Why did YOU join MLP?

Thumpalumpacus · 07-22-2011, 07:34 PM

A while back a neighbor of my son's mom who plays came over while I was house sitting for her -- she's got dogs and a cat needing feeding and was out of town for a couple of weeks. Of course I took my guitar and amp over there and was out in the garage when he came over. We had a couple of brews and jammed a little, he had a beautiful wine Norlin LPC, and when we finished he ran back to his place and came back with a plastic baggie.

No buds in there ... but what he called a "PAF", a BB of some sort, and a 498T. Of course I knew the PAF, if that's what it was, was worth a boatload, but he wouldn't hear my protests and insisted I take it. When I got home I looked up some stuff and saw them going for a couple of grand on eBay, and this site too came up in my search.

I poked around a little and saw one hell of a lot of smarts going on, along with a good dollop of being a big jerk, and that kinda told me that this was my kinda place. I opened a thread asking about the pups and got some good advice, especially from member Dr Distortion, who recommended that I wait and see what I thought of the pups in my [then-new] Faded SG before doing any mods.

Mostly, I saw that this fvckin' place rocks. Reading posts by Neo, KSG, Slacky, FennRX, and many many others got me hooked. Although I'm a mod at another site, over the last six months MLP has gotten a greater part of my on-line time. Thanks, guys!

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.

Now it's your turn: tell us your story of how you got sucked into this zodiac timewarp.

eta: I almost forgot to mention: Muchas gracias a mi amigo "Machina Liberdad" para la pensamiento..

Sinmastah · 07-22-2011, 07:35 PM

Because I wanted to know how to set up my Epi LP special II

benjammin420 · 07-22-2011, 07:35 PM

I love LPs, I tried the Les Paul Forum, didn't take to it, came here and felt right at home

KP · 07-22-2011, 07:38 PM

In April 2008, I bought my first LP. Wanting to know more about them, I Googled and found this place. I have been here ever since. There are a few assholes here, but for the most part some really good people. I have had the opportunity to meet a few folks from here and it was great.

Thermionik · 07-22-2011, 07:41 PM

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to know the
answer to the age old
question - pick guard ON / pick guard OFF..... i keeed, i keed
I got a mini ban on the Gibbous forum and wanted LP answers - here seemed like a good start, and stop.
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Malikon · 07-22-2011, 07:42 PM

Because I love LP's. Didn't post too much when I joined because there were some pretty active trolls who seemed to live on the board, shi*ting in every thread.

Lately though I've come to like this place a lot more, the diversity, and some of the very cool people.

You get real diversity here, both good and bad.

Nicky · 07-22-2011, 07:58 PM

I joined just to piss you off!

FennRx · 07-22-2011, 08:01 PM

i joined because guys on the gibson forum recommended it. I used to love discussing guitars and music. But at this point, I think all i can say about the LP has been said.

Roberteaux · 07-22-2011, 08:03 PM

I joined because I saw that there were eons of experience to be found in the form of multiple members who have been playing guitar since the dawn of time. I wanted to be a good player, and I knew that all sorts of things would be made clear to me simply by reading what things were being said by the experienced guys.

And I was right. I learned a lot from this site.

--R

Tim Fezziwig · 07-22-2011, 08:03 PM

thump [I] joined in Jan 2010. I really didn't post much. I was reading a Boles' thread and found the BackStage . I never thought about the Backstage? Free -form bullsh@t ! I'm in.

I first visited teletalk and everything SG. Tele was alright. Fezzi didn't "fly" there. Alot of WTFS! People always want to TRASH this place. There HAS been some WEAK days. It happens. Most of us are one trick ponies. or poneys? ponies! WTF! It has been really FUNNY here with ALL types of threads.

Neo has been talking guitars. Enjo identity and self> Skin brings ALL DAY! liberty+hack+wreck =Stamina. Mdub lit a "fire' in me two straight two hour jams<2000 amDx Strat and my ACE-burst. Speakin of Ace . long live EASY ACE! MLP- Me Loves to Pander!

I hope iIanswered the question. I MAKE MY OWN HEAD SPIN!

I miss BuddyBall!

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LIBERTYMACHINE · 07-22-2011, 08:05 PM

I joined MLP only to get help with a wiring problem.
I posted in the wrong forum, and was made aware of that mistake immediately.
Nobody answered my plea for info before I figured it out on my own. Before deleting my membership account, I browsed around the site and finally dropped in The BACKSTAGE.
I read some Slacky and NeoConMan posts and figured that I'd hang out for a few more days. Immediately I discovered that alot of people here are like my "real" friends....brutally honest muther fuxckers that will punch ya in the balls when ya aint lookin'.

flquacker · 07-22-2011, 08:06 PM

2 google questions.....answered!

What's a Dumble?

How to sound like Slash?

bildozr · 07-22-2011, 08:09 PM

I got my first Les Paul, googled "Les Paul mods" came across this site and I registered.

Skintaster · 07-22-2011, 08:10 PM

I bought my first Les Paul after four or five years without one, and while researching the models/features, this site kept coming up.

I joined initially just to learn more about Les Pauls and Gisons in general. Even though I'd played and owned a bunch for many years, I had no idea that some were chambered, others had swiss cheese holes... Lots of stuff I'd never heard about. For awhile, I mostly stuck to the Gibson Les Paul section, then started "exploring".

I found the "Backstage", realized that wthere were a bunch of really cool people there, and so here I am today.

kidmo · 07-22-2011, 08:10 PM

I lost a bet...

Skintaster · 07-22-2011, 08:10 PM

I bought my first Les Paul after four or five years without one, and while researching the models/features, this site kept coming up.

I joined initially just to learn more about Les Pauls and Gisons in general. Even though I'd played and owned a bunch for many years, I had no idea that some were chambered, others had swiss cheese holes... Lots of stuff I'd never heard about. For awhile, I mostly stuck to the Gibson Les Paul section, then started "exploring".

I found the "Backstage", realized that wthere were a bunch of really cool people there, and so here I am today.

KSG_Standard · 07-22-2011, 08:10 PM

This is only the second forum I've ever been on (Gibson's forum was my first)...I got invited over here by AXE and this forum was a klownz free zone at the time so I started hanging out and found some funny and interesting folks to spend some time with.

KSG_Standard · 07-22-2011, 08:11 PM

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kidmo · 07-22-2011, 08:12 PM

Cause all the cool kids were doing it!

longan · 07-22-2011, 08:12 PM

I was building a les paul kit (which I have fxcked up since then) and I liked the place so I stayed

Thumpalumpacus · 07-22-2011, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KSG_Standard

This is only the second forum I've ever been on (Gibson's forum was my first)...I got invited over here by AXE and this forum was a klownz free zone at the time so I started hanging out and found some funny and interesting folks to spend some time with.

Heh, and then you found some Klownz!

Looks like this thread has a double-posting issue, but that's cool ... I'mma like every goddamned one, just 'cause. I got much love for this site, enough to make me tell grammar to go to Hell.

dave b · 07-22-2011, 08:25 PM

I joined to ask a question about swapping tuners, learned just about everything I will ever need to know about LPs, and ''then'' discovered the Backstage. I waste waaaaay too much time here.

Rich · 07-22-2011, 08:26 PM

I came here for the chicks...

Oy! What a sausagefest this place is!

Okay, real reason is that I used to post at the gibson.com forums and it was cool if a bit slow. AXE, Thundergod, KSG Standard, FennRX, bluemoon, jessenoah and some others started talking about this place - particularly AXE did a lot of jabbering about it. The gibson.com boards were getting to be a bit slow and, while the mods were cool, there wasn't as much freedom there as there is here nor was there the wide variety of topics about all things, including gear, as there is at MLP.

It's kind of weird as I've been playing guitar for over 25 years and have been haunting message boards since at least the late 90's but I had never thought about checking out let alone joining any guitar related message boards up until several years ago. It's probably because I don't find there to be much new to talk about classic guitars, especially Les Pauls or Strats or any other guitar that's been written about to death over the decades but every now and then I still run across some interesting tidbit that piques my interest. Fortunately, MLP also has discussions about effects, amps and weird minutiae plus my favorite - The Backstage - which I find infinitely more fascinating that just discussing the 247th iteration of Les Paul that Gibson threw on the market.

Love this place!

slapshot · 07-22-2011, 08:31 PM

they blocked Facebook at work
and I landed here way too many times after a google search for something

River · 07-22-2011, 08:34 PM

Shit if I remember, at least precisely. I had recently decided I needed to get back into music or die trying, bought myself an Epi Junior because I couldn't face my old '92 Standard (it's haunted, but we've come to terms since), had it massively upgraded to serve as an outlet and monkey-brains-sink, and started playing again.

Yeah, that's it - I was thinking of exorcising the '92 to a worthy home and was Googling to find out more about it, what it might be worth, what the serial number meant, etc. I landed here.

This God-forsaken place has been very good to me. I try daily to pay that forward - cryptically and snarkily, I'm told.

I'm very happy to be here.

GitFiddle · 07-22-2011, 08:40 PM

About a year ago I was hooked on the Derek Trucks Already Free album and went on a quest to find me an SG. Had started gigging again about a year previous, with an old Strat and an old Epi LP through an old Peavey Stereo Chorus 400. I wanted to get a nice Gibson SG and a tube amp.

Looked at an SG at Sam Ash for $1199 and talked them down to $999 as low as they would go. Looked it over for a while and realized I wasn't too impressed with it for that kind of price.

I then found myself in a little guitar shop that bought and sold only vintage American made guitars. I thought I might find an old SG there. I fell in love with a 99 R7 hanging on the wall. It was flawless and was made to fit my hands.

I gave myself a two week cooling off period so I wouldn't make an impulse buy. I found over those two weeks I couldn't stop thinking about it every day. I even had visions of the GT and me running towards each other on the beach in slow motion.

I knew I had to have it so I went back and got it.

Then I found MLP while I was trying to find out everything I could about that guitar. The amount of knowledge and expertise here blew me away and I have been hooked ever since.

Since joining MLP I've installed a Jonesy 50s harness in the R7. Completely overhauled all the hardware on the 89 Epi LP, restored an orphaned ExNihilo with new bridge/TP and ShepTone P90s, picked up a Classic 30 and installed a Vintage 30 speaker, found a 64 BF DR, re-tensioned the tube sockets, installed a Weber 12F150. Next is new pups and wiring in an 02 Tv Yellow Lp Special.

I would never even have dreamed of making all those mods myself, without the help and information all the kind souls in this forum graciously provided.

MLP has cost me a few bucks, but I can make some hellacious noises now.

This place Rocks.

Thanks again MLP.

0x00 · 07-22-2011, 08:40 PM

MLP is #2 google hit for edwards les paul and I prefer BBS with dark background.

sonar1 · 07-22-2011, 08:43 PM

I was on an alt.adult.sex.fetish.hamster/ductape.spam newsgroup and was referred here.

Actually, I became aware of MLP after buying a Gothic Studio LP and wondering what the pickups were.
But I didn't stay long and the guitar eventually wound up in my son's hands, since I have been primarily a Tele guy for a long time.

But after buying my used/trashed Mesa/Boogie Mark-IV the Tele wasn't cutting it, and I just missed on a used VM Studio I thought could win me over to Gibsons again, after decades away.

So I came here for info on the brown mahogany top LP Studio faded before buying it.

Turns out the advice was right on the money, so I registered. Hung out in the LP part for a while, but eventually discovered that the backstage was where everybody talked about everything, including what there were already catagories for. I like the fun in dysfunction, so most of the time I'm here at the backstage.

Thumpalumpacus · 07-22-2011, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich

Fortunately, MLP also has discussions about effects, amps and weird minutiae plus my favorite - The Backstage - which I find infinitely more fascinating that just discussing the 247th iteration of Les Paul that Gibson threw on the market.

Love this place!

Damned straight. This site shoots to Hell the stereotype of the air-headed musician.

I personally think that we should take over the world, if we can ever agree on the whole "fascism-vs-communism" conundrum.

In all seriousness, I wonder what filter it is operating here that ups the insight on the posts. Even those we disagree with seem to really put thought into their stuff, amirite?

AXE · 07-22-2011, 08:43 PM

I have no idea.

07-22-2011, 07:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Thumpalumpacus Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hill Country Posts: 54,276 Thanks: 1,205 Thanked 687 Times in 79 Posts	Why did YOU join MLP? A while back a neighbor of my son's mom who plays came over while I was house sitting for her -- she's got dogs and a cat needing feeding and was out of town for a couple of weeks. Of course I took my guitar and amp over there and was out in the garage when he came over. We had a couple of brews and jammed a little, he had a beautiful wine Norlin LPC, and when we finished he ran back to his place and came back with a plastic baggie. No buds in there ... but what he called a "PAF", a BB of some sort, and a 498T. Of course I knew the PAF, if that's what it was, was worth a boatload, but he wouldn't hear my protests and insisted I take it. When I got home I looked up some stuff and saw them going for a couple of grand on eBay, and this site too came up in my search. I poked around a little and saw one hell of a lot of smarts going on, along with a good dollop of being a big jerk, and that kinda told me that this was my kinda place. I opened a thread asking about the pups and got some good advice, especially from member Dr Distortion, who recommended that I wait and see what I thought of the pups in my [then-new] Faded SG before doing any mods. Mostly, I saw that this fvckin' place rocks. Reading posts by Neo, KSG, Slacky, FennRX, and many many others got me hooked. Although I'm a mod at another site, over the last six months MLP has gotten a greater part of my on-line time. Thanks, guys! That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it. Now it's your turn: tell us your story of how you got sucked into this zodiac timewarp. eta: I almost forgot to mention: Muchas gracias a mi amigo "Machina Liberdad" para la pensamiento.. Alex, Blues4U, Leendrix and 20 others like this. __________________ _____________________________________________ My Soundcloud

07-22-2011, 07:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sinmastah Epi Verification Expert Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Minnesota. Posts: 16,400 Thanks: 8 Thanked 611 Times in 108 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? Because I wanted to know how to set up my Epi LP special II Leendrix, Tim Fezziwig, your idol and 8 others like this. __________________ Epiphone Elitist SG Faded Cherry(Jonesey'd and WB'd) Epiphone Elitist SG Faded Brown (EMG's) Epiphone MIJ Les Paul Ebony LQ Fender Mexi Oly White Strat Squier Natural Vintage M Jazz bass Peavey Classic 50 SG's FTW

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benjammin420 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Earth Posts: 15,019 Thanks: 708 Thanked 304 Times in 90 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? I love LPs, I tried the Les Paul Forum, didn't take to it, came here and felt right at home Leendrix, Tim Fezziwig, Guitar Freak and 7 others like this. __________________ "Funkapus" 4/8/2012 http://soundcloud.com/benjammin420/funkapus

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KP Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kalifornische Demokratische Republik Core Club ® Posts: 13,667 Thanks: 1,120 Thanked 824 Times in 131 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? In April 2008, I bought my first LP. Wanting to know more about them, I Googled and found this place. I have been here ever since. There are a few assholes here, but for the most part some really good people. I have had the opportunity to meet a few folks from here and it was great. hobbyman, Tim Fezziwig, Thermionik and 3 others like this. __________________ "Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything." .... Wyatt Earp "I want you to be nice until it's time to not be nice." .... Dalton "Free the two." .... KP 01110011 01101000 01110101 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100110 01110101 01100011 01101011 00100000 01110101 01110000

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Malikon V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 19,613 Thanks: 379 Thanked 971 Times in 192 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? Because I love LP's. Didn't post too much when I joined because there were some pretty active trolls who seemed to live on the board, shi*ting in every thread. Lately though I've come to like this place a lot more, the diversity, and some of the very cool people. You get real diversity here, both good and bad. Tim Fezziwig, Thermionik, Skintaster and 4 others like this. __________________ "Your scars are beautiful" Lessons/Demos

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FennRx Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South of Heaven Posts: 10,334 Thanks: 77 Thanked 121 Times in 29 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? i joined because guys on the gibson forum recommended it. I used to love discussing guitars and music. But at this point, I think all i can say about the LP has been said. Leendrix, Rich, Tim Fezziwig and 4 others like this. __________________ Up-wing Extremist

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Roberteaux Hapless Yeoman Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Deland, Florida Posts: 8,327 Thanks: 875 Thanked 984 Times in 84 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? I joined because I saw that there were eons of experience to be found in the form of multiple members who have been playing guitar since the dawn of time. I wanted to be a good player, and I knew that all sorts of things would be made clear to me simply by reading what things were being said by the experienced guys. And I was right. I learned a lot from this site. --R River, Ed Zeppeli, Tim Fezziwig and 8 others like this.

07-22-2011, 08:05 PM	#11 (permalink)
LIBERTYMACHINE Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,030 Thanks: 432 Thanked 36 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? I joined MLP only to get help with a wiring problem. I posted in the wrong forum, and was made aware of that mistake immediately. Nobody answered my plea for info before I figured it out on my own. Before deleting my membership account, I browsed around the site and finally dropped in The BACKSTAGE. I read some Slacky and NeoConMan posts and figured that I'd hang out for a few more days. Immediately I discovered that alot of people here are like my "real" friends....brutally honest muther fuxckers that will punch ya in the balls when ya aint lookin'. Nicky, Leendrix, jason_mazzy and 9 others like this.

07-22-2011, 08:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
flquacker Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 348 Thanks: 1 Thanked 9 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? 2 google questions.....answered! What's a Dumble? How to sound like Slash? FennRx, Leendrix, Skintaster and 2 others like this.

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bildozr V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Continent Hopping Posts: 10,054 Thanks: 86 Thanked 400 Times in 112 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? I got my first Les Paul, googled "Les Paul mods" came across this site and I registered. Leendrix and Thumpalumpacus like this.

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Skintaster Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Austin Texas Posts: 17,658 Thanks: 1,183 Thanked 1,060 Times in 327 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? I bought my first Les Paul after four or five years without one, and while researching the models/features, this site kept coming up. I joined initially just to learn more about Les Pauls and Gisons in general. Even though I'd played and owned a bunch for many years, I had no idea that some were chambered, others had swiss cheese holes... Lots of stuff I'd never heard about. For awhile, I mostly stuck to the Gibson Les Paul section, then started "exploring". I found the "Backstage", realized that wthere were a bunch of really cool people there, and so here I am today. Fracture, Tim Fezziwig, Thermionik and 4 others like this. __________________ 2010 Gibson Les Paul Traditional Pro (Gold top) 2008 Gibson Les Paul Studio (Alpine white) 1989 Ibanez RG 550 1978 Ibanez Iceman 1983 Kramer Pacer Imperial 1983 Kramer Baretta 1984 Kramer Baretta 1985 Kramer Baretta 1987 Kramer Baretta 2009 Charvel So-Cal Pro Mod 1986 Charvel Model 2

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kidmo Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: TEXAS Posts: 806 Thanks: 232 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? I lost a bet... Nicky, Rich, Tim Fezziwig and 9 others like this. __________________ Do not speak unless you can improve upon the silence

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Skintaster Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Austin Texas Posts: 17,658 Thanks: 1,183 Thanked 1,060 Times in 327 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? I bought my first Les Paul after four or five years without one, and while researching the models/features, this site kept coming up. I joined initially just to learn more about Les Pauls and Gisons in general. Even though I'd played and owned a bunch for many years, I had no idea that some were chambered, others had swiss cheese holes... Lots of stuff I'd never heard about. For awhile, I mostly stuck to the Gibson Les Paul section, then started "exploring". I found the "Backstage", realized that wthere were a bunch of really cool people there, and so here I am today. Roberteaux, xKoBiEx and ledzepp2122 like this. __________________ 2010 Gibson Les Paul Traditional Pro (Gold top) 2008 Gibson Les Paul Studio (Alpine white) 1989 Ibanez RG 550 1978 Ibanez Iceman 1983 Kramer Pacer Imperial 1983 Kramer Baretta 1984 Kramer Baretta 1985 Kramer Baretta 1987 Kramer Baretta 2009 Charvel So-Cal Pro Mod 1986 Charvel Model 2

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KSG_Standard Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Texas Core Club® Posts: 21,162 Thanks: 1,012 Thanked 657 Times in 226 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? This is only the second forum I've ever been on (Gibson's forum was my first)...I got invited over here by AXE and this forum was a klownz free zone at the time so I started hanging out and found some funny and interesting folks to spend some time with. FennRx, Tim Fezziwig, Skintaster and 2 others like this. __________________ *you may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas*

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KSG_Standard Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Texas Core Club® Posts: 21,162 Thanks: 1,012 Thanked 657 Times in 226 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? . Thumpalumpacus and LIBERTYMACHINE like this. __________________ *you may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas*

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kidmo Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: TEXAS Posts: 806 Thanks: 232 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? Cause all the cool kids were doing it! Tim Fezziwig and Thumpalumpacus like this. __________________ Do not speak unless you can improve upon the silence Last edited by kidmo; 07-23-2011 at 01:01 PM.

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longan Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Co.Waterford, Ireland Posts: 1,514 Thanks: 10 Thanked 31 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? I was building a les paul kit (which I have fxcked up since then) and I liked the place so I stayed Thumpalumpacus likes this. __________________ #1 Muse Aficionado

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dave b Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: halifax,canada Posts: 1,282 Thanks: 49 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? I joined to ask a question about swapping tuners, learned just about everything I will ever need to know about LPs, and ''then'' discovered the Backstage. I waste waaaaay too much time here. Skintaster, Roberteaux and Thumpalumpacus like this. __________________ 06 Epi Les Paul Standard (Modded to the max) 07 Epi Les Paul Custom Antique Ivory 83 Gibson Challenger ( bought new) 89 Yamaha RGX612A Grayson 335 copy P.O.S. Ovation Celebrity Crate Tube Driver 70 Marshall MG50DFX 17 years...same band (Analog Gypsies) mostly house parties, backyards,garages, flatbeds, beaches, open mikes ANYWHERE ! Man I luv hittin those strings Hey, look; someone put us on youtubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyyJLqFUOnE

07-22-2011, 08:26 PM	#23 (permalink)
Rich Non sequitur Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 16,698 Thanks: 675 Thanked 963 Times in 257 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? I came here for the chicks... Oy! What a sausagefest this place is! Okay, real reason is that I used to post at the gibson.com forums and it was cool if a bit slow. AXE, Thundergod, KSG Standard, FennRX, bluemoon, jessenoah and some others started talking about this place - particularly AXE did a lot of jabbering about it. The gibson.com boards were getting to be a bit slow and, while the mods were cool, there wasn't as much freedom there as there is here nor was there the wide variety of topics about all things, including gear, as there is at MLP. It's kind of weird as I've been playing guitar for over 25 years and have been haunting message boards since at least the late 90's but I had never thought about checking out let alone joining any guitar related message boards up until several years ago. It's probably because I don't find there to be much new to talk about classic guitars, especially Les Pauls or Strats or any other guitar that's been written about to death over the decades but every now and then I still run across some interesting tidbit that piques my interest. Fortunately, MLP also has discussions about effects, amps and weird minutiae plus my favorite - The Backstage - which I find infinitely more fascinating that just discussing the 247th iteration of Les Paul that Gibson threw on the market. Love this place! FennRx, Ed Zeppeli, KSG_Standard and 7 others like this. __________________ Vote for our own LesPauI+SG=Win - Taylor, The Kentuckian!

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slapshot Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fishing.it's like yoga but I get to kill something Posts: 17,858 Thanks: 207 Thanked 68 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? they blocked Facebook at work and I landed here way too many times after a google search for something Guitar Freak, Skintaster, Matt_21 and 4 others like this. __________________ Notes From The Workshop

07-22-2011, 08:34 PM	#25 (permalink)
River Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Rural Colorado, USA Posts: 54,492 Thanks: 744 Thanked 847 Times in 77 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? Shit if I remember, at least precisely. I had recently decided I needed to get back into music or die trying, bought myself an Epi Junior because I couldn't face my old '92 Standard (it's haunted, but we've come to terms since), had it massively upgraded to serve as an outlet and monkey-brains-sink, and started playing again. Yeah, that's it - I was thinking of exorcising the '92 to a worthy home and was Googling to find out more about it, what it might be worth, what the serial number meant, etc. I landed here. This God-forsaken place has been very good to me. I try daily to pay that forward - cryptically and snarkily, I'm told. I'm very happy to be here. Nicky, Leendrix, Ed Zeppeli and 10 others like this. __________________ River Bottom Blues Band - Music Home of the River Bottom Blues Band

07-22-2011, 08:40 PM	#26 (permalink)
GitFiddle Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6,007 Thanks: 654 Thanked 142 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? About a year ago I was hooked on the Derek Trucks Already Free album and went on a quest to find me an SG. Had started gigging again about a year previous, with an old Strat and an old Epi LP through an old Peavey Stereo Chorus 400. I wanted to get a nice Gibson SG and a tube amp. Looked at an SG at Sam Ash for $1199 and talked them down to $999 as low as they would go. Looked it over for a while and realized I wasn't too impressed with it for that kind of price. I then found myself in a little guitar shop that bought and sold only vintage American made guitars. I thought I might find an old SG there. I fell in love with a 99 R7 hanging on the wall. It was flawless and was made to fit my hands. I gave myself a two week cooling off period so I wouldn't make an impulse buy. I found over those two weeks I couldn't stop thinking about it every day. I even had visions of the GT and me running towards each other on the beach in slow motion. I knew I had to have it so I went back and got it. Then I found MLP while I was trying to find out everything I could about that guitar. The amount of knowledge and expertise here blew me away and I have been hooked ever since. Since joining MLP I've installed a Jonesy 50s harness in the R7. Completely overhauled all the hardware on the 89 Epi LP, restored an orphaned ExNihilo with new bridge/TP and ShepTone P90s, picked up a Classic 30 and installed a Vintage 30 speaker, found a 64 BF DR, re-tensioned the tube sockets, installed a Weber 12F150. Next is new pups and wiring in an 02 Tv Yellow Lp Special. I would never even have dreamed of making all those mods myself, without the help and information all the kind souls in this forum graciously provided. MLP has cost me a few bucks, but I can make some hellacious noises now. This place Rocks. Thanks again MLP. Thumpalumpacus likes this.

07-22-2011, 08:40 PM	#27 (permalink)
0x00 Banned Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 2,039 Thanks: 4 Thanked 39 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? MLP is #2 google hit for edwards les paul and I prefer BBS with dark background. Thumpalumpacus likes this.

07-22-2011, 08:43 PM	#28 (permalink)
sonar1 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Left Coast Posts: 7,900 Thanks: 505 Thanked 149 Times in 23 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? I was on an alt.adult.sex.fetish.hamster/ductape.spam newsgroup and was referred here. Actually, I became aware of MLP after buying a Gothic Studio LP and wondering what the pickups were. But I didn't stay long and the guitar eventually wound up in my son's hands, since I have been primarily a Tele guy for a long time. But after buying my used/trashed Mesa/Boogie Mark-IV the Tele wasn't cutting it, and I just missed on a used VM Studio I thought could win me over to Gibsons again, after decades away. So I came here for info on the brown mahogany top LP Studio faded before buying it. Turns out the advice was right on the money, so I registered. Hung out in the LP part for a while, but eventually discovered that the backstage was where everybody talked about everything, including what there were already catagories for. I like the fun in dysfunction, so most of the time I'm here at the backstage. River, Tim Fezziwig, Malikon and 3 others like this.

07-22-2011, 08:43 PM	#30 (permalink)
AXE Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Village Of The Damned. Posts: 19,047 Thanks: 1,225 Thanked 677 Times in 155 Posts	Re: Why did YOU join MLP? I have no idea. River, KSG_Standard, Tim Fezziwig and 4 others like this.

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