What makes "C" a "C?"

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California?
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Collusion? Secret handshakes and signs..........
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Crash
Coronary
Constipated
Cranium
Cereal
Crack
Condiminium
Condiment

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Cereal! We have a winner!
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Maybe it's that the "reissue" series designation has now been standardized. The "B" series reissues were the first, so they were, in essence the "A" issue. Then came the "V" reissues, which by the same logic then stand as the "B" line. So now we have the third line of reissue guitars, so they, therefore are the 3rd, or "C" series.


Does that make any sense?
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Ahhh. I get it. The Three Stooges alphabetize the designated letter for each series. So, it must be "C" for "Curly".
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ImageOh... a bunch of wise guys, eh?
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It has taken every thought process I have (limited resources in other words) to come up with what is truly behind the letter 'C' in the 'C' series. Clueless was my second stab but I think I really know it now.


It's 'C'rumudgeon.

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Well, it's a designation for instruments that are collectible, designed to exacting and specific standards and they were announced during what may or may not have been a "curmudgeonly" era.

I would prefer "Cantankerous" but maybe the "C" stands for "Critics" version.
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I'VE GOT IT!!!

"C"elebrity!!!

No?

Dang!
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"C"urmudgeon?

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John Hall...enough of this already. What does "C" stand for?
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"Craziness"...
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