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I used Gibson “Mona-steel” strings in the sixties on my J-45. When I ran a DeArmond “hole chewer” magnetic pickup in the sound hole it kicked serious butt with those strings. The Martin version nowadays are pale by comparison, acoustic or electric, in my experience.

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But of course!

Desert Star Apache

And several others I no longer have pics of. :rolleyes:

Nice synopsis! Had a few, over the years, but nothing vintage. I think my favorite was an early ‘62 RI iteration. A friend had a genuine ‘67 triburst. Boy, even I could play Third Stone From the Sun on that thing! Amazingly great guitar. I’d like to maybe get a current production ‘54, or EJ...

I have enough acoustic guitars: one! My hands prefer 0.010” - 0.046” strings.

My long gone hollow bodies: Since retirement from my day job, I now use cheaper stuff, but still sound like my fingers are webbed.

I unfreeze my knuckles in a pot of warm Kroil’s penetrating oil first. -Tinman

Again today. Tele’s bring me such relaxation and joy when I get lost in them for an hour or so.

^^^^^^ Industrial possibilities are endless! Where’s is my Grainger’s catalog? Lessee: HVAC coatings…

We need nitrocellulose Bondo! Make big!

YeowZAH!

^^^^^^^^^ What he said! And friend and I did a swap (for keeps) a number of times. Memorable: Gibson Les Paul CS R6. Huge C neck! Loved it. But the guitar itself was pretty inert. He said it worked great in big loud venues. Being just a little fish in a big pond, I never found out. Offed it. (n)

Back home from glamping

This one was fat, and terrible ‘59 Kay Sizzler. You want callouses?

Still camping with the beater Back home tomorrow.

Warmouth fat. 12” radius, vintage frets.

No, we gather around the embers to lie about what great players we used to be. I have a battery Yamaha lunchbox size amp. Suffices for quasi acoustic guitar duties with an electric guitar (electrics have power steering). ;)

My $96 camping beater