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What gauge has your high E-string? And yes, in quit some stores they sell strings without buying a new string. But:
1) you have to visit a lot of stores
2) About the quality? The age? I bought different strings, NOT a set, in a store in Dublin. Dozens of single strings, and sometimes you have an entire set, and the only string you need and find is the high E, gauge 0.9 BUT they only have a .10, I did buy the .10 I don't think it will make a lot of difference, concerning the sound.
Maybe you can look for "1 string only"

There are a lot of bedtime stories, about Jesus, The bogeyman, you can hear it quit often in movies, and also what people (a lot more in the USA then in Europe = a tradition that disappears) say when the family is all together: "say grace", but I can't remember me at all a complete "say grace".
For me it is as a picture of a little girl who has to "thank Jesus", like Dear Jesus we thank you for the food.......??????????????????? I just found a nice one.
Thank you Lord for what we've had
If there had of been more we would have been glad
But as we've had enough, we won't be sad

Bedtime story, only 1 strophe
I have a Friend, a Friend, so very Dear,
Jesus, you always wipe away my tears,
In life you teach me to walk the right pathways,
In trials Jesus never let me go astray.
THIS IS A REAL SWEET STORY AND BECAUSE IT IS A REAL US TRADITION, SLOWLY DISAPPEARING IN EUROPE = the reason of this very nice and sweet thread.
Or the "bogeyman stories parents tell sometimes.
If you read what fairytales are about, they can be really cruel. See a lot of tales by the Grimm brothers.
Even the Bible, in particular the old testament, it is really horror to me. Like ABRAHAM who heard the voice of God to sacrifice his only son, only seconds away before the burning bush (no NOT him!!) starts to talk and tells that this was a test. Sorry, but this is really a cruel story WITHOUT FINDING SYMBOLS, OR RELIGION-RELATED explication.
This thread goes well as I can see, make it bigger, I think this is a very nice topic.

Thanks for the comments.
That guitar, the DUESENBERG TV OUTLAW, is a great guitar indeed.
I did some more research and the single coil seems to be a real P-90 (correction: is made exactly the same as the Gibson P-90), the output, wiring is a 100% match.
French style? I don't know, they say it is an "art nouveau" style, with a special (maybe overdone) decoration, the logo, the headstock, the way the brand is written. I played a lot more now, and I found some great combinations using effect boards or my 2 Korg Pandora's. (PX4D and PX5D) providing me a solid rhythm section. Even unplugged, a wow! In a few years I will sell some of the others. Wgy sitting here at home with a genuine 1964 Fender Stratocaster hanging on the wall.
After my "big battle" I start to enjoy again playing guitar and that is what matters: being happy with what you do.

What brand of acoustic do you play? cheap, in-between or expensive?
Alvee33, I can't imagine that the great stores sell, even very expensive guitars in a bad "to play" condition.
If you buy a 4 figure guitar, let's say a Gibson Standard Les Paul, for 2500$, why is that guitar not in a very good set-up condition?
What you wrote reminds me that during my many USA trips, it happened a lot that once you paid a fee, they want you out of that restaurant as fast as possible. I experienced it 2 times in an "all you can eat" restaurant. This story is similar to the story you wrote alvin33, once paid, they almost push you to pay immediately. WHAT ABOUT the warranty?

Hello again
Just see it as concern.
I am (for 90%) a honest man, the other 10% is for: you need sometimes to exaggerate, or not telling something.
Due to my work as a doc (I had to stop because of the sequels of a car crash = disabled and sitting at home since more then 4 years), I saw a lot of people, and every single day, I tried to help people. That "feeling" will never disappear, and I am indeed afraid to hurt other people because I did or said  something BUT NEVER WITH THE INTENTION TO HURT.
I couldn't help to write as an European and ventilate how most people think or have a similar opinion.
Thanks Turret (are you an US citizen?)

HEY JEROME, I mentioned THE BEETLES, who changed 1 letter into an A.
By the way WHAT happened to the MONKEES? I still remember me that I saw them on TV long ago.
I believe the episode started with: Hey, hey, we're the Monkees, is this right?

Very nice "poem" replies. It is great to read them. Pro or contra Bush, I also believe, or better convinced that the man was a "pawn" indeed, or a puppet on a string, following orders from people far more important than he was.
Why was he elected? (this is the general consensus here in most of the European countries) thanks to the "OIL barons", and the "weapon lobby"
I still don't understand that he was re-elected, probably because of his looks versus John Kerry.
If it wasn't for the television, Nixon would have been president in stead of Kennedy.
A poem will be written.

Well, I have 2 answers now and I was afraid indeed that it IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to make a "song list", I wrote some names, but when it comes to favorite songs????.....
Impossible to PINPOINT a particular song. Of course some songs are really "car songs"and have you ever stood still at a traffic light with a 1000$ car next to you, having a 5000$ music installation in his car. When you sit at home you can hear them even coming from a 500 meter distance.
Some songs you can pinpoint like RADAR LOVE.
1) There was once a time, before the animals could talk, it was easy to make such list, but today?
2) The music in my car, better the music I listen to, is very MOOD-RELATED. I can enjoy as much a minuet written by Mozart, followed by SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT by Nirvana.
In fact isn't this not philosophy? , which can be very interesting, you are what you play. AND you are as good as your songs

I do not understand that he sais the FIRST BLACK president, because he is only 50% black and 50% white.

LESPAULGUY: I am from Europe and a fanatic USA lover.
During the several trips I did there, I saw at least 10 times people arrested by cops.
It is as if you are in a "parallel dimension", because it is almost a "show" when they arrest someone.
I was once in Seattle, we just landed there. So I was very exhausted, we arrived at our hotel, and due to a mistake that hotel was overbooked. They send us to a "real better" hotel, but try to find that hotel, in a big city at 02.00h, tired, exhausted. I saw suddenly at least 5 police cars and one of the policemen was handcuffing an afro-american, and while handcuffing he explained us how to get there. I admit, that guy had the size and the muscles (he looked like Dolph Lundgren). WHY IS IT NECESSARY TO PERFORM A BIG SHOW? I know that they use their "sticks" to beat on th back of the knee, resulting in falling down.
I was caught once, on that same trip for driving 50 miles/h in stead of 30 miles/ hour. His arms full of tattoos and as big as my legs. He went to his car, to come back 5 minutes later, asking where we were going, I answered Las Vegas and he told me to spend the fine there. LUCKY ME.
10 miles from the point he stopped our car, we saw him back, hidden very well and invisible for approaching cars, but visible when you passed where he stood.
A FEW QUESTIONS (as European)
- you drive on a highway, in 1 hour I saw 4 cars, and 1 patrol car busy with another car. HOW ARE THEY ABLE TO SEE US? With a "satellite"? A hidden camera? I haven't a clue. Amazing.