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Meet renowned cellist Cremaine Booker. His rendition of the theme "Time" from the movie "Inception" is one of the most soulful things I've ever heard ... here comes the tears again. Stunningly lovely!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4YqMctCuC8

Good news, Doug ... I'd also sent him an email, but I'm glad they're okay and he connected with you. I did the same thing a few years ago with 100 or so vinyl discs I had ... time consuming indeed.

Thanks, Beamer ... always good suggestions.

That FRX trem IS pretty cool, isn't it? I like that it surface mounts, so there's no extra drilling / routing to fit it on the existing body.

I was originally considering the Guitar Fetish kit you mention, until I found the one from a Canadian source. Our federal government's reckless deficit spending over the last 3 years has dropped our dollar from being on par with the USD, to being only $0.75 in compared value. That makes for a huge price jump for us when ordering anything from the US to Canada.

Russell .. you had mentioned other options to a Stetsbar Trem, so I did a bit of looking and found this new trem from Floyd Rose. It's a 100% surface mount that will retrofit a Gibson-style top without routing or drilling new holes, and looks as cool as all get out:

Here's a vid from Mr. Rose himself, explaining how it works, and how to install it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPc6fOYoNTY

My one preference would be to install locking tuners as opposed to his locking nut. Those things are a pain the pah-tootie for changing strings ... the Grover 106's are much simpler.

Been wondering the same thing, Peatle ... I'm going to send him an email via the Chordie link, and we all hope he & Dondra are okay.

Steven Wilson    "Routine"    Chicago, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW1LFnkJfaE

Wilson often comments that people who don't like miserable music don't attend his concerts, as he explains here. His music and lyrics touch on some of the deepest emotions we all have, but would rather not talk about. Instead of trying to bury these feelings beneath party tunes, he has chosen to confront them head on. I think in 100 or 200 years, Wilson will be regarded as this century's Edgar Allen Poe, Igor Stravinsky, or perhaps Vincent Van Gogh. This song is from his 2015 album "Hand. Cannot. Erase.", and the powerful voice of Ninet Tayeb (featured on the studio album) is perfect for this song.

Thanks, TIG and BJ ... the ability he exhibits is one thing; the imagination to come up with what he does is a whole other level of brilliant. Can you imagine walking into a world-renowned luthier (like Serracini who made this one for Luca) and saying:

I'd like to order a custom made acoustic guitar. It needs a regular 6-string neck, plus a multi-scale 7-string neck, plus a 3-stringed bass neck, angled upwards at about 30-degrees so I can play it with the edge of my palm. Can you tell me how much, and when it will be ready, please?"

He had to visualize this gizmo - and how he would be playing it - before it even existed. He didn't just walk into Guitar Center and say: "Could you show me where your 3-necked acoustic guitars are, please?"

I found a Canadian source for DIY guitar kits, which was a necessity due to our dollar continuing to plummet compared to the USD ... on par just 4 years ago:

http://diyguitarkits.net/les-paul.htm

Nice acquisitions, Jim ... Happy Canada Day, indeed! My Russian is non-existent, so I tried holding it up to a mirror ... didn't help.

Sorry to hear that, Russell ...

I put a Stetsbar on my EP Les Paul a couple of years ago, and once I put the Grover 106 locking tuners on it's been very stable. I've also been using the D'Addario NYXL strings, which were (they say) developed for players who bend a lot / use tremolos.