The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 1282

orlok · 08-29-2011, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Is there anyone here that would buy the eBook with this pricing structure?

Not me. I refuse to pay more than the DTB versions. Whatever those in the know say about the profitability of ebooks, and how it will destroy the industry blah blah blah, I cannot see how a process of getting the written word to readers that excludes the cost of printing, distribution and in many cases, mark-up for the booksellers, can be less profitable for the publisher and author.

maianhvk · 08-29-2011, 12:22 PM

@HomeInMyShoes: I'd visit the library to find something else to read in the meantime. So many books out there. You surely can ignore one particular book for a while.

HomeInMyShoes · 08-29-2011, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by maianhvk

@HomeInMyShoes: I'd visit the library to find something else to read in the meantime. So many books out there. You surely can ignore one particular book for a while.

No really shortage of other options. Availability of some of the books I'm looking for is low and having a Kindle in Canada is definitely a bummer from an e-borrowing standpoint. I can borrow books for reading through a custom application on my home computer, but frankly, that blows and I don't read on my home computer.

Stitchawl · 08-29-2011, 08:35 PM

I can't find the guitar I want!!! I'm looking for a used "Les Paul" model, preferably made by Epiphone (the used Gibson's are selling for mega-thousands. I want to spend a few hundred.) I can find a LOT of 'Les Paul' models but made by a host of other manufacturers, but not with the electrics I want. Bummer.

I may just have to pick up another brand, and do some customizing to the pickups, bridge, and pots myself...

Stitchawl

amward · 08-29-2011, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I can't find the guitar I want!!! I'm looking for a used "Les Paul" model, preferably made by Epiphone (the used Gibson's are selling for mega-thousands. I want to spend a few hundred.) I can find a LOT of 'Les Paul' models but made by a host of other manufacturers, but not with the electrics I want. Bummer.

I may just have to pick up another brand, and do some customizing to the pickups, bridge, and pots myself...

Stitchawl

You can do that and keep looking for the one you want. After all too many guitars is never enough!

Freeshadow · 08-29-2011, 09:09 PM

it simply astonishes me what skills and talents people reveal here some of them being plainly cool, some great and some jawdroppingly(can I say it this way?) sensational (cf also the thead about the 10 most adventureous things ppl did)

and all this happens with an en passant modesty being remarkable on its own right.

just wanted to point that^ out

Stitchawl · 08-29-2011, 09:13 PM

Damn!! THis is disastrous! I just learned that the Feds have raided the Gibson factory! They are confiscating wood. Legally imported wood from India. Wood NOT on any endangered list...

It seems that India has a law... Its woods must be worked on in India by Indian nationals... Although raw wood can be legally exported, Indian laws say they can't then be machined... So the US Federal government is confiscating all of the Indian rosewood and Indian mahogany at the Gibson plant... and ONLY at the Gibson plant...

Very strange. Most high end guitar makers use Indian rosewood and Indian mahogany. Why are the Feds targeting Gibson? Why not Martin, Guild, Fender, Yamaha? All these makers stopped importing Brazilian Rose Wood, African ebony and mahogany, and only using what is remaining in their stocks (woods are usually bought and stored for many, many years to dry) importing no more endangered woods. This raid on Gibson has nothing to do with US importation or conservation laws, only Indian law...

Stitchawl

HomeInMyShoes · 08-29-2011, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I can't find the guitar I want!!! I'm looking for a used "Les Paul" model, preferably made by Epiphone (the used Gibson's are selling for mega-thousands. I want to spend a few hundred.) I can find a LOT of 'Les Paul' models but made by a host of other manufacturers, but not with the electrics I want. Bummer.

I may just have to pick up another brand, and do some customizing to the pickups, bridge, and pots myself...

Stitchawl

I wanted one of these THIS but the cost and availability around here was severely lacking.

SneakySnake · 08-29-2011, 09:24 PM

Maybe the US goverment is now reliant on financial aid from India and this is part of the agreement.

SneakySnake · 08-29-2011, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I can't find the guitar I want!!! I'm looking for a used "Les Paul" model, preferably made by Epiphone (the used Gibson's are selling for mega-thousands. I want to spend a few hundred.) I can find a LOT of 'Les Paul' models but made by a host of other manufacturers, but not with the electrics I want. Bummer.

I may just have to pick up another brand, and do some customizing to the pickups, bridge, and pots myself...

Stitchawl

Not like THIS???

And THIS GIBSON is for sale near montsnmags. maybe he would have a look. ebay bidding is at about $700

Stitchawl · 08-29-2011, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

I wanted one of these THIS but the cost and availability around here was severely lacking.

That would be fun! Have you seen the prices for a '59 Sunburst Gibson 'Les Paul'? Asking prices 'average' around $350,000.00 A bit out of my range too.

Quote:

SneakySnake: Maybe the US goverment is now reliant on financial aid from India and this is part of the agreement.

I wouldn't be at all surprised!

Stitchawl

maianhvk · 08-30-2011, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

No really shortage of other options. Availability of some of the books I'm looking for is low and having a Kindle in Canada is definitely a bummer from an e-borrowing standpoint. I can borrow books for reading through a custom application on my home computer, but frankly, that blows and I don't read on my home computer.

Uhm, I meant paper books.

Iphinome · 08-30-2011, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maianhvk

Uhm, I meant paper books.

They make them out of paper now?

Stitchawl · 08-30-2011, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Not like THIS???

No... That guitar only has a bridge pickup. I want one with both a bridge and neck pickups... More control over the tonality.

Quote:

And THIS GIBSON is for sale near montsnmags. maybe he would have a look. ebay bidding is at about $700

Thanks, but I'd be very reluctant to buy a guitar that I didn't have the opportunity to play on first. No way of knowing if the neck is twisted, (bowed is OK, twisted is not,) the condition of the frets and nut, condition of the pegs, etc., to say nothing of the electrics...

There are enough shops here that I should be able to find exactly what I'm looking for.

Stitchawl

SneakySnake · 08-30-2011, 03:27 AM

You could always come here for a holiday!

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08-29-2011, 12:22 PM	#19217
maianhvk whimsical Posts: 2,779 Karma: 88193939 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: in darkness Device: current: PPW 4. brick: K3 & Voyage.	@HomeInMyShoes: I'd visit the library to find something else to read in the meantime. So many books out there. You surely can ignore one particular book for a while.

08-29-2011, 08:35 PM	#19219
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	I can't find the guitar I want!!! I'm looking for a used "Les Paul" model, preferably made by Epiphone (the used Gibson's are selling for mega-thousands. I want to spend a few hundred.) I can find a LOT of 'Les Paul' models but made by a host of other manufacturers, but not with the electrics I want. Bummer. I may just have to pick up another brand, and do some customizing to the pickups, bridge, and pots myself... Stitchawl

08-29-2011, 09:09 PM	#19221
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,815 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	it simply astonishes me what skills and talents people reveal here some of them being plainly cool, some great and some jawdroppingly(can I say it this way?) sensational (cf also the thead about the 10 most adventureous things ppl did) and all this happens with an en passant modesty being remarkable on its own right. just wanted to point that^ out

08-29-2011, 09:13 PM	#19222
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Damn!! THis is disastrous! I just learned that the Feds have raided the Gibson factory! They are confiscating wood. Legally imported wood from India. Wood NOT on any endangered list... It seems that India has a law... Its woods must be worked on in India by Indian nationals... Although raw wood can be legally exported, Indian laws say they can't then be machined... So the US Federal government is confiscating all of the Indian rosewood and Indian mahogany at the Gibson plant... and ONLY at the Gibson plant... Very strange. Most high end guitar makers use Indian rosewood and Indian mahogany. Why are the Feds targeting Gibson? Why not Martin, Guild, Fender, Yamaha? All these makers stopped importing Brazilian Rose Wood, African ebony and mahogany, and only using what is remaining in their stocks (woods are usually bought and stored for many, many years to dry) importing no more endangered woods. This raid on Gibson has nothing to do with US importation or conservation laws, only Indian law... Stitchawl

08-29-2011, 09:24 PM	#19224
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	Maybe the US goverment is now reliant on financial aid from India and this is part of the agreement.

08-30-2011, 03:27 AM	#19230
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	You could always come here for a holiday!