“A pandemic (from Greek πᾶν pan "all" + δῆμος demos "people") is an epidemic of infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a large region; for instance a continent, or even worldwide.”
A curious phenomena has been happening in RRF circles:
paologregorio wrote: Double Bound fever strikes again!
winston wrote: I am just letting you all know over there in the UK, that double bound RAS is hard to shake.
scotty wrote:Rich. There’s a V64 Fever in the UK at the moment I’m sure there will be a few more surfacing.8mileshigher wrote: There seems to be a phenomena going on, in many parts of the globe, with Double Bound fever
Wildberry wrote:So, we're double bound to see a few more arrivals?scotty wrote: Rich. There’s a V64 Fever in the UK at the moment I’m sure there will be a few more surfacing.
A quick count on the RRF Search function indicates more than 50 postings with the words “Double Bound”, just since Christmas ! This phenomena perhaps might lead to the World Health Organization or the Center for Disease Control decreeing that a pandemic has broken out ….. since it does not appear to be stable and is occurring simultaneously in many countries.paologregorio wrote: I advise buying only double bound models...and yes, I follow my own advice, unless I'm buying 330s for conversion to double bound models!
Alas, I am the next casualty here who has been suffering from Double Bound fever. I have been negotiating with a Craig’s List seller for three months – finally last night - the deal was done ! The fever has been broken ! Our local Double Bound Connoisseur, Paul A., joined me to check it out and finalize the transaction.
It’s a real closet classic….. manufactured in Sept 1981, this 370 WB has spent the last fifteen years in the seller’s closet, because he could never quite adjust to the narrow neck and long scale of a Ric and he preferred the wider neck and short scale of a Gibson. He was the second owner. The neck is perfect, the action is fantastic and there are no scratches, dings, chips or other ugly things. A well preserved beauty. The bridge has been flipped around backasswards – maybe somebody inexperienced was changing the strings ?? Does not appear to be anything serious.
We had to spray the switches and knobs with some lubricant last evening and now all it needs is some tender loving care and Scratch X – Zymol treatment to remove 29 years of grime and get it ready for the next Mini Con jam !!!
If you get the Double Bound fever – there is only one cure !!!
Pics to follow.
(I am not knocking any of the mentioned brands, but rather informing on what I mostly see)