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JJ i have a guitar-related question/s for you:
my guy has a guitar and it is his beloved. but it is old and kinda fucked. a long time ago he told me that one of the best gifts you can get for a guitar player is to take their guitar to a shop and get stuff done to it. but i don't remember what stuff. like tuning and stuff i guess. or something.

so my question is: could i just take his guitar into a guitar shop and say 'do stuff to it' or do i need to specify?

and my 2nd question: i don't suppose you are familiar with good guitar places in oakland? i am scared to take it to someone who is crap and ends up fucking his guitar.

What you want to do is bring it in and ask for a "setup".

First things first, what kind of guitar is it?

ummmmm... a black and green one???

:( i can't remember

this is a picture of it, if that helps??

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2390/2183594021_71473eb3c6_o.jpg

Your guy has lost his socks ;_;

he rocked his socks off

i'm so glad he doesn't wear those white sports socks pulled up to his knees with shorts

btw: "what kind of guitar is it" - i DID know it was electric as opposed to acoustic (i'm not that stupid) i just have no idea about any other type details

xpost yes, that is a look that makes one seriously question a man's judgement.

oh fucking shit. The shit car salesman who sold me my new car (and accused me of having red hair o_O)has been fired, and now I can't pick up my piece of shit new car til Tuesday, which is v v inconvenient coz I'll be back at work then. u_u

How's everyone holding up anyway?

Wait, what is wrong with having red hair?!

I'm sorry about your car-buying troubles.

My husband just bought a used Jetta (since we really do need two cars and the accident last week killed the Accord). I kind of don't want to think about the money parts of this, but that is partly because I'm freaking out about student loans. I think I just need to not think about it.

Wait, how will you get to work without the new car? So confused now.

OK, that is either a modded Gibson or Epiphone SG. What you want to ask for is a restring and setup (if they ask, you want it intonated, the action and string height adjusted, and the pickup height adjusted, and the pots and switch cleaned with tuner cleaner). Shouldn't cost more than $50-$75 + cost of strings, even in CA (I charge $24-$36, but It'll be higher there). If they give you any hoodoo voodoo crap beyond that, email me and I'll tell you if they're full of shit.

thanks heaps, JJ! it won't be for awhile yet, but i just wanted to make sure i know what the hell i'm doing, because if anything happens to that guitar while in my care there will be tears.

post-treadmill super bored bump

good night, sleep tight, and may your dreams come true bump

good night sara, see you real soon

my cat says hello to all of you, via a complicated system of catnip mouse semaphore and meaningful yawning.

hello little cat

her response is affectionate and amiable

she is making me feel sleepy

oh my fucking god my city is full of fucktards. shitty ass fuck fuck night at work. I HATE YOU STUPID CUSTOMERS WHO NEED BRANE TRANSPLANTS. that is all.

[ridiculously cheery taxi driver came THIS CLOSE to having his mouth punched until my knuckles shattered]

bumpity bump

um timid hello ruby

sorry about that. just a suffering from a particularly short fuse tonight.

hi estela!

hi, you're home now, you can forget about all the fuckers.

until i have to do it all again tomorrow night

it is very hard to overcome the dread of impending fuckers.

you are absolutely right. i'm just not cut out for this kind of customer service. i want a bookstore. or i want a small letterpress printing studio. i need to buy a lotto ticket tomorrow.

Yes, can I get a book on guitars, or perhaps brane transplants?

WORK IS SO BORING WHY AM I NOT AT HOME PLAYING VIDEO GAMES. :(

jessie, what kind of job do you do? Maybe we could switch for a day. I'm at home all the time and it is v. boring. Be warned: my house is not very neat and my two kids WILL interrupt your video games.

Anybody want to buy a guitar store?

...no?

damn

Anyone want to rewrite VB6 DLLs, C# DLLs and SQLServer 2005 stored procedures for me?

I hate to do it, but no to both John and Dan. I don't even understand Dan's question!

;_;

Sorry, deX. I might be able to fake John's job for 15 minutes or so, but I don't think I could fake yours for even 15 seconds.

Sadly, this would likely remain true even if I tried to change my major to computer science. I don't think my brane can do it. ;_;

John, I actually would consider it if I had any business skills whatsoever.

Sarah, I am a receptionist at a university during intersession. It's like not having a job except you can't do anything fun for eight hours a day.

Dan, stop showing off.

At least we cleaned the entire apartment yesterday and now it looks like humans live there.

Okay, I could totally do yr job for a day, jessie.

My house does not, however, look like humans live in it, so I feel like I should warn you about that.

repeating dreams is boring but i don't care and have been very sick so here goes:

last night i had a dream that i told the dancers at my work about ruby's visa problems and they were very sympathetic because they thought she was a dancer and would be joining our company.

after that i had a dream that i went to a record store and estela wrote the pithy comment cards under the new releases, pointing out what i should and shouldn't buy.

I love it when random ILXors do weird stuff in my dreams. Especially ones I've never met in my life.

I really like the one about the dancers. And estela should write comment cards like that at record stores (or at least someone trustworthy should).

I wrote the comment cards for Red Pets until the owner found the one on the Live album that said "If you buy this you are a dick."

lolz - but your sentiment and belief is so clear!

RIP Red Pets ;_;

lololololololololol

I had a dream the other night that I discovered that Heave Ho was a sockpuppet and there was a very Sherlock Holmes-style "and THAT is how I deduced that Heave Ho was none other than....!!" "*gasp*" "oh you caught me, you bastard!" "*bang bang* *crash*" but I forget who he supposedly was.

-- jessie monster, Wednesday, January 9, 2008 12:26 AM (Wednesday, January 9, 2008 12:26 AM)

The most random one I've had with an ILXor in it involved some kind of end of the world scenario. For some reason, Ned showed up in a van and was going to save everyone by COOKING.

So I vote that you thought that Heave Ho was Ned.

awww jergins!

random ilxors pop up in my dreams too. the most recent one featured jesse and we were swimming down at this park not far from my house. it was a very nice relaxing dream (weird, since i'm scared of the water).

omg I think I DID think Heave Ho was Ned.

ITR HIVEMIND OMG