Damn... you know how hard it is to drive one of those?

Right now I'm on a hollowbody kick, so I prefer an ES175-themed guitar :)

LOL. I have a MexiStrat in the collection, but it's been modded with new pups and locking tuners. All told I'm into it for $400 and it's a really good player now for a lot less than a US Fender.

i'd rather have this

I'd bet this will appeal more to collectors than players. For that kinda dough - not that I'd ever spend it on a guitar - I'd rather have any one of several Les Paul signature models or a '59 reissue. Pretty much anything from the Gibson or Fender custom shops.

I'm a guitarist, too, and while I'm not opposed on principle to spending close to 7 large on one, it had damned well be a very good tool for making music. This thing looks virtually unplayable due to those aluminum inserts and not having some kind of surface on which to rest your hand. Not that it matters, I guess,…

"suck squeeze bang blow" has been applied to combustion engines for a long time. we don't need a comedian to tell us that. also, while I'm bitching:

ooh. MiniTuckin' Magazine...

obviously terms like these are the reasons we have courts and lawyers to interpret what it means on a case by case basis, but there is strong precedent to support ANY out of doors place where you are making no efforts to conceal yourself (and even if you are) qualifies as a public place and is exempt from an…

May the road rise up to meet you

I've managed to avoid reading the tributes because I was busy, but god damnit, I couldn't avoid this one. This was amazing, and it crushed me. Thank you. RIP Tony.

Um, what?

I've got no clue if this is a good camera or not, but they do have models with front and rear cameras in one unit though:

I'm sure this is not new to folks, but it was to me, and it's neat: "The Book on Maddux/Glavine", by Tony Gwynn

And he hit .444 with the bases loaded over his career. This is getting into Bill Brasky territory.

How good was he?

AS FOR YOU, TODD

The husband, who commits the comparable sin of shooting in portrait mode, says at the beginning that this is happening in May of 2012. It's unclear why it's making the rounds on the Internet now.