine looking instrument. Just curious, did they ask $4500 or did they come down a bit?
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4041
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 7:14 pm:   Edit Post

It was on consignment. The asking price was $4995 (which itself blew me away when I first saw it at the show). When I plugged it in there was no sound. I opened up the back and found a battery, but no battery clip! The seller contacted the owner who said he had removed the clip as he was powering the guitar with phantom power through the effects loop. Everything looked o.k. otherwise. I explained that I was buying a pig-in-a-poke as I had no assurance the electronics worked and asked if he might come down on the price. He came back with $4500 and I jumped on it. I subsequently spoke with Mica and she remembered when the original owner called her up and got the info on how to power it this way. I'll be bringing it up to the mothership soon to have everything put back to normal. I beieve this is the 8th Tribute made. Notice the lack of a separate battery cover - the battery fits in the main electronics cavity.

Bill, tgo
artswork99
Senior Member
Username: artswork99

Post Number: 785
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 7:20 pm:   Edit Post

Very nice indeed!
sonicus
Advanced Member
Username: sonicus

Post Number: 232
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 7:21 pm:   Edit Post

Very nice Bill. My sincere congratulations to you .
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 8518
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 7:26 pm:   Edit Post

Very nice Bill!!
pauldo
Advanced Member
Username: pauldo

Post Number: 228
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 7:34 pm:   Edit Post

wow!
Sweet score Bill - maybe one of those (or your 12 string) will find its way to Chicago with you next year. ;-)
jalevinemd
Senior Member
Username: jalevinemd

Post Number: 809
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 8:02 pm:   Edit Post

Please bring the Hyak...please bring the Hyak!
dadabass2001
Senior Member
Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1235
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:24 am:   Edit Post

Please just come visit! :-)
Two sweet guitars, Bill. Congratulations.
Mike

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