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As you can see by my tally over to the left, I've only got a short time left before my 10,000th post hits the Forum.

I'd like to make it a nice, meaty, celebratory, fun, yet informational thing; not just "yeah" or "tighten your knob screws" or something...

...so does anyone have a burning question they'd like to Stump the Chump with?

I'll keep posting, and sometime tomorrow or Wednesday, I'll select the Chump Question.

Winner gets a free set of strings, guitar or bass; their choice within reason, of course.

Happy stumping!

Are you sure Peter allowed for a 10,000th post? This could be like a Y2K thing. The system could crash.

You might want to start stocking up on firewood and drinking water.

I'll give it a go.

If you ran Rickenbacker.....

Rickenbacker is known world-wide for their classic guitar and bass designs. From various posts and interviews I have inferred that John Hall would like to have more progressive or at least different designs. The 4002 and 2000 series basses come to mind. In the bass forum, there are posts lauding the lesser known designs as "forward-thinking" and "ahead of their time." Yet, these basses sold relatively poor in comparison to the tried and true 4001/4003 models. The flip being though, that the tried and true designs are the company's bread and butter.

So my question is, what would you do? Leave it as it stands now? Introduce new designs? Divide it up? Let's discuss.

(BTW - I'm very satisfied with my 4003 JG - and yes, I did pick it because of the classic design and my bass heroes played it.)

I've got one!

Oh great and powerful Jingle jangle (I just got through watching The Wizard of Oz with some little ones... and no, they weren't Munchkins...);

Have you yourself ever dealt with the "dead zone" between the 8th and 10th frets on certain Rickenbacker basses?

If so, how exactly did you deal with it?

Is it a documentable, quantifiable procedure, or more akin to a "black art"?

That should help you "over the hump"!

I've got one too!! Well.... more than one, actually.

What do you think Jay Leno had been doing the night before we met him at the Concorso Italiano??

Surely it couldn't have been work?!?!

Oh great and powerful Jingle Jangle (what a great way to open the question Alvaro), theoretically speaking, what effect on tone and resonance does the shape and locations of X bracing in acoustics have? And are you looking at any variances to the stock bracing in your acoustics?

If that one doesn't win, how about "What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?"

Good luck and congrats on getting closer to 10Gs!!

...Dean

Okay, my question would be as silly as usual.
Apart from RIC factory/museum, have you ever known or heard of somebody who actually owned a 760 or a 390?
PS: i'd take guitar. Preferably acoustic.

Why are we here?

Would you like fries with that?

Who's there?

What was the name of Fat Freddie's cat?

What was the name of Fat Freddie's cat?

I swear officer, I only hit it once!

Two parter: What do you consider your best and worst refinish/restoration jobs?

Oh great and powerful JJ, have you solved the neighbor smoking on her deck and sharing it with you problem?