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Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:06 pm**

Mike wrote:So I did something stupid

Ignorance is bliss, isn't it?

Congrats dude.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:02 am**

ME WANTZ DEMOZ!

Lately I've been seriously tempted to buy a Dakota red '65 reissue... but I already have two mustangs. Do I really need a third? (...of course I do, but I should sell some of my other guitars, like my Les Paul...)

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:31 am**

I shall endeavour to do a little demo, hopefully tonight.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:32 am**

Such a nice guitar - good work Mike!

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:44 am**

Progrockabuse wrote:mike, i glad you got this baby. so happy to have been able to contribute to you getting it. thanks for all your hard work and time you've put in to finally sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labour. you rock mike!!!

what'll happen to your stang project guitar?

Oh I'm still building it of course. It's curing. Should be able to assemble in 2 weeks. I'll have a Mustang and a Duo Sonic, I'm interested in comparing them.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:45 am**

Doog wrote:Most righteous! What was the damage?

Expensive like, Â£520 shipped next day. Meh - I've been saving so I thought I'd be stupid with my money for once.

I bought the Baja Telecaster this time last year. Only major purchase in between was the JVM which I sold for profit. It was about time.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:03 am**

Mike wrote:
Doog wrote:Most righteous! What was the damage?
Expensive like, Â£520 shipped next day. Meh - I've been saving so I thought I'd be stupid with my money for once.

I bought the Baja Telecaster this time last year. Only major purchase in between was the JVM which I sold for profit. It was about time.

Sounds like a perfectly reasonable justification to me

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:09 am**

It's always nice to lie to one's self.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:09 am**

And one's wife

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:14 pm**

Mike, I'm really happy for your new purchase!!!! It's beautiful.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:23 pm**

Thanks bud.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:15 pm**

BTW. Mustangs don't need contours. They're thin as all hell.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:41 pm**

Mike wrote:BTW. Mustangs don't need contours. They're thin as all hell.

This is true. Always struck me a strange that they did have.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:09 pm**

my mg65 starts hurting my right wrist much like my jagstang did.

i used to have a big bloody spot on my wrist after every show with that fucking thing.

my compstang RI with the back and top contours is actually more comfortable. i know its retarded but true

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:10 pm**

i do have boney wrists though. (among other things like knees hips ribs and elbows)

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:13 pm**

The Jag-Stang (from memory) is a lot thicker than a Mustang though...

I know what you're saying, you'd be ripped to shreds by my Telecaster, which leaves me with raw forearms after rehearsal. I contemplated an armsock, lols.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:08 pm**

Congrats Mr Mike on a very sensible purchase indeed. Very very nice guitar indeed.

I don't post very often, but I do read the odd thread (like this one) and it strikes me this looks a bit like karma: if anyone deserves a beautiful instrument like that, it's yerself. Good on you.

Don't feel guilty, man. Unless you do the armsock thing playing your Tele. I have a Baja too and wore a FUCKING TUBULAR BANDAGE on my forearm last gig. Looked like fucking Popeye in the pictures.

Anyway, enjoy.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:15 pm**

sonicboom wrote:FUCKING TUBULAR BANDAGE on my forearm last gig.

Hahaha! That's what I meant by armsock (the closest I get to one). Hilarious.

I got too hot and had to ditch it, now I just live with the rash. Thanks very much for the kind words bud.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:31 pm**

thing looks beautiful, can't wait for a duo/mustang pic