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Well, sometimes early models have the date actually printed on the end of the neck that gets bolted onto the body.....it is hidden until you take off the neck.........................this is in addition to the usual serial number place......................so if you have access to the original...

I dunno, I always thought Paul Reed Smith was fairly reputable..... Scroll down and enlarge PRS #35.........gibs http://www.edromanguitars.com/featured/expensive.htm (yeah, I know, it's not an acoustic :D but it is a guitar top !:D )

Non laminated tops can be referred to as "solid", if memory serves me...that doesn't mean. however that the top is necessarily one solid hunk of wood, it can be two, three, or more pieces glued together side to side, just not on top of each other (which would be laminate) .......somebody...

There was a mom and pop store that had one near here recently, but it was like, surf green or something...might have been the mexican made one.....but they can be had online...

ds21 You lucked out, man..... My cousin has an Alvarez, and it's a workhorse !....it stays in tune also and is nice looking as well.....congrats!.......gibs:cool:

If you don't want to do really serious recording, the Ibanez should be ok.....or a Washburn D10S..... Be warned, the Washburn is Chinese made, and the Ib is Korean...the older Ibs of that model were Japanese, and were really very cool.....the newer ones might even be made in Indonesia, I...

Pick right between the bridge pup and the bridge.....I know, sounds too simple, but the sound is very twang.......there's a sweet spot that will still let the strings resonate so you'll know if you're a bit too close to the bridge itself....you might have to turn the vol up, though... You can...

Fer sure not wanting to start a war here, particularly in my favorite forum...my point was "I sure wish companies would tell me up front where something is made"...... I have a MIM Strat (Jimmy Vaughan, and it's awesome), a MIJ Tele (yup, it's paisley) and it's great too.....but I KNEW before I...

I certainly didn't know from any websites, including Fender that these things are made in China....not until today, when I went to a local store and saw the sound hole sticker......I couldn't even bring myself to pick it up and play........ Because..... I made the mistake of buying a Washburn...

For those who don't know, he rules...............gibs http://www.robbenford.com/

Uhhh, on the Washburn site, I don't see the model you typed listed.........but Washburns are very good guitars...I have a D10S which I use as a practice/pick up and strum/compose/have fun with guitar......however, it is actually made in China, which I did not know until it arrived last year...I...

:cool: B. Paisley fer sure..... V. Gill fer sure....... G. Campbell fer sure...... But what about W. Nelson on a beat up nylon string Martin????? Some say he has timing issues, but not for me....he always ends up where he's gotta be..........no flatpickin' though, just kinda...

lol....he and about a hundred others....David Coverdale is not a people person....snicker...guffaw.....fart....giggle......................... Y'all need to lay off dissin' the pink guitars....I have a paisley tele from Fender Japan that is one of my best playing gits......... There's a pink...

Hey thanks Jonestown and BrettB for the heads up on Kyuss...... Also trickless for the r-rated album..... dawgie and CDT-sHaG, excellent taste, y'all..... Must buy........ No choice..... Doomed to spend money...... Best prices so far at...

Queens Of The Stone Age have the best combination and mix of guitar/bass I have heard since Alice In chains.......seriously.... Of course, this is only my opinion, which follows the rule of political correctness that this bbs demands...ahem....... So if anybody wants to bash me for this...