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  • “Vintage guitars represent a piece of history that can’t be replicated”

    I think that’s where i disagree, I think most coveted vintage guitars can absolutely be replicated. And although I have to concede that I’m no expert, I’ve heard the same sentiment from folks that I would consider experts. I’ve recently heard Philip McKnight say as much on one of his Friday podcast/shows.

    Personally I’d rather spend 6-7 grand on a gibson custom shop reissue than pony up for a real vintage instrument for 10k+











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    6 months ago

    Greetings, I do a little IT support for an elderly neighbor (mostly fighting with her printer for her) and she recently fell for one of those fake Microsoft scams, and gave a scammer access to her laptop and hundreds of dollars worth of Nordstrom gift cards…

    She’s given me the laptop as she’s afraid to open it. I’m thinking of formatting the HDs and reinstalling windows, she only uses the laptop for Internet browsing and email, so she’s not worried about losing data.

    Would this be enough to undo whatever the scammer would have done on the laptop?

    Any considerations or advice would be appreciated. Apologies if this isn’t an appropriate question for this forum.











  • Cool guitar! I would clean it up the best you can, take the strings off and clean the fretboard with baby wipes to get the gunk off, and apply lemon oil if it seems dry.

    Then take it to a guitar repair shop and get their input on the frets. It’s possible they can recrown the frets instead of replacing them completely which is much more expensive.

    I’ve been quoted ~150 to recrown the frets to give you an idea.

    As far as value, I’d suggest finding the serial number on the guitar and figuring out the exact model and year of manufacture. Then find similar guitars for sale on reverb.

    Cheers and Good luck!