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recent back injury will force me to use a lighter axe than my Epi LP when i get around to gigging next year.

have bought a tanglewood tele (outlaw - luscious green, better than a squier) and strat (nevada) that seem to do the job just fine.

any suggestions for lightweight gibson copies?

― geordie racer, Wednesday, 20 November 2002 09:28 (twenty-two years ago)

The Epi SGs are pretty light.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

???!!! not the one i used to play.

― di smith (lucylurex), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 00:45 (twenty-two years ago)

five months pass...

I would recommend an Epiphone Casino... Very lightweight, fragile too.

― mike nix, Saturday, 10 May 2003 15:02 (twenty-two years ago)

ten years pass...

jjj I need your brane!

This happened yesterday when my danelectro (2000 or 2001 remake) fell face forward off its stand ;_; -- is this a fix it within the next few months guitar emergency or a fix it right the fuck now by maxing out credit card guitar emergency? The crack is on both sides of the fretboard-- on the side not seen here it extends to about the fourth fret. Of the three gtrs I own, this is the only one that isn't garbage so I'm freaked out.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/31372760068c359df565f4a7089e99e0/tumblr_n41580UvUb1tvn6c5o1_1280.jpg

― hundreds-swarm-dinkytown (Jon Lewis), Monday, 14 April 2014 16:58 (eleven years ago)

god, that reminds me that I need a better way to store my guitars other than "leaning them up against shit".

― how's life, Monday, 14 April 2014 19:15 (eleven years ago)

that is, sadly, not a good break. its definitely fixable, and as long as there is string tension pulling the crack closed you are ok in the short run (probably). you might have to do some hard cost analysis here though wrt value of guitar versus cost of repair. to do it right, you might be looking at a couple hundred bucks (do not quote me on that, just going by the picture here). its a bolt on, correct? a new neck might make more sense if you can live without the coolness of the matching paint. which dano model is it?

― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Monday, 14 April 2014 19:20 (eleven years ago)

it's this guy

https://reverb.com/item/89521-danelectro-u2-reissue-2000-salmon-pink-electric-guitar

maybe a new neck is the ticket-- I don't GAF about the color matching, in fact a two-tone instrument would make me kind of happy. And it seems like changing a neck on this thing would be child's play (NB I have no mechanical aptitude). It's just that thing where I tried all the danos they had in the shop that day in 2001 and this was the only one that felt really good and what if the necks they make now are shitty etc etc

― hundreds-swarm-dinkytown (Jon Lewis), Monday, 14 April 2014 19:50 (eleven years ago)

hmmm i might have a solution, but i would need some measurements from you - i have a discontinued 50th anniversary DC that i think would be an easy neck swap that i need to move on down the road. hit me up via email and we can talk abt it.

― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Monday, 14 April 2014 20:22 (eleven years ago)

should i use yr ilxmail or a different one? Or can FB message u.

― hundreds-swarm-dinkytown (Jon Lewis), Monday, 14 April 2014 20:35 (eleven years ago)

any of those work honestly. if you ilxmail me, just make sure to include your address in the body of the email

― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Monday, 14 April 2014 20:36 (eleven years ago)

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