btw--at least the guy put the pedal on the middle neck. If it had been neck 1 or 3 then the guitar would fall right over when you step on the pedal. My Dual Pro was mutilated---first the guy hacked it up to install some sort of puller. Then, after it tended to fall over he added a 4th leg (carving the body with a hatchet, apparently---what a mess.) I admire good ingenious alterations. But please, please have some skills!

[This message was edited by Jon Light on 28 October 2006 at 03:04 PM.]

Who says that Christmas doesn't come early? If I had tried to win this guitar at this price, it would never had happened. I put in my bid and go to bed. The next monring my email says that I'm a winner. The only thing I could think of was "there goes $600." Now, I'm as happy as if I had planned the whole thing. I appreciate the responses on this. BTW my wife read the responses and her homicidal thoughts are going away.

If you need to reline the case...the first thing you need is to go to an auto store and buy spray adhesive for a car interior. Use it outdoors, its pretty toxic. You can also buy the black carpeting at an automotive store or you can be a bit more custom and go to a local fabric shop and choose a fabric about as thick as fleece or thicker. In one case I used a pinup cowgirl print and another used a horseshoe print. Try a practice run because you do not want the adhesive to run through the carpet. If there is too much glue, smear it with a putty knife. Wait till the glue is tacky and carefully stick the measured carpet cuts in.

Lollipop tuners suck. I have had 2 Triplenecks and 2 doublenecks and have come to the conclusion that if you want a real reliable guitar, you have to mod them. Or use really light guage strings and modify your tunings. I modded out a D8 (yes I know) , it now has Klusons in it (I cut the pans, drilled and sanded the shafts, etc.) Took about 3 hours and cost about $100. Best investment yet.

I don't care how much space you take, so long as you keep providing such helpful info. The tips on gluing the fabric are very helpful. I'm getting more and more excited about this purchase every day.

You didn't happen to learn that tuner mod trick from your crafty little bro did you??? I told ya so!!

I M-F'd Leo Fender one time. When my D8 stuck me on a gig with a lollipop gone bad!!!

I'm totally jazzed for you, Stanford. Like I said, I had a good feeling about this when I read about it. Not that you can take my good feelings to the bank or anything but...

I forgot to mention I also resprayed the fretboards. They look great too.

I tried everything with my old tuners. I packed them with grease. Changed at least a dozen star gears, and eventually I had the same issues over and over. I remember spending two whole days fixing them when I should have been practicing and learning tunes. It was way too frustrating.

Whe are you gonna post pics of the pink D8??? It looks hot!

Dave