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Troy, are you in Wisconsin? Milwaukee?

Minneapolis area, actually, but really enjoyed my visit to Milwaukee last summer. I see that your profile says you're from around there; if you haven't seen that Les Paul exhibit, it's well worth a look. I'd love to see a similar show someday featuring ...

I'm a collector of various things (books, computing equipment and toys from the 70's/80's) as well as stringed instruments, so I can totally identify with the all-original, mint-in-package urge that makes one cringe when seeing massive, non-reversible mods to a valuable and beautiful vintage guitar ...

I'd like to apologize profusely for using the term that was moderated out of my earlier post. It was not my intention to be in any way derogatory to RIC or its products, and certainly not to be disrespectful towards any of the people responsible for these beautiful instruments. I reread my post this ...

Thanks to Patrick N. for reminding me that this started out with my forgiving the misguided individual who did this. The last couple paragraphs didn't sound very forgiving. No more past-midnight forum posts for me.

My eyes are very much on the prize here, and not so much on what happened in the ...

Why stop at five? Looks like there was plenty of room for seven strings on the tail!
Frets? We don't need no stinkin' frets! No need to fill the fret slots either; bada bing, bada boom -- now it's a fretless!

Wow, thanks to all for the great replies! Let's see, we've got lots of warm welcome, some commiseration from fellow ex-offenders, plenty of encouragement to move forward with my project -- all sorts of good stuff. Okay, this seems like license to press on to today's topic:

The Good, The Bad, and ...

Once upon a time, long before the internet had made its way up to the great plains states, I was an ignorant college student. I found a 4001 in one of my favorite Sioux Falls pawn shops, and talked the guy down to $250. It was a '77 or '78, if I recall correctly, and other than the BadAss II hanging ...