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A pic from '06:
Spot the differences....

White vs. gold TRC
MG vs. FG
Different shaped bridges
Different brace positions (could be the angle the guitars are at in the photo)
Brunette vs. blond guitar stands
Southerner vs. really Southerner
Mustache and beard vs. clean shaven
No stripes vs. stripes
White bridge pins vs. black (?) bridge pins
Chrome vs. gold hardware
No necklace vs. necklace
Tan vs. no tan
No watch vs. watch

Anything I missed?

Can't speak for you, John, but Trotty's now got shorter hair, paler legs and a few more Rick acoustics!

The fretboard inlays on the MG look a tad wider than those on the FG.

The soundhole on the FG is closer to the fretboard.

ozover50 wrote:Trotty's now got shorter hair, paler legs and a few more Rick acoustics!

I just knew I missed a few things, eh?

Trotty's FG has a longer fretboard.

mmmm.......
Both have cheesey grins
Both appear to have shaved legs?
One has a gay necklace and go faster stripes
Did I miss anything?

The left one was made by Dumitru Manea, whereas the right one was made by Mike Ponce and crew.

johnhall wrote:The left one was made by Dumitru Manea, whereas the right one was made by Mike Ponce and crew.

Duhh.....that was so obvious! Why didn't the rest of us get it?

500 Points for John Hall (and minus 500 for using insider knowledge.)

Graham: You're buying the next round!

JPS: Good, no, great eyes!

Ozover50, wmthor, dpowell,johneek & doctorwho: The drinks are on Graham, yippee!

That's right John.........the drinks usually DO end up on me!

ozover50 wrote:Can't speak for you, John, but Trotty's now got shorter hair, paler legs and a few more Rick acoustics!

Paler legs than that?!?

That's it, I'm never wearing shorts again. I clearly recall the day that photo was taken, as I was already self-conscious about showing my legs. Little did I know that photos and Youtube video would come back to haunt me again and again. I've had about 5000 hits on the Youtube clip, no doubt from people all over the world, laughing at my knees and lack of tan. Oh, the humiliation and shame of it all!

Now if you'll all excuse me, I'm off to the solarium and leg waxing parlour. I don't want to show up at MARF next month with my pasty post-winter complexion, when I'll be surrounded by you northern hemisphere summer-tanned Village People leftovers! Oh, yeah, and Graham.

rick_ovic wrote:Now if you'll all excuse me, I'm off to the solarium and leg waxing parlour. I don't want to show up at MARF next month with my pasty post-winter complexion, when I'll be surrounded by you northern hemisphere summer-tanned Village People leftovers! Oh, yeah, and Graham.

Don't worry Trotty, the Brits are ALWAYS the whitest. We are still researching what this "Sun" is that everyone else keeps talking about.

"Village people leftovers??????" That's pretty funny!!!!!