Hey everyone
I thought that some of you might find this interesting!
My wife's great aunt passed away and I received her late husband's old Gibson L5 Custom. This thing is in beautiful shape (no scratches, wear, rust, or damage at all). It probably hasn't even been touched in 20+ years. It was stored in its original hardshell case with another original canvas case on top. The serial number dates it in between 70-72 and was made in the Kalamazoo factory. I found one site that said only 14 L5 acoustics were made in this blonde color between those years! I am extremely grateful and excited. I just need to learn to play some Wes Montgomery now!
https://imgur.com/a/TnmatAL
I can't afford an L5 unfortunately, but I'm willing to compromise for something similar that costs a lot less. I was hoping some of you more knowledgeable, wonderful people could help point me in the right direction. I'm in love with that incredibly warm, and rich tone. Here's a link to one being played.
Maybe I have been around too long. Or maybe I am just a cynic. But I don't get this sub. People ask questions that start with an apology and then have questions that are easily solved with a google or youtube search.
So, to save some time I have put together a few stock answers to common questions.
Q: I broke a string on my guitar, what do I do?
A: Well, the way I see it you have 3 choices.
- Learn to play with 1 less string
- Throw the guitar away and never play again
- Go to any music store and buy a replacement string or maybe go wild and buy a whole new set.
Q: Is this a good guitar? ( Picture of custom shop Fender Strat )
A: Get the fuck out of here with that shit. Okay?
Q: I strung my guitar wrong, what do I do?
A: Try again, guitar strings are like, what? 5 bucks a pack? Jesus!
Q: Should I buy this to-good-to-be true guitar from a website no one has ever heard of?
A: Definitely, or maybe just leave your money in a cartoon sack with a big $ on it overnight on the street corner.
Q: Do I have to buy a $3K PRS to be a good guitar player?
A: If he were still alive, I would say ask Eddie Van Halen. He single handedly reinvented the way people play guitar using a cheap guitar neck and a $75 discarded factory second guitar body from an obscure guitar maker with some electrical tape and bicycle reflectors. But whatever man, you do you.
Q: Are there any chords I can play without an E string?
A: No, you broke the guitar. Throw it away.
Q: Can anyone help me identify this guitar? I don't know anything about it.
A: Look at the headstock ( that is that thing on the top of the guitar where the strings go in to the turny thingies ) It usually has a sticker on it that has writing that tells you who made it.
My favorite ( 2 versions )
Q: This was my grandads guitar he left it to me, what is it worth?
- Version A: Beat up Harmony Archtop probably bought on ShopGoodWill.com
- Version B: 1948 Gibson L5 Case Queen
A: 2 Part Question.
- Why would you want to immediately sell something that your grandfather left you?
- Do you think your grandfather regretted having an idiot for a grandchild?
That is all
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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
12:30pm
Chelsea 0-1 Man City - FT (Jesus 53')
- Chelsea
- Mendy, Christensen, Rüdiger, Azpilicueta, Kovacic, Kanté, Jorginho, Alonso, James, Werner, Lukaku.
- Manchester City
- Ederson, Laporte, Dias, Cancelo, Walker, Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Foden, Grealish, Jesus.
- Key Events:
- 29' Substitution, Chelsea. Thiago Silva replaces Reece James because of an injury.
- 34' Rodri unleashed a monstrous piledriver. He controlled a pass, glanced up at goal and shot from the edge of the box. It could have been a difficult one for the keeper, but the ball fortunately hit one of the defenders and ball bounced away. It will be a corner kick for Manchester City.
- 43' Gabriel Jesus threw away a promising scoring opportunity. He received a fine cross inside the 6-yard box, but missed to the left of the target. The ball goes out of play and Chelsea will have a goal kick.
- 49' Grealish steadies himself on the edge of the box and releases a precise effort on goal that just narrowly sails past the right post. The ball is off of the pitch and it's a goal kick for Chelsea.
- 53' GOAL! Gabriel Jesus receives the ball inside the box, reacts quickly and without any problems stabs the ball low inside the left post.
- 58' Nice individual effort by Jack Grealish. He gets all the way through to the keeper and hits a low drive to the bottom right corner, but Mendy does a good job to anticipate the direction of the ball and keeps it out. Manchester City earn a corner.
- 60' N'Golo Kante will be replaced by Kai Havertz.
- 62' Gabriel Jesus gets to the rebound and shoots, but the effort is blocked.
- 63' A goal, which was scored by Lukaku, was disallowed due to offside.
- 65' This yellow card was deserved. The tackle by Laporte was quite harsh.
- 71' Kovacic takes a shot from the edge of the box, but it's not a big threat for the goalkeeper as his effort is blocked by a defender. Chelsea force a corner.
- 76' Substitution. Jorginho makes his way off the pitch and Ruben Loftus-Cheek comes on as his replacement.
- 77' Yellow card to Alonso for his blatant foul.
- 78' Christensen is booked after bringing down an opponent.
- 79' Laporte collects the ball from the free kick and immediately sends his close-range effort narrowly wide of the left post!
- 81' Substitution. Kevin De Bruyne is replaced by Riyad Mahrez.
- 84' Grealish takes a great touch after receiving a pass inside the box. He imme
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
