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The Speck SeeThru Hard Shell for 13" (white) MacBook. It snapped on with no muss nor fuss. Jen picked this Speck case out for her own laptop (versus the Incase), going with the striking red only because blue wasn't available. The material is extremely reflective and eye catching from across the room. The material seems strong, if not potentially brittle. The individual cutouts for some of the ports on the left side are a nice touch. The "clips" that hold the case onto the MacBook are more prominent than on the Incase, but the Speck gets points for placing its logo on the bottom, rather than using the laptop lid for advertising (as with the Incase).
Frame:
Custom build by ЁLKABIKES in 2012. Columbus SL / Campagnolo #1053 dropouts and fork tips
Headset:
Campagnolo Record Pista headset
Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Campagnolo Record Pista / Campagnolo Record Pista
Pedals:
Ofmega Master / Campagnolo 50th Anniversary Toe clips / Brooks toe straps
Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
Phil Wood Cog / Campagnolo Record Pista / Fyxomatosis Custom Chainring / KMC
Handlebars/Stem:
Nitto B123 / Nitto Caft / Benotto tape
Saddle/Seatpost:
Iscaselle Giro d'Italia / Paul Component Tall & Handsome
Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
H+Son Formation Face / Phil Wood & Co High Flange / Continental Gator Hardshell / DT Swiss Revolution
Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
H+Son Formation Face / Phil Wood & Co High Flange / Continental Gator Hardshell / DT Swiss Revolution
Our top of the line 30th Anniversary model features the finest Brazilian rosewood. Its innovative revoicing delivers gloriously complex overtones and rich, crisp resonance to complement its lovely, variegated grain. Paired with the mature overtones of an Engelmann spruce top, this stunning guitar will inspire the most discriminating musician.
Woods
top-Engelmann Spruce
back & sides-Brazilian Rosewood
The marriage of Brazilian rosewood and premium Engelmann spruce yields superb tonal clarity, with deep, rich bass, commanding projection, and wonderfully complex overtones.
Sharp
Grand Concert
Revoiced and now with a deeper body, the Grand Concert is the quintessential small-bodied guitar. Its comfortable shape delivers clarity and a balanced response for an unforgettable playing experience. Scaled-down proportions make the Grand Concert ideal for fingerstyle playing.
Electronics
None
Inlays
Pearl & Gold 30th Anniversary
Taylor's prized 30th Anniversary inlay lights the fretboard with mother-of-pearl and 18K gold, while a luminescent inlaid pearl and abalone torch makes a dramatic highlight on the ebony backstrap.
Finish
Gloss
The finish used to create this guitar’s lustrous gloss top, back, and sides was developed at Taylor for maximum durability and resistance to cold-checking. This ultra violet-cured finish is also more environmentally friendly than traditional lacquer finishes. Available in natural finish.
Spaces
Type/Shape 6-String Grand Concert
Back & Sides Brazilian Rosewood
Top Engelmann Spruce
Soundhole Rosette Green Heart Abalone
Neck Tropical American Mahogany
Fretboard Ebony
Fretboard Inlay Pearl & Gold 30th Anniversary
Headstock Overlay Ebony
Binding Ivoroid with Abalone-Edged Top, Back & Sides
Bridge Ebony
Nut & Saddle Tusq
Tuning Machines Waverly
Strings Elixir® Light Gauge Strings with NANOWEB® Coating
Scale Length 24 7/8 Inches
Truss Rod Adjustable
Neck Width at Nut 1 3/4 Inches
Number of Frets 20
Bracing Scalloped, X-Brace
Finish Gloss
Cutaway None
Electronics None
Body Width 15 Inches
Body Depth 4 3/8 Inches
Body Length 19 1/2 Inches
Overall Length 40 1/2 Inches
Case Taylor Deluxe Hardshell
The last guitar I bought in the 90's was this no-name resonator. It's a Dobro copy with a spider cone and wood body. I probably shouldn't have bothered with it, but at the time I got it, your only alternatives for resonators were Nationals or other instruments pushing a thousand dollars or more. This one was maybe $300, and I was probably overcharged for it, but it was also the only resonator in a local guitar store I had ever seen.
I told my Friendly Neighborhood Luthier that I wanted to limit the amount of work he put into it to set it up, and he ended up charging half of his normal set-up fee because he said any extra work really wasn't worth it. It's a really poorly made guitar. The hardshell case it comes in is probably worth more than the instrument. And that said, it turns out to be really well set up for playing slide because the action is super-high and the resonator cone is not great, but still a resonator so it picks up the generally lower slide tones better.
This is rhythm and color interaction. Rhythm is from the lines of the record player. The color interaction is the red against the blue. Even the sunlight hitting the hardshell contrast also with the blue making it stand out. I wanted to expand more of movement so while I was taking this picture I was having the record player play music from the record. So this was to have the focus point on the hardshell then the record. Editing this picture was to help the lines be more prominent so that was adding blacks, whites, and contrast. I pulled back on shadows and using the adjustment brush added to the record the help the blacks put more effect to the lines and also have the blue and other colors be brought up.
You can see a video testing this beauty here -> youtu.be/w57L3emMMCQ
The Gibson Xplorer Pro (Designer X-Plorer) is a LIMITED EDITION guitar, only 400 guitar around the world.
Taking tone and attitude to new extremes, the Gibson Explorer Pro electric guitar is perfectly attuned to the technical demands and punishing intensity of today’s hard rock and heavy metal.
Based on Gibson’s legendary Explorer, the Gibson Explorer Pro is updated with smaller, lightweight mahogany body and crushingly powerful 496R and 500T humbuckers. With flashy looks and killer sound, the Explorer Pro is destined to rewrite the rules of rock ’n’ roll.
The main features of the Gibson Explorer Pro are:
Body Species: Mahogany
Finish: Ebony
Binding: Antique top binding
Neck Species: Mahogany
Profile: Explorer
Fingerboard Species: Rosewood
Scale Length: 24 3/4"
Number of Frets: 22
Nut Width: 1.695"
Inlays: Dot
Fingerboard Binding: Antique
Hardware Plating Finish: Chrome
Tailpiece: Stopbar
Bridge: Tune-o-matic
Knobs: Amber top hat
Tuners: Grover
Neck Pickups: 496R Ceramic magnet humbucker
Bridge Pickups: 500T Ceramic magnet humbucker
Controls: 2 volume, 1 tone, 3-way switch
Case Interior: Dark gray plush
Case Exterior: Hardshell with black reptile pattern
Case Silkscreen: Silver Gibson USA logo
The Incase Hardshell Case for 15" MacBook Pro. I chose the Incase over Speck because I liked the rubberized, matte surface, and the build quality seemed sturdier (but that's purely conjecture). It snapped on easily, and a nice touch was the battery power meter button passthrough. The "clips" that secure the Incase to the laptop are more subtle than on the Speck, but I'm not a fan of how Incase embosses its own logo on the lid (whereas the Speck advertises only on the bottom piece).
My main complaint about the Incase was the right rear lower corner would catch on the MBP screen edge when I opened it up, making a teeth-gnashing snapping sound. I ended up filing down the edge a tiny bit, and now it opens without catching or rubbing. For something that costs so much and brags about how finely its engineered, though, this seems like a big flaw.
You can see a video testing this beauty here -> youtu.be/w57L3emMMCQ
The Gibson Xplorer Pro (Designer X-Plorer) is a LIMITED EDITION guitar, only 400 guitar around the world.
Taking tone and attitude to new extremes, the Gibson Explorer Pro electric guitar is perfectly attuned to the technical demands and punishing intensity of today’s hard rock and heavy metal.
Based on Gibson’s legendary Explorer, the Gibson Explorer Pro is updated with smaller, lightweight mahogany body and crushingly powerful 496R and 500T humbuckers. With flashy looks and killer sound, the Explorer Pro is destined to rewrite the rules of rock ’n’ roll.
The main features of the Gibson Explorer Pro are:
Body Species: Mahogany
Finish: Ebony
Binding: Antique top binding
Neck Species: Mahogany
Profile: Explorer
Fingerboard Species: Rosewood
Scale Length: 24 3/4"
Number of Frets: 22
Nut Width: 1.695"
Inlays: Dot
Fingerboard Binding: Antique
Hardware Plating Finish: Chrome
Tailpiece: Stopbar
Bridge: Tune-o-matic
Knobs: Amber top hat
Tuners: Grover
Neck Pickups: 496R Ceramic magnet humbucker
Bridge Pickups: 500T Ceramic magnet humbucker
Controls: 2 volume, 1 tone, 3-way switch
Case Interior: Dark gray plush
Case Exterior: Hardshell with black reptile pattern
Case Silkscreen: Silver Gibson USA logo
Our top of the line 30th Anniversary model features the finest Brazilian rosewood. Its innovative revoicing delivers gloriously complex overtones and rich, crisp resonance to complement its lovely, variegated grain. Paired with the mature overtones of an Engelmann spruce top, this stunning guitar will inspire the most discriminating musician.
Woods
top-Engelmann Spruce
back & sides-Brazilian Rosewood
The marriage of Brazilian rosewood and premium Engelmann spruce yields superb tonal clarity, with deep, rich bass, commanding projection, and wonderfully complex overtones.
Sharp
Grand Concert
Revoiced and now with a deeper body, the Grand Concert is the quintessential small-bodied guitar. Its comfortable shape delivers clarity and a balanced response for an unforgettable playing experience. Scaled-down proportions make the Grand Concert ideal for fingerstyle playing.
Electronics
None
Inlays
Pearl & Gold 30th Anniversary
Taylor's prized 30th Anniversary inlay lights the fretboard with mother-of-pearl and 18K gold, while a luminescent inlaid pearl and abalone torch makes a dramatic highlight on the ebony backstrap.
Finish
Gloss
The finish used to create this guitar’s lustrous gloss top, back, and sides was developed at Taylor for maximum durability and resistance to cold-checking. This ultra violet-cured finish is also more environmentally friendly than traditional lacquer finishes. Available in natural finish.
Spaces
Type/Shape 6-String Grand Concert
Back & Sides Brazilian Rosewood
Top Engelmann Spruce
Soundhole Rosette Green Heart Abalone
Neck Tropical American Mahogany
Fretboard Ebony
Fretboard Inlay Pearl & Gold 30th Anniversary
Headstock Overlay Ebony
Binding Ivoroid with Abalone-Edged Top, Back & Sides
Bridge Ebony
Nut & Saddle Tusq
Tuning Machines Waverly
Strings Elixir® Light Gauge Strings with NANOWEB® Coating
Scale Length 24 7/8 Inches
Truss Rod Adjustable
Neck Width at Nut 1 3/4 Inches
Number of Frets 20
Bracing Scalloped, X-Brace
Finish Gloss
Cutaway None
Electronics None
Body Width 15 Inches
Body Depth 4 3/8 Inches
Body Length 19 1/2 Inches
Overall Length 40 1/2 Inches
Case Taylor Deluxe Hardshell
Here is my new $32 case to keep my Parrot Bebop Drone safe and secure! Thanks to gr8wing for the idea!
Early 70’s Gibson Les Paul Deluxe, although not quite certain of the actual year. Anywhere from 1970’s to 72. More a of a player guitar than a collector.
Even though it’s a great sounding guitar the originality of it has been tainted by modifications to the pickups and the tuners, much like many people in the early seventies that bought these guitars, routed out the pickup cavities for bigger humbuckers.
The front pickup looks to be a Gibson, followed by a Dimarzio bridge pickup – dual sound or PAF. The Bridge tail piece was also changed, a toggle switch was added at some point but is currently disconnected and it gets it the way of playing so removing it would be a better idea.
The Headstock was changed for Grover tuners, a common practice in the seventies, it also comes with a three piece Maple top, Sandwich Body, Hardware has been changed to gold Hardware, Rosewood Fret board with original frets.
This Guitar is a great playing Les Paul with a lot of vibe and a reasonable price tag this one is definitely for you!
A hardshell case is also included