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                        <title>RE: Rethinking my time away from here.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/rethinking-my-time-away-from-here/paged/2/#post-262014</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[... If I want a set of strings - price Â£5.50 - it costs me Â£3.10 in bus fares or not quite Â£3 on the train. Vic

I buy my strings online from ebay, Vic, good prices (especially if you buy...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[... If I want a set of strings - price Â£5.50 - it costs me Â£3.10 in bus fares or not quite Â£3 on the train. <br>Vic

I buy my strings online from ebay, Vic, good prices (especially if you buy a pack of 10)  and quite a few send post-free.<br><br>A train trip to my local guitar shop, although only 20" each way, can last half a day as they only run once every hour.<br><br>PS I'm talking about Aussie ebay here but I doubt if would much different elsewhere.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Rethinking my time away from here.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/rethinking-my-time-away-from-here/paged/2/#post-262010</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Man, that happened near me at Sam Ash. Now we&#039;re a one horse town for gibby-epi stuff. 


Newton-le-Willows used to be a one-horse town....now even the blacksmith&#039;s packed up. If I want a se...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Man, that happened near me at Sam Ash. Now we're a one horse town for gibby-epi stuff. 


Newton-le-Willows used to be a one-horse town....now even the blacksmith's packed up. If I want a set of strings - price Â£5.50 - it costs me Â£3.10 in bus fares or not quite Â£3 on the train. There used to be a record shop that sold strings - till that closed down, now the only place to buy CD's is the smallest Woolworths I've ever seen. So small they can't even fit "F.W" on the storefront!<br><br>You'd think in a town of approx 22,000 people there's be a guitar shop, wouldn't you!<br><br> :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted: <br><br>Vic

We're not in much better shape. Costs me 6 bucks in gas and an hour of my time (RT) to get to the nearest place now. Darned local place shut down on me last year, but trust me, it wasn't because of my lack of business.  :oops:  :oops:]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Rethinking my time away from here.</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Man, that happened near me at Sam Ash. Now we&#039;re a one horse town for gibby-epi stuff. 


Newton-le-Willows used to be a one-horse town....now even the blacksmith&#039;s packed up. If I want a se...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Man, that happened near me at Sam Ash. Now we're a one horse town for gibby-epi stuff. 


Newton-le-Willows used to be a one-horse town....now even the blacksmith's packed up. If I want a set of strings - price Â£5.50 - it costs me Â£3.10 in bus fares or not quite Â£3 on the train. There used to be a record shop that sold strings - till that closed down, now the only place to buy CD's is the smallest Woolworths I've ever seen. So small they can't even fit "F.W" on the storefront!<br><br>You'd think in a town of approx 22,000 people there's be a guitar shop, wouldn't you!<br><br> :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted: <br><br>Vic]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Rethinking my time away from here.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/rethinking-my-time-away-from-here/#post-262005</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Ya it&#039;s a great shop, about the size of a Guitar Center but locally owned. The only prob I have with them is they got into a dispute with Gibson, so they dropped all Gibson products, but I c...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ya it's a great shop, about the size of a Guitar Center but locally owned. The only prob I have with them is they got into a dispute with Gibson, so they dropped all Gibson products, but I can't afford a new Gibby anyway, kinda sucks though they were nice to ogle :)<br><br>Scott

Man, that happened near me at Sam Ash. Now we're a one horse town for gibby-epi stuff.<br><br>Welcome back!]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Rethinking my time away from here.</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Welcome back, Scott.Coming back here is always good. Sometimes members often are away for long time. And believe me, most of them (who post regularly) are missed at some point of time or oth...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Welcome back, Scott.<br><br>Coming back here is always good. Sometimes members often are away for long time. And believe me, most of them (who post regularly) are missed at some point of time or other.<br><br>I am an expert in making comebacks. But now I am trying my best not to have any of such in future. Hence, I have adopted Catbert as my avatar. So, I am the evil director here. :twisted:<br><br>Next time when you feel someone's opinion isn't right or if someone is being really gross, its best to stay away from posting in that thread. You can carry on in other ones. <br><br>Even better thing is to play the guitar, record some and post in 'Hear Here'. That section is always fun with no arguments. So, going away never helps. But taking some time off, like a week or so can be good. You always find yourself more attached and later realise that all those flaming is totally kiddish.<br><br>Afterall we all are here to play the guitar and talk about music (and other things as well, sometimes).<br><br>This is what I have learnt from my rollarcoaster experience of 2 years, here at GN.<br><br>So its nice to see you back and that telecaster of yours. Now that is some solid comeback !]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Rethinking my time away from here.</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Very nice Vic, great looking tele :)Scott]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Very nice Vic, great looking tele :)<br><br>Scott]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Rethinking my time away from here.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/rethinking-my-time-away-from-here/#post-261957</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[$299? Bloody hell, I paid over twice that - Â£300+ - for my new Tele! And it&#039;s absolutely immaculate! I thought it was a good deal, too..... :D  :D  :D Vic]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[$299? Bloody hell, I paid over twice that - Â£300+ - for my new Tele! And it's absolutely immaculate! I thought it was a good deal, too.....<br><br><a href="http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a279/viclewis/Stag061.jpg"><img src="http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a279/viclewis/Stag061.jpg"></a><br><br> :D  :D  :D <br><br>Vic]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Rethinking my time away from here.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/rethinking-my-time-away-from-here/#post-261955</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Ya it&#039;s a great shop, about the size of a Guitar Center but locally owned. The only prob I have with them is they got into a dispute with Gibson, so they dropped all Gibson products, but I c...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ya it's a great shop, about the size of a Guitar Center but locally owned. The only prob I have with them is they got into a dispute with Gibson, so they dropped all Gibson products, but I can't afford a new Gibby anyway, kinda sucks though they were nice to ogle :)<br><br>Scott]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Rethinking my time away from here.</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t worry about cosmetics much so the $299 price worked well for me, Scott
Yowsa! What a deal...Welcome back! :wink:  :)]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I don't worry about cosmetics much so the $299 price worked well for me, Scott
Yowsa! What a deal...<br>Welcome back! :wink: <br> :)]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Rethinking my time away from here.</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Thanks all :)Here is a picture of the tele. it was a scratch and dent at my local shop, full warranty though, someone dropped it while looking at it and chipped the paint, I don&#039;t worry abou...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thanks all :)<br><br>Here is a picture of the tele. it was a scratch and dent at my local shop, full warranty though, someone dropped it while looking at it and chipped the paint, I don't worry about cosmetics much so the $299 price worked well for me, I love the sound and feel of it :)<br><br><a href="http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t319/sdolsay/Picture007Medium.jpg"><img src="http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t319/sdolsay/Picture007Medium.jpg"></a><br><br>Scott]]></content:encoded>
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