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Ok here are the photos of the Mexican Stratocaster HSH, Player Series. Player Series represent good value to guitarists. They are part of a range from Player through Performer to Professional (twice the price of the Player). Both the Performer and Professional ranges are made in the USA. As I inferred earlier many working stiffs plying their trade in Bars or by recording cheap tv adverts actually prefer the Player Series. Why? Simples they are the most like Leo Fender's original conception of the Strat. Any improvements are zeroed in to a "Form follows Function". No bells and whistles. The color is called "Buttercream" (I think). There is interesting auto-switching going on inside. Position 1 is Neck Humbucker only. 2. Is one coil of the humbucker together with the centre single coil. Producing a lovely "Quack". 3. Is Single coil only. 4. Is Single Coil combined with one of the coils of the Bridge Humbucker For a more piercing quack. 5. Bridge Humbucker. I haven't taken the plastic film off the pickguard yet..... Please note how well the fret ends have been finished, Ensenada also take care to fully polish every single fret. Both humbuckers are "Shawbuckers" an unofficial nod to Tim Shaw who designed them. With the color reminding me of Ambrosia Creamed Rice of my youth I have to keep myself from having a lick (rather than playing licks) Best, Pete

Being over here works in my favour. Most PRS are the same price in dollars as you would find at, say Andertons, in Pounds. I did take a look at his new singlecut guitar and decided that it's Gold paint - all over the thing, was simply too much. Also I really didn't like the look of the top carve - it looked a bit bloated rather than svelte.... it really sounded good however with the new (and expensive) TCI pick ups. Hate to say it but I received a new Stratocaster last week, I'll post photos when I can figure out how to unzip them. Again like the last Tele I have it's made in Mexico. I really like Mexican Fenders - the workforce labor under the feeling that they are second best and they are not, yet Fender USA limit the colors they can use. The workforce of luthiers have a much higher percentage of guitarists (compared to the US factory) plus they have worked really hard to improve their quality (some of the people deserve to be in Fender's Custom Shop). Best, Pete.

The fickle finger of fate has gently nudged me this way to check in and make sure everyone is ok... I know some of you like to see photos of my latest guitars. I've got a new one enroute from fort Wayne, Indiana to me as we speak and as someone there took some decent photos of it and emailed them to me I do not have to get up off my backside in order to post them. It's a PRS Santana model. No, not the $10K version, a bit cheaper. I'm not a big fan of Carlos but I am a huge fan of his guitar. The sound is big and fat and it has a wonderful feel to the neck. The "top" is bookmatched flamed maple and the main body is mahogany... Enjoy! Pete.

Did someone on here ask for the extended version of "Outro"? What's almost more interesting is if you go listen on YouTube are the incredible comments - some of them very moving. Anyway if someone wanted it here it is... Pete. PS There is also an hour long version - too much.....

I've been laying a wood floor in our den - which is why I've been on RMWeb so much today.... Emperor of the North great movie, Ernest Borgnine as conductor/Bad guy? Shame really as he was a delightful man - when he saw tourists gazing at his house in Beverly Hills he would invariably go outside and invite them all in for tea. and crumpets or whatever.... and a chat. Watch it if you can. Best, Pete.

I was lucky, the son of a nephew of mine aged 24 fit, a fireman in New York City absolutely couldn't stand up from his bed. Then conversely in my county of Union, here over 66,826 have had it to date, 1,879 died. What's that, 3% death rate? That figure includes a steep death rate early on which since January has declined much farther. What is amazing is that these figures are freely available and updated every day. Pete.

Look the next time you are troubled by someone seeing UFO's from a 'plane show them this: Best, Pete.

Phil, I am pushed and shoved around by the fickle finger of Fate.... Pete

It's not quite as clear cut as that, either. It was called Spanish Flu because Spain was the only location outside of the rest of Europe and America that had a free press at the time. I'm cautious about writing the next bit for obvious reasons.. It is thought it originated in China and migrated to Europe via Boston. Kansas is believed to be a "red herring". It's difficult to believe it sprung out of nothing in a farmland. China is easier to say than it arrived there by trade routes too having matured along the way, it could just as easily have started in British India. The real culprit, however was WW1. Crowded troopships and unsanitary camps were the real problems. Best, Pete.

I come and I go..... P

Certainly food to eat would be appreciated. I can imagine most "homes" would have only a weeks supply of food at most. Then you would have to deal with malnutrition and even starvation (particularly amongst the elderly). I'd call it "draconian" because the vast majority who have actually had Covid - 19 (like me, I'm 69) thought it rather over rated. I used to be a heavy smoker too. I even conceived the thought that it was a practice run for something really serious... By the way it has only just now really reached the far south of Italy according to my relatives down in Basilicata. The distances between towns and villages and their location in the old hilltop "strongholds" may have helped. Last time I was down there they took me to a castle between Tricarico and Matera and proudly showed me the sign that it had been built by (and garrisoned with English troops) "English King William the Bastard" direct translation from the Italian... This was when the locals were continually fighting off Arabic invaders and why they built their villages the way they did. Cheers, Pete.

On my Maiden's side our surname changed from Heyburn to Hepburn and finally to Hadler at the turn of the last century after a family squabble over ownership of a flint quarry in Birnam Woods (the same) was resolved in the House of Lords. All these names were once fairly common south and southwest of Edinburgh. I remember my Grandmother grinding her teeth visiting Hepburn, the butchers in Shenfield. My Father's side originated around Ludlow (A town I regret to say have never visited and unlikely to do so now). Pete.

Very interesting - and probably sensibly edited out in the Uk and Commonwealth. Trump is capable of saying more than any other living person thinks possible. Edit: The closest I can find in the UK is on the BBC website under USA and Canada where he is quoted as saying: "....irreplaceable loss for Great Britain and for all who hold dear our civilization." under quotes from living Presidents (maybe they also held back quotes from the dead ones)...

Loki?!

So far as I remember (in an interview with CJ Freezer) it's based on Fenchurch Street (and that's where the Minories is in London). As to the mobius variant the Chicago Loop is a better location and I remember an SF writer in the sixties wrote a short story about this and a missing train which appeared and disappeared at different points. You don't have slums in the City of London.....well, you've now got the Barbican.... Best, Pete.